The Singapore government has announced that the race will continue until at least 2017. The government said that it has looked at the costs of benefits and decided to continue the race. The conclusion was that F1 has been good for Singapore, helping to become seen as a vibrant global city. The government says that it is also thinks Singapore has been good for F1. The government says that it hopes to reduce the amount of money that it spends of the race, by optimising infrastructure.
Did they say if its locked into the circuit being at Marina Bay?
No
According to the BBC:
“Singapore senior minister for trade, industry and education S Iswaran said the race’s costs would be reduced, partly through a “revised” fee.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19686039
Singapore is one of the most photogenic races on the calender along with Abu Dhabi and Monaco. The television pictures from these locations are simply stunning.
FOM should do something about the on-screen graphics displaying race position, laptimes, etc., for all the races, please. The display of this information intrudes and interrupts the visual enjoyment for the tv spectator.
It be would be better if this information was displayed at the bottom of your tv picture, similar to what twentyfour hour rolling news channels do. Can you have a word Joe.
Good to see the Monaco of the East continuing into the future.