THE 2009 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix is on!

The Sepang International Circuit is definitely heating up with the 20 Formula 1 cars burning rubber around the 5.543km circuit during the Friday practice session today.

But to really ensure the die-hard fans that started filling the circuit since 8am, were treated to an exclusive autograph session with Formula 1 drivers.

Present to meet the fans at the grandstand area were McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, Williams drivers Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima and Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil of Force India F1 team.

Also present at today's autograph session were SIC Chairman Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir and CEO Razlan Razali.

Tomorrow's session will include Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa as well as Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.

Autograph Session (Drivers schedule)
Saturday
12:00-12:20pm: Scuderia Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa
12:20-12:40pm: Panasonic Toyota Racing - Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
12:40-01:00pm: Red Bull Racing - Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel
03:30-03:50pm: Force India F1 Team - Tonio Liuzzi

Sunday
11:50-12:10pm: BMW Sauber F1 Team - Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica
12:10-12:30pm: Toro Rosso - Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi
12:30-12:50pm: Renault F1 Team - Fernando Alonso, Nelson Piquet, Romain Grosjean

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