Sepang International Circuit Formula One Race Track

Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia

The Sepang International Circuit, or as it is also known the Sepang F1 International Circuit, does not only host the Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix, but is home to the A1 Grand Prix and the Moto GP Malaysian Grand Prix. Many other motor sport events are also hosted here during the year.

Compared to other Grand Prix venues, the Sepang International Circuit ranks amongst the best, and has the facilities and the technology to back that statement. The media facilities that the circuit has available and the fantastic pit garage, are facilities that the Sepang F1 International Circuit can be proud of. The grandstands and facilities for the patrons are also superb, and is in general, a good example to other venues that host the Grand Prix. Unfortunately, there has been some unhappiness in regard to the surface of the track, and complaints have been due to the unevenness that is starting to show. In some places on the track, it seems that the track has been sinking slowly, deeper into the ground. This is of course not surprising, on hearing that the track was built over a site that used to be a swamp.

The designer of this amazing circuit was Hermann Tilke, from Germany. He went on to design superb facilities in Bahrain, Turkey and Shanghai that are indeed impressive. The 5.54 kilometer main circuit, is usually raced clockwise, and is known for its wide straits and somewhat sweeping corners. The track was built in a very unusual manner, as only an extremely tight hairpin corner, separates the pit straight and the long back straight.

Configurations of the Sepang International Circuit can be varied in use. It allows the clockwise directed north circuit to be utilized, which is situated on the first half of the Sepang F1 Circuit. After turn number six, the track turns toward the pit straight, and is a total of 2.71 kilometer in length. The opposite side of the race track, forms the south circuit. On this circuit, the long back straight, that is used on the main circuit, then becomes the pit straight. The pit straight for the south circuit runs into the main circuits’ number eight corner, which then forms a hairpin corner. As with all the circuits at the Sepang F1 Circuit, the south circuit is also raced in a clockwise direction, and is a total length of 2.61 kilometers. Due to the versatility of the Sepang International Circuit, it is able to host motocross and kart racing at the track.