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The Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF) is launching its supermoto and Saga Cup racing series as national-level championships in a bid to gain recognition from the local motorsport community. 

The MSF will run five rounds of the SuperMoto Series and open the championship on March 11 and 12 at the Litar Lumba Rakyat Kuala Selangor. 

The MSF Saga Cup Championship will also be upgraded to national-level status, and the Touge Hill Climb Series will run for two rounds this year. 

Meanwhile, MSF will continue to prioritise its MSF SuperTurismo and MSF Superbikes, and the new Merdeka 88 Endurance at Sepang International Circuit. 

The MSF event director, Adian Yein Khalid, said the new series would generate interest and participation among motorsport fans and hoped to receive support from the Youth and Sports Ministry, local authorities and media.

“These are our bread-and-butter events; and they will continue to be our main priority.” he said, adding that the first edition of the Merdeka 88 Enduro, which is an 88-lap challenge to man, machine, and ultimate strategy around the challenging 5.5-km world class racing track.

“Unlike the previous Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race organised by SIC not too long ago, the MSF Merdeka 88 Enduro will feature non-regulated driving stints, which completely opens up the possibilities of multiple alternative refuelling and driver change strategies. We may never really know who is really in the lead until the final 10 laps of the race!” Adian said.

Bakal berlangsung ‘pertempuran’ antara dua pelumba ternama Malaysia, Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah dan Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman dalam aksi Pusingan 3 MSF SuperMoto 2021/22, pada hujung minggu ini (13 Februari) di Litar Tangkak.

Azlan dalam satu kenyataan berkata, “Saya suka bila beliau berlumba sekali kerana ia akan menjadikan perlumbaan lebih ‘syok’ dan mengujakan.”

Azlan yang juga merupakan juara Asian Road Racing dilihat selalu bersaing dengan Hafizh dalam perlumbaan motosikal.

Antara momen yang bersejarah adalah sewaktu perlumbaan Moto2 di Suzuka pada tahun 2015 di mana Azlan berjaya memintas Hafizh dan menamatkan perlumbaan di tempat keempat dengan perbezaan masa hampir lima saat.

Manakala Hafizh pula memberitahu bahawa beliau masih mencari-cari rentak dan akan cuba untuk berlumba dengan tenang.

Pada Disember yang lepas, Hafizh telahpun bertanding dalam perlumbaan supermoto yang dianjurkan oleh ZK Racing dan Brad, di mana dia berjaya mendominasi keseluruhan perlumbaan.

Di peringkat antarabangsa pula, Hafizh akan menyertai MIE Racing dalam perlumbaan WSBK tahun ini, menggunakan jentera Honda CBR1000RR-R.

Perlumbaan yang bakal berlangsung hujung minggu ini bagaimanapun tidak akan disertai oleh pelumba berpengalaman, Gabit Saleh (juga juara FIM Supermoto) atas faktor kesihatan.

Perlumbaan MSF Supermoto melibatkan saingan empat kategori iaitu Rookie, Advanced, All Stars Legend dan All Stars Pro.

Kesemua perlumbaan ini akan disiarkan secara langsung di laman MSF Series serta Facebook MotoMSF bermula dengan sesi kelayakan pada jam 11.30 pagi.

Sementara itum orang ramai yang berminat untuk hadir ke Litar Tangkak, hanya 300 penonton sahaja dibenarkan dan orang ramai perlu membuat ujian kendiri Covid-19 24jam sebelum hadir.

Pada masa sama, kehadiran adalah untuk mereka yang lengkap vaksin sahaja.

Prinsipal Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF), Adian Yen, luah rasa kecewa terhadap segelintir peminat sukan permotoran di Malaysia ekoran menjadikan tapak letak kenderaan di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang (SIC) sebagai tempat buang sampah.

Adian dalam perkongsian di laman Facebook MSF SuperTurismo turut memuat naik beberapa gambar yang memaparkan tapak tersebut dipenuhi sampah.

“Ada sesuatu yang tidak kena dengan sesetengah individu yang berkunjung ke Sepang apabila mereka berasakan tidak mengapa untuk membuang sampah di kawasan letak kereta seperti ini.

“Jangan salahkan penganjur tetapi salahkan mereka yang melakukan perkara ini. Memastikan negara kita bersiah adalah perkara asas dan sepatutnya dipraktikan semua rakyat Malaysia!” tegas Adian di ruang kapsyen.

SIC kembali beroperasi dengan kerajaan membenarkan sukan permotoran dua dan empat roda berjalan selepas beberapa bulan disekat ekoran Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP).

Difahamkan, beberapa acara permotoran tempatan telah berlangsung di SIC, baru-baru ini.

Country Heights dan rakan kongsi dari China, Goldenport Enterprises, baru sahaja mengumumkan kerjasama terkini mereka dalam menjadikan Malaysia sebagai tuan rumah bagi pusingan pertama Asia GT Festival di Sepang Circuit (SIC).

Malaysia akan menjadi negara pertama yang akan mengaturkan perlumbaan Asia GT (China GT Championship) di luar negara China dimana lebih dari 30 kereta lumba GT dari seluruh dunia akan bertarung untuk memenangi hadiah berjumlah RM5.45 juta. (more…)

  • TOC Automotive College has just signed an agreement with Malaysia Speed Festival.

