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Ducati will get the GP 15 by Sepang 2 at the earliest and Casey Stoner will be testing for Honda again this year starting at Sepang later this month.

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Guys, I plan to visit Malaysia to watch Sepang GP later part of the year. I found out, hotel rates arent very expensive. 3000 per night is available. Anyone willing to join? Costs can be shared where ever possible.

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Any tragedy aside, I will be riding down to watch the race as well. 3000 per night hotels are available, but in Seremban which is not so close to the track. Anything close to the track will cost you in the region of 500 MYR/10000 INR per night.

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I\'m planning to go for this years Malaysian GP as well, still saving for tickets. will book sometime in May or June. Best thing is if your concerned about cost, then book the Air Asia Hotel (Tune Hotel) near the air port. It\'s the cheapest you can buy. And if you have only 2 bags, it\'s just hardly a kilometer walking distance. Through the parking to be specific.
From there you can easily get a bus, hardly 30 min drive and your at the track. This will be my 2nd vist, hopefully get to see the complete race unlike 2011.

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You can also opt for staying in Central. Shuttle service is available all day long during the race weekend from KL Cental to circuit. Takes a tad over an hour to reach it. 30 MYR two way tickets

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Thanks guys for your suggestions. Really helps in planning.

My wife has shown interest in accompanying for the race. Are the Hotels in my budget 3 to 4k safe to stay with wife

From what I have understood, staying far from the circuit will be cheaper. Travelling to the venue isnt an issue.

The bus service is consistent right to and from the circuit? What about taxis?

Do we get bike accessories for cheap there? Basically full system exhausts, brake pads and stuff, riding suit.

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Thanks guys for your suggestions. Really helps in planning.

My wife has shown interest in accompanying for the race. Are the Hotels in my budget 3 to 4k safe to stay with wife

From what I have understood, staying far from the circuit will be cheaper. Travelling to the venue isnt an issue.

The bus service is consistent right to and from the circuit? What about taxis?

Do we get bike accessories for cheap there? Basically full system exhausts, brake pads and stuff, riding suit.

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Guys I did this research. I liked these 2 Hotels. Please comment.

1. Hotel Geo
2. Tune Hotel.

For air travel, I liked the timings and fares of Malindo Air. Total fare for 2 is Rs.46,306.

MotoGP tickets are for total MYR 318 ( Rs.5500). I have selected to \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Print at Home\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Is this the right option?

[Kindly advice. I am already excited thinking about seeing my Hero Valentino Rossi and other great riders LIVE.

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Tune Hotels is the best value for money option but it\'s completely booked by April. A lot of the crew members of satellite teams stay there.

This is the best option, IMO. KL Sentral to Sepang is under 1 hour. You get to explore KL, better value for money and much better options to eat as well (obviously).

Tune hotels are fantastic. If your plan is final and you\'re doing the bookings now, just blindly book that. Very safe and walking distance from the track.
Staying further would be marginally cheaper, but it would be partially offset by travel costs. But you can go around and do things in KL.

Bus services are very frequent (every 30 minutes), but you may want to get in early otherwise you might struggle to find space. A lot of people travel during the GP. Taxis are super expensive (when compared to India). Bike accessories are only marginally cheaper than in India, not worth it, IMO. They are much cheaper in Singapore


Flight tickets are HIDEOUSLY overpriced. Tigerair tickets can be had for under 25k easy (total for 2 people that is).

As for the tickets, that is correct. You\'ll have to redeem the print-out for actual tickets at the Venue.

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Thanks Dishayu. This is the address of Tune Hotels in Kuala Lumpur.

Tune Hotel - Downtown KL
316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman,
50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Are you saying the race venue is very near from this place? That is a delight. Sounds bit stupid but,is it ok to stay with wife there right?

In all the excitement I forgot about Visa. Does Malaysia have Visa on arrival?

I will look at Tigerair. Does it operate from Mumbai? I didn\'t see it on makemytrip. Will try out their individual site.

I will do the bookings in March.

