The Marina Bay Street Circuit is a street circuit around Singapore's Marina Bay and is the venue for the Singapore Grand Prix. The track is 5.065km long in a harbourside location similar in style to the Circuit de Monaco and the Valencia Street Circuit.The circuit is designed by KBR, Inc., a modification of the original one first proposed by Hermann Tilke. The circuit has a FIA Grade 1 license.The circuit holds a unique record of having safety car appearance in every race to date. There has been a total of 17 safety car deployments in ten races.CharacteristicsOn the day of confirmation of the Singapore Grand Prix in the 2008 Formula One season, a routemap was published. The pit area of the circuit is located in an empty plot of land off Republic Boulevard and beside the Singapore Flyer. A temporary track leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then proceeds along Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road and Saint Andrew's Road around the Padang, past the City Hall.