Malaysia considering night race
This is an interesting news for Formula 1 in Malaysia that I gather from F1racing.net…
Malaysian authorities are considering the prospect of holding their Grand Prix at night in the future, but only if the price is right. Singapore will make F1 history this autumn when it hosts F1’s first ever night race.
We have actually been talking aboug a night race with Bernie Ecclestone since September 2006," Dato Mokhzani Mahatir, chairman of the Sepang circuit told the Bangkok Post. "Since then he has spoken with Singapore and Melbourne as he’d like to see the F1 broadcast from here in Europe at a more decent hour. Having a race in Asia at night makes sense for that."
"Singapore and Melbourne are temporary street circuits whereas we are a permanent facility," he added. "Putting up lighting systems would allow us to hire the circuit out more."
The best thing is, Malaysian Marshalls already had experiences handling Night races with the yearly held Merdeka Endurance Race, now it’s just a matter of installing better lighting systems to light up the skies for the F1 cars to see (unless there’s a new ruling to install headlights on F1 cars (?)).
Would you go to the Sepang Track to watch an F1 race in the night?
