2.1 meters per second (4.6 miles per hour) from (080°), varying between (050°) and (120°)
Temperature
26 °C (79 °F), with a dew-point at 25 °C (77 °F)
Temperature feels like 28 °C (83 °F)
Pressure
1012 hPa (29.88 inHg ).
Humidity
94.2%
Clouds
at a height of 244 meters (800 feet), at a height of 518 meters (1700 feet), and at a height of 853 meters (2800 feet)
Visibility
greater than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)
Currently
light rain
The circuit is noted for its sweeping corners and wide straights. The layout of this track is quite unusua, with a very long back straight separated from the pit straight by just one very tight hairpin.
Track Information
Track Name
Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 5.543Km Sepang International Circuit, 60km from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, was built at the same time as the nearby Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The track was the first of the new breed of super circuits to be built by German architect and track designer Hermann Tilke. It formed the blueprint for subsequent new venues in Bahrain, Shanghai, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi.
Tilke’s trademark is to incorporate a national symbol into his designs, usually in the buildings. ‘The structure of the FORCEGEARgrandstand roof is like a banana leaf,’ he explains. ‘You can see one shot of it, and you know it’s Malaysia
‘The first Malaysian GP was held in October 1999, as the penultimate round of the World Championship. The following year it was the final round, but from 2001 the race was switched to earlier in the season and paired with Australia. It has been the second round of the series ever since.
Fisi’s View
Sepang is a very interesting track, for me one of the best circuits of the year. It’s modern but it has a bit of character and I won here in 2006 so I have good memories.
It’s a nice circuit actually, with many different types of corners. There are a couple of slow corners, for example turns one and two and again in nine. Turns five and six are high speed, fifth gear corners and turn 11 is one of the most difficult braking points of the season - when you brake, your front wheels are on the right hand side of the track so the front is locking but just at the end of the braking you’ve got oversteer. It’s difficult to get right.
Everyone says this is the toughest race of the season so it seems like a cliche, but it really is hard, both physically and mentally. It’s hot and humid and the circuit is quite twisty, so physically it takes a lot out of you - we sweat so much that at the end of the race I normally lose around three kilos of weight.
