based on my experience, the whole event is just getting worst n worst. seen the issue since 1st time attending it on 2004.
1. marshall, taking freebies during pitwalk. (u can see all the complaint everywhere of ZTH). i even seen marshall huggin RQ waist when take pic together like hug their gf (thats y no pic allowed taken together in pitwalk for most of team)
2. pricing of ticket (yes, there is reduction of price from 150 to 100 but there is even last min discount for canon user (160 instead of 200 for MGS+PW) but none for early buyer that is holding canon, last year i had to call up the office then only i was given the refund for those extra 25 buck they charge to those early buyer compare to those that got the tick last min. i bet there is some early bird that probably didnt notice this. GT club, if i dun get it wrong, last year is 1k, this year 1.8k. i guess since its last time SIC doing it, y dun "utilize" it well, rite?)
3. time for pitwalk is just getting lesser and lesser, from 1 hour to 50min and even 40 min this year, and we will chase out like wild dog even before the time is up. as of today, pitwalk in Japan is still 1 hour, not any less.
4. merchandise, use to have those sepang super gt shirt, i dun think i saw it anymore for last 2 year, guess they overcharge it and not much sales earn on that. i remember seeing some DVD from certain merchant bring in all the way from japan and also ebbro car model but guess all is gone. i can even count all the promoter that is just in front main entrance with one hand this year. nissan, toyota, denso and auto update (or something like that) there used to be a lot promoter was there but i gues all those are history now.
5. roadshow, the scale just kept getting smaller n smaller. roadshow at autocity is a hit? (go check SIC site then you know wat i mean) i was there, helpin to cover the event and frankly, its an understatement, the decision to do it there was so last min til most of the ppl are not even aware of it.
6. cancelling F1, its almost impossible coz its the hen that lays the golden egg, its their gold pot. SuperGT became something that is optional. SuperGT do have plan to do another overstation round previously, shanghai but the plan never worked, then they have the all star at US, after SuperGT finish but that seems to gone too. SuperGT at SG? may work but they had to use the road track and SuperGT doesnt bring crowd as F1 so i bet less likely singapore goverment would give that a go.
i wont be surprise if the crowd get lesser each year base on wat they did all these while. i'm kinda given up on the event actually but hopefully someone other organizer can make a change... but all above is just my 5 cent