F1 Now Has Six Grands Prix Held at Night. Singapore Was the First.

Auto Racing|Six F1 Grands Prix Are Now Held astatine Night. Singapore Was nan First.

When Formula 1 was preparing for nan first Singapore Grand Prix 16 years ago, galore moving wrong nan athletics were not convinced that a nighttime title connected a metropolis way would ever work.

“When group spot this, they will recognize it wasn’t a stupid idea,” Bernie Ecclestone, nan main executive of Formula 1 astatine nan time, said successful 2008.

Now, 1 4th of nan 24-race Formula 1 almanac takes spot nether lights. And galore Formula 1 races person added elements Singapore included from its beginning. Some moreover drew nonstop inspiration from this event.

“We person a batch of respect for what nan Singaporeans do,” Martin Whitaker, nan main executive of nan Saudi Motorsport Company that runs nan Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, different nighttime race, said connected Sunday. “They tally a awesome event. They’re a very bully benchmark connected which to purpose at. We very overmuch admit what they do and, successful galore ways, are envious of what they tin achieve.”