The Sepang circuit’s press office has told the teams to prepare for a wet Malaysian Grand Prix weekend.
From Friday through until Sunday it is expected to be dry mornings but with thunderstorms in the afternoons.
Some drivers have shown concern that a wet race may be more dangerous this year now that they cannot use traction control.
Lewis Hamilton, the winner of the first 2008 Grand Prix of the season said of the Malaysian race “It was the hardest race I’ve ever competed in last year. You can’t begin to imagine how hot it gets in the car.”
The temperature at the Sepang track is usually sweltering but it is the humidity that the drivers and the mechanics find most difficult to cope with, which can be as high as 90 percent.
On the positive side, the drivers got a taste of driving in the heat being in Australia last week where the temperature reached 39 degrees during the race.
Last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix saw a McLaren one-two finish with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. This year however, they are rivals and Hamilton seems to have the upper-hand in the McLaren while Alonso is in the struggling Renault. This should at the very least lead to a more interesting race especially with the loss of the electronic aids.
The first set of free practice will start in the early hours of the morning with the qualifying set to take place on Saturday.
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