President George Abela and Bank of Valletta chief executive officer Charles Borg were among the few who got to pose with the McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 car during last Sunday’s Paqpaqli għall-Istrina. The car was driven by 2008 Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, brought over to Malta by Vodafone, in collaboration with Mercedes, The Times and The Sunday Times.

BoV, as one of the main sponsors of Paqpaqli’s seventh edition, hosted its own stand during the event, which attracted thousands of motoring enthusiasts in spite of the inclement weather.

Mr Borg was also among those who swarmed round the Ferrari 12, which was sheltered inside the Lufthansa hangar. The area around Lufthansa Technik hosted a display of over 1,000 vehicles, ranging from Chevrolets to Fast and Furious-style street racers and a number of That ’70s Show Volkswagen vans.

Paqpaqli għall-Istrina is the biggest annual motoring event in Malta organised by the Malta Community Chest Fund in collaboration with Tonio Darmanin and a number of volunteers, all working towards the main aim of raising funds for L-Istrina.

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