Malaysia, Sepang
Sepang Circuit
A 5.543 km circuit in Sepang. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
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Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
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Going to Sepang Circuit?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Sepang Circuit lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
No recorded laps on Sepang Circuit GP yet.
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Track day guide
Track day at Sepang Circuit
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 29°C by day, 23°C at night, rain on 28 days. Warmest in March, 31°C by day on average. Coldest in February, 22°C at night. Fewest days with rain: February.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Sepang Circuit elevation
Elevation change 21 m, steepest gradient 5.3%. The highest point, about 44 m above sea level, is 3.42 km from the start line; the lowest, about 23 m, 1.13 km.
Height above sea level, approximate. HoverTouch the profile for any point.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Heights above sea level are approximate: trees and buildings along the line read up to about 15 m high. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
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About Sepang Circuit
Overview
The Sepang International Circuit lies in Sepang, in the state of Selangor, about 45 km south of Kuala Lumpur and close to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It is run by Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd, a government-linked company whose parent is the Minister of Finance (Incorporated). The circuit is the home of the Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, and it also hosts the Sepang 1000 km, GT World Challenge Asia and TCR Asia, while Japanese Super GT and the Asian Le Mans Series have visited many times. Up to around 130,000 spectators can attend.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
Hermann Tilke designed the Grand Prix circuit, which measures 5,543 m with 15 corners and eight straights. Its straights are wide, between 16 m and 22 m. The back straight runs 927 m and is separated from the pit straight only by a single very tight hairpin. Braking at the end of the straights takes up about 17% of the lap. The circuit can be split into a North and a South loop, the latter using the back straight as its pit straight. The climate is hot and humid: track temperatures often reach 60 °C, and tropical storms can stop a race, as monsoon rain did at the Formula One Grand Prix of 2009. In 2016 Dromo resurfaced the whole circuit to improve grip in the wet and upgraded several run-off areas, and the final corner was re-profiled with an off-camber surface to help drainage.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The double-fronted main grandstand seats 30,000 and stands beside a central fan zone, and the grandstand canopies are shaped like the leaves of the oil palms that surround the site. The two-storey pit building holds 30 garages together with race control, timekeeping, a media centre and offices, and a medical centre with a small operating theatre stands nearby. Electronic marshal posts show coloured lights to drivers in place of flags, and fibre-linked cameras cover the circuit. The complex also has a kart circuit and a motocross facility.
History
The circuit was conceived by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as part of his plans to industrialise Malaysia and to complete the Multimedia Super Corridor between the capital and its new airport. Ground was broken on 1 November 1997, the cost reached RM308 million, and Dr Mahathir officially opened the circuit in March 1999. Formula One and the motorcycle Grand Prix both arrived that year. The Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix ran 19 times, until 2017, when rising hosting fees and falling audiences led the circuit not to renew its contract; Max Verstappen won the last race. The A1 Grand Prix series raced at Sepang from 2005 to 2008 and World Superbike from 2014 to 2016. On 23 October 2011 Marco Simoncelli was killed in a crash at turn 11 during the Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, and the race was stopped.
