SIC OFFERS FANS FREE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH F1 CREWS IN ACTION

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will
offer motorsport fans an unprecedented opportunity, to watch Formula One teams
training for the Malaysia Grand Prix, for free.

SIC Chief Executive Officer Razlan Razali said visiting fans would be able
to have a first hand look at teams and their crew, setting up the cars for
practice, on April 2, starting 5pm.

"We are expecting about 6,000 visitors to flood the SIC Circuit because a
similar exercise for the MotoGP saw about 4,000 fans turning up," he told
reporters at the Classic Cars exhibition at the Pavilion shopping mall here.

Five F1 classic cars used in the 1980s and 1990s would be displayed at the
Pavillion until April 1 while the Malaysian GP is slated from April 2-4.

Razali added that SIC had also registered an increase of 20 percent in
ticket sales compared with the same period last year.

"This is a very encouraging development and I am confident the sales will
increase to 30 per cent soon," he said.

-- BERNAMA