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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:55 pm 
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Since no one else is opening up a new thread. Excuse the lack of specialness.

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The Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located near Kuala Lumpur International Airport, approximately 60 km south of the capital city Kuala Lumpur. It is the venue used for the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix, A1 Grand Prix as well as the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix. It is also used as a venue for many other major motorsport events

The circuit was designed by German designer Hermann Tilke, who would subsequently design the new facilities in Shanghai, Bahrain, Turkey, Valencia, Singapore, Korea and India.

The main circuit, normally raced in a clockwise direction, is 5.54 kilometres long, and is noted for its sweeping corners and wide straights.[1] The layout is quite unusual, with a very long back straight separated from the pit straight by just one very tight hairpin.

Other configurations of the Sepang circuit can also be used. The north circuit is also raced in a clockwise direction. It is basically the first half of the main circuit. The course turns back towards the pit straight after turn 6 and is 2.71 kilometres long in total.

The south circuit is the other half of the racecourse. The back straight of the main circuit becomes the pit straight when the south circuit is in use, and joins onto turn 8 of the main circuit to form a hairpin turn. Also run clockwise, this circuit is 2.61 km in length.

Sepang International Circuit also features kart racing and motocross facilities.


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2011 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2009 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2008 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2007 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
2005 Fernando Alonso Renault
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2002 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW
2001 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Michael Schumacher Ferrari

Standings:

01 Jenson Button McLaren 25
02 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 18
03 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 15
04 Mark Webber Red Bull 12
05 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 10
06 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 8
07 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 6
08 Sergio Perez Sauber 4
09 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 2
10 Paul di Resta Force India 1

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:00 pm 
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thats the layout of the go-kart track :p


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:03 pm 
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Woops, just took one of the first I found on google. Didn't even notice the layout :lol:
I'll fix it.


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Massa to get a new chassis
http://www.f1zone.net/news/ferrari-defe ... ssa/13133/

Here's the race preview too
http://www.f1zone.net/news/malaysia-gra ... iew/13129/

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These past few days has been super hot in the afternoon then by later part of the day it rains ... It's unpredictable!! Today was good throughout though... :-)


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:57 pm 
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RAIN EVERYDAY


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:32 pm 
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although this is one of my favourite tracks on the calendar, that one corner will always remember of Simoncelli's fatal crash.


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I hope we don't have Chuva / Start delayed / 20 laps behind SC / drivers being pussies! / "can't see anything" / "stop the race" / red flag / Kimi eating ice cream / getting too dark / behind SC till 75% rule / 4 hour limit / half points[/size]

Only light rain plz.


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Light RAIN in Malaysia, where have you been the past 10 years lawl


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Fabs wrote:
Light RAIN in Malaysia, where have you been the past 10 years lawl


qualifying 2010 ;)


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4pm without fail. Good ol Malaysia.


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These past few days has been super hot in the afternoon then by later part of the day it rains ... It's unpredictable!!


surely they can predict that in the afternoon it will be hot, and then later it will rain

i mean he just said it

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Tobias wrote:
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Light RAIN in Malaysia, where have you been the past 10 years lawl


qualifying 2010 ;)

when Webber was on pole ? That was a monsoon.


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I really wouldn't mind to get up one hour earlier for the race. That way they don't have to start when it is almost getting dark.


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The first Tilke circuit and probably the best

Will the DRS zone be the same as last season?


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They may as well make it two DRS zones, either front and back straight, or front straight then the run to turn 4.


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mclaren2008 wrote:
The first Tilke circuit and probably the best


Didn't know they were racing in the A1-Ring.


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Never understood the hype with that track. Sepang is probably the nicest fast sweepy track on the calendar I reckon but it still lacks that something somehow.


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JJ wrote:
I hope we don't have Chuva / Start delayed / 20 laps behind SC / drivers being pussies! / "can't see anything" / "stop the race" / red flag / Kimi eating ice cream / getting too dark / behind SC till 75% rule / 4 hour limit / half points[/size]

Only light rain plz.


That made me laugh because your definitely right. Especially about the pussy thing.


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