Sepang Racing Team
Base | Sepang, Malaysia |
---|---|
Principal | Team Pricipal: Razlan Razali Team Director: Johan Stigefelt Team Manager: Wilco Zeelenberg |
Rider(s) | MotoGP: 20 Fabio Quartararo 21 Franco Morbidelli Moto2: 96 Jake Dixon 97 Xavi Vierge Moto3: 17 John McPhee 89 Khairul Idham Pawi |
Motorcycle | MotoGP - Yamaha Moto2 - Kalex Moto3 - Honda |
Tyres | Michelin, Dunlop |
Riders' Championships | – |
The Sepang Racing Team[1] (formerly known as SIC Racing Team) is a Malaysian Grand Prix motorcycle racing team owned by the Sepang International Circuit. First established in 2015 in the Moto3 class, and expanded on 2019, fielding teams in MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 championships. The MotoGP team is formally called Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (Petronas Yamaha SRT), while the Moto2 and Moto3 teams are named Petronas Sprinta Racing Team (Petronas SRT).[2]
History
The team first raced in Moto2 in 2014, with former Grand Prix racer Johan Stigefelt launching his own outfit in the middleweight class using a Caterham bike and with backing from Malaysian airline Air Asia. Finishing sixth in the championship with Johann Zarco and Josh Herrin, the team then morphed into the Sepang International Circuit Team for the following season.
The team signed Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin for their debut season in the lightweight class[3], joined by Czech racer Jakub Kornfeil. Kornfeil took two podium finishes for the team and finished 12th in the championship, while Khairuddin took a best finish of fifth at the Japanese Grand Prix. Kornfeil remained with the team for 2016, finishing the season in eighth and taking a podium finish at the team's home race in Malaysia. Adam Norrodin, signed to replace Khairuddin, ended the year 28th with a pair of 11th-place finishes his best results.
Retaining Norrodin and replacing Kornfeil with Japanese racer Ayumu Sasaki for 2017, the team ended the season 17th and 20th respectively. In October, they also announced a return to the Moto2 class for 2018, with Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin joining the squad[4] . Releasing Syahrin early from his contract to take over Jonas Folger's Tech 3 Yamaha seat in MotoGP, Khairuddin returned to the team for the start of the season.[5]
Retaining Sasaki and Norrodin for 2018, the pair finished the season in 20th and 21st, with Norrodin taking a best finish of fifth. Khairuddin was replaced on the team's Moto2 squad after five rounds by Finnish racer Niki Tuuli, who finished the year in 32nd with a best finish of 15th.
Expansion into MotoGP
In July 2018 it was announced that Sepang Racing Team would make the step up to the premier class for the 2019 MotoGP season,[6] with Yamaha providing leased Yamaha YZR-M1 motorcycles for the 2019, 2020 and 2021 MotoGP seasons.[7] Signing French rookie Fabio Quartararo and Italian rider Franco Morbidelli[8] and being joined by Petronas as title sponsor, the team became Petronas Yamaha SRT.[9][10][11] The team expanded their partnership with Petronas further at the 2019 Dutch TT, when the Malaysian oil company also joined the team as technical partner, with the team switching to Petronas' Sprinta engine oil.[12]
Retaining a presence in the Moto2 and Moto3 class, Malaysian rider Khairul Idham Pawi joined the team on their new Triumph-powered Kalex machine. In the Moto3 class, Sasaki remained alongside new signing John McPhee. McPhee gave the team their first ever Grand Prix victory at the French Grand Prix. The team also expanded into the new MotoE series, signing British racer Bradley Smith.
