3.1 million racing enthusiasts watched Vios Challenge Season 5 finale online

KUALA LUMPUR: UMW Toyota organised the Season 5 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Vios Challenge at the Sepang International Circuit this weekend, which was tuned by a record-high 3.1 million viewers online. The intensely-contested finale race was no short of drama with very close fights on the track ending with the very final 20-lap race, which decided the overall championship title in all four classes of racing.

The new overall champions in all four racing categories are as follows - 

Category	Winners
Super Sporting Class for professionals	Hayden Haikal (Axle Sports)
Sporting Class for amateurs	Naquib Azlan (Axle Sports)
Rookie Class for young drivers	Nabil Azlan
Promotional Class for celebrities	Nabil Ahmad

On the huge success of the Vios Challenge series, UMW Toyota Motor President Ravindran K said, “We’ve come a long way in five seasons of the Toyota GAZOO Racing Festival and the Vios Challenge race series since it was started in 2017. At the time of inception we wanted to change the thinking that Toyota cars are meant for the matured crowd. We wanted to build an ever better car that also makes it attractive for the younger buyers and today there has been a total shift. Of course, we also wanted to make a significant contribution to Malaysian motorsports.” 

“The Vios Challenge provides us with a very strong platform to evaluate and develop our future cars. We also want our young engineers to be able to contribute to the research and development of future models. We want our customers to enjoy a very safe, fun and powerful car to drive, in this case the Vios. The Vios Challenge is the right platform for people to see this and for a lot of young engineers to join us to build better cars for the future.”

Apart from a huge crowd tuning the Season 5 finale online, a total of 2,000 racing and celebrity superfans attended the event in person. 

The entire rooftop of the Circuit’s main paddock building was turned into a festival ground with fans treated to a myriad of activities, including two special concerts, family games, lucky draws with attractive prizes and display and sale of GAZOO Racing and Toyota merchandise. Fans also got a chance to mingle with their favourite celebrities during the meet & greet and autograph sessions.

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