The Proton R3 team, which bagged the Overall Champion title at last year’s Sepang 1000KM (S1K) endurance race, has announced its vehicle line up for the 2018 edition of the event. The team will be running a two-car line-up this year – racing alongside the Proton Iriz will be a Saga, competing in the event for the first time.
The selection of the Saga is very much a homage to the original, which besides being the first model used by Proton in motorsports remains very much the car of choice for budding racers to get their first taste of competition through race series’ like the MSF Saga Cup.
“The Proton Saga has a long history of competing and winning in various motorsports competitions and the S1K is the perfect platform to reintroduce Proton fans to our R3 racing division, while reminding them about the racing heritage of our best-selling model,” said Proton Edar CEO Abdul Rashid Musa.
“This will be the first time the current Saga will be competing and it will be racing against very stiff competition, but we believe in the ability of R3 to develop a competitive machine,” he added.
The Saga S1K race car is based on the current version of the entry-level sedan that was launched in 2016, and will be piloted by Admi Shahrul and James Veerapan, the winning driver pairing from 2017. Meanwhile, Fariqe Hairuman and Syafiq Ali will race in the Proton Iriz, which was on track for victory last year until a minor mechanical issue robbed them of glory.
For this year’s campaign, the R3 race team will be made up of 21 crew members as well as 15 students from DRB-Hicom University of Automotive Malaysia in Pekan, Pahang.
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good luck guys!
good luck P1 Baru!
Kampung champions only. Nothing to shout about
When did we shout?
I think you misunderstood the expression “nothing to shout about”.
From Cambridge Dictionary:
“something/nothing to shout about. informal.
Meaning: something that makes/does not make you feel excited or pleased:
Example: At last, a 5–0 victory gives the team’s fans something to shout about. The pay increase is nothing to shout about, but it’s better than last year’s.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/something-nothing-to-shout-about
How about that, syer1n? You just gave others something to shout about with regards to your poor English literacy
well I think you misunderstood sarcasm. oh because of my literacy. pardon though. probably you take me a little too literal and i’m not gonna prove myself on-line. you notice paultan have a BM segment and why i’m not there.
TLDR:
Maybe stop telling everyone to not get excited should be a positive attitude perhaps? go with our judgement onwards.
why got fog lamp
1000km race means it runs thru the nite.
working as an extremely successful marketing expert for 30 years, P1 should be rebranded Saga. firstly the Saga X70 then Saga X50 ..
“15 students from DRB-Hicom University”
P1 and DRB, advancing local automotive and racing. Better than Perotiga.
unable to get this image outta my mind….
Saga, red & white, taxi…..
LMFAO!
Ubiquitous reliable workhorse
Really ah…. wow…
Now imagine saga taxi burning rubber while racing through sepang’s corners
This is why proton always have no money. Nobody cares about this, they just syok sendiri. They doesnt even care to do market study and find out what Malaysia wants. Well at least thats the old proton, hope geely can have better market research.
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Saga S1K race car better than Vios TRD Gazoo racing car.
Vios always driving into the ditch.
Damn! this saga looks really good with r3 livery and r3 wheels
This type of challenge, is usually more challenge to the driver than the car.
Piloted by Admi Shahrul? Sure win one…. he is a champion…
I kept on thinking that this saga is just not smart enough even though you lowered it, change to a bigger rims or whatever.. but good for normal driving, city driving, low maintenance.
but still kudos for them to have these ideas to transform this saga into this..
not electron
not neutron
but proton!!!
only proton!!!
+vely supercharged!!!
not electron
not neutron
but proton!!!
supercharge!!!
Let’s hope they use the CVT version for race to prove the reliability of the gearbox.