Formula 1 pilots exchanging their racing overalls for TriStar111 Monaco

02 September 2010

Jenson Button, Bruno Senna, Lucas Di Grassi, and Alexander Wurz racing this Sunday – swimming, cycling and running.

TriStar111 Monaco over 1km of swimming, 100km of cycling and 10km of running becomes a popular pastime for Formula 1 drivers on their free weekend. Button, Senna, Di Grassi and Wurz will mingle with the 660 individual competitors and the 40 relay teams to spend a day of fun in the Principality of Monaco.

Formula 1 pilots will be racing TriStar111 Monaco on Sunday. They know every turn and bend in the streets of Monaco, and will profit from the unique opportunity to run along the original F1 circuit in the Principality while the roads are closed for traffic.

World Champion Jenson Button (Great Britain) will compete in the race as well as Bruno Senna (Ayrton Senna’s nephew) and Lucas di Grassi (both Brasil). Former Formula 1 pilot and winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Alexander Wurz (Austria) will also be at the starting line of the triathlon.

“The slowest bend in Formula One is the fastest bend in Triathlon”, says Georg Hochegger, CEO of Star Production SARL, the owner of the TriStar brand. “Within a year, TriStar has become a popular brand in the world of triathlon, and we’re excited about the broad interest in the race. It’s a proof that we’re going the right way with unique distances.”  

TriStar111 Monaco on Sunday 5 September is a race over unique distances: 1km of swimming, 100km of cycling and 10km of running. The new format introduced by Star Production SARL only a year ago attracts many athletes from various backgrounds. In addition to the Formula 1 pilots, the race will welcome the following athletes: Maja Andersen (cyclist from Denmark), Nathalie Simon (television presenter), Paul Belmondo (actor and tv consultant), Geoffroy Lequatre and Yaroslav Popovych (pro cyclists in Lance Armstrong’s Radioshack team), Grégory Mallet (swimmer), Sergey Bubka (world record holder in pole vaulting), Marcel Zamora (5-times winner of Ironman France).

Discover TriStar111 Monaco through race previews, interviews, updates, live rankings, vlogs and multimedia content on TriStarLive.com.

Monte Carlo and the Principality of Monaco have reached excellence in organising high quality and highly mediated sports events like the Formula One Grand Prix, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Monte Carlo Open, the Tennis Masters Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo’s International Show-Jumping, the International Swimmers Meeting, and “Herculis”, the second most important international meeting of the year. Triathlon has become a part of the international sport events in the Principality on the French Riviera, and TriStar111 Monaco will continue to promote the sport of triathlon in this inimitable spot in the World.

The TriStar label is owned by Star Production SARL, a Monaco based company specialized in organising high quality sports events that are focused on fun, social responsibility and environmental protection. The TriStar Series has introduced new distances to the sport of triathlon (A/N: 111km and 222km). More Info: star-events.cc.