2022 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX: BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME FOR TAN
The Straits Times|September 28, 2022
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Laura Chia
2022 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX: BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME FOR TAN

The Esplanade, Singapore Flyer and Singapore River. He had passed by the city's iconic landmarks many times but the first time racecar driver Yuey Tan drove on the Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2009, he felt like a tourist discovering his country for the first time.

It was his first practice session in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, a support race for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, but for the first two laps, he could hardly concentrate.

Tan, 40, told The Straits Times: "I was like a tourist. I couldn't believe we were driving our hearts out on the roads of Singapore.

"It was a very emotional moment for sure. I've always dreamt of being a racecar driver since I was a young boy, so to reach that moment where I went out on the tarmac of the Singapore Grand Prix, it was a special moment that I'll never forget."

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