0:12 NEWS CONTINENTAL TO OPEN NEW R & D CENTRE IN SINGAPORE Continental has held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new Research & Development centre in Singapore. The new Continental Singapore building aims to meet the demand of growing engineering capacities caused by the worldwide business expansion and particularly the growth in Asia. The relocation project of Continental Automotive Singapore started in April 2010. According to the project plan, by April 2012 the new site will have a 7-storey office and R&D building with a total floor space of 10,170 square meters. It is estimated to possess a seating capacity of 860 employees. Based on future development, it is planned to reach a capacity of 1,000 with a provision for an additional floor. The new Continental Singapore building serves three major purposes: an office site for R&D and related daily operation; a specialized automotive product verification and validation hub; a reliability test laboratory as well as a test car space for in-vehicle R&D activity. Under the highest level of quality control management, the new centre will drive the product creation process from conception to realization and finally onto the mass production of instrumentation clusters and displays, multimedia and telematic devices, radio navigation devices, centre stacks, interior modules and control systems. CHEVROLET TO DEFEND WORLD TITLES Starting the WTCC season at Curitiba, the Chevrolet team is aiming to retain both the Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ World titles they won in 2010. Having worked hard throughout 2010 to design and build the new 1.6L turbo engine, which was achieved in less than nine months by RML’s engine department. After 4500 km of tests were completed to the satisfaction of drivers and engineers, the team is confident about their chances of having a winning season once again. BRADLEY SIGNS WITH TOM’S FOR <strong>2011</strong> F3 CHAMPIONSHIP Eurasia Motorsport graduate and 2010 Formula BMW Pacific Champion, Richard Bradley, has landed one of the most sought after seats in F3 racing having signed with TOM’S for the <strong>2011</strong> All-Japan F3 Championship. Once again the combination of Eurasia Motorsport and the newly renamed JK Racing Asia Series have proven to be a credible career step for aspiring young F1 stars. Bradley will be attempting to emulate fellow Eurasia graduate, Daniel Ricciardo, who won a F3 championship in his first year of trying. In Daniel’s case it was the British Championship. Ricciardo is now the Friday driver for the Toro Rosso F1 Team. The JK Racing Asia Series kicks off at the Sepang F1 GP on April 10th. With the ongoing FXOpen Drift at the Speed City KL, Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan held from 25 - 27 March <strong>2011</strong>, saw much excitement and a whole host of side winding action from start to finish. The final result GT3 <strong>ASIA</strong> AND GT4 <strong>ASIA</strong> CUP TO BE GT <strong>ASIA</strong> SERIES Plans for the exciting GT Asia Series for <strong>2011</strong> have been announced. The GT Asia Series will see the combination of the GT3 Asia with the GT4 Asia Cup into one outstanding Championship, whilst making changes to the regulations to incorporate some of the best features from each Series. The Series regulations have been carefully reworked to incorporate the best aspects of GT3 and GT4 to make the GT Asia Series in <strong>2011</strong>. The race duration has also been extended with drivers having to com- saw Singapore’s representative Ser Ming Hui (Fai) from Team Exotic Tuner beating favourite Tengku Djan from Malaysia, taking the victory podium and prize money. plete between 90km and 110km or a maximum of forty (40) minutes for each race. Each race weekend will comprise two Rounds with two official practice sessions and one fifteen minute qualifying session for each race. Both races will be from a Rolling Start. The Series will begin in May and will visit four Formula 1 circuits in Korea, Sepang, Fuji and Suzuka and end after 12 rounds with an Invitational race at Asia’s oldest street circuit, the Guia International Circuit, during the Macau Grand Prix. FIRST IRISHMAN TO COMPETE IN FUJITSU SERIES Robert Cregan will become the first Irishman to race in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar series with new team Matt Stone Racing. Cregan, 21, who is at the Yas Marina Circuit competing in the UAE GT class, said it had long been a goal of his to compete in the V8 Supercar category. He started his racing career in Formula Ford in Ireland and England before moving into Porsche racing in Europe, while his V8 Supercar experience was limited to one test day at Winton Raceway with MW Motorsport, where he completed 80-90 laps. He will be based on the Gold Coast for the year, with the first round of the <strong>2011</strong> Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series will be held at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide from March 18-20.
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