MotoGP Contract For Sepang International Circuit Extended to 2010
Dorna, the worldwide holders for the MotoGP world championship series, has agreed to extend its contract with Sepang International Circuit (SIC) to host the Malaysian round for another two years until 2010.
Announcing this today, SIC Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Razlan Ahmad Razali said that the circuit would be arranging a signing ceremony with Dorna to officially mark the partnership this Saturday at the circuit.
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Top 10 Finishers Of Merdeka Millennium Endurance
Top 10 Finishers
Sepang Circuit - 5.543km
Race Classification after 12 hours1. Mok Weng Sun Alexander Nicolas Davison, Daryl O’ Young, (Porsche 997 RSR) 308 laps
2. Sven Herberger Mokhzani Mahathir, & Lars Erik Nielsen (Porsche 997 RSR) 304 laps
3. David Wall, Barton Mower, Damien Flack (Porsche 996-RSR) 291 laps
4. Nobuteru Tanaguchi, Manabu Orido, Johanes Stuck (BMW Z4 M) 288 laps
5. Ian Ross Geekie, Dean Grant, Marc Cini (Porsche 996 GT3) 287 laps
6. Konopka Miroslav, Chris Reindler, Markus Lungstrass (Porsche 996 GT3) 286 laps
7. Mal Rose, Peter Leemhuis, Tony Alford (Holden Commodore) 283 laps
8. Tommy Lee, Brent Odgers, Razlan Razali (Porsche 997) 280 laps
9. Junichi Umemoto, Yoshiharu Kusumoto, Hideo Kubota (Honda S2000) 279 laps
10. Mark Eddy, Grant Johnson, Dean Flore (Honda Integra) 279 laps
Class Winners
Class O (Open class)
Mok Weng Sun Alexander Nicolas Davison, Daryl O’ Young (Porsche Club Singapore)
Class A (Production cars above 1900cc)
Junichi Umemoto, Yoshiharu Kusumoto, Hideo Kubota (J’s Racing)
Mark Eddy, Grant Johnson, Dean Flore (Danville Motorsports)
Lai Wee Sing, Ahmad Faez Yahya, Brian Whilock (R-Engineering)
Class B (Production Cars between 1601cc and 1900cc)
Hafizi Hafiz, Faidzil Alang Abdul Rahman, Syafiq Ali (Proton R3)
Class C (Production Cars below 1600cc)
Perajun Krishan, Mohd Akmal Adekkapachi, Khairul Zaman Rahman (Lochi Racing)
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EMOTIONAL WEEKEND FOR PST AS TANIGUCHI, ORIDO AND STUCK DELIVERS FOURTH PLACE IN A BMW Z4M COUPE
It was an emotional weekend for the PETRONAS Syntium Team, with the team experiencing concern after Fariqe’s accident and delight after a great finish by the team’s No. 28 BMW Z4M Coupe at the ninth edition of the PETRONAS Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance race.
The year-long wait to overcome the disappointment from the team’s outing last year, the 2008 edition of the PETRONAS Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance race on Saturday provided cause for celebration for the PETRONAS Syntium Team. Despite the mechanical setbacks in the earlier phases of the 12-hour endurance race, the trio of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Manabu Orido and Johannes Stuck were able to bring the No.28 BMW Z4M Coupe home in overall fourth place.
Meanwhile, it was a reverse of fortunes for the team’s second BMW Z4M Coupe in the hands of the team’s three other drivers, Masataka Yanagida, Tatsuya Kataoka and Fariqe Hairuman. As a result of an accident with another car from a different class in the eighth hour of the race, the No.20 BMW Z4M Coupe was forced into an early retirement. Malaysian driver Fariqe Hairuman, who was driving at the time of the accident was taken to the circuit’s medical facility for checks and later taken to hospital for further medical treatment. Fariqe did not sustain any serious injuries from the accident and is expected to be released from hospital within the next day.
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Australian David Wall Sets Modest Target of Top 10 Finish at MME
Boosted by his splendid result at Bathurst 12-hour race back home early this year, Australian Carrera Cup driver David Wall aims to make a similar impact in Sepang at the 2008 Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race this Saturday (August 30).
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Kimi and Kiefli Join Forces For MME
Keifli Othman and Faizal Hakimi Jaafar - two big names in Malaysia’s motor racing fraternity - will be joining forces for the first time in the Merdeka Millennium Endurance (MME) race despite being close friends as far as they can remember.
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Fiery Battle Expected at Merdeka Millennium Endurance
Malaysia’s prestigious 12-hour endurance race - the Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance (MME) - runs its ninth edition at Sepang Circuit this week; drawing 102 cars, 306 drivers and more than 1,000 team officials and crew members in what could perhaps be its last race in a 12-hour format.
Attracting teams and drivers that had competed in the famous Le Mans and Nurburgring 24-hour races, the 2008 race would project a different look on the starting grid on Saturday (August 30) with a smaller number of lesser-powered cars following the decision by promoter Sepang International Circuit (SIC) to allocate more places for cars above 1900cc.
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