iWitness in Singapore: Friday

Posted on Friday 26 Sep 2008 and tagged with iwitness, singapore.

When asked by German TV station RTL to send a postcard to someone from Singapore, whom did Nico Rosberg choose? His girlfriend Vivian, who’s currently working New York? His mother? No, he chose to write a message to his German grandmother, Ilse. Top man!

In Vivian’s absence, Nico is courting the company of different people this weekend. This morning (afternoon local time…), it was the production crew from Spanish broadcaster TV3. They picked him up from his hotel room in the Ritz Carlton and drove him to the Marina Bay Circuit. Communications weren’t great, though: they spoke to Nico in Spanish and he replied in Italian. English anyone?

The drivers have tried hard to remain on European time this weekend, so a few toys were thrown out of their proverbial prams when they were invited to meet Sellapan Rama Nathan, Singapore’s president, at 1230 today. A compromise was reached when President Nathan agreed to delay the meeting until 1330, but still there were two drivers who refused to turn up…

No-one wants to miss out on the Singapore Grand Prix and there are more former world champions at the race than ever before. iWitness has spotted Jody Scheckter, Keke Rosberg, Damon Hill and Jackie Stewart; will any more creep out of Singapore’s colonial woodwork?