At a glance
- Length
- 5.543 km
- Turns
- 15
- Pole lap
- 1:35.130
- First held
- 1999
- Type
- Permanent circuit
Sepang International Circuit sits beside Kuala Lumpur International Airport: 5.543 km of wide, sweeping track that hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix from 1999 to 2017. It was the first purpose-built Formula 1 circuit designed by Hermann Tilke, and its signature is the pair of long straights that run side by side past a double-sided main grandstand, linked by the final hairpin.
Formula 1 came back on 4 October 2026 for an unusual reason. The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian rounds were pulled from April's schedule after the outbreak of the 2026 Iran war, and the Bahrain Grand Prix was relocated here, keeping its name. Max Verstappen took pole and won it.
Corners
- T1Turn 1Tight right at the end of the main straight, opening the Turn 1 and 2 complex.
- T5-6Turns 5 and 6Fast esses that reward a committed, well-balanced car.
- T9Turn 9Slow uphill left hairpin at the far end of the lap.
- T14Turn 14Right-hand hairpin onto the long back straight.
- T15Turn 15The final hairpin, feeding the main straight and the line.
Data & how to read it
Speed on this page is mapped from Max Verstappen's pole lap in qualifying for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang (3 October 2026), sourced from OpenF1 and aligned onto the circuit geometry. Formula 1 last raced here in 2017, before the seasons our pipeline can read, so the only comparison lap is Lewis Hamilton's P2 from the same session.
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