A few years ago, Sonia Irvine, sister of former racer Eddie Irvine, started up a venture known as “The Amber Lounge” for the F1 high rollers to enjoy a very exclusive and upmarket night out. Maintaining its exclusivity, it only takes place on two nights of a race weekend and only at four Grands Prix, this one, Barcelona, Valencia and Monaco. It’s not cheap, but that’s the point. However, here in Singapore, there’s a rival night time venture called “The Official Formula 1 Lounge.” It’s a cheaper sort of deal, but it has one thing going for it that might just give it a some extra publicity: it’s being fronted by Tamara Ecclestone, aka the Daughter of God. Interestingly enough, while the big newspaper here, “The Straits Times” ran a story about both events, the one that got the free plug at the end of the story, complete with contact phone and web site was the one bearing the Bernie Badge of Approval.

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