Sepang International Circuit – F1 Track Layout, Records & Winners

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Sepang International Circuit

Bahrain F1 GP, Kuala Lumpur

1999

First Grand Prix

Grand Prix

Most Driver Wins

Sebastian Vettel

Most Constructor Wins

Ferrari

Sepang International Circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke and opened in 1999, was the first Asian \"purpose-built\" F1 venue and the prototype for almost every Tilke design that followed. Located near Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, the 5.543 km layout hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix from 1999 to 2017. Famous for its extreme tropical heat, monsoon-class downpours, and abrasive surface that produces some of the highest tyre wear of any modern F1 circuit.

Where in the world

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Layout & Facts

Lap distance	5.543 km / 3.444 mi
Circuit type	Permanent circuit
DRS zones	2 zones
Elevation change	18 meters / 59 feet
Driving direction	Clockwise ↻
Corners	15 corners (4 low / 9 medium / 2 high speed)

Wins by grid position	P147%P226%P35.3%P411%P6+11%based on 19 races
Pole position side	Left side
Top speed	325 km/h (202 mph)
Average race speed	212 km/h (132 mph)
Pit lane time loss	23.0 seconds
Lap record	1:34.080 (212 km/h / 132 mph) (Sebastian Vettel, 2017)

Opened	1999 (27 years ago)
Local timezone	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (+08, UTC+08)
Designer	Hermann Tilke
Owner	Sepang International Circuit Sdn Bhd
Official website	www.sepangcircuit.com

History

More circuit history coming soon — we are still adding key corner stories for this track.

Winners & Podiums

No.	Year	Podium	Team	Fastest Lap	Laps	Results
19	2017	1 Max Verstappen 1:30:01.290 2 Lewis Hamilton +12.770 3 Daniel Ricciardo +22.519	Red Bull Mercedes Red Bull	1:34.080 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari	56	2017 Race Report & Results
18	2016	1 Daniel Ricciardo 1:37:12.776 2 Max Verstappen +2.443 3 Nico Rosberg +25.516	Red Bull Red Bull Mercedes	1:36.424 Nico Rosberg Mercedes	56	2016 Race Report & Results
17	2015	1 Sebastian Vettel 1:41:05.793 2 Lewis Hamilton +8.569 3 Nico Rosberg +12.310	Ferrari Mercedes Mercedes	1:42.062 Nico Rosberg Mercedes	56	2015 Race Report & Results
16	2014	1 Lewis Hamilton 1:40:25.974 2 Nico Rosberg +17.313 3 Sebastian Vettel +24.534	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	1:43.066 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	56	2014 Race Report & Results
15	2013	1 Sebastian Vettel 1:38:56.681 2 Mark Webber +4.298 3 Lewis Hamilton +12.181	Red Bull Red Bull Mercedes	1:39.199 Sergio Pérez McLaren	56	2013 Race Report & Results
14	2012	1 Fernando Alonso 2:44:51.812 2 Sergio Pérez +2.263 3 Lewis Hamilton +14.591	Ferrari Sauber McLaren	1:40.722 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1	56	2012 Race Report & Results
13	2011	1 Sebastian Vettel 1:37:39.832 2 Jenson Button +3.261 3 Nick Heidfeld +25.075	Red Bull McLaren Renault	1:40.571 Mark Webber Red Bull	56	2011 Race Report & Results
12	2010	1 Sebastian Vettel 1:33:48.412 2 Mark Webber +4.849 3 Nico Rosberg +13.504	Red Bull Red Bull Mercedes	1:37.054 Mark Webber Red Bull	56	2010 Race Report & Results
11	2009	1 Jenson Button 0:55:30.622 2 Nick Heidfeld +22.722 3 Timo Glock +23.513	Brawn BMW Sauber Toyota	1:36.641 Jenson Button Brawn	31	2009 Race Report & Results
10	2008	1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:31:18.555 2 Robert Kubica +19.570 3 Heikki Kovalainen +38.450	Ferrari BMW Sauber McLaren	1:35.366 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber	56	2008 Race Report & Results
9	2007	1 Fernando Alonso 1:32:14.930 2 Lewis Hamilton +17.557 3 Kimi Räikkönen +18.339	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	1:36.701 Lewis Hamilton McLaren	56	2007 Race Report & Results
8	2006	1 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:30:40.529 2 Fernando Alonso +4.585 3 Jenson Button +9.631	Renault Renault Honda	1:34.803 Fernando Alonso Renault	56	2006 Race Report & Results
7	2005	1 Fernando Alonso 1:31:33.736 2 Jarno Trulli +24.327 3 Nick Heidfeld +32.188	Renault Toyota Williams	1:35.483 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren	56	2005 Race Report & Results
6	2004	1 Michael Schumacher 1:31:07.490 2 Juan-Pablo Montoya +5.022 3 Jenson Button +11.568	Ferrari Williams BAR	1:34.223 Juan-Pablo Montoya Williams	56	2004 Race Report & Results
5	2003	1 Kimi Räikkönen 1:32:22.195 2 Rubens Barrichello +39.286 3 Fernando Alonso +1:04.007	McLaren Ferrari Renault	1:36.412 Michael Schumacher Ferrari	56	2003 Race Report & Results
4	2002	1 Ralf Schumacher 1:34:12.912 2 Juan-Pablo Montoya +39.700 3 Michael Schumacher +1:01.795	Williams Williams Ferrari	1:38.049 Juan-Pablo Montoya Williams	56	2002 Race Report & Results
3	2001	1 Michael Schumacher 1:47:34.801 2 Rubens Barrichello +23.660 3 David Coulthard +28.555	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	1:40.962 Mika Häkkinen McLaren	55	2001 Race Report & Results
2	2000	1 Michael Schumacher 1:35:54.235 2 David Coulthard +0.732 3 Rubens Barrichello +18.444	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	1:38.543 Mika Häkkinen McLaren	56	2000 Race Report & Results
1	1999	1 Eddie Irvine 1:36:38.494 2 Michael Schumacher +1.040 3 Mika Häkkinen +9.743	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	1:40.267 Michael Schumacher Ferrari	56	1999 Race Report & Results

