Malaysian GP Preview

After a two week break, CRC heads to the Sepang International Circuit for Round 17 of the 2016 CRC World Championship!

Track Facts

Track Type: Permanent circuit

Turns: 56

Lap Distance: 5.543KM

Race Distance: 310.408KM

Laps: 56

2015 Podium: 1. James Humphries, 2. Toby Jones, 3. Hannah Doran

Tyre Wear: Medium

Engine Wear: Medium

Brake Wear: Medium

News; The big news heading into this weekend is that Will Estlea is going to get his first shot at clinching the drivers championship this weekend. For this to happen, he has to outscore Alex Moores by 17 or more points. Here are the scenarios that would give Will Estlea the title.

Will Estlea wins and Alex Moores finishes sixth or lower

Will Estlea finishes second and Alex Moores finishes tenth or lower

Will Estlea finishes in the top 2 with Alex Moores failing to score

The other major news is Toby Jones receiving a race ban after reaching over 12 penalty points. He will be replaced by James Humphries who will make a one-off appearance at the race he won last year.

Strategy;

This track is fairly on tyres, but despite that we should still expect the usual if the race is dry, 1 stop for hards, 2 stop for mediums (even though it may be 3 stop for some and 3 stop for softs.

Weather;

For this weekend, dry conditions are expected.

Thursday: Clear

Friday: Clear

Saturday: Clear

Sunday: Clear

Here is the provisional schedule for this weekend.

Thursday

17:45 - CRC FP1 (no stream) 21:00 - CGP2 Qualifying (no stream)

Friday

17:45 - CRC FP2 (no stream)

Saturday

11:25 - CRC FP3 (no stream)

16:10 - CRC Qualifying

17:30 - CGP2 Race

Sunday;

12:00 (Stream Starts at 11:40, time is provisional) - 2016 CRC Malaysian Grand Prix