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Stay in Malaysia should be safe in general compared to India. Just be aware of the surroundings, no flashy ornaments and careful about handbags.

Visa on arrival facility is there but you are always at a risk of it getting denied. So better to take Visa before hand.

Check for TigerAir and Air Asia both in their sites. Tiger should be cheaper though. You can also opt the Singapore route

Visa is just 30 SGD and can get decent hotels for 150 SGD. Can take flight or bus to Malaysia. Nice opportunity to visit both places

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Stay in Malaysia should be safe in general compared to India. Just be aware of the surroundings, no flashy ornaments and careful about handbags.

Visa on arrival facility is there but you are always at a risk of it getting denied. So better to take Visa before hand.

Check for TigerAir and Air Asia both in their sites. Tiger should be cheaper though. You can also opt the Singapore route

Visa is just 30 SGD and can get decent hotels for 150 SGD. Can take flight or bus to Malaysia. Nice opportunity to visit both places

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Nope, that\\\'s not the one. You should be looking for Tune Hotel at klia2. Sepang circuit is next door to the airport, the hotel is next to the airport terminal 2 (klia2).
Address :
Tune Hotel - klia2
Lot Pt 13, Jalan KLIA 2/2,
64000 KLIA, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tune Hotels are 4-star class and it\\\'s practically situated at the airport, so it should be safe as well. So, staying with the missus shouldn\\\'t be an issue at all.

There is provision for Visa on arrival but AFAIK, it\\\'s cheaper to get it done beforehand (this is second hand info though).

Don\\\'t know about Mumbai operations of Tigerair. I\\\'ve traveled from Hyd and Bangalore using that airline and never paid more than 8k for one direction.

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Dorna chief, Aspar team boss and Mahindra Racing at a press conference in Mumbai today.

MotoGP 2015 Season - Updates

Thanks @Makky, found some news around this:

Mahindra Racing is all set for the 2015 Moto3 season and has partnered with Aspar Team. The announcement was made today in Mumbai.
Under this new partnership, Aspar will work on running the team and developing riders while Mahindra will concentrate on developing motorcycles.
Mahindra has also opened a new technical base in Northern Italy. Mahindra will run 9 motorcycles this Moto3 season.
mahindra motogp

Anand Mahindra, the CEO of Mahindra Group mentioned that how important Mahindra Racing's role is, within the Mahindra Group.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, the CEO of Dorna Sports said that they are trying continuously to bring MotoGP to India.


People present at the event were:Moto3: Mahindra Racing Partners With Aspar - **********

It's on Motogp as well now -

While xbhp was under maintenance, Yamaha unveiled their 2015 M1 and Stoner has started testing for Honda at Sepang.

Rossi's eyeing his 10th title, Lorenzo feels Honda has some difficulties and Yamaha's should be better.

Testing starts 4th Feb onwards in Malaysia. BTW - Ducati still doesn't have the 2015 bike ready.

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One of the best motorcycle testers in the world, Neevsy:

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Guys rejoice...MotoGP 2015 official testing starts...

