Asia Pacific’s Finest young racers gathered for a four-day race meeting at the Sepang International Grand Prix Circuit in Malaysia…a warm up for the Historic F1 night race later this year in Singapore…& 2nd place for Stockinger in his Formula BMW...

May 16 - 18 Asian Festival of Speed, Sepang, Malaysia -
Rounds 7, 8, 9 and 10

Congratulations to Marlon Stockinger on his great achievement and win last week in Sepang Malaysia. No I was not around this time but his father and good friend Tom supplied me with these images & Press release below...

Press Release… excerpt from last weeks Formula BMW race
in Sepang Malaysia…


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The Girls...
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The Podium...
Photos © Tom Stockinger - more images soon on
Marlons website check the link below the article

Stockinger Top Formula BMW Rookie Finisher in Action Packed Races
Marlon Stockinger, sponsored by BMW and Swiss Private Bank Sarasin, put in a stellar performance last weekend at the Sepang International Grand Prix Circuit in Malaysia, where Asia Pacific’s Finest young racers gathered for a four-day race meeting. After struggling in the opening rounds of this year’s Formula BMW Pacific Championship during the recent F1 Grand Prix in Sepang, he is gaining confidence with each outing. “I made some smart overtaking moves and quick lap times. The team (Eurasia Motorsport) did an excellent job, the car felt great and it was really enjoyable. I think I am making progress. It helps build my morale and I can look towards the front of the field with confidence”, says Stockinger.
… Nara was away well when the safety car pulled off with Stockinger skillfully slipping into his tow and pulling away from the rest of the field. However, the unshakable Nara took the flag to record a superb second victory, joined on the podium by the triumphant
BMW Juniors Stockinger in 2nd and Wootton in 3rd place. Due to the great results for this weekend Stockinger advanced from 5th to 2nd place behind Simon Moss of South Africa in the rookie classification and from 12th to 5th place in the overall drivers classification for the 2008 championship…
YOU can read the whole PRESS RELEASE and more photos next week on Marlon Stockingers website @ http://www.marlonstockinger.com/

F1 GRAND PRIX & Formula BMW Racing CALENDAR for 2008...including the very first F1 Race in Singapore at NIGHT...a challenge for Nikon v. Canon in low light conditions.

This could also be a challenging event for Nikon v. Canon hence the NEW Nikon D3 & D300 with their incredible new sensor especially in low light conditions.
Let see who is the winner on this track...
But did you know that
Aperture 2 or now 2.1 is going to be in China at the Olympic Games in full force, not me this time, but many Pro's going to be there using Apple Aperture 2 software...a lot more on this later.
GD

D
ue to popular request I have provided you the dates for the F1 Grand Prix and Formula BMW Racing events for 2008.
The most exciting and the very first F1 GRAND PRIX NIGHT race in Singapore is on Sep 26 - 28 (Rd 15 & 16) Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore

Formula BMW and F1 Grand Prix Calendar 2008

March 21 - 23 (Rd 1 & 2) Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia (along with F1)
May 16 - 18 )(Rd 3, 4, 5 & 6) Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
June 21 - 22 (Rd 7, 8, 9 & 10 Zhuhai International Circuit, China
July 18 - 20 (Rd 11, 12, 13 & 14) Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia

Sep 26 - 28 (Rd 15 & 16) Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore (along with F1)
October 10 - 12 (Rd 17 & 18) Fuji Speedway, Japan (along with F1)

F1 Grand Prix at night soon in SINGAPORE...the very first & supported by the Eurasia Team and of course Marlon Stockinger Philippines & Aditya Patel India...“I want to own a Ferrari team” Aditya Patel is all tuned up…

“I want to own a Ferrari team” Aditya Patel is all tuned up…the first F1 Grand Prix at night supported by the Eurasia Team in their Formula BMW...

Wow…what a statement from Aditya…but then why not!
Back to the F1 Grand Prix and Formula BMW… this time a report from India.

Received two articles from Kamlesh Patel in Chennai India… Mumbai? India? Sounds very familiar… it is still around from one extreme to the next again.
OK. OK. That’s enough…back to our young Racing Driver from
The Eurasia Team who made 3rd place recently in Sepang Malaysia.

Now the team is looking forward to the big and exciting race in Singapore soon, the very first F1 Grand Prix at night. Is this going to be very fast?
But for sure furious…
The Formula BMW Eurasia Team with Aditya Patel & Marlon Stockinger will be there as the support race in their Formula BMW.

OK. That’s about it … see below some magazine articles from India featuring Aditya Patel & GOOD LUCK to the Eurasia Team.
GD

Hindu NXG May08 2008
These articles just arrived from Chennai India...for more details visit
Aditya Patel's website click on the images or this link:
http://www.adityapatel.in/latest.html

Overdrive May 2008