KL City Grand Prix – practice session postponed for remedial works on circuit, provisional start time at 2pm

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The practice session for the inaugural KL City Grand Prix has been postponed to a provisional slot at 2pm following a decision by the International Automobile Federation (FIA). The practice session was slated to begin at 8.45am but has since been rescheduled “due to remedial works to the circuit”, Bernama reports.

“All practice and race programmes for this morning will start after all remedial works to the circuit are completed. The provisional time for the start of all sessions now will be 2pm, subject to the satisfaction of the stewards upon re-inspection of the track at 1.30pm,” said chief steward, James Leong.

For those who want to soak in the race atmosphere this weekend, take note. A total of five major roads (overview below) will be closed, from 7.30am to 6pm on August 7 to 9, to make way for the race with the list including Jalan Ampang, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Perak and Jalan P. Ramlee. Also, GOKL, RapidKL, Metrobus and Setara Jaya bus services will be rerouted.

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Comments

  • tokmoh. on Aug 07, 2015 at 12:42 pm

    Day of event itself only wanna check for pothole? Topkek

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    • forrest the tree on Aug 07, 2015 at 12:52 pm

      Wanna race in Malaysia’ road and expext no holes? Come on.. this is the time to test their real skill.

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    • paulz on Aug 07, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Volvo final appearance before they reshuffle and reconsider to focus on other motor sports, probably V8 supercars are no longer in their passion.

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  • Damn. Confirm jam la in KL. How to balik rumah in time.

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  • Captur / CX-3 on Aug 07, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    Confirm KL gonna be jam. I think I will reach home by 6pm. Somemore now raining . Awesome la this friday.

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  • xavier lert on Aug 07, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    hujan la…

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  • ini race kasi susah semua org working in KL, normal days already wasted 1-2 hrs stuck in traffic daily. with these race, another 3-4 stuck in traffic, who stupid idea is this?? Sepang Circuit is there for what? Just F1 event once a year!!!!!!!!!

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    • Aiyoo… cannot divert to Sepang lor..that one is race circuit…this is city race… meaning… race in the city.. public road.. like singapore street track lah…
      should be redirected some other place like putrajaya perhaps..

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    • errr…but this morning no jam at all!!
      no stuck in trafic whatsoever. damn smooth weiii…up to pavilion and klcc. usually took me 1.30 hours but today 30mins only.
      And I can watch the race at the comfort of my office chair and aircond hahaha

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  • Power on Aug 07, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    close the whole KL for this stupid race…

    and i cant wait to see those holes and bump damage those racing cars to show how good our road is..

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  • Kancil Hybrid on Aug 07, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    Rileks la.. Once a year punya event pun u guys mau bising ke? Try use the public transport la this weekend.

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