The Toyota Gazoo Racing Pageant Vios Problem returns for its seventh season this weekend, August 9 to 11 on the Petronas Sepang Worldwide Circuit, the place the one-make collection will function the newest iteration of the Vios race automotive primarily based on the current-generation NGC102 manufacturing automotive that made its Malaysian debut in March 2023.
A complete of six races over three rounds will kind the upcoming Season 7 of the Vios Problem, with all upcoming rounds of the season to happen at PSIC. The primary spherical this weekend might be run concurrently with the Malaysian Championship Sequence, and the subsequent working of the Vios Problem might be held on September 27 to 29. The third and remaining spherical of Season 7 might be held on January 3 to five, 2025.
Categorisation of racers is now comprised of the Sporting and Tremendous Sporting lessons for beginner {and professional} racers respectively, in addition to the Rookie class for promising younger expertise. The Promotional class for native celebrities now now not a part of the roster for the upcoming Vios Problem collection.
Because the curtain attracts for some, it opens for others, and Season 7 of the Vios Problem might be joined by worldwide racers, together with Panithan Rakpaibulsombut from Thailand, and Daniel Inosuke Ooi from Singapore.
The Toyota Gazoo Racing Pageant Vios Problem continues to be a hotbed of rising expertise for Malaysian four-wheel racers, as Season 7 additionally welcomes the fourth batch of rivals within the Rookie class.
From a pool of 24 graduates from the Gazoo Racing Younger Expertise Improvement programme, six drivers will contest the Rookie class this season, and these are leisure karters Amirul Afiq, Kingston Tan and Brandon Ho, professional karters Adam Mikail and Audrey Leong, and simulator racing driver Raja Amirul, who was found by the Toyota GR GT Cup Campur Tour 2023.
The motive force improvement programme by Toyota for its younger racing drivers has proven endurance, with previous Rookie class drivers and winners Putera Adam, in addition to brothers Naquib and Nabil Azlan now contesting the Tremendous Sporting class for skilled racers within the Vios Problem.
The Tremendous Sporting class for Season 7 will proceed to be contested by three-time Vios Problem champion Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel, defending class champion Mitchell Cheah, together with common huge hitters together with Eddie Lew, William Ho, Tom Goh and Freddie Ang, plus Bradley Benedict, Ady Rahimy, and Aman Nagdev from India.
For the Sporting class that includes beginner racers, this may see the return of regulars on the Vios Problem grid together with Ken Foo, Kenneth Koh, Dannies Ng, Shafiq Samsudin, Ricky Tan and Lim Chun Beng. This class may also be joined by Rookie class graduates Elson Lew, Amirul Haikal, Timothy Yeo and Ashen Arumugan.
The primary spherical for Season 7 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Pageant Vios Problem might be broadcast reside by Toyota Gazoo Racing Malaysia social media platforms, together with YouTube, Fb and Instagram.
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