Having helped prepare the Marina Bay Street Circuit for the Singapore Grand Prix, Roadgrip’s motorsport team returned after the race to remove the temporary markings, black out the remaining race-specific lines and help restore the roads for normal public use.
Unlike a permanent racing circuit, Marina Bay has to function as part of Singapore’s everyday road network for the vast majority of the year.
Track boundaries, sporting lines and other race-specific markings must be removed or covered before the streets can fully return to their normal role.
For Roadgrip, this meant revisiting the same areas our crew had carefully prepared ahead of the Grand Prix, this time reversing the process. See the team in action here: Street Circuit Paint Removal by Roadgrip
Central to the operation were Roadgrip’s specialist ultra-high-pressure (UHP) water jetting machines.
These were the same machines our team had used to clean the circuit before the race, removing surface contamination and debris as part of the preparations for Formula 1.
Following the event, they were put to work removing the painted markings from the asphalt.
UHP water jetting uses precisely controlled, extremely high-pressure water to strip coatings from the road surface. By carefully managing the pressure, flow and movement of the equipment, our experienced operators can remove the markings while preserving the underlying pavement.
The objective isn’t simply to make the paint disappear. It’s to leave the road surface beneath intact, without the damage or unnecessary abrasion that more aggressive mechanical removal methods can cause.
Alongside the UHP removal programme, our crew also blacked out race-specific lines where required.
This provides a practical way of covering temporary markings that are no longer needed, helping restore a consistent appearance to the road network and reducing the potential for confusion with permanent traffic markings.
The Marina Bay Street Circuit is particularly remarkable because of how completely its identity changes.
During the Grand Prix, its 4.927 kilometres of public roads become a demanding Formula 1 circuit, threading between skyscrapers, waterfront landmarks and illuminated grandstands.
A short time later, those same roads must once again accommodate commuters, taxis, delivery vehicles and everyday city traffic.
Roadgrip’s involvement on both sides of the event demonstrates the versatility of our specialist equipment and the experience of our motorsport team.
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