F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix 2013

The Sepang International Circuit  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, Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix and other major motorsport events.

History

The circuit was designed by German designer Hermann Tilke, who would subsequently design the new facilities in Shanghai, Bahrain, Turkey, Valencia, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Korea, India and Austin, TX.
The circuit was officially inaugurated by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad on 7 March 1999 at 20:30 MST (UTC+08:00). He subsequently went on to inaugurate the first Moto GP Malaysian Grand Prix on 20 April 1999 (see 1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix) and the first Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix on 17 October 1999 (see 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix).
On October 23, 2011, on the second lap of the 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, the Italian motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli died following a crash in turn 11. The race was cancelled following the accident.

Layout

The main circuit, normally raced in a clockwise direction, is 5.543 kilometres long, and is noted for its sweeping corners and wide straights. The layout is quite unusual, with a very long back straight separated from the pit straight by just one very tight hairpin.
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.

A lap in a Formula One car

Sepang starts with a long pit straight where the DRS zone exists - it is important to get a good exit out of the last corner to gain as much speed as possible. Turn 1 is a very long, slow corner taken in second gear. You brake incredibly late and lose speed gradually as you file round the corner, similar to Shanghai's first turn but slower. Turn 1 leads straight into Turn 2, a tight left hairpin which goes downhill quite significantly. The first two corners are quite bumpy, making it hard to put power onto the track. Turn 3 is a long flat out right hander which leads into Turn 4 - known locally as the Langkawi Curve - a second gear, right-angle right-hander. Turns 5 and 6 make up an incredibly high-speed, long chicane that hurts tyres and puts a lot of stress on drivers due to high G-Force. It is locally known as the Genting Curve. Turns 7 and 8 (the KLIA curve) make up a long, medium-speed, double-apex right hander, and a bump can cause the car to lose balance here. Turn 9 is a very slow left-hand hairpin (the Berjaya Tioman Corner), similar to turn two but uphill. Turn 10 leads into a challenging, medium-speed right hander at turn 11, requiring braking and turning simultaneously. Turn 12 is a flat-out, bumpy left which immediately leads into the flat right at turn 13, then the challenging 'Sunway Lagoon' curve at turn 14. Similar to turn 11, it requires hard-braking and steering at the same time. It is taken in second gear. The long back straight can be a good place for overtaking as you can brake hard into turn 15, a left-handed, second-geared hairpin but you have to be careful not to get re-overtaken as you come into turn 1 again.

Fastest laps timed

Category	Driver/Rider	Team	Bike/Chassis	Fastest Lap Time	Year
Formula One	Juan Pablo Montoya	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW26	1:34.223	2004
MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Honda RC213V	2:00.100	2013
Super GT (GT500)	Takashi Kogure	Takata Dome Racing Team	Honda NSX	1:54.306	2007
Super GT (GT300)	Kazuya Oshima	Toy Story APR	Toyota MR-S	2:06.584	2007

Signed teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are contracted to drive in the 2013 season, subject to ratification of a new Concorde Agreement. At the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone announced that the "majority" of teams competing in the 2012 season had agreed to compete in 2013, though he gave no indication of which teams—if any—were offering resistance to the new Concorde Agreement. At the 2012 British Grand Prix, Ecclestone announced that every team had agreed "in principle" to the terms of the new Concorde Agreement, and the final draft of the Concorde Agreement was presented to the teams ahead of the 2012 Indian Grand Prix.
On 30 November 2012, the FIA published a provisional entry list for the 2013 season.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB9	Renault RS27-2013	P	1	Sebastian Vettel
					2	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F138	Ferrari Type 056	P	3	Fernando Alonso
					4	Felipe Massa
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-28	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	5	Jenson Button
					6	Sergio Pérez
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	E21	Renault RS27-2013	P	7	Kimi Räikkönen
					8	Romain Grosjean
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W04	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	9	Nico Rosberg
					10	Lewis Hamilton
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	C32	Ferrari Type 056	P	11	Nico Hülkenberg
					12	Esteban Gutiérrez
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	VJM06	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	14	Paul di Resta
					15	TBA
Williams F1 Team	Williams-Renault	FW35	Renault RS27-2013	P	16	Pastor Maldonado
					17	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR8	Ferrari Type 056	P	18	Jean-Éric Vergne
					19	Daniel Ricciardo
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham-Renault	CT03	Renault RS27-2013	P	20	Charles Pic
					21	Giedo van der Garde
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia-Cosworth	MR02	Cosworth CA2013	P	22	Luiz Razia
					23	Max Chilton

