10th MERDEKA MILLENNIUM RACE SET TO BLAZE SEPANG
2009-08-07 10:38:57 Author: admin Source:
As announced by the organizers weeks earlier, there have been 77 slots allocated for Class O and A instead of the previous 35 slots limited allocation for each classes. This year, Class B and C have been scrapped for apparent reasons.
In addition to the increased slots available, the class A will be split into two, A1 and A2, to separate between production supercars as A1 (Group B or GT4 or non FIA homologated production sports) and production sports and saloon cars in A2 (Group N and Group A or non FIA homologated Touring Cars).The 77 slots on the starting grid are now split into the three classes, 27 for class O, 25 for class A1 and 25 for class A2.
As an icing on the cake for the tenth addition of the MME race, SIC will also be organizing the 10th Anniversary MMER Celebration dinner as tribute to the late Tan Sri Basir Ismail and past champions of the MME race.
The MME race will flag off on 8 August as compared to an end of August date from previous years to make way for the upcoming Month of "Ramadhan".
For spectators, entrance is free with parking charges as low as RM5 for cars and RM2 for motorcycles.
Head down to the circuit for a weekend of non-stop racing and watch MME tandem battles LIVE and in front of your very eyes!
Past MME victors
2007 Lars Nielsen, Sven Herberger, Mokhzani Mahathir (Hong Leong Kencana Racing)
2006 Tengku Djan Ley, Faidzil Alang and Damien French (Proton R3 Motorsports)
2005 Tengku Djan Ley, Genji Hashimoto, Tony Riccirdello (Amprex Proton R3)
2004 Hiroki Katoh, Farriz Fauzy & Eddie Lew (Honda Malaysia Racing)
2003 Firhat Mokhzani, Chin Tzer Jinn & Eric Yeo (G1 Meritus Racing)
2002 Tengku Hammam, Nigel Albon & Tommy Lee (NAZA Jaseri Racing Team)
2001 Jeffrey Wong, Admi Shahrol Ahmad Safian & Tommy Lee (TVR Sports Malaysia)
2000 Karamjit Singh, Jimmy Low & Tommy Lee (Petronas EON Racing Team)
10th Edition MME Program:
| FRIDAY, 7th AUGUST 2009 | ||
| Support Races | ||
| 0940 hrs - 1020 hrs | Petronas Formula Xperience Race 1 10 laps | |
| 1030 hrs - 1110 hrs | Classic Cars Race 1 10 laps | |
| 1120 hrs - 1200 hrs | Aston Martin Race 1 10 laps | |
| Qualifying | ||
| 1220 hrs - 1250 hrs | MME Class A1 | |
| 1300 hrs - 1330 hrs | MME Class A2 | |
| 1330 hrs - 1420 hrs | BREAK | |
| 1430 hrs - 1500 hrs | MME Class O | |
| 1510 hrs - 1540 hrs | MME Class A1 | |
| 1550 hrs - 1620 hrs | MME Class A2 | |
| 1630 hrs - 1700 hrs | MME Class O | |
| 1710 hrs - 1740 hrs | MME Class A1 | |
| 1750 hrs - 1820 hrs | MME Class A2 | |
| 1830 hrs - 1900 hrs | MME Class O | |
| 1920 hrs - 2000 hrs | Aston Martin Race 2 10 laps | |
| SATURDAY, 8th AUGUST 2009 | ||
| 0900 hrs | Classic Cars Race 2 10 laps | |
| 0945 hrs | Petronas Formula Xperience Race 2 10 laps | |
| 1055 hrs | Pit Exit Open | |
| 1105 hrs | Pit Exit Close | |
| 1120 hrs | National Anthem | |
| 1122 hrs | 5 minute Board | |
| 1124 hrs | 3 minute Board | |
| 1126 hrs | 1 minute Board | |
| 1127 hrs | Formation lap | |
| 1130 hrs | Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race Start | |
| 2330 hrs | Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race End | |
| 2330 hrs | Prize Presentation | |
