The Opening Ceremony of the Singapore F1 Pit BuildingSINGAPORE: Singapore formally began construction of its Formula One Grand Prix facilities on Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony for the new pit building.
The facility along Singapore's waterfront will hold 36 garages for 12 racing teams on the ground floor.
"Today's groundbreaking event marks an important milestone in our preparations to host the F1 race in September next year," Lim Neo Chian, chief executive of Singapore's tourism board, said at the site ?which is now a muddy field beneath an expressway off-ramp.
Singapore is to host its first Grand Prix street circuit race on September 28 next year.
"The pit building that will rise from this piece of land that we now stand on will be one significant milestone that all will watch closely," said Lim Hng Kiang, minister for trade and industry.
Model of the Singapore F1 Pit BuildingThe tourism board said the glass-fronted building, tendered with an estimated cost of S$33 million (US$21.68 million), is targeted for completion at the end of May. - AFP/so
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