Grand Prix motorcycle results
This section needs to be updated.(May 2019) |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Season | Class | Team | Machine | No | Rider | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | R.C. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Moto2 | AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing AirAsia Caterham Caterham Moto Racing |
Suter MMX2 | 5 | QAT 23 |
AME Ret |
ARG 18 |
ESP 8 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 7 |
CAT 3 |
NED 4 |
GER Ret |
IND 10 |
CZE 9 |
GBR 4 |
RSM 3 |
ARA 3 |
JPN 4 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 4 |
VAL 3 |
6 | |||
2 | QAT Ret |
AME Ret |
FRA 22 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 16 |
NED 18 |
GER Ret |
IND 28 |
CZE 21 |
GBR 24 |
- | |||||||||||||||
14 | ESP 19 |
RSM 23 |
ARA 22 |
JPN 19 |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
VAL 19 |
- | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Moto3 | DRIVE M7 SIC | KTM RC250GP | 84 | QAT 17 |
AME 11 |
ARG 14 |
ESP Ret |
FRA 6 |
ITA 16 |
CAT Ret |
NED 20 |
GER 14 |
IND 22 |
CZE 9 |
GBR 2 |
RSM 17 |
ARA 14 |
JPN 12 |
AUS 5 |
MAL 6 |
VAL 3 |
12 | |||
63 | QAT 28 |
AME 20 |
ARG 20 |
ESP 26 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 26 |
CAT 24 |
NED Ret |
GER 19 |
IND 25 |
CZE 22 |
GBR 14 |
RSM Ret |
ARA Ret |
JPN 5 |
AUS 12 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 17 |
23 | |||||||
2016 | Moto3 | Drive M7 SIC Racing Team | Honda NSF250RW | 84 | QAT 10 |
ARG 9 |
AME 11 |
ESP 5 |
FRA 9 |
ITA 17 |
CAT 10 |
NED 13 |
GER 4 |
AUT 19 |
CZE 6 |
GBR 15 |
RSM 5 |
ARA Ret |
JPN 13 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 2 |
VAL 7 |
8 | |||
7 | QAT 20 |
ARG 11 |
AME Ret |
ESP 16 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 22 |
CAT Ret |
NED 19 |
GER Ret |
AUT 23 |
CZE Ret |
GBR 23 |
RSM 23 |
ARA 23 |
JPN 12 |
AUS 11 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 27 |
28 | |||||||
2017 | Moto3 | SIC Racing Team Petronas Sprinta Racing |
Honda NSF250RW | 7 | QAT 10 |
ARG 17 |
AME 19 |
ESP Ret |
FRA DNS |
ITA 18 |
CAT 18 |
NED Ret |
GER 13 |
CZE 9 |
AUT 8 |
GBR 12 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 15 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 8 |
MAL 11 |
VAL 17 |
17 | |||
71 | QAT 11 |
ARG 20 |
AME 18 |
ESP 15 |
FRA 19 |
ITA 8 |
CAT 16 |
NED 15 |
GER 17 |
CZE 15 |
AUT 18 |
GBR 18 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 16 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 7 |
MAL 12 |
VAL 13 |
20 | |||||||
9 | MAL Ret |
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Moto3 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 7 | QAT 11 |
ARG 5 |
AME Ret |
ESP 16 |
FRA Ret |
ITA Ret |
CAT 13 |
NED 21 |
GER 11 |
CZE Ret |
AUT 17 |
GBR C |
RSM 12 |
ARA 8 |
THA 15 |
JPN 19 |
AUS 7 |
MAL 23 |
21 | |||
71 | QAT 8 |
ARG 16 |
AME 11 |
ESP 12 |
FRA 16 |
ITA 16 |
CAT Ret |
NED 19 |
GER 10 |
CZE 22 |
AUT 7 |
GBR C |
RSM Ret |
ARA |
THA Ret |
JPN 9 |
AUS 10 |
MAL 18 |
VAL 11 |
20 | ||||||
26 | VAL Ret |
NC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moto2 | SIC Racing Team Petronas Sprinta Racing |
Kalex Moto2 | 63 | QAT 28 |
ARG 26 |
AME 27 |
ESP Ret |
- | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | FRA 22 |
ITA 17 |
CAT Ret |
NED DNS |
GER DNS |
CZE 21 |
AUT 21 |
GBR C |
RSM 21 |
ARA 22 |
THA 15 |
JPN 21 |
AUS |
MAL Ret |
VAL Ret |
32 | ||||||||||
2019 | Moto3 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 17 | QAT
13 |
ARG
21 |
AME
14 |
ESP
12 |
FRA
1 |
ITA
6 |
CAT
13 |
NED
5 |
GER
6 |
CZE
Ret |
AUT
3 |
GBR
7 |
RSM
2 |
ARA
4 |
THA
Ret |
JPN
6 |
AUS
5 |
MAL
7 |
VAL
Ret |
5 | ||
71 | QAT
Ret |
ARG
5 |
AME
Ret |
ESP
15 |
FRA
14 |
ITA
Ret |
CAT
8 |
NED
17 |
GER
9 |
CZE
11 |
AUT
13 |
GBR
6 |
RSM
Ret |
ARA
13 |
THA
Ret |
JPN
13 |
AUS
7 |
MAL
Ret |
VAL
19 |
20 | ||||||
Moto2 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Kalex Moto2 | 89 | QAT
