After assuming the Youth and Sports Ministry portfolio following the 15th Malaysian General Election, Minister Hannah Yeoh paid a visit to Sepang International Circuit (SIC). Her visit was intended to get first hand information on the challenges facing the circuit, in light of the nearly two-year moratorium on events at Sepang due to the pandemic.
In a social media post, Yeoh said during the visit she identified several aspects that require co-ordination with other agencies in order to improve events and services at SIC. During her walkaround of the circuit, Hannah was briefed by SIC Chief Executive Officer Azhan Shafriman Hanif and Chief Financial Officer Caroline Lee.
Also in attendance were SIC Chairman Tan Sri Mohamed Azman Yahya and member of the SIC Board of Directors Abdullah Hassan.
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BRING BACK F1
Stoopid minister. What is there need to improve? It is up to MotoGP levels dy so any upgrading is just ur syiok sendiri.
For F1 you say? My foot!
We don’t need to be spending precious taxpayers monies on a declining business which makes losses every race.
If this stoopid minister want to bring back F1, go use her own goddamn money!
But majority wants F1 back, sorry PN supporter bro
Here got nothing to do with PNlah arseh0le. You wanna turn this into an shill/political thread? Get the hell outta here..
Why not can relate to Invert said. Nothing wrong with that! If PN continues to rule on, economy will decline and Sepang can easily close shop including F1 not going to return forever and MotoGP will also same…PN loves to bankrupt country by lockdown too much during pandemic and also didn’t help the poor but not interested in carrying economy, people, health, tourism and other issues, but just interested for themselves
That is such a stupid reply and PlainBS is right, there is no mention of PN so why bring politics into this picture. Firstly it wasn’t PN that stopped F1 hosting (it was BN in 2019) and neither did PH commit to bringing back F1 so how does it relate? Only you can mindbend that to your political angle. This has nothing, absolutely NOTHING!, to do with bankrupt or lockdown or pandemic or the poor or economy or people or health or tourism or other issues once you ran out of angles to mindbend further. True F1 fans would want their sport to be fully sustainable and not having to beg Governments for sponsorships, as here in USA racer fans are mighty proud of their NASCAR which are fully private. F1? Not so much.
@Aura89
You can’t really understand what F1 Fan and Invert are said…that’s one thing
Two, there are F1 fans in overseas also begging government to come back F1 in which country likely to be held…did you see what F1 fans are hoping or not or you just don’t bother but simply replying here..
Three, it is all about meanings that someone have rephrased when someone replied it. If you don’t know, why not learn English more…
It’s called changing the subject
Who is holding F1 to account for making losses everywhere they go?
Not you people OBVIOUSLY!!!!!!!!
Suddenly all favors for F1. Before this, they said F1 is draining peoples’ and petronas money. They say they should stop it. But now, they wanted it back. Full of bullshit propaganda nowadays.
@Sick & Tired
Doesn’t matter much, it is already in the past. People now are voicing out to bring something goodies tho
@John
As usual that PN supporters who are always brainless and no knowledgeable….
Agreed John. This website became a propaganda haven ever since they announced the elections. So sad to see my taxpayer money going into this shitjobs to dedak these koolaid drinking losers.
Diam la bodo. kalau x suke, diam2 je. F1 is good for our economy
Dei relax la. Why u getting so excited for no reason!? Have you been to sepang circuit before? The condition has been declining badly. Maintenance is not properly carried out and the place is starting to get run down! It’s her job to make sure that the place is fully utilized since so much has been invested.
Clearly some Hambali hater. She is very clean and known for being hardworking, steadfast and has much integrity. Something a BS fella would never understand. Plus you don’t contribute much taxes too. We are sure of dat!
They need some projects to compensate the 20% salary cut
even after the resurfacing job, the circuit overall is still shit. either its fixed to the best possible (and hopefully ppl learn to do it right).. or it be shutdown and repurposed (save all that money).. either way would be a good thing. coz previous admin didn’t do shit. did i mention shit?