Last updated: 34 minutes ago · 14:34

Drivers Ranking

NO	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	10	4	0	1	5	2	1	6.7	7.7	127
2	Fernando Alonso	16	3	1	1	5	2	1	9.8	8.0	88
3	Michael Schumacher	11	3	1	1	5	5	2	5.2	6.1	51
4	Kimi Räikkönen	14	2	0	1	3	0	2	7.0	9.9	66
5	Lewis Hamilton	11	1	3	2	6	5	2	5.1	5.2	116
6	Jenson Button	17	1	1	2	4	1	1	9.4	9.4	54
7	Max Verstappen	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.7	3.3	49
8	Daniel Ricciardo	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	7.5	10.0	41
9	Ralf Schumacher	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	9.2	10.0	22
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	11.5	11.8	13
11	Eddie Irvine	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.3	10.8	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	13	0	2	1	3	0	0	9.3	9.0	27
13	Mark Webber	12	0	2	0	2	1	2	6.8	10.1	63.5
14	Juan-Pablo Montoya	6	0	2	0	2	0	2	6.0	7.2	24
15	Nico Rosberg	11	0	1	3	4	0	2	5.5	9.3	75.5
16	Nick Heidfeld	11	0	1	2	3	0	1	9.5	9.3	36
17	David Coulthard	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	8.5	12.0	16
18	Sergio Pérez	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	10.7	9.5	36
19	Jarno Trulli	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.2	9.6	25.5
20	Robert Kubica	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.8	10.8	20
21	Mika Häkkinen	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	3.3	4.3	8
22	Heikki Kovalainen	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.2	13.7	7
23	Timo Glock	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.0	16.0	3
24	Felipe Massa	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	10.7	8.6	52
25	Valtteri Bottas	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.4	6.8	34
26	Nico Hülkenberg	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	10.0	21
27	Adrian Sutil	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	16.1	10
28	Bruno Senna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	11.0	8
29	Romain Grosjean	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	14.3	8
30	Paul di Resta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	12.7	7
31	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	7.0	6
32	Kamui Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	16.3	6
33	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	12.3	5
34	Lance Stroll	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	8.0	4
35	Carlos Sainz	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	12.7	4
36	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.4	9.8	4
37	Jacques Villeneuve	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.6	12.1	4
38	Johnny Herbert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	9.0	3
39	Daniil Kvyat	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	11.0	3
40	Jaime Alguersuari	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	11.5	2
41	Kevin Magnussen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13.7	2
42	Esteban Ocon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13.0	1
43	Jolyon Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	12.5	1
44	Christian Klien	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	12.0	1
45	Damon Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	21.0	0
46	Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	14.0	0
47	Pierre Gasly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	14.0	0
48	Giorgio Pantano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.0	0
49	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.0	0
50	Alessandro Zanardi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	10.0	0
51	Will Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	20.0	0
52	Tarso Marques	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	14.0	0
53	Karun Chandhok	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	15.0	0
54	Zsolt Baumgartner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	16.0	0
55	Toranosuke Takagi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.0	0
56	Justin Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.0	0
57	Luciano Burti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	10.0	0
58	Gianmaria Bruni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.0	0
59	Alex Yoong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	17.0	0
60	Ralph Firman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	10.0	0
61	Allan McNish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	7.0	0
62	Yuji Ide	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	17.0	0
63	Patrick Friesacher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	20.0	0
64	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.0	0
65	Lucas di Grassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	14.0	0
66	Giedo van der Garde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	15.0	0
67	Luca Badoer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	15.0	0
68	Charles Pic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	17.0	0
69	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	12.0	0
70	Max Chilton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	15.5	0
71	Scott Speed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	15.0	0
72	Sébastien Bourdais	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	16.0	0
73	Pascal Wehrlein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	16.0	0
74	Cristiano da Matta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	10.0	0
75	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	14.5	0
76	Jules Bianchi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16.5	0
77	Pedro Diniz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	17.5	0
78	Ricardo Zonta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	17.0	0
79	Kazuki Nakajima	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	14.5	0
80	Mika Salo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	10.0	0
81	Marc Gené	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	13.0	0
82	Gastón Mazzacane	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	12.5	0
83	Enrique Bernoldi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	18.5	0
84	Tiago Monteiro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	12.5	0
85	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	17.3	0
86	Jean Alesi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	9.0	0
87	Jos Verstappen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	10.0	0
88	Esteban Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	16.0	0
89	Christijan Albers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	15.3	0
90	Alexander Wurz	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	8.0	0
91	Anthony Davidson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	16.7	0
92	Narain Karthikeyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.3	18.7	0
93	Sébastien Buemi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.3	0
94	Pedro de la Rosa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	16.3	0
95	Marcus Ericsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.8	15.8	0
96	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	16.5	0
97	Olivier Panis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.8	18.2	0
98	Takuma Sato	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	13.4	0
99	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	19.8	0

