With three teams in all three categories of MotoGP World Championship, Sepang Racing Team (SRT) and title sponsor Petronas unveiled race liveries for their race machines. Leading the charge was the Petronas Yamaha SRT YZR-M1 which will be contested in the top class, MotoGP, with riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo.
In Moto2, Malaysian Khairul Idham Pawi, better known to race fans as Super KIP, will be riding the Petronas Sprinta Racing machine powered by the Triumph 765 engine. As for Moto3, Ayumu Sasaki and John McPhee will be representing Petronas Sprinta Racing in that category.
“The PETRONAS Sepang Racing Team across all 3 categories in the MotoGP World Championship are now the biggest non-factory or satellite team in the paddock. We have grown to a team of more than 50 people from ten different nationalities with riders that represent 5 nationalities of Malaysian, Italian/Brazilian, French, Japanese and Scottish,” said Sepang International Circuit (SIC) chief executive officer Datuk Razlan Ahmad Razali.
“Petronas involvement in motorsports has spanned decades through our entry in Formula One and MotoGP. This partnership marks Petronas’ presence in the whole spectrum of motorcycle racing, from the grassroots level in Cub Prix right up to the international races of MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 further enhancing our global branding and technology partnership, particularly in the field of fuel and lubricants,” said Petronas president and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin. The MotoGP circus comes to Sepang circuit from the 6th to the 8th of February for Winter Test before heading to Losail, Qatar for final winter testing and the start of the 2019 MotoGP season.
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Is this reason why petrol isn’t going down despite crude oil prices tracking downwards? Pakatan! Please get your priorities right for once!
Kera di hutan disusukan tetapi anak di pangkuan mati kelaparan
nice, truly not a jaguh kampung GLC
Good Global branding strategy. Good business vision from PETRONAS,
Good luck to the PETRONAS motobike teams and hoping to see a few podiums this year.
Aren’t the country supposed to be poor? Why spend taxpayer money participating in ALL THREE levels of Motor racing? Do we really need a local team in MotoGP if our riders can step up like Hafizh? Surely other private teams would gladly take them aboard if they can perform at that level. No point being last place just like AirAsia’s Lotus F1 Racing, participating for the sake of national pride or rather Mahathir’s pride. Racing is a serious business and the Government has no rhyme or reason to join. None of the racing teams in MotorGP has a government funded team, only Malaysia has one. Memang boleh, memang bodoh!
Nope
AirAisa Lotus F1 Racing is a Tony Fernandes ego trip to defeat its rival airline owned Virgin F1 Racing owned by Sir Richard Branson.
Yeah, with taxpayer money spent. And it wasn’t only Tony’s ego that was stroked, remember Proton & Lotus was under a certain geriatric chairman back then, his ego was stroked as well. Now we come full cycle and stroked another of his ego again. Sigh.
Tun is a fan of 4 wheels, not 2. He critisizes Najib for cancelling his beloved F1 in Sepang.
money well spent like this i will support, at least it is ‘wasted’ in the right way
I don’t yet see how this is money well spent in setting up a MotoGP team. It’s well known it takes 3x more resources and money compared to funding a Moto2 outfit. All that just cuz one rider made it to MotoGP on merit? How is that well spent? What’s the problem of the current system to nurture more local riders and get more into MotoGP on merit as well? We certainly don’t need a local MotoGP team to do that! Whatmore this is not a private sponsored setup but a Government funded one. I would agree with you on having a MotoGP team if we have more quality riders to spare but at the moment, Nein!
this is how fuel company prove their products reliability. tested in lab and show it on track. petronas fuel quality can be seen in Motogp, DTM, Paris Dakar and of course F1. they engaged with top teams. racing tracks are their testbed. hafizh is icing on the cake. maybe you have better mr joachim