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21st
April, Sepang Sepang
International Circuit has announced the
appointment of Motorsport Asia Limited (MAL) as
series organiser of the Malaysian Super Series
2010.
“The move was made to ensure further improvement
in terms of the overall running of the series
and also for better commercialisation in terms
of promotion and advertising,” said Sepang
International Circuit CEO, Razlan Razali.
“SIC will still be involved in track
preparation, and the regulations will remain
unchanged as issued by SIC previously. Any
changes deemed necessary to the regulations will
be done via the Additional Supplementary
Regulations. MAL will also be supported by Two
Wheels Motor Racing Sdn Bhd,” he said.
Motorsport Asia CEO David Sonenscher said
Motorsport Asia is proud to take on this new
challenge. “The Malaysian Super Series has been
a staple with the Malaysian racing community,
but up until this time it has been very much a
Club racing event. Our objective will be to
bring higher levels of professionalism,
promotion and media coverage to establish the
MSS as a truly credible National event, offering
both a platform for National Malaysian
motorsport development programmes as well as
credible championships open to high level
International competitors.
“One of our goals has always been to help
promote the Motorsport Industry in Malaysia and
this collaboration will enable us to take a much
more direct role in this,” said Sonenscher.
Ron Hogg, the Promotions Director of Two Wheel
Motor Racing Sdn Bhd is more than happy to be
given the privilege to work alongside MAL in
assisting the MSS. He said, “We are glad to
provide the assistance to ensure the continuous
growth in Malaysian motorsports industry. I
believe with our many years of experience
running PETRONAS AAM Malaysian Cub Prix
Championship and PETRONAS Asia Road Racing
Championship will be able to take MSS a notch
higher.”
Organised and promoted by Sepang International
Circuit (SIC), the Malaysian Super Series, or
simply referred as MSS within the motorsports
fraternity, was introduced to provide more top
level competition for Malaysian racers and as a
platform to unearth new talents.
First organized in 2002, it has since grown in
stature to become Malaysia’s national
championship for motor racing. The MSS comprises
of the bike and car competitions. Apart from the
local championships, international racing series
are sometimes incorporated in the race with the
Hong Kong Classic Car Series being its permanent
partner.
In giving more prominence to the series, the
final rounds of bike and car championships are
run with world class series with the bike
competitions such as running as support races
for the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
Previously, the MSS car competitions were
incorporated in the Super GT International
Series Malaysia race programme.
“SIC would like to position MSS as the platform
to the World Championship or equivalent to the
competitive European and Japanese championships.
MAL has a long and distinguished track record,
thus we believe that our partnership with MAL
will help us to achieve this national agenda,”
said Razlan.
“We have already planned for the bikes category,
in which the top ranking Malaysian will be
selected for the wild card for the 125cc and
Moto2 of the world championship. We are still
determining the development plans for 4 wheels,
and MAL as our partner will be assisting us,” he
said.
This year, the first round of both MSS Club and
Premier, previously scheduled on April 18 and
May 1-2 respectively have been re-scheduled and
will be held from May 28 to 30. The MSS Club and
Premier event will now be combined and known
only as Malaysian Super Series.
The dates for all rounds would be as follows : -
Round 1 - 28th – 30th May.
Round 2 - 25th – 27th June.
Round 3 - 30th July – 1st August.
Round 4 - 16th – 18th July.
Round 5 - 17th – 19th Sept.
Round 6 - 26th – 28th Nov.
For latest Malaysian Super Series news, log on to
www.sepangcircuit.com for more info.
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