Nothing wrong with a sport minister visiting the track since the government had invested so much money into it. Have you been to Sepang circuit? Do you know how run down it is?
If Sepang still requires funding from Petronas(national oil company)/government agencies to sponsor sporting event like MotoGP then we need to make sure it is money well spent.
In F1, the race itself is losing money, but if you are able to organize a proper race day with other revenue coming from events such as race day concerts, VIP experiences, and multiplier effects to the airline and hospitality industry it will help to boost the country’s economy.
Don’t be so short-sighted and called on others stupid while you are just an idiot keyboard warrior.
Nothing wrong?!
How about making visits to sports that we actually are in but failing?!
Like football?!
Like badminton?!
Like even goddang sepak takraw?!
Instead of a sport we are just a host with no added benefit?!
How about that Hannah fanboy?!
So you do support brainless previous PN minister? Is it? Tell me what makes you think that previous PN sport minister can do better than Hannah Yeoh when PN is doing nothing at all..
Yea right sport is a failure in Malaysia. So better be a troll on the internet. Champion.
The ones who downvote this comment on disliking F1, that shows on how much they love malaysia? Is either aren’t interested or poor mentality? Don’t forget, Sepang was under Petronas. Lewis Hamilton and George Russel also joined Petronas with KLCC Twin Tower and Malaysia. Many visitors from other countries love and really missed so much on traveling Malaysia and wanting to see F1 in Sepang again
Yes, PN supporters will surely don’t like F1 and will bankrupting our country economy.
Why is PaulTan still allow these Pakatan paid shills to continue operating here past GE? Enough of these useless comments polluting this site!
Why not can relate to Invert said. Nothing wrong with that! It is only you that you don’t know. If PN continues to rule on, economy will decline and Sepang can easily close shop including F1 not going to return forever and MotoGP will also same…PN loves to bankrupt country by lockdown too much during pandemic and also didn’t help the poor but not interested in carrying economy, people, health, tourism and other issues, but just interested for themselves
@F1 Fans
That’s what I want to hear from you
And I don’t expect anything less than a paid PH trooper.
@Sick & Tired
Same goes to PN trooper with brainless and not knowledgeable when commenting compare to those other people but more worst than PH and BN and others
Ahahahaha….wait, let me laugh even harder! AHAHAHAHAHAHA
You don’t understand what he says…Lol! Better to read and understand. Huhu….I can laugh at you that you don’t understand what you said
When they were in Opposition, they bantah F1 and want it gone.
Now they are in Govt, they support to bring it back.
Lol bunch of dedak filled koolaid drinking propagandists.
Why not focus on sports we are actually good at? If we used that F1 money and setup 1000x more squash courts around the country, we could find more Nicol Davids with better ROI than money sunken into F1.
F1 please thanks
Bring back F1, that will good for tourism
Rm400 per 2 hour session for car or superbike trackday. YB we hope that you could look at ways to reduce the entry cost so that it will be more accessable to all motorsport enthusiast.
Please arrange for subsidised trackdays at Sepang for B40 rakyat
ie
trackdays for 1.5 cars and below, trackdays for 250cc bikes and below.
once/twice a month is okay.
every date, priority would be given to those that has not participated before, then open to those that are regular trackday participants.
Better buy food..
If you need subsidisation for your hobby , please have a look at yourself properly.
everything u not afford ask for subsidize ? Look inward, u are in a wrong hobby
I feel the need, the need for SPEED! I want to take my P2 Axia there for a fast spin! Anyone dare to challenge a 62 yrs old? It’s modified with a jet engine! Ow!
SIC must provide affordable event tickets and also provide affordable track rentals, existing pricing structure is too expensive
Please support for F1 Sepang for those who love Malaysia, please like my comment
If you don’t want to support F1 Sepang for those who don’t love Malaysia, please dislike my comment
Lets have a 24 hour endurance race. Only the toughest car can survive our heat and humidity, open to ice and ev and hydrogen cars.
