MSF and PROTON R3 have teamed up to organise two exciting programs for MSF racers in 2019:
MSF-R3 Mentor Program 2019
Open to all PROTON brand MSF racing car teams.
5 drivers / teams will be chosen to be taken under the wing of PROTON R3 for the remaining MSF races of 2019. This does not cover any financial support, but provides a more valuable and priceless resources: motor-racing set up, technical, and driver development support. For the remaining of 3 rounds of MSF Racing Series 2019, the program for the 5 lucky teams will include:
• classroom theory session on advanced race driving, discipline, and development
• tour of the R3 facility, with a briefing on top-level racing car build, preparation, set up, and maintenance
• driver training for advance car control skills
• karting activities for wheel-to-wheel dogfight training
• Pit spot in the PROTON R3 pit at MSF SuperTurismo for the remaining 3 rounds, with race support by PROTON R3 technicians
Obviously, to be chosen for this program, a racing team / driver must be participating in MSF SuperTurismo in a PROTON car. However, it can be in any category. Example: Saga in Saga Cup, or Saga BLM in Street 1600, or Satria Neo in 1600 Ultimate, or Gen2 in PROTON 1800, or a Wira in Street 2000, etc
MSF-R3 Ladies Racers Search 2019
This program is to search for a race-winning capable team of lady racing drivers for Team PROTON R3 in the Sepang 1000KM race 2019. Participants do not need to be racing PROTON cars in MSF, but must be a lady racing driver in MSF.
When PROTON R3 go racing, they don’t race for fun: they race to Win. The final selected ladies will undergo rigorous and comprehensive training in the PROTON R3 factory racing cars with an aim to be on the Winner’s Podium of the Sepang 1000KM race that will take place from 22 – 24 November 2019.
A batch of ladies will be chosen from an initial social media contest to undergo a training and selection process which will include:
• classroom theory session on advanced race driving, discipline, and development
• tour of the R3 facility, with a briefing on top-level racing car build, preparation, set up, and maintenance
• driver training for advance car control skills
• karting activities for wheel-to-wheel dogfight training
• testing the PROTON R3 racing cars at Sepang Circuit
The final selection will see 3 of the best lady racers in Malaysia be take part in the Sepang 1000KM with PROTON R3 in the factory PROTON R3 Iriz race car.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
• Interested participants are required to create a video, upload a photo, or create a post on either Facebook and / or Instagram giving reasons why they should be chosen to be part of the program: tell us and convince us why you should be chosen to be in the program!
There is no limit to how many posts / photos / videos may be published on these social media platforms in order to convince the judges.
• All posts / photos / videos must be accompanied by the following identifying hashtags:
| ACTIVITY | HASHTAG |
| Ladies Racers Search | #msfR3ladyracers2019 |
| Mentor Program | #msfR3mentor2019 |
| Additional | #protonr3 #msfracing #msfsuperturismo #msfmerdekarace |
• Privacy setting for the posts / photos / videos must be set to Public. If the Facebook or Instagram post profile is set to Private, it will be automatically disqualified.
• The Social Media Contest will run from 6 August 2019 until 13 August 2019; all posts MUST be uploaded before 10:00 pm on 13 August 2019.
• No product purchase or entry fee is required.
• Selected winners for both programs will be informed on 14 August 2019.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
This Contest is open to Malaysian citizens only, who are participating racing drivers in MSF Racing Series in 2019. Participants must be healthy, fit and of sound mind. Employees of MSF RACING including its group of companies, MSF RACING vendors and agencies are not allowed to participate in this Contest.
Participants must have been consistent participants in the MSF Racing Series over 2018 and 2019.
For the MSF-R3 Mentor program, the contest is only open to participants that race PROTON brand cars in MSF Racing Series; participants may come from any category within the MSF Racing Series, as long as they are racing a PROTON branded car.
PROGRAM
| PHASE | DATE |
| Classroom | 17 Aug ’19 – Sat |
| Karting – Round 1 | 27 Aug ‘19 – Tue |
| Driver Training | 8 Sep ’19 – Sun |
| Karting – Round 2 | 18 Sep ’19 – Wed |
| Sepang Track Drive | 25 Sep ’19 – TBC |
| Sepang Training – Ladies Search | TBC |
| Sepang 1000KM | 22-24 Nov 2019 |