Sepang Circuits News

PETRONAS SYNTIUM TEAM 2010 SUPER TAIKYU ENDURANCE SERIES

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:28:18 +0800

TEAM TRIUMPHS OVER ELEMENTS AT WET AND FOGGY FUJI
Weather: Rainy and foggy

Kuala Lumpur / Fuji (Japan), 27 June 2010 – The wet and foggy
conditions at the Fuji International Speedway last Sunday did little
to dampen the spirits of the PETRONAS Syntium Team's outing at Round 4
of the 2010 Super Taikyu Endurance Series. For the team's No. 1 BMW
Z4M Coupe, it was an outing worth celebrating as the trio of Nobuteru
Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida and rookie Imran Zaharias Shaharom
claimed their fourth win of the season.

CALSONIC IMPUL WINS MALAYSIAN ROUND OF SUPERGT CHAMPIONSHIP

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:47:03 +0800

SEPANG, June 20, 2010: CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R drivers, Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli from Team Impul took the championship title in the Malaysian round of the SuperGT International Series in the GT500 category, recording the time of 1:50:54:084.

SUPERGT QUALIFYING ROUND

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:06:43 +0800

The qualifying for the SUPER GT INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN MALAYSIA, Round 4 of the 2010 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, was held at the Sepang International Circuit (lap : 5.543 km) in Malaysia on June 19. In the CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R, Tsugio Matsuda won the GT500 class pole position. With this, the CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R with drivers Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli will start from the front position on the first row in the race on the 20th.

TEAM MOSLER THUNDER ASIA RACE AIMS TO MAKE A MARK IN SUPERGT

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:09:10 +0800

SEPANG, June 18, 2010: Thunder Asia Racing Team is hoping to make a mark in the SuperGT International Series, to be held at the Sepang International Circuit this Sunday.

RUN UP TO SUPERGT INTERNATIONAL SERIES June 19-20

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:40:40 +0800

SEPANG, June 18, 2010: The balmy weather and overcast skies over the Sepang International Circuit proved to be a comfort for the SuperGT support race drivers as they took to the track during the free practice session this morning.

WATCH ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY RACE AT SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:46:28 +0800

SEPANG, JUNE 17, 2010: As environmental awareness began to spread over the years and with the advent of technology, car manufacturers have begun to manufacture eco-friendly cars to meet with the demands of the environmentally conscious consumers.

SUPERGT ROADSHOW IN PENANG A HIT

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:41:02 +0800

Penang, June 12, 2010: The SuperGT Queens, Kozue Nitta (Koko) and Megumi Hattori (Mimi) appearance at Autocity, Juru, Penang on Saturday drew an estimated crowd of 10,000 fans of Japanese biggest and hottest racing series.

TOUGH TEST FOR LEXUS PETRONAS TOM’S AT SEPANG

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:52:44 +0800

Super GT defending champions LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM’S – featuring the long partnership of Germany’s Andre Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka – enters the battle for Round 4 as the championship leader; but will not, however, be the favourite to win the race at Sepang International Circuit this weekend.

LONGEST TEH TARIK SESSION IN SIC @ MALL AREA

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:07:25 +0800

Sepang, June 11, 2010: In conjunction with the SuperGT International Race series on June 20, the Sepang International Circuit is organising Teh Tarik Session where SuperGT fans will get the chance to enjoy their favourite beverage while watching live telecast of the matches in South Africa.

MEET THE SUPERGT QUEENS AND THE CARS

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:07:50 +0800

SEPANG, June 9, 2010: Fans of Japan’s biggest racing series, the SuperGT, will have the chance to get a closer look at the mean machines that will be blazing up the tracks at the Sepang International Circuit.

SUPER GT RETURNING TO SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:31:33 +0800

SEPANG, May 24, 2010: Japan’s biggest and hottest racing series, the Super GT International Series will be making a return to the Sepang International Circuit from June 18 to 20.