F1 is cool and all, but we need to develop something more local.
We don’t want another crash into tree incident like in Terenganu,
take cues from Japan and Australia on how popular, simple and safe they made their local drift/time attack/skid pans, on cheaper budget suitable for our B40s.
Leave Sepang for the rich people to figure themselves out.
Hannah Yeoh should visit Kompleks Belia dan Sukan next and see the Sorry state of the tennis Courts, the toilet facilities there. Memalukan.
Putting a whale as Sports Minister is like putting a chain smoker to be Health Minister. Totally outa! At least in the past we have super fit and solid KJ as Sport Minister baru ngam.
Minister should Try and visit Kompleks Belia dan Sukan Seremban and see the condition and state of the tennis Courts toilet facilities, and Maintenance of both. Memalukan.
Should invite fe and wec to race here
SIC should be reorganise.
The track is under utilise, poorly maintained. Bring back all international event. Money making is not just about the circuit making money, but its the tourist with all related income from transportation to hospitality to food & beverages and many more.
True but pity all that money around did not contribute back to Sepang. If theres only a way for the tourism businesses that benefitted from F1 or MotoGP contribute back directly to Sepang, they will not suffer so much
the biggest improvement is to bring back f1
this minister should start visit all facilities under her ministry. why are they in poor condition? not enough budget allocation or sub par management ?
Another suggestion for YB is that, for sport development, it need regular ‘supply’ of young people who are physically fit. any sports discipline need good physical fitness.
As such any effort to elevate our sports achievement, should also go to the root at school level. for a starter do some data gathering of primary & secondary school children fitness level. set a point to improve the overall performance. make good use of school’s sport facilities.. padang, badminton hall, gelangang sepak takraw or basketball court..
Chinese GP is cancelled for 2023, good opportunity to bring back to F1 GP calendar and please make it back to back with Singapore GP to attract tourist. Almost every race in 2022 was a record high in attendance, please make use this event to boost tourism business, etc..
DON’T BRING BACK F1.. buang masa, buang duit. Why wanna pay RM10 for a 500ml bottle of water? that is so asinine. tourist dollars can be had by organising other events, F1 is not the only revenue-generator thru tourism.
That’s very lame excuses and not proper reasons. People wants F1 but not for you
And u are just rubbish in Malaysia, contribute nothing, asking why RM10 for 500ml water.
How much tax u pay yearly that can cover F1 contribution to Malaysia ?
This blogsite has turned weird made all the worse with PH back in Government now we get GOVERNMENT SPONSORED TROLLS trying to earn their living here. Has PT turned into yet another political blogsite infested by these zombies?
Back in these days before GE15 and after Sheraton Move, all those annoying ones and talking nonsenses and no senses at all must be from trolls under Muhyiddin and the gang government previously. That’s the reasons why many readers won’t dare to read your comments and previously before GE15 and after Sheraton Move
Nothing wrong with a sport minister visiting the track since the government had invested so much money into it. Have you been to Sepang circuit? Do you know how run down it is?
If Sepang still requires funding from Petronas(national oil company)/government agencies to sponsor sporting event like MotoGP then we need to make sure it is money well spent.
In F1, the race itself is losing money, but if you are able to organize a proper race day with other revenue coming from events such as race day concerts, VIP experiences, and multiplier effects to the airline and hospitality industry it will help to boost the country’s economy.
Don’t be so short-sighted and called on others stupid while you are just an idiot keyboard warrior.
Nothing wrong?!
How about making visits to sports that we actually are in but failing?!
Like football?!
Like badminton?!
Like even goddang sepak takraw?!
Instead of a sport we are just a host with no added benefit?!
How about that Hannah fanboy?!
So you do support brainless previous PN minister right?
So you do support brainless previous PN minister? Is it? Tell me what makes you think that previous PN sport minister can do better than Hannah Yeoh when PN is doing nothing at all..
Somebody so filled with anger haha