Calendar The following nineteen races are currently contracted to appear on the 2013 race schedule. Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's commercial rights holder through his Formula One Management and Formula One Administration companies, has previously said that he believes twenty races is the maximum that is viable. The number of races on the Formula One calendar is dictated by the Concorde Agreement, the arrangement between teams, the FIA and Formula One Management. At the time of Ecclestone's comments regarding the length of the series schedule, the then-current Concorde Agreement was set to expire at the end of the 2012 season. Twenty to twenty-five races would be possible if the teams agreed to it.

At the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix, Ecclestone announced that the 2013 calendar would consist of twenty races, and would be largely similar to the 2012 calendar. The provisional calendar was announced at the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix, which was approved by the FIA World Motorsports Council on 28 September 2012.

Round	Race title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Rolex Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park, Melbourne	17 March
2	Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	24 March
3	UBS Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	14 April
4	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	21 April
5	Gran Premio de España	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	12 May
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	26 May
7	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	9 June
8	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	30 June
9	Großer Preis von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring, Nürburg	7 July
10	Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	28 July
11	Shell Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	25 August
12	Gran Premio d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	8 September
13	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore	22 September
14	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	6 October
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	13 October
16	Airtel Indian Grand Prix	Indian GP	Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida	27 October
17	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	3 November
18	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	17 November
19	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	24 November

Welcome to Formula1 Grand Prix 2013: Australia 15-17 Mar | Malaysia 22-24 Mar | China 12-14 Apr | Bahrain 19-21 Apr | Spain 10-12 May | Monaco 23-26 May | Canada 07-09 Jun | Great Britain 28-30 Jun | Germany 05-07 Jul | Hungary 26-28 Jul | Belgium 23-25 Aug | Italy 06-08 Sep | Singapore 20-22 Sep | Korea 04-06 Oct | Japan 11-13 Oct | India 25-27 Oct | Abu Dhabi 01-03 Nov | United States 15-17 Nov | Brazil 22-24 Nov
Formula1 Malaysia Previous Winners Malaysia 2012 Alonso Ferrari 2011 Vettel Red Bull 2010 Vettel Red Bull 2009 Button Brawn GP 2008 Raikkonen Ferrari 2007 Alonso McLaren 2006 Fisichella Renault 2005 Alonso Renault 2004 Schumacher Ferrari 2003 Raikkonen McLaren   Fernando Alonso has admitted his victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix came as a complete surprise to him. The Spaniard enjoyed a little bit of fortune on his way to passing the chequered flag first at Sepang, but he was the master of all the conditions thrown at him as he just managed to hold off Sergio Perez.	Outrights   Sunday 17th March 2013   2013 Drivers' Championship - Drivers Championship   Your stake is doubled for an each-way bet with half going on the selection to win and half on it to  place. Each Way: 1/5 for first 3 places Sebastian Vettel 11/8 Fernando Alonso 11/4 Jenson Button 5/1 Kimi Raikkonen 11/1 Sergio Perez 12/1 Lewis Hamilton 14/1 Mark Webber 18/1 Felipe Massa 33/1 Romain Grosjean 50/1 Nico Rosberg 66/1 Valtteri Bottas 100/1 Pastor Maldonado 100/1 Nico Hulkenberg 150/1 Paul di Resta 200/1 Esteban Gutierrez 500/1 Jean Eric Vergne 1000/1 Daniel Ricciardo 1000/1 Giedo van der Garde 2500/1 Charles Pic 2500/1 Max Chilton 2500/1 Luiz Razia 3000/1 2013 Constructors' Championship - Constructors Championship Red Bull 5/6 McLaren 11/4 Ferrari 4/1 Lotus 12/1 Mercedes 25/1 Williams 50/1 Sauber 150/1 Force India 500/1 Toro Rosso 1000/1 Caterham 5000/1 Marussia 5000/1
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