The 3 days, btw 24/9/2010 to 26th/09/2010, i worked in F1 for the waste management. Instead of using tongs to pick rubbish as stated, it was a far different job, depending where you are allocated.


Some Rules and regulations
-Do not go Kallang river and EMO!
This is crazy, who will go so far just to emo when there is toilet for you to hide and emo?

-Do not watch any races directly
Just pretend to work and watch the race at the same time, and any one will just close one eye to it.But in pit area, it is very hard to use this trick without being detected.

-No consumption of alcohol
Imagine a drunk worker cleaning.This is crazy.

-Do not take any drinks or food from the suites!(Unless the staff give you)
Those foodstuffs are for those VIPs,visitors and other managers. NOT for us.Unless the suite managers give you, then no one will bother about you.Oh, want food and drink?take from staff canteen.there have free flow of biscuits,bread and pure drinking water.

-No sleeping is allowed!

-No phototaking of the F1 circuit is allowed.

-Commit all 3 days in order to get your pay.
Unfortunely, there are people who decided not to work anymore after just one day.Well, it occurs in Turn 3,where i was allocated.I will explain in later post. Those who nv commit all 3days, no pay is given.

-Stay where you are allocated in at ALL TIMES.

-Eat only at the staff canteens

Breach any above 6 rules and get caught, and you will be fired and escorted out of the F1 park straight away.SPDS claimed that they have 100ppl to replace who quit or got fired,but they do not replace all of those who did not want to continue working or got fired after 1st day.

However,people like me and bee boon breached this rules but did not get fired due to being allocated to turn 3.
-Watching races
-Not staying where we were allocated to at times
-Eating outside the staff canteen.

Some staff i encountered

SPDS Staff- They are the ones who recuited us and briefed us. But i hardly see them when working...

Malaysian Indians- They are transferred from Changi Airport, T1. Hence they are very proficient in cleaning of rooms and toilets, rubbish disposal. BUT, as they are so used to being ordered around, they attempted to order some of us around, despite the fact they are in the same working position as us, except the one who is our supervisor, but often 'took sides' with his buddies.. They could speak malay, english and tamil.

Boss- he's in charge of where we are allocated.The turn 3 building.

Mr Alex- A angmoh wearing a shirt writing 'Promoter',who is in charge of the Turn 3's suites.As he's very straight foreward person, the Malaysian Indians were afraid of being scolded by him.

Chinese uncle- Although i do not know his name, he worked for SPDS(the company who recuited us) as F1 cleaner-part time since last year, hence he knows alot of experience as this F1 cleaning servicer, giving us alot of advice, espically me and bee boon.

Randy & Shariff- They are classmates in TP. Both quitted after 1st day of work.

Ziana & Rachael- Secondary schoolmates of Huiyi. Like Huiyi, they quitted after 1st day of work.

Bee Boon- The only other 'young adult' who worked with me to the end of 3rd day of work.

Areas where alot of people are allocated.

Pit Area- Located near the start point of the F1 race.It is said that many SPDS people patrol this area very frequently, and the suite managers are known to be very stingy and have zero tolerate of any sign of laziness..Improper working practice,you will be scolded like hell, like not mopping of floor properly,not working fast enough.Slacking,direct watching of race is enough to be sacked as they will usually take your photo,send to boss and you are fired, no question asked.
This area, although you can see many F1 drivers or VIPs, this area is NOT recemmended for people who liked to slack around.More than a dozen people recuited from SPDS like us are sent to work are allocated to this area.
How to recongise them? Simple,usually we wear this tag..

But the difference is,They have their pictures attached, replacing the 'C' sign,making others easy to know their names.This area got more than twice of work than those in Turn 1,2 and 3, as the grandstands and suites are larger than any other areas of the F1 park. Most of them tend to get others to go to the staff canteen to bring takeaways to the pit areas for lunch, as the pit area is too far away from the staff canteen(10-15mins of walking time to reach there.)
In conclusion,Those working at Pit area have the most work to do, are being watched by many people- SPDS staff, suite managers,boss of suites, boss of the Pit area.There is no way that you can slack around,watch race and not get caught.

Block A,B,C- Those working there need not to worry about rain or shine, but the building is longer than the one in Turn 3, What i know is, this area is close to the Pit road and mopping/Sweeping from one side to another could take a longer time than the building in Turn 3.Unlike other areas, they are not dismantled after the race.

Turn 1,2,3- The area where i worked. This area is near the first three turns of the circuit. There are suites, grandstands. The suite managers are not stingy and more lenient than those in Pit area, and you will hardly see any SPDS people patrolling this areas. But it does not mean that you can slack all day long though.They are close to the staff canteen,making it convient for those working there.
-Those working there can afford to slack around as you are not being watched frequently, but it depends on the timing and where you slack.Using the trick of working and watching races works, as i did it many times and only got caught by the malaysian indians once-explain in later post


Interesting Facts about the Singapore Grand Prix
-Marina Bay circuit is about 5.076km long
-There are 61 laps, mnaking total race length of 306km
-Sg GP is the 1st night street F1 race in the world
-The width of the circuit is about 10-15m wide
-Marina Bay circuit has a total of 23 turns.
-The length of the Pit building is 350m long
-Turn 1 to 3 are the most crucial turns to overtake one another
-According to F1 racers, this circuit is very easy to make mistakes that could cost him the race.
-Pit stop crews take only 3 seconds to refuel and change tyres.
-298km/h is the fastest recorded speed on this circuit
-1min and 45.6seconds is the fastest lap time on this circuit
-12 pairs of power generators are used to power the street lighting
-1500 lighting projectors are used(They are more brighter than the street lamps)
-580 ambient lights are used
-2600 concrete barriers are used
-1695 techpro barriers are used
-100000 glasses of soft drinks are served
-70000 glasses of champagnes are served
-154260 cups of beers are served
-1000 students are employed for this event