Sepang International Circuit
Circuit Statistics
Location: Malaysia 
Established:
Circuit Type:
Race
Designed by:
Hermann Tilke
Capacity:
133,000
Turns:
15
Direction:
Clockwise
First Grand Prix Race:
Total Races:
18
About Sepang International Circuit
The circuit was designed by German designer Hermann Tilke, who would subsequently design the new facilities in Shanghai, Bahrain, Turkey, Valencia, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Korea, India and Austin, TX.
Circuit Information
The circuit was designed by German designer Hermann Tilke, who would subsequently design the new facilities in Shanghai, Bahrain, Turkey, Valencia, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Korea, India and Austin, TX.
The circuit was officially inaugurated by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Doktor Mahathir Bin Mohamad. He subsequently went on to inaugurate the first Moto GP Malaysian Grand Prix on 20 April 1999 and the first Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix on 17 October 1999.
On October 23, 2011, on the second lap of the MotoGP Shell Advance Malaysian Grand Prix, the Italian motorcycle racer Marco Simoncelli died following a crash in turn 11 on Lap 2, resulting in an abandonment of the race.
Source: Wikipedia