Fairuz Fauzy
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy | |
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Nationality | Malaysian |
GP2 Asia Series career | |
Debut season | 2008 |
Current team | Super Nova Racing |
Car number | 7 |
Starts | 14 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 4th in 2008 |
Previous series | |
2007–08, 2008–09 2007–09 2005–2006 2005–06 2002–2004 2001 2000 | A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Series A1 Grand Prix British Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 UK British Formula Ford |
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy (born October 24, 1982 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a race car driver.
Early career
Fauzy 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 Three 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.
Fauzy 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, Fauzy 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
Fauzy was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve drivers for 2007,[2] Fauzy was tipped for a Lotus Racing reserve seat for 2010. On November 9, 2009 Lotus Racing chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne confirmed Fauzy will be the test driver for the team but cooled down talks he was going to get a race seat.[3]
Fauzy was announced as the third driver for Lotus on 13 December 2009.[4]
Fauzy 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, Fauzy parted company with Lotus Racing after one year of his five year contract.[8]
He later joined Renault F1 in a similar role to the one he held at Lotus Racing, for the 2011 season.[9]
Post Formula One
Fauzy intends to return to full-time racing in 2011.[8] He has since re-signed for Super Nova Racing to drive in the 2011 GP2 Series and 2011 GP2 Asia Series.[10]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 (1) |
2006 | GP2 Series | Super Nova Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
2007 | Formula One | Spyker F1 | Test driver | ||||||
2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15th (1) |
2008 | GP2 Asia Series | Super Nova Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 4th |
2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Malaysia | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 6th (1) |
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 |
*(1) = Team standings.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 | |||
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 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(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 | SMR FEA 17 |
SMR SPR 12 |
ESP FEA 12 |
ESP SPR 7 |
MON FEA Ret |
EUR FEA 14 |
EUR SPR 10 |
FRA FEA 14 |
FRA SPR 10 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 16 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 13 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR 15 |
ITA FEA 14 |
ITA SPR 11 |
BEL FEA 13 |
BEL SPR 15 |
BHR FEA 11 |
BHR SPR 10 |
24th | 0 |
2006 | Super Nova Racing | VAL FEA 15 |
VAL SPR 10 |
SMR FEA Ret |
SMR SPR 15 |
EUR FEA 19 |
EUR SPR 9 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 14 |
MON FEA 10 |
GBR FEA 12 |
GBR SPR 7 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR 15 |
GER FEA 22 |
GER SPR 10 |
HUN FEA 16 |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 14 |
ITA SPR 10 |
24th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(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 | UAE1 FEA 8 |
UAE1 SPR 2 |
IND FEA 8 |
IND SPR 1 |
MAL FEA 2 |
MAL SPR 6 |
BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR Ret |
UAE2 FEA 11 |
UAE2 SPR 6 |
4th | 24 |
2011 | Super Nova Racing | ABU FEA Ret |
ABU SPR 15 |
ITA FEA 8 |
ITA SPR Ret |
14th | 1 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(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 FEA 12 |
MNZ SPR 10 |
NÜR FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR 22 |
MON FEA Ret |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 2 |
SPA SPR Ret |
DON FEA Ret |
DON SPR 10 |
MAG FEA Ret |
MAG SPR Ret |
EST FEA 8 |
EST SPR 3 |
CAT FEA 12 |
CAT SPR 8 |
11th | 51 |
2008 | Fortec Motorsport | MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MON FEA 3 |
SIL SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 14 |
NÜR SPR DSQ |
NÜR FEA Ret |
BUG SPR 13 |
BUG FEA 19 |
EST SPR 12 |
EST FEA 20 |
CAT SPR Ret |
CAT FEA 6 |
18th | 17 |
2009 | Mofaz Fortec Motorsport | CAT SPR 8 |
CAT FEA 7 |
SPA SPR 15 |
SPA FEA 15 |
MON FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 7 |
SIL SPR 2 |
SIL FEA 4 |
BUG SPR 7 |
BUG FEA 4 |
ALG SPR 8 |
ALG FEA 20 |
NÜR SPR 2 |
NÜR FEA 3 |
ALC SPR 6 |
ALC FEA 2 |
2nd | 98 |
Complete Formula One results
(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 |
– | – |
References
- Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Fauzy to combine racing, testing". crash.net. 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ "Spyker announces four test drivers". GPUpdate.net. 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ </http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=47397&PO=47397
- ^ The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/14/sports/sports-uk-motor-racing-lotus.html.
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(help) [dead link] - ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-04-01). "Fauzy gets Friday drive for Malaysia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "Kovalainen To Sit Out Practice After Coin Toss". speedtv.com. Speed. 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "British Grand Prix practice results". BBC News. 2010-02-24.
- ^ a b "Fauzy released by Lotus". autosport.com. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Fauzy joins Renault in test role". BBC News. 2011-01-18.
- ^ http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/01_Jan/Fauzy-signs-for-Super-Nova/
External links
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Malaysian racecar drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- A1 Team Malaysia drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Malaysian Malay people
- Malaysian Muslims
- Formula Ford drivers
- GP2 Asia Series drivers
- People from Kuala Lumpur
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series drivers