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Formula One World Championship
Singapore's inaugural Formula One (F1) race, called 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix was held on 28 September 2008 (Sunday), at Marina Bay. It was the first and only race to be held at night in F1's history, and the first F1 street race in Asia.
History
The inaugural Grand Prix in Singapore was held in mid-September 1961 at the Thomson Road circuit. It was called the Singapore Grand Prix, but was sometimes referred to as the Orient Year Grand Prix because the event was staged in connection with the Visit the Orient Year, a tourist promotion campaign. The name of the motor racing event was changed to Malaysia Grand Prix in 1962, and was re-named Singapore Grand Prix in 1966, after Singapore's independence in 1965. The annual race was organised for about 12 years before they were discontinued, owing to various reasons, among which were the deaths that occurred over the years of the event. The 1973 Singapore Grand Prix, a Formula Libre event, was the final race held before the ban.
After a lapse of about 35 years, the motor racing event in Singapore was resumed in 2008 as one of the rounds of the FIA Formula One World Championship (popularly known as Formula One or F1).