Last updated: 34 minutes ago · 14:34

Constructors Ranking

NO	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Ferrari	19	7	3	3	13	7	3	6.7	6.7	237
2	Red Bull	13	5	3	2	10	3	2	5.9	7.3	243.5
3	McLaren	19	2	3	4	9	1	5	7.9	9.0	145
4	Renault	12	2	1	2	5	3	1	9.0	9.4	80
5	Mercedes	8	1	3	4	8	4	3	4.2	6.9	164
6	Williams	19	1	2	1	4	0	2	10.2	11.8	90.5
7	Brawn	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	4.5	3.0	7
8	BMW Sauber	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	7.4	10.6	22
9	Toyota	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	9.2	9.1	25.5
10	Sauber	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	14.0	13.1	33
11	BAR	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.4	14.2	10
12	Honda	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	14.0	9.8	6
13	Force India	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.4	12.2	50
14	Lotus F1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.5	12.6	24
15	Toro Rosso	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	13.4	18
16	Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	4.5	5
17	Jordan	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.5	4
18	Jaguar	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.9	13.6	1
19	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	12.5	0
20	Spyker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	21.5	0
21	Virgin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	18.0	0
22	Haas	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	16.3	0
23	Prost	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	14.6	0
24	HRT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.8	19.2	0
25	Super Aguri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.8	15.2	0
26	Benetton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	10.2	0
27	Arrows	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	14.6	0
28	Caterham	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.9	16.0	0
29	Manor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.1	16.7	0
30	Minardi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.7	14.6	0

Last updated: 34 minutes ago · 14:34

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Sepang International Circuit — Frequently Asked Questions

How many F1 Grands Prix have been held at Sepang International Circuit?

Sepang International Circuit has hosted 20 Formula 1 Grands Prix since the first edition in 1999.

Who has the most F1 wins at Sepang International Circuit?

Sebastian Vettel holds the record at Sepang International Circuit with 4 victories.

Which constructor has won most often at Sepang International Circuit?

Ferrari is the most successful constructor at Sepang International Circuit with 7 wins.

What is the lap record at Sepang International Circuit?

The lap record at Sepang International Circuit is 01:34.080, set by Sebastian Vettel in 2017.

Where is Sepang International Circuit located?

Sepang International Circuit is located in Kuala Lumpur.

When was Sepang International Circuit built?

Sepang International Circuit opened in 1999.

Who designed Sepang International Circuit?

Sepang International Circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke.

In which direction is Sepang International Circuit driven?

Sepang International Circuit is driven clockwise.

How many corners does Sepang International Circuit have?

Sepang International Circuit has 15 corners.

How many DRS zones does Sepang International Circuit have?

Sepang International Circuit has 2 DRS zones.

Is Sepang International Circuit a street or permanent circuit?

Sepang International Circuit is a permanent circuit.

Last updated: 34 minutes ago · 14:34

Pos.		Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	242
2	George Russell	183
3	Lewis Hamilton	183
4	Lando Norris	159
5	Charles Leclerc	155

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