17 |
ARG
13 |
AME
17 |
ESP
DNS |
30 | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | FRA
Ret |
ITA
11 |
20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | CAT
19 |
NED
17 |
GER
17 |
CZE
19 |
AUT
18 |
- | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | GBR
Ret |
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | RSM
Ret |
ARA
DNS |
THA
23 |
JPN
22 |
AUS
23 |
MAL
Ret |
- | |||||||||||||||||||
MotoGP | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 20 | QAT
16 |
ARG
8 |
AME
7 |
ESP
Ret |
FRA
8 |
ITA
10 |
CAT
2 |
NED
3 |
GER
Ret |
CZE
7 |
AUT
3 |
GBR
Ret |
RSM
2 |
ARA
5 |
THA
2 |
JPN
2 |
AUS
Ret |
MAL
7 |
VAL
2 |
192 | |||
21 | QAT
11 |
ARG
Ret |
AME
5 |
ESP
7 |
FRA
7 |
ITA
Ret |
CAT
Ret |
NED
5 |
GER
9 |
CZE
Ret |
AUT
10 |
GBR
5 |
RSM
5 |
ARA
Ret |
THA
6 |
JPN
6 |
AUS
11 |
MAL
6 |
VAL
Ret |
115 | ||||||
2020 | Moto3* | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Honda NSF250RW | 17 | QAT
2 |
ESP
Ret |
ESP
2 |
CZE
5 |
AUT
3 |
AUT
Ret |
RSM
1 |
RSM
10 |
CAT
Ret |
FRA
Ret |
ARA
5 |
ARA
6 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 109 | ||||||
89 | QAT
26 |
ESP
22 |
ESP
20 |
CZE
22 |
AUT
DNS |
AUT
DNS |
RSM
21 |
RSM
24 |
CAT
24 |
FRA
19 |
ARA
27 |
ARA
27 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 0 | ||||||||||
Moto2* | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Kalex Moto2 | 96 | QAT
14 |
ESP
18 |
ESP
Ret |
CZE
Ret |
AUT
14 |
AUT
8 |
RSM
16 |
RSM
9 |
CAT
Ret |
FRA
Ret |
ARA
4 |
ARA
7 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 35 | |||||||
97 | QAT
9 |
ESP
10 |
ESP
9 |
CZE
12 |
AUT
5 |
AUT
6 |
RSM
4 |
RSM
3 |
CAT
Ret |
FRA
Ret |
ARA
16 |
ARA
12 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 59 | ||||||||||
MotoGP* | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha YZR-M1 | 20 | QAT
-[13] |
ESP
1 |
ESP
1 |
CZE
7 |
AUT
8 |
AUT
10 |
RSM
Ret |
RSM
4 |
CAT
1 |
FRA
9 |
ARA
18 |
ARA
8 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 115 | |||||||
21 | QAT
-[14] |
ESP
5 |
ESP
Ret |
CZE
2 |
AUT
Ret |
AUT
17 |
RSM
1 |
RSM
9 |
CAT
4 |
FRA
Ret |
ARA
6 |
ARA
1 |
VAL | VAL | POR | 87 |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "About Us | Sepang Racing Team". www.sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ Abdullah, Wahid Ooi (2019-01-29). "PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team – Malaysia's First MotoGP Team Launched!". BikesRepublic. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ "7 Malaysians Who Made The World Championship". Red Bull. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ "SIC Racing Team: Moto3™ riders remain, Syahrin in Moto2™". motogp.com. 2017-10-24.
- ^ "MotoGP: Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Confirms Hafizh Syahrin As Jonas Folger's Full-Time Replacement". roadracingworld.com. 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Angel Nieto Team join forces with SIC from 2019". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Yamaha signs memorandum of understanding with SIC". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Jarvis confirms: Morbidelli and Quartararo at SIC Yamaha". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ Sepang Racing Team Homepage, Retrieved 5 May 2019
- ^ Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha Racing, Retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ Quartararo: "Incredible" to repay SRT Yamaha's faith Motorsport, 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019
- ^ "'Steel and chemistry' - Petronas now inside the M1". Crash. 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ AFP (2020-03-02). "Qatar MotoGP cancelled over Covid-19 | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
- ^ AFP (2020-03-02). "Qatar MotoGP cancelled over Covid-19 | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
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