PROTON R3 RETAINS MERDEKA MILLENNIUM ENDURANCE TITLE TEAMCAR -Team Proton R3 successfully retained their Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance (MME) to become the first team to win the coveted title twice as Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel celebrates his second winners' medal at Sepang Circuit today.*

2003 overall winner comprising Firhat Mokhzani, Chin Tzer Jinn and Eric Yeo, who drove a specially prepared Nissan Skyline R34G was second after completing 268 laps and finishing just ahead of the Jaseri Racing Team.

Strengthened by three-time MME champion Tommy Lee, the team took second place with Sweden's Sven Herberger and Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir completing the partnership as they managed an equal number of 268 laps.

Commenting on the victory, Tengku Djan said it was a difficuit race especially with the heavy downpour, which lasted more than an hour beginning from 3am.

Honda Malaysia Racing Team continued their domination in Class A for production cars above 1900cc by scoring their fourth win in a row. The partnership of Eddie Lew, Farriz Fauzy and Super GT Hiroki Katoh scored a hattrick for themselves by completing 258 laps to finish fourth overall.

The battle for Class B for cars between 1601cc and 1900cc was won by the partnership from Danville Motorsports; comprising S. Vellumani, Lim Lee Hua and Phillip Tang.

The trio from Team Petronas, with Farique Hairuman, Syahrizal Jamaluddin and Fauzi Othman behind the wheels topped the battle for Class C for production cars below 1600cc.
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