29 October
Singapore night race joins 2008 F1 Calendar
The FIA has confirmed the 2008 Formula One calendar, including the world championship’s first night race at the new Singapore track.
The schedule issued following today’s World Motor Sport Council matched the provisional calendar released earlier this year, but with Canada, Singapore and Valencia all confirmed, and Singapore specified as the first floodlit evening Grand Prix.
The Montreal race had remained provisional on the previous schedule, while the new tracks in Singapore and Valencia (which will hold the European Grand Prix) were both subject to circuit approval.
Although it had always been anticipated that the Singapore GP would be run at night, the FIA wanted to be certain that it could be achieved safely before providing official confirmation.
October 29th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
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