1966 Singapore Grand Prix
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The inaugural
Singapore Grand Prix The Singapore Grand Prix is a motor racing event which forms part of the Formula One World Championship. The event takes place on the Marina Bay Street Circuit and was the inaugural night race and first street circuit in Asia designed for Form ...
was held from 9 to 11 April 1966, on the
Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit was a former street circuit at Thomson Road in Singapore. It hosted races from 1961 to 1973 for automobiles under Formula Libre and Australian Formula 2 rules as well as for motorcycles. During the initial year ...
. Previous editions of the Grand Prix were held before
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
gained its independence, and were not called ''Singapore Grand Prix''. The 1965 Malaysian Grand Prix was held on the same course, as part of the
Malaysian Grand Prix The Malaysian Grand Prix (, officially the Malaysia Grand Prix from 1963–1965 and 2011–2017 and Malayan Grand Prix in 1962) was an annual auto race held in Malaysia. It was part of the Formula One World Championship from 1999 to 2017 and ...
event, as the 1966 Grand Prix of Singapore.


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1966 1ST SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit was a former street circuit at Thomson Road in Singapore. It hosted races from 1961 to 1973 for automobiles under Formula Libre and Australian Formula 2 rules as well as for motorcycles. During the initial year ...
:9–11 April 1966


References

* from the MISAS (Moving Image and Sound Archives Singapore) website


See also

*
2008 Singapore Grand Prix The 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, formally known as the 2008 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, was a Formula One race held on 28 September 2008 at 20:00 SST at the newly built Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the 1 ...
, the first modern Singapore GP, and first F1 GP in Singapore * 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix, the first F1 GP in Malaysia {{s-end Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Grand Prix, 1966 April 1966 sports events in Asia