  • The collaboration launches the MSF Motor Racing study course.

  • Students will learn about racing management and technical aspects in the 20-week course.

Hot on the heels of the launch of the TOC Superbike Technician Course, the TOC Automotive College (TOC) has signed another collaborative effort with the Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF) on 25th May 2018.

TOC Automotive College Launches Superbike Technician Course

As we mentioned before, motorsports is the fast lane to a student’s real world experience. That is why the TOC Automotive College has a fully-equipped Motorsports Division, which caters to both auto and now motorcycle racing.

The partnership seeks to enhance the knowledge of TOC’s students in the cutthroat world of motorsports before they hit the workforce. More specifically, this collaboration with train a select group of TOC students as future leaders and workers in Malaysia’s motorsport industry through the new “MSF Motor Racing” study course.

In Adian Yein, MSF’s Principal’s speech, it was revealed that while the motorsport industry is still small in terms of budgets compared to the international team, it was still worth RM 2 million a few years ago. As such, there exists a need for more new blood to take part. Besides that, it ought to be time to concentrate not only on the drivers and riders, but also those in the background.

Mr. Liew Chin Hooi, MSF Superbike Representative, iterated in his speech, “The technical portion of motorsports has traditionally been relegated to the blue-collar status. We aim to change that through the tie-up with TOC.”

Ms. Adelaine Foo, Founder and CEO of TOC Automotive College, added that, “Everybody knows who the drivers and riders are, but what TOC has done is to bring a lot of focus to the people who made the machine for the drivers and riders to drive and ride. There is no Lewis Hamilton if there’s no technicians.”

“It’s about bringing respect to the people behind the scenes,” she added.

The topics covered in the 20-week course are:

WEEK TOPIC OUTLINE
1 Introduction to Motorsports and MSF Racing ·      Introducing MSF.
·      Overview of the motorsports industry: Worldwide, US, Australia, Britain, Malaysia.
·      Importance of regulations and safety.
2 Race technical operations – Registration and Scrutineering ·      Registration – license checking, sign in.
·      Scrutineering – safety checks, technical compliance.
3 Race Technical Operations – Race Control, Timing and Gridding ·      Timing and gridding – results, labelling, gridding.
·      Race Control – race diary, incidents reporting.
4 MSF 2018 Round 3 ·      Event duties.
5 MSF Race Car Body Preparation and Safety Items ·      Body lightening.
·      Body straightening.
·      Installing safety items.
6 MSF Race Engine Preparation – Top-end Modifications and Improvements ·      Improving breathing and volumetric efficiency.
·      Improving ignition.
7 MSF Race Engine Preparation – Bottom-end improvements and Building ·      Improving compression
·      Lightening
·      Building the bottom end
8 Race Technical Operations – Revision for all groups ·      Briefing of responsibilities and revision.
9 MSF 2018 Round 4 ·      Event duties
10 Chassis and Suspension (Cars) ·      Basic chassis and suspension design.
·      Understanding suspension.
11 Suspension – Basics and Setup (Cars) ·      Introduction to vehicle dynamics.
·      Understanding damping.
·      Basic vehicle set up.
12 Suspension – Basics and Setup (Bikes) ·      Introduction to bike suspension.
·      Understanding bike chassis dynamics.
·      Basic superbike set up.
13 Race technical operations – Revision for all groups ·      Briefing of responsibilities and revision.
14 MSF 2018 Round 5 ·      Event duties.
15 Aerodynamics ·      Understanding air pressure and movement.
16 Drivetrain ·      Gearbox and gear ratios.
·      Flywheel and clutch.
17 Race Strategy and Testing ·      Tyre and fuel strategy.
·      Effect of weather.
·      Communicating with the driver.
·      Objectives of testing and understanding the data.
18 Race Technical Operations – Revision for all groups ·      Briefing of responsibilities and revision.
19 MSF 2018 Round 6 ·      Event duties.
20 Assessment

Industry players in Malaysia will also give talks from time to time. Confirmed partners are Fawster Suspension, K-Tech Suspension, Hankook Motorsports Malaysia and Proton-R3 Motorsports.

As you could see, TOC and MSF want to breed race team engineers or race officials that are intelligent with solid technical backgrounds, instead of mere grease monkeys.

You may refer to TOC Automotive College and Malaysia Speed Festival Facebook pages for more information on the MSF Motor Racing study course. You may also visit TOC Automotive College’s website.

PICTURE GALLERY

Round 2 of the Malaysia Speed Festival 2018 (MSF) is set to roll this weekend on 7 and 8 April 2018.

Over 60 bikes have registered for the track day sessions as well as the first round of the MSF Super400 and MSF Super1000 races.

Other events include MSF Drift Gonzo, MSF Cars Racing, and also MSF Car Track Day.

Over 60 motorcycles will be going head to head against each other this weekend (7 and 8 April 2018) at the Malaysia Speed Festival 2018 or otherwise known as MSF. One of the biggest national motorsports events will be held at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) and where motorcycle racers will battle it out in the MSF Super400 and MSF Super1000. (more…)

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