After a sensational first season of Toyota’s Gazoo Racing Festival, the much celebrated Street Circuit Racing series now moves into its latest season 2, with 2 new racing venues to be expected this year. Namely Terengganu for the season opener and ironically Sepang Circuit, which isn’t exactly a street circuit. Nevertheless, every round is expected to be an explosive one.
The Races:
Round 1 – August 2 – 4 2018
Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Terengganu
Round 2 – October 19 – 21 2018
MAEPS Serdang, Selangor
Round 3 – February 22 – 24 2019
Batu Kawan Stadium Penang
Round 4 – April 12 – 14 2019
Sepang International Circuit
The Format:
The Vios Challenge One-Make race series is sanctioned by the FIA International motorsport body and all competitors will be racing in identically specced Toyota Vios race cars. This ensures fair competition and a platform that reward driving skills.
The Classes:
All in all, there’ll be 3 race classes, just as before in Season 1.
Sporting Class – For Semi Professional Drivers, up and coming drivers. It is also the entry level class for the series.
Super Sporting Class – For Professional Drivers with vast racing experience.
Promotional Class – Celebrities only, this class consists of popular socialites, actors KOLs and so on, which proved to be very popular with fans and spectators.
Celebrity Racers:
There are new celebrities contending in Season 2. They will be specially trained before the actual race, which joins the rank of seasoned celebrities and they are:
Current Celebrities:
Janna Nick
Diana Danielle
Shawn Lee
Syukri Yahaya
New Celebrities:
Aiman Tino
Khai Bahar
Nabila Razali
Wany Hasrita
Akim Ahmad
Nabil Ahmad
Partners and Sponsors:
The Vios Challenge in Season 2 will retain its sponsors that has been with them ever since the first season and they are:
Toyo Tyres
Denso
TRD Asia
Enkei
Moty’s
Drive M7 Energy Drinks
Toyota Capital Services
For updates on TGR Season 2 of the Vios Challenge, follow these channels.
Toyota GAZOO Racing website: http://toyotagazooracingmalaysia.com.my
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/tgrmy
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/toyotagazooracingmalaysia
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TOYOTAGAZOORacingMalaysia