18 Weider HSV-010 has now won its first victory of the season.

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:07:13 +0800

On April 4, the OKAYAMA GT 300km RACE, Round 2 of the 2010 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at the Okayama International Circuit in Okayama Pref. The winner in the GT500 class was the No.18 Weider HSV-010 driven by Takashi Kogure and Loic Duval. The winner of the GT300 class was the No.46 Up Start MOLA Z driven by Naoki Yokomizo and Tsubasa Abe.

New color design steals heart of General manager Nakajima.

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:51 +0800

On March 10th, No.32 EPSON HSV-010 (NAKAJIMA RACING) held its annual presentation titled "2010 EPSON Motor Sports Sponsor Activity Plan" at Honda Welcome Plaza in Tokyo.

SUPER GT TYRE TESTING

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:41:36 +0800

Yesterday; January 14, 2010 concludes a three day hot weather testing by two of Nissan’s Super GT teams at the 5.543km long Sepang International Circuit.

According to one of the organizer, the teams were mainly testing newly developed tyres that were to be used on the summer races in Japan.

SUPER GT TESTING: Nissan VS Sepang International Circuit

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:39:08 +0800

The race is still some time away but two Nissan teams take this opportunity to do some off season testing at the Sepang International Circuit.

SUPER GT Rd. 9 MOTEGI Race Flash

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:03:53 +0800

On Oct. 18, the SUPER GT IN KYUSHU 300KM, Round 8 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Autopolis (one lap 4・674km_65 laps) in Oita Pref. In the GT500 class the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 driven by Juichi Wakisaka and Andre Lotterer won its first victory of the season.

Driving the PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 from the 4rth position on the grid, Lotterer got a great start and moved up on the tail of the pole position starter, Richard Lyons in the ZENT CERUMO SC430. These two machines continued to run that way with never a gap of more than one second until they both pulled into the pit at the same time at the end of lap 30. Of the two teams it was the PETRONAS TOM'S that had the faster pit work, enabling it to return to the track two seconds ahead of the ZENT CERUMO, effectively in the lead.

Dramatic come-from-behind victory gives ARTA NSX a welcome first win of the season

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:01:13 +0800

The FUJI GT 300km RACE, round 7 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Pref on Sept. 13. Victory in the GT500 class went to the No. 8 ARTA NSX (Ralph Firman/Takuya Izawa). The GT300 class win was claimed by the No. 81 DAISHIN ADVAN Ferrari (Takayuki Aoki/ Tomonobu Fujii).

A victory too perfect for first-time winners

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:26:08 +0800

Ishiura and Oshima take pole-to-checkered win in the KRAFT SC430!
ZENT CERUMO SC430 wins Lexus battle for a podium spot

On August 23, the 38th INTERNATIONAL Pokka GT SUMMER SPECIAL, Round 6 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture. In the GT500 class the victory went to the No. 35 KRAFT SC430 driven by Hiroaki Ishiura and Kazuya Oshima. The GT300 class race was won by the No. 46 S Road MOLA Z (Kazuki Hoshino/Masataka Yanagida).

□Race weather: Cloudy to clear; track condition: dry; air temperature 31 C; track surface temperature: 42

Successful tactics in changing conditions brings MOTUL AUTECH GT-R its 2nd win of the season!

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:26:08 +0800

On July 26, the “SUGO GT 300KM RACE,” Round 5 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at Sportsland SUGO (Miyagi Prefecture). The GT500 class victory was won by the No.1 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Satoshi Motoyama/Benoit Treluyer). The GT300 class victors were the No. 33 HANKOOK PORSCHE team (Mitsuhiro Kinoshita/Masami Kageyama).

SUPER GT Rd. 4 Sepang Race Flash

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:46:35 +0800

2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT Series Round 4,
SUPER GT INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN MALAYSIA Race

Manager Masahiro Hasemi’s GT-R Victorious

The SUPER GT INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN MALAYSIA race, Round 4 of the 2009 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Sepang International Circuit (lap = 5.542 km x 54 laps) in Malaysia on June 21 and the GT500 class winner was the HASEMI TOMICA EBBRO GT-R driven by Ronnie Quintarelli and Hironobu Yasuda for their first victory of the season.