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MANILA, Philippines—A youth idol started it, the youth would end it.
After driving 120 kilometers from the Shell refinery in Tabangao, Batangas to Intramuros, Manila, actress Bianca Gonzalez rallied her troops of students that would take part in the Shell Eco-marathon from February 7 to February 9.
Gonzalez, on her route to the historic walled city of Intramuros, had three pit stops at De La Salle University, University of Santo Tomas, and Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. These were the three participating schools in the auto race last Friday, January 17.
The television host and actress is also the Philippine representative to the Shell Eco-marathon that will see three celebrities from three Asian countries competing in a race.
Students from UST, DLSU, Mapua, Polytechnic University of the Philippines and Technological Institute of the Philippines will represent the 17 Philippine teams in the Shell Eco-marathon. They built a fuel-efficient car with a top-speed of 50 kilometers per hour that would run on Shell’s 91 Octane gasoline.
The Philippine teams would be part of 120 teams from 16 countries that would compete in Manila streets, the first time that the Shell Eco-marathon would be be done on public streets instead of a race track.
On her part, Gonzalez would use a Shell prototype car to race against Thai-English actor Alex Simon Rendell of Thailand, model Lisa Surihani of Malaysia, and the disc jockey pair of Glenn Ong and Jean Danker of Singapore
“It’s the little things that could make the biggest difference,” Gonzalez said during the event at Patio Victoria inside Intramuros.
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