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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

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Formula One Standings

October 2016

As of: United States Grand Prix		+/-	Points	Behind	Wins
1	Nico Rosberg - Mercedes	–	331	‒	9
2	Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes	–	305	26	7
3	Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull	–	227	104	1
4	Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari	+2	177	154	0
5	Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari	-1	170	161	0
6	Max Verstappen - Red Bull	-1	165	166	1
7	Sergio Perez - Force India	+1	84	247	0
8	Valtteri Bottas - Williams	-1	81	250	0
9	Nico Hulkenberg - Force India	–	54	277	0
10	Fernando Alonso - McLaren	+1	52	279	0

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F1 Racing
Mixed Signals on Formula One
SIC Still profitable despite dwindling ticket sales
Government pays US$55mil a year to host F1
Petronas' returns from partnership in F1 is over RM3bil
Plans to scrap Malaysian race meet with various reactions
By Eugene Mahalingam
Plans to scrap the Malaysian Formula One (F1) Grand Prix from the circuit calender are being met with mixed signals - even if it is for a temporary period.
There are those who feel the Government should have done more to promote the F1 in Malaysia to make it a biggest success.
A source who has been involved in the management of the F1 in the country said it costs the Government US$55mil (RM231mil) annually just to host the event.

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Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1 and officially the FIA Formula One World Championship) is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been the premier form of racing since the inaugural season in 1950, although other Formula One races were regularly held until 1983. The "formula", designated in the name, refers to a set of rules, to which all participants' cars must conform...

Have we done enough for Formula One? - PressReader

Malaysia has hosted the F1 race since 1999. At that time, it was a big deal. Malaysia was only the second country in Asia apart from Japan to ...
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Super GT500 Championship

Thrills and spills in Super GT in Thailand

The Chang International Circuit in Buri Ram.

By Thomas Huong/3 November 2016

Still, the Nismo team will go into the final rounds at the Twin Ring Motegi race track in Japan as ranking leader, with a 10-point lead over second placed Lexus Team Lemans Wako's.
The final rounds of the 2016 Super GT will be on November 11 till 13.
Super GT in Thailand
Since 2014, a round of the Super GT series has been held at the Chang International Circuit in Buri Ram.
Before that, Malaysians will remember that the Sepang International Circuit had hosted the Super GT series for 13 years running.

It is the season's sole overseas round, and it's understandable that we mostly drew blank looks when mentioning Buri Ram, which is not exactly a major tourist draw here...

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In the news...

Malaysia considers giving up on F1 race

Motorsport.com, Edition: Global‎ - 2 days ago

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W07 Hybrid leads at the start of the race.

Tech It's a tech arms race in, well, Formula One races It's a tech arms race

USA TODAY‎ - 1 day ago

Hamilton beats Rosberg in Austin to close title race

Formula 1‎ - 3 days ago

Motor racing-Anything possible in F1 title race, says Hamilton

Yahoo Sports-1 hour ago

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