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 Sunday’s Paqpaqli ghall-Istrina, whose capabilities were demonstrated by the 2009 Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Bank of Valletta, as one of the main sponsors of Paqpaqli’s 7th edition, hosted its own stand during the event which attracted thousands of motoring enthusiasts during Sunday’s fundraising event – in spite of the inclement weather. 

Bank of Valletta’s support to this initiative consolidates the Bank’s commitment towards the Malta Community Chest Fund, the main part of which is its piggy bank campaign.

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

Paqpaqli Ghall-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