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Fairuz Fauzy

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Fauzy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Fairuz.

Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy (born 24 October 1982) is a Malaysian professional race car driver.

Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy
Fairuz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality Malaysian
Born (1982-10-24) 24 October 1982 (age 42)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GP2 Series career
Debut season2005
Current teamSuper Nova Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number16
Former teamsDAMS
Starts62
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th in 2011
Previous series
2008, 2011
2007–08, 2008–09
2007–09
2005–06
2002–2004
2001
2000		GP2 Asia Series
A1 Grand Prix

FRenault 3.5 Series
A1 Grand Prix
British Formula 3
Formula Renault 2.0 UK
British Formula Ford

Early career

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Fairuz driving for A1 Team Malaysia in the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season.

Fairuz started competing in karting events in 1994 before making the move to British Formula Ford at the start of 1999. He moved to British Formula Renault in 2000, developing his skills there before moving up to British Formula 3 in 2002, albeit in the B-Class.

He moved up to the main class in 2003, driving for both the SYR and Promatecme teams, before driving for both the Menu and P1 teams in 2004. He moved to the GP2 Series for 2005, becoming one of a number of Asian drivers in the championship. Despite being the only driver to start every race and not score a point, he continued in the series for 2006, again scoring no points. During this time he was also one of A1 Team Malaysia's drivers (along with Alex Yoong) in the A1 Grand Prix series.

Fairuz raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Cram Competition team.[1]

He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Super Nova team in the GP2 Asia Series. In 2009, he competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Mofaz Racing. After entering the final race in sixth place, Fairuz finished second in the race at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and leapfrogged the four drivers above him, to finish as runner-up to Bertrand Baguette in the championship standings.

Formula One

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Fairuz was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve drivers for 2007,[2] Fairuz was tipped for a Lotus Racing reserve seat for 2010. On 9 November 2009 Lotus Racing chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne confirmed Fairuz would be the test driver for the team but cooled down talks he was going to get a race seat.[3]

Fairuz was announced as the third driver for Lotus on 13 December 2009.[4]

 
Fairuz during first practice at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Fairuz replaced Heikki Kovalainen in the first free practice session at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix,[5] as Jarno Trulli won a coin toss against Kovalainen.[6] He drove a total of nineteen laps during the session, setting the 22nd fastest time, beating the Hispania Racing cars of Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna. He also took part in the first practice session at the British Grand Prix, replacing Jarno Trulli, where he set the 23rd fastest time (1:39.510) ahead of the Hispania Racing car of Sakon Yamamoto.[7] He replaced Heikki Kovalainen for the first free practice session of the German Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. At the end of the 2010 season, Fairuz parted company with Lotus Racing after one year of his five-year contract.[8]

The relationship between Lotus Racing and Group Lotus soured during 2010, resulting in GL deciding to withdraw its backing from the team and instead sponsoring Renault F1 for the 2011 season onwards. As part of the deal, Fairuz became one of Renault's test and reserve drivers, alongside Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean and Ho-Pin Tung.[9]

Post-Formula One

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Fairuz driving for Super Nova at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

After stating his desire to return to full-time racing for 2011, Fairuz re-signed for Super Nova Racing to drive in the 2011 GP2 Series and 2011 GP2 Asia Series, alongside Luca Filippi and Johnny Cecotto Jr. respectively.[8][10] After finishing fourteenth in the Asia series, he scored his first main series points in the first round of the championship. He finished 18th in the main series championship.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2000 British Formula Ford Championship N/A 14 0 0 0 0 1 20th
2001 Formula Renault UK Saxon International 13 0 0 0 1 134 7th
2002 British Formula 3 Championship – National Class Fred Goddard Racing 25 0 0 1 4 119 9th
2003 British Formula 3 International Series Promatecme UK /Team SYR 24 0 0 0 0 30.5 16th
2004 British Formula 3 International Series Menu F3 Motorsport/P1 Racing 24 0 0 0 1 49 12th
2005 GP2 Series DAMS 23 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2005–06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Malaysia 4 0 0 0 0 8‡ 5th‡
2006 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 21 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Cram Competition 17 0 1 0 3 51 11th
Formula One Spyker F1 Test driver
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Malaysia 6 0 0 0 0 7‡ 15th‡
2008 GP2 Asia Series Super Nova Racing 10 1 0 1 3 24 4th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 13 0 0 0 1 17 18th
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Malaysia 12 1 1 1 3 43‡ 6th‡
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Mofaz Racing 17 1 1 1 5 98 2nd
2010 Formula One Lotus Racing Test driver
2011 GP2 Asia Series Super Nova Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 14th
GP2 Series 18 0 0 0 0 5 18th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Mofaz Racing 4 0 0 0 1 15 16th
Formula One Lotus Renault GP Test driver
2013 Super GT - GT300 apr 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Sime Darby Auto Performance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 GT Asia Series - GT3 OD Racing 9 0 0 0 0 44 21st
2016-17 Asian Le Mans Series - GT OD Racing Best Leader Team 3 0 0 0 0 5 18th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 Arrows Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Source:[11]

