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b'Dato Razlan Razali is living his childhood dream from running Sepang International Circuit (SIC) for over a decade, hosting F1 and MotoGP races and turning the loss-making facility into a sustainable business to turning his passion for motorcycling into being the Team Principal of the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Race Team which is taking MotoGP by storm the last two seasons and is on the verge of winning the Championship.\\xa0 Listen, learn and be inspired by his stories on how to build a successful Racetrack and how those learnings helped him to create a very successful MotoGP racing team. \\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nKey Highlights\\nHis career start, selling his first company, starting a concert company with his brother and his first job interview for the CEO role of Sepang International Circuit (SIC) which didn\\u2019t go so well. Persistency paid off and he became the CEO of SIC in 2008, few weeks before the MotoGP race.\\nEarly days at SIC, he inherited a mess and had a culture shock,\\xa0 rolled up his sleeve and started to make changes.\\nStarting to charge for everything in and around the track to generate new revenues.\\xa0 More professionalism and commercialization was the key.\\nTurn SIC into a multi facet venue -\\xa0 \\u201ca ballroom under the sky\\u201d.\\nHosting Formula 1 at SIC stories, his first meeting with Bernie Ecclestone, again didn\\u2019t go so well\\u2026\\u2026\\n2009 the first F1 race under his leadership, made changes, focus on what\\u2019s best for SIC and Malaysia and disregarding F1 and the arrogance of F1 teams.\\nTill the end, it was never a happy marriage with F1, race became jaded, nothing new and was eventually dropped.\\nMotoGP was the opposite, Dorna\\u2019s Carmelo Ezpeleta was open to all his ideas and wanted to do more, the growth and success of the race since then is proof.\\nVery vocal when F1 race was dropped,\\xa0 \\u201ceven given for free, Malaysia would not host F1 race\\u201d,\\xa0 Reuters headline worldwide.\\nRevealing the fee SIC paid to F1 and the reasons why the Prime Minister of Malaysia asked him to get out.\\nMotoGP success stories, how it all started, creating local heroes by starting a young rider search, academy and having wild card riders in Moto3 (125cc category).\\nCreated the first SIC Moto3 team in 2015,\\xa0 challenge taking riders from \\u201cKapcai\\u201d racing on the streets of Malaysia to a full fledge racing machine in Europe (money, motivation and mindset).\\nLots of talented local riders in terms of skill but most lacking mental strength.\\nFirst Season in MotoGP in 2019 \\u2013 lady luck played a role \\u2013 stories of how it all started \\u2013 his childhood dream came true.\\nPetronas played a key role in taking over a financially struggling MotoGP team.\\nHow he found \\u201cFabio\\u201d (Quartararo) \\u2013 stroke of luck and how he came out blazing from the start and winning \\u201cRookie of the Year\\u201d award, first podium till leading standing now.\\nHis thoughts on winning the MotoGP Championship this year \\u2013 original target was to just win the \\u201cfirst\\u201d race\\xa0 (which they did with the first & second race of the season).\\nSuperhumans \\u2013 stories of his riders dealing with crashes.\\nValentino Rossi \\u2013 the Doctor is joining the team in 2021 \\u2013 the story behind it (and Fabio leaving to Yamaha Factory team).\\nMotoGP \\u201cbubble\\u201d, how it\\u2019s working, SOPs, rules, regulations and restrictions \\u2013 importance of team talks.\\nHis prediction for the Championship with four races to go.\\nHis final thoughts on the future of Motorsports after Covid \\u2013 difference between F1 and MotoGP.\\n\\xa0\\nAbout\\nDato Razlan Razali is a dynamic and highly successful Senior Executive with extensive high-level successes across a wide variety of industries, including world-class event management. First-class leadership skills with excellent marketing and sponsorship development experience in both national and international arenas. Consistently aims for the highest standards on a personal and corporate level. Proven ability to generate innovative growth strategies for successful and profitable companies.\\nMajor Achievements\\nSepang International Circuit receives Training Support Excellence Award'