Rev_zone Neutral Newbie August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 A Singapore motor racing team, whose crew allegedly attacked a Malaysian team and their boss, had to be escorted out of the Sepang F1 Circuit by police after their paddock was surrounded by angry rival supporters. . The incident took place at about 1am on Sunday as the teams were packing up, two hours after the completion of the gruelling 12-hour Merdeka Millennium Endurance race for high-performance cars. . The Singapore team, Falken ST Power, took third place behind Team Rueben Wong in Class A of the endurance race. . According to eyewitnesses at the Sepang paddock, about eight to 10 members of ST Power raided Team Rueben's hospitality room and assaulted team owner Mr James Wong and four of his crew, after locking them in. The Malaysians were assaulted for about 20 minutes in front of their horrified wives and girlfriends. Witnesses said the Singaporeans hit Mr Wong on the head with a coffee table. . The Team Rueben boss, who is in his 50s, bled profusely from an 8cm gash and had to be attended to by a circuit doctor after his attackers, who were in their 20s, fled the scene. He was later sent to a hospital for further treatment. . ST Power, one of six Singapore teams that took part in the weekend event, faces the possibility of being banned from taking part in future races in Malaysia, an official said. Sources said a Singaporean man is expected to be charged in a Malaysian court. . Mr Wong's wife, Ms Rina Cheong, who helps in managing the team, was stunned. . "How could they assault an old man? They are not sportsmen, they are hooligans," she told Today. . According to Ms Cheong, the attack came after Mr Wong had picked up a brake pad, not realising it was hot, and thrown it away in pain. It landed close to ST Power's garage, which was two doors away. . "They accused us of trying to cause trouble, even though we told them it was an accident," said Ms Cheong. "But they were not satisfied and raided our hospitality room a while later. And to think we had a driver and quite a number of Singaporeans on our own team. . "They ended up apologising profusely on behalf of their countrymen." . Sources at the Sepang race track told Today that some of the crew of Team Rueben were formerly members of ST Power and had left the Singapore team after a falling-out. They were racing against each other for the first time in the event. . When the police arrived, an angry crowd of about 100 people had gathered outside the ST Power paddock, where about 10 members of the Singapore team had locked themselves in. The frightened team members were frantically stripping race stickers off their vehicles to avoid identification before they were escorted out of the circuit by police. . Inspector Effendi of Sepang Police Headquarters told Today that an investigation was under way and that no arrests have been made. . Singapore Motorsports Association president Mr Matthew Lee, who was at Sepang for the race, said that ST Power faces being banned from future races in Malaysia. . "We are in Malaysia to compete as sportsmen and sportswomen and we should wear the Singapore badge with honour," said Mr Lee. "I have apologised to the AAM official and Sepang Circuit officials on behalf of Singapore and would like to assure Malaysians that this is not the way Singaporeans behave. We will conduct our own investigation and will decide what actions to take." Ian De Cotta In Sepang [email protected] ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 If this is true... then it is indeed disgraceful!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 What a bloody boo boo to Singapore Motorsports. These gangsters are giving the S'pore govt yet another great excuse not to buil a race track in S'pore. In other people's teritory in M'sia already pick up fight... what if on own turf in S'pore - a RIOT??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliable Clutched August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 sighz totally disgraced. a disgrace to the sport. they should be banned from driving! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW320i Neutral Newbie August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 According to eyewitnesses at the Sepang paddock, about eight to 10 members of ST Power raided Team Rueben's hospitality room and assaulted team owner Mr James Wong and four of his crew, after locking them in. The Malaysians were assaulted for about 20 minutes in front of their horrified wives and girlfriends. Witnesses said the Singaporeans hit Mr Wong on the head with a coffee table. I sense some stereotyping and personal attack on national. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Wow... good luck to Desmond, Samuel and gang More business at GR from now on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pisces69 6th Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 It's in the papers, but we don't know the WHOLE story. Many other things cud have happened to cause the attack. The SG team cud have been provoked for all we know. I agree it's wrong to assault the MY team, but as we read between the lines, there was already "bad blood" between the 2 teams. I for 1 wud not like to speculate until the FULL story comes out. Lets hope this kind of thin never happens again though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vooth 2nd Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Bro, sorry OT for a while, been meaning to ask..what is the stock size of the AT171's rims and tyres? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pisces69 6th Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 In the handbook, it mentions as 13" 175 70 or 14" 185 65 for diff countries. Mine came with 14" 185 65 when I bought. Some have upgraded to 15" low profile. I guess the most common sud b 185 60 or 65 X 14R here, although 195 55 15R looks quite nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 (edited) But today New Paper reported that ST Power claim that its not them who wack that guy and its their fans. So there is something more than the eye??? Edited August 30, 2005 by Adrianli Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vooth 2nd Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Thanks! I always suspected I upsized wrongly...mine's 195/60 gotta change it soon sian.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pisces69 6th Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Ah, so u got the 15" rims with 60 series??? Sud look quite nice as not much gap showing. Does the tire scrub the fender? If not, u don't need to change leh. Just note your speedo is slightly off. Not a big deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev_zone Neutral Newbie August 30, 2005 Author Share August 30, 2005 Think for now I will ignore what ST Powered had claim, let those people to investigate and find out the fact. No matter what it's hard to believe the words from invloved party for now. Overall such breaking news really bring disgrace to Singaporean ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vooth 2nd Gear August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Yup looks quite nice as it almost fills up the gap. The tyre does not scrub the fender but when u-turning, lt's like a lorry I was more interested in my actual FC... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched August 30, 2005 Share August 30, 2005 Hmm... Looks like business will go on as usual at ST Powered then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh6211 Clutched August 31, 2005 Share August 31, 2005 But today New Paper reported that ST Power claim that its not them who wack that guy and its their fans. So there is something more than the eye??? So many stories... Today Paper also report on this news but different story... And when I went to ZTH forum, a forummer whose dad knows the team boss said that ST Powered paid them $50k to settle this case... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mzrmazda3 6th Gear August 31, 2005 Share August 31, 2005 So many stories from each side, also dunno which one to believe IMHO, it's still a disgrace to us Singaporeans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Neutral Newbie August 31, 2005 Share August 31, 2005 It's in the papers, but we don't know the WHOLE story. Many other things cud have happened to cause the attack. The SG team cud have been provoked for all we know. I agree it's wrong to assault the MY team, but as we read between the lines, there was already "bad blood" between the 2 teams. I for 1 wud not like to speculate until the FULL story comes out. Lets hope this kind of thin never happens again though. Don't you find the typical singaporeans are like KIDS ? Hanging to mum's aprons too much and thus become like sore losers? Some like to act Garang because in singapore it's safe ...? In other countries, if you act terror you will be shot! simple as that. just my opinion ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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