‡ Team standings

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points Ref
2005–06 Malaysia GBR
SPR
13 		GBR
FEA 		GER
SPR 		GER
FEA 		POR
SPR
8 		POR
FEA
Ret 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		MYS
SPR
8 		MYS
FEA 		UAE
SPR 		UAE
FEA 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		USA
SPR 		USA
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		5th 74 [12]
2007–08 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		ZHU
SPR 		ZHU
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR
20 		AUS
FEA
17 		RSA
SPR
9 		RSA
FEA
5 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		SHA
SPR 		SHA
FEA 		GBR
SPR
13 		GBR
SPR
Ret 		15th 25 [13]
2008–09 NED
SPR
1 		NED
FEA
2 		CHN
SPR
13 		CHN
FEA
5 		MYS
SPR
15 		MYS
FEA
10 		NZL
SPR
8 		NZL
FEA
10 		RSA
SPR
9 		RSA
FEA
NC 		POR
SPR
8 		POR
FEA
3 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
SPR 		6th 43 [14]
Source:[15]

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2005 DAMS IMO
FEA
17 		IMO
SPR
12 		CAT
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
7 		MON
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
14 		NÜR
SPR
10 		MAG
FEA
14 		MAG
SPR
10 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
13 		IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
15 		MNZ
FEA
14 		MNZ
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
13 		SPA
SPR
15 		BHR
FEA
11 		BHR
SPR
10 		24th 0
2006 Super Nova International VAL
FEA
15 		VAL
SPR
10 		IMO
FEA
Ret 		IMO
SPR
15 		NÜR
FEA
19 		NÜR
SPR
9 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
14 		MON
FEA
10 		SIL
FEA
12 		SIL
SPR
7 		MAG
FEA
Ret 		MAG
SPR
15 		HOC
FEA
22 		HOC
SPR
10 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
14 		MNZ
SPR
10 		24th 0
2011 Super Nova Racing IST
FEA
12 		IST
SPR
5 		CAT
FEA
14 		CAT
SPR
6 		MON
FEA
15 		MON
SPR
10 		VAL
FEA
16 		VAL
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
21 		SIL
SPR
15 		NÜR
FEA
16 		NÜR
SPR
12 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
7 		SPA
SPR
21 		MNZ
FEA
18 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		18th 5
Sources:[15][16]

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2008 Super Nova International DUB1
FEA
8 		DUB1
SPR
2 		SEN
FEA
8 		SEN
SPR
1 		SEP
FEA
2 		SEP
SPR
6 		BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
Ret 		DUB2
FEA
11 		DUB2
SPR
6 		4th 24
2011 Super Nova Racing YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
15 		IMO
FEA
8 		IMO
SPR
Ret 		14th 1
Source:[15]

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2007 Cram Competition MNZ
1
12 		MNZ
2
10 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
22 		MON
1
Ret 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
Ret 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
Ret 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
10 		MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
Ret 		EST
1
8 		EST
2
3 		CAT
1
12 		CAT
2
8 		11th 51
2008 Fortec Motorsport MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MON
1
3 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
15 		HUN
1
12 		HUN
2
14 		NÜR
1
DSQ 		NÜR
2
Ret 		BUG
1
13 		BUG
2
19 		EST
1
12 		EST
2
20 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
6 		18th 17
2009 Mofaz Fortec Motorsport CAT
1
8 		CAT
2
7 		SPA
1
15 		SPA
2
15 		MON
1
15 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
7 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
4 		BUG
1
7 		BUG
2
4 		ALG
1
8 		ALG
2
20 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
3 		ALC
1
6 		ALC
2
2 		2nd 98
2011 Mofaz Racing ALC
1 		ALC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MON
1 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
3 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
16 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
18 		LEC
1
21 		LEC
2
15 		CAT
1
15 		CAT
2
11 		22nd 15
Sources:[15][16]

Complete Super GT results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts
2012 ThunderAsia Racing Mosler MT900M GT300 OKA FUJ SEP
Ret 		SUG SUZ FUJ AUT MOT NC 0
2013 apr Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA
14 		FUJ
15 		SEP SUG SUZ FUJ FUJ AUT MOT NC 0
Source:[16]

Complete Formula One results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2010 Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 BHR AUS MAL
TD 		CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR
TD 		GER
TD 		HUN BEL ITA SIN
TD 		JPN KOR BRA ABU
TD 		 –  –
Sources:[15][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Fauzy to combine racing, testing". crash.net. 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Spyker announces four test drivers". GPUpdate.net. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. ^ </"Fauzy tipped for Lotus reserve seat - F1 | ITV Sport". Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  4. ^ The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/14/sports/sports-uk-motor-racing-lotus.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link‍]
  5. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (1 April 2010). "Fauzy gets Friday drive for Malaysia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Kovalainen To Sit Out Practice After Coin Toss". speedtv.com. Speed. 29 March 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  7. ^ "British Grand Prix practice results". BBC News. 24 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Fauzy released by Lotus". autosport.com. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Fauzy joins Renault in test role". BBC News. 18 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Home - Formula 2". Archived from the original on 28 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Fairuz Fauzy – 2005 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Fairuz Fauzy – 2007 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Fairuz Fauzy – 2008 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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