Singapore, 27th Sep 2008

The young racer from Chennai and national racing champion 2007 Aditya Patel came up with one of his career best performances as he raced away to a 7th place win in the first ever night race held at the new Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay street circuit. With vehicle problems affecting him during the qualifiers, Aditya had to start last in a grid of 17. But the champion instincts in Aditya saw him taking it cool as he drove exceedingly well to move up 10 places in the ladder to finish in a very creditable seventh place overall and third in rookies. The second race will be held tomorrow before the Formula 1 race.

It was a day of firsts as Formula BMW Pacific made motor sport history when the field of 17 became the first cars to take to the brand-new Marina Bay street circuit. The series welcomes a number of exciting new drivers and teams for the two rounds, which are official support races to the most talked-about race of the season – the 2008 FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.

For many of the drivers, racing on the 5.067 km Marina Bay Circuit will be their first experience of a street circuit – a good challenge before the season finale at the famous Guia circuit during November’s Macau Grand Prix.

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