Winners of Baku City Circuit F1 writing contest named
Baku City Circuit Operations Company has announced the results
of its “Through the Journalists’ Eyes” writing contest held in
support of the growth of Formula 1 journalism in Azerbaijan in
advance of the 2016 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE.
The winners were awarded their prizes and certificates at the
ceremony held at Baku City Circuit’s Headquarters.
First place in the competition contest went to Aysel Ganbarova for
an article called, “Formula 1 – The speed is
higher, in the Land of Fire”. Sanan Abdullayev earned second
place with the article
“Real Life’s First Formula”published on the website of
Xezerxeber.com. Elchin Zodorov took third place for the article on
F-1.az , titled
“Baku City Circuit: Turns and Grandstands”.http://www.f-1.az/ozumuzunkuler/koshe/baki-seher-halqasi-dongeler-ve-tribunalar/
All submissions were evaluated by Nigar Arpadarai, National Press
Officer of the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE, Samaya Mammadova,
Press Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sport and Rahim
Aliyev, Ambassador of the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE. The
articles were evaluated based on their creativity, style,
topicality and other significant criteria.
The competition’s winner received two tickets to the 2016 FORMULA 1
GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE. The second and third placed entries were
respectively awarded 100 and 50 AZN “Music Gallery” gift cards.
Addressing the event, Arpadarai congratulated the winners and
thanked all participants on behalf of BCC for their great entries
and levels of engagement in the competition: “We are so proud to
host the inaugural 2016 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE in Baku, and
to see this fabulous event depicted in writing through your eyes.
On behalf of the entire BCC team, we appreciate media
representatives’ efforts in promoting the 2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix
of Europe among the Azerbaijani public. We wish to wholeheartedly
thank all of you. We strongly believe that your articles and
enthusiasm for our inaugural F1 race have raised a lot of interest
amongst the domestic audience for this major event.”
The authors of the top 10 articles were each awarded a variety of
gifts and certificates, while many entrants were also presented
with tickets to a concert by the 2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix of
Europe VIP Ambassador, Tunzale Aghayeva, to be held on 27th May in
the Green Theatre as well as with tickets to the Baku Aquatics
Centre.
Links to the top 3 winning articles:
1st place: http://friday.az/ru/blog.php?id=1664
2nd place:
http://www.xezerxeber.com/idman/139384/real-heyatin-1-ci-formulasi
3rd place: http://www.f-1.az/ozumuzunkuler/koshe/baki-seher-halqasi-dongeler-ve-tribunalar/
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