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SINGAPORE: The mega F1 Rocks concert could get bigger next year as Singapore hosts the inaugural Youth Olympic Games and Formula One night race in August and September 2010 respectively.
The three-day F1 Rocks concert at Fort Canning Park hit all the right notes by driving more tourists to Singapore for the night race.
Building on the success of this music event, Singapore's looking at ramping up the scale of the party to drum up support and interest for the YOG, which will be held one month ahead of the Formula One Race.
The inaugural Youth Olympic Games will be held from August 14 to 26, while the Singapore GP will be staged in the later half of September 2010.
Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports, said: "Maybe we can have a bridging event between the two. If you look at F1 Rocks as a potential event, we could possibly use it and scale it up to become a very big party to link the two. A big party as a closure for YOG and a party that starts the F1 season in Singapore."
As pop culture is relevant to both events, the synergy could see even bigger stars coming to Singapore to perform.
Mr Teo, who sits on the steering committees for Singapore F1 and the YOG, said the idea is feasible but the mechanics would have to be worked out. He added that it would inevitably mean a bigger budget, but the economic spin-offs could outweigh the cost.
Using the mega party as an added incentive to draw visitors is also timely as 2010 is a busy year for sports with events like the FIFA World Cup, Asian and Commonwealth Games. With fans possibly suffering from sports fatigue, capturing their attention will be all the more challenging.
As for this year's F1 race, more Singaporeans are being recognised for their involvement as race officials.
Oon Jin Teik, CEO, Singapore Sports Council, said: "The Clerk of Course, Gabriel Tan, he was awarded the F1 Super Licence as only given by FIA to deserving Clerk of Course. I believe he was given the F1 Super Licence before Sunday, which is a good testimony to how he ran the preliminary races."
The licence is an endorsement for Tan who supervised the F1 qualifiers and finals on Sunday for the Singapore race. This is the first year that Tan, a full-time staff with the Singapore Sports Council, is taking the helm.
His Super Licence is only for the Singapore race and not a blanket licence for all races. Tan also has to earn it for every race. - CNA/vm
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