Editing Sepang International Circuit (section)

==A lap in a Formula One car==
[[File:Lewis Hamilton 2017 Malaysia FP2.jpg|thumb|[[Lewis Hamilton]] during the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix.]]
Sepang starts with a long pit straight where the [[Drag reduction system|DRS]] zone exists – crucial for drivers to get a good exit out of the last corner to gain as much speed as possible. Turn 1 is a very long, slow corner taken in second gear. Most drivers brake incredibly late and lose speed gradually as they file round the corner, similar to [[Shanghai International Circuit|Shanghai's]] first turn but slower. Turn 1 leads straight into Turn 2, a tight left hairpin which goes downhill quite significantly. The first two corners are quite bumpy, making it hard to put power onto the track.<ref name=Malaysia>{{cite web|title=Sepang Track Guide|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02_Malaysia_72dpi.jpg|publisher=F1 Fanatic|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001901/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/02_Malaysia_72dpi.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> Turn 3 is a long flat out right hander which leads into Turn 4 – known locally as the [[Langkawi]] Curve<ref name=jol>{{cite web|title=Sepang International Circuit|url=http://supergt.net/pages/pg:race/device:pc/ln:en/year:2012/gt_class:gt500/menu:3/circuit_id:16|publisher=Super GT|access-date=17 December 2012}}</ref> – a second gear, right-angle right-hander. Turns 5 and 6 make up an incredibly high-speed, long chicane that hurts tyres and puts a lot of stress on drivers due to high G-Force. It is locally known as the [[Genting Highlands|Genting]] Curve.<ref name=jol /> Turns 7 and 8 (the KLIA curve) make up a long, medium-speed, double-apex right hander, and a bump can cause the car to lose balance here.<ref name=Malaysia /> Turn 9 is a very slow left-hand hairpin (the Berjaya [[Pulau Tioman|Tioman]] Corner<ref name=jol />), similar to turn two but uphill. Turn 10 leads into a challenging, medium-speed right hander at turn 11, requiring braking and turning simultaneously. Turn 12 is a flat-out, bumpy left which immediately leads into the flat right at turn 13, then the challenging '[[Sunway Lagoon]]'<ref name=jol /> curve at turn 14. Similar to turn 11, it requires hard-braking and steering at the same time. It is taken in second gear. The long back straight can be a good place for drivers to overtake as they brake hard into turn 15, a left-handed, second-geared hairpin but drivers are advised by experts to be careful not to get re-overtaken as they come into turn 1.