The organizers of the Malaysian Grand Prix are about to give the green light for their event to become a night race starting next year. This announcement follows a series of interviews with teams and drivers in Sepang last weekend.<\/p>\n
The circuit has expressed a particular interest in being the second F1 event after Singapore to have drivers race at night. A firm and official decision will only be made after a number of discussions with key partners.<\/p>\n
The 2008 edition of the Sepang Grand Prix, which took place last weekend, attracted 179,000 people over three days.<\/p>\n
The general manager Datuk Azmi Murad told the New Strait Times: \u00ab After 10 years of success, we need to take on a new challenge, and a night race is the challenge we are looking for. All our efforts will now be focused on this. \u00bb<\/p>\n
However, he clarified that there was no firm date for the first night race, but he hopes that it will take place in 2009.<\/p>\n
\u00ab We are going to start working on the concept of a night race and if everything goes as planned, it will be for next year, \u00bb he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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