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Malaysia

Sepang International Circuit

Opened
1999
Length
5.543km
Left corners
5
Right corners
10

How to read the map

  • Travel direction
  • Finish line (position approximate)
  • Longest straight (920 m)

Braking and overtaking

  • Heavy braking
  • Overtaking spot
  • T1Heavy brakingThe first corner, at the end of the long main straight. It is described as the heaviest braking zone.
  • T1Overtaking spotThe first braking after the long straight is described as a possible place to pass.
  • T9Overtaking spotThe braking area into this corner is named as a main place to pass, along with the final corner at the end of the back straight.
  • T15Heavy brakingThe final hairpin after the back straight. Braking here is described as the second heaviest, after Turn 1.
  • T15Overtaking spotBraking after the back straight is described as the last big chance to pass in a lap.

Pin positions are approximate.

  • Longest straight

    920m

    Average of circuits on this site919m

  • Surface

    • Bumpy

  • Course character

    • Clockwise
    • High-speed
    • Long straights
    • Easy to overtake

  • Weather in past races

    • 7%Sunny
    • 43%Cloudy
    • 50%Rainy

    Estimated from past weather data, 14 races

Climate

Close to the equator, hot and humid. A wide track runs across land that used to be an oil palm plantation. After the sun beats down, a heavy downpour can arrive. The same corner becomes a different fight in the dry and in the wet.

Track layout

Cross the start-finish line and the first braking zone arrives almost at once. It is the hardest braking of the lap. The entry is wide, so the fight starts here. Then come the fast sections and the long back straight, all the way to the final hairpin.

Where the action is

There are two big places to pass: the first corner after the main straight, and the final hairpin after the back straight. Both come after a long straight and a full-on stab of the brakes. Brake later and you take the place, but you are not safe yet. The one who picks the line that cannot be passed back wins the duel.

Series

  • Formula One
  • MotoGP