The popular motorsport festival Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina will be held on December 7, featuring some 1,000 cars, live stunts and a Soapbox car competition.
The festival will, as in previous years, be held on the grounds of the Malta International Airport and Lufthansa Technik to raise funds for the Community Chest Fund.
It is organised by a team on behalf of The Malta Community Chest Fund together with Tonio Darmanin and the Malta Motorsport Federation.
Details of this year’s edition were given during a media launch by President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca and the organising team.
“Paqpaqli Għall-Istrina is a great event which brings together families, motoring enthusiasts and fans, and the public in general to admire their dream cars all in one venue. I wholeheartedly thank the organising team as well as the various participants for making this event possible. I look forward to being there on 7 December together with the thousands of visitors that will be turning up on the day,” she said.
Among the attractions, the public will be able to drive four supercars, book dream rides, follow live action on three circuits and admire luxury and classic vehicles on display in this year’s Paqpaqli Għall-Istrina. Now in its ninth edition, over 1,000 vehicles from 35 local automotive clubs are expected to participate.
One of the attractions for this year’s edition will be the Soapbox car competition, which will see a purposely-built Soapboax start and finish track for participants to run their ingenious 4-wheel creations. Registration for this competition is open.
Owners of fast cars and bikes will be able to push their vehicles to the limit in what is potentially the longest and most secure straight piece of tarmac in Malta.
Paqpaqli Għall-Istrina 2014 will feature, for the second year, an ICC ‘time attack’ challenge where 100 cars will battle for the best time of the day around a technically designed circuit that allows for interesting speeds and fast cornering in a safe environment.
Members of the All-Wheel Drive Club will test their skills in a rock crawling activity as Malta’s top offroad vehicles compete against man-made obstacles in a specially designed offroad track. A drifting arena is also being organised by the Malta Drifting Association.