1 PM

1. ˄ Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 0.380s [Lap 27/29]
2. ˄ Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 0.930s +0.550s [29/30]
3. ˄ Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 1.010s +0.630s [30/36]
4. ˅ Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 1.139s +0.759s [21/22]
5. ˅ Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 1.260s +0.880s [26/28]
6. ˅ Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP14.3) 2m 1.289s +0.909s [10/20]
7. = Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP14.3) 2m 1.458s +1.078s [30/31]
8. = Cal Crutchlow GBR CWM LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 1.856s +1.476s [28/28]
9. ˄ Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 2.538s +2.158s [22/24]
10. ˄ Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki MotoGP (GSX-RR) 2m 2.552s +2.172s [14/19]
11. ˄ Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RC213V-RS) 2m 2.699s +2.319s [22/22]
12. ˅ Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 2m 2.700s +2.320s [28/29]
13. = Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 2.746s +2.366s [32/34]
14. ˅ Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.1) 2m 2.996s +2.616s [31/31]
15. ˅ Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V/RC213V-RS) 2m 3.134s +2.754s [30/31]
16. ˄ Michele Pirro ITA Pramac Racing(Desmosedici) 2m 3.162s +2.782s [15/16]
17. ˅ Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (Aprilia) 2m 3.202s +2.822s [18/20]
18. ˅ Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) 2m 3.492s +3.112s [27/29]
19. ˅ Stefan Bradl GER Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 2m 3.611s +3.231s [15/25]
20. = Jack Miller AUS CWM LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 2m 3.757s +3.377s [18/23]
21. ˄ ESP Team Suzuki MotoGP (GSX-RR)* 2m 4.071s +3.691s [26/28]
22. ˅ Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 2m 4.128s +3.748s [21/26]
23. ˅ Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 2m 4.325s +3.945s [21/30]
24. ˄ Eugene Laverty IRL Drive M7 Aspar Honda (RC213V-RS)* 2m 4.598s +4.218s [20/21]
25. ˄ Alex De Angelis RSM Octo IodaRacing (ART) 2m 4.783s +4.403s [23/25]
26. ˄ Marco Melandri ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini (Aprilia) 2m 4.864s +4.484s [23/23]
27. ˅ Takumi Takahashi JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V/RC213V-RS) 2m 5.260s +4.880s [10/37]
28. ˅ Takuya Tsuda JPN Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) 2m 5.478s +5.098s [13/16]
29. ˅ Loris Baz FRA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 2m 5.824s +5.444s [20/22]
30. = Michael Laverty GBR Aprilia Test Rider (Aprilia) 2m 7.240s +6.860s [11/12]

12 PM

1. = Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 1.180s [Lap 3/13]
2. ˄ Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 1.269s +0.089s [14/20]
3. ˄ Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP14.3) 2m 1.289s +0.109s [10/13]
4. ˅ Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 1.445s +0.265s [18/22]
5. ˅ Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 1.728s +0.548s [16/28]
6. = Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 2.194s +1.014s [19/20]
7. ˅ Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP14.3) 2m 2.384s +1.204s [15/23]
8. ˅ Cal Crutchlow GBR CWM LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 2.865s +1.685s [13/17]
9. ˅ Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 2m 2.959s +1.779s [15/18]
10. ˄ Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 3.315s +2.135s [13/14]
11. ˄ Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V/RC213V-RS) 2m 3.335s +2.155s [21/22]
12. ˅ Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.1) 2m 3.366s +2.186s [15/20]
13. ˅ Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 3.530s +2.350s [22/23]
14. ˅ Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (Aprilia) 2m 3.546s +2.366s [12/12]
15. ˄ Stefan Bradl GER Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 2m 3.611s +2.431s [15/16]
16. ˅ Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RC213V-RS) 2m 3.760s +2.580s [14/15]
17. ˅ Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) 2m 3.782s +2.602s [16/24]
18. ˅ Michele Pirro ITA Pramac Racing(Desmosedici) 2m 3.830s +2.650s [11/13]
19. ˄ Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki MotoGP (GSX-RR) 2m 4.141s +2.961s [7/8]
20. ˅ Jack Miller AUS CWM LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 2m 4.606s +3.426s [9/15]
21. ˄ Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 2m 4.639s +3.459s [15/16]
22. ˅ Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici) 2m 4.687s +3.507s [18/18]
23. ˄ ESP Team Suzuki MotoGP (GSX-RR)* 2m 4.889s +3.709s [6/12]
24. ˅ Takumi Takahashi JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V/RC213V-RS) 2m 5.260s +4.080s [10/25]
25. ˅ Eugene Laverty IRL Drive M7 Aspar Honda (RC213V-RS)* 2m 5.303s +4.123s [13/15]
26. ˅ Takuya Tsuda JPN Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) 2m 5.478s +4.298s [13/16]
27. ˅ Marco Melandri ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini (Aprilia) 2m 5.542s +4.362s [16/17]
28. = Loris Baz FRA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 2m 6.092s +4.912s [10/15]
29. ˅ Alex De Angelis RSM Octo IodaRacing (ART) 2m 6.172s +4.992s [14/18]
30. N/A Michael Laverty GBR Aprilia Test Rider (Aprilia) 2m 10.104s +8.924s [4/5]