Red Bull
Racing F1 car to be part of Chingay Parade
February 13, 2008
SINGAPORE
: For the first time, Singaporeans will get to see a real F1 car on
Singapore roads, even before the actual race in September.
The car
has been brought in by the Red Bull Austria racing team, and will
be part of the Chingay Parade on Saturday.
Engineers
are putting the race car through the paces - checking and ensuring
that the gear, hydraulic and other systems are fine.
The car
was air-freighted from London last week, together with four tonnes
of equipment and a team of 10 men to get the whole set-up going.
Julian
Mills, Showcar Coordinator, Red Bull Racing, said: "It is an
old race car, two years old... we have the ride height, a little bit
higher to care for some bumps which you are going to get more of on
a street circuit.
"We
have bigger fans, we have fans fitted to the radiator to try and cool
the car because the car cools by going fast through the air."
The Singapore
performance will see the car hitting 200 kilometres per hour instead
of the 300 kilometres it can achieve. The car will also do spins,
burnouts and start-stops along the City Hall and Raffles Avenue route.
The car
is ready to go, and come Friday, the car will be brought to the actual
location at City Hall for the Chingay preview show. On Saturday, millions
of Singaporeans will be catching it 'live' on television as it goes
through its paces.
Test driver
Robert Wickens will be the man to give Singaporeans their first taste
of F1 action.
(Source: Channelnewsasia.com)
