Tuesday, 30 April 2024 – The season opener of Malaysia Championship Series (MCS) kicks off this Friday to Sunday, 3 – 5 May 2024 in Sepang with HANKOOK’s inaugural debut as the Official Tyre Distributor for MCS.

Promoted and organised by PETRONAS Sepang International Circuit (PETRONAS SIC), supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia (KBS), and sanctioned by Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM), the Championship continues with four classes battle, Touring Production (T Production) for turbo production cars with maximum 2000cc, Malaysia Touring Car (M Production) for the 1600cc and below modified class, Stock Production 1 (SP1) the Naturally Aspirated cars of maximum 2000cc and Stock Production 2 (SP2) cars below 1600cc.

Azhan Shafriman Hanif, Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS SIC said, “With the newly introduced racing format, I am very thrilled that we have provisionally recorded the first and highest full-season participation of 65 cars this year. This number has shown the increased interests and I believe that this is going to be another exciting 2024 season. As the Organiser to one of the longest-running national championship since 2002, we are committed to continuously deliver a high quality and safe racing event. I really look forward to welcome everyone to Sepang.”

The Official Practice and Qualifying sessions begin on 3 May 2024. The race will be flagged off on Saturday, 4 May 2024 at 1.00pm and Race 2 starts on Sunday, 5 May 2024 at 10.30am. This year, T Production shall run with SP1 and M Production with SP2. Running alongside this weekend’s MCS season opener are the featured actions from three support events i.e; Asia Classic Car Challenge/Caterham and the prestigious Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series and TCR Asia.

PETRONAS SIC is running several offerings which fans cannot afford to miss such as Grid Walk and Safety Car Ride and to make things more exciting, fans stand a chance to win attractive lucky draw prizes. Fans can also anticipate to catch the action live because PETRONAS SIC is offering a free entry to the Main Grandstand, while paddock entry tickets priced at RM100 are available to get up close and personal with the participants.

Beyond this weekend, this national racing series returns with Round 2 on 7 – 9 June 2024, followed by Round 3 on 9 – 11 August 2024, with the season finale scheduled on 6 – 8 September 2024.

Stay tuned and follow our social media for more updates on events and activities. Please contact SIC Media Relations at mediarelations@sepangcircuit.com for further information.