Jewelle Tan Personally

Not only did the men came back with loads of pictures of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix 2008 and Singapore Motor Show 2008, they also made Singapore a little bit richer with some goodies.

There were apparently many stalls that sells official merchandises and keepsake items which were thronged by all those who attended the race.

First of all, there were these Survival Kit which consists of a pair of ear plug - a must have when you are by the circuit (F1 cars are reportedly as loud as a jumbo jet taking off!) - and a poncho which fortunately was left unused.

These Kits were sold at a minimum of $2 per pack and because it’s for charity, folks were encouraged to give more.

Then there were the tee shirts.

Official team shirts cost from $45 and upwards with the Ferrari shirts being the most expensive.

However, not even the glamour of wearing an official Ferrari shirt can make lukewarm fans fork out $100+ when it’s country of production was, to put it mildly not worth the price.

So instead, the men decided to go for a relatively cheaper (a little less than $100) team shirts that was at least made in China. And their choice was the McLaren Mercedes.

Not content with that, keepsake shirts were also happily purchased to make sure that they and everyone else remember that they attended the first ever Singapore F1 Grand Prix.

After all, that’s the point of spending on over-priced shirts with nothing extra special except those little wordings and labels right?

I wonder how much revenue did Singapore made from the sale of merchandise alone.

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