Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy

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Fauzy driving for Fortec Motorsport at the Silverstone round of the 2008 World Series by Renault season.
Fauzy driving for Fortec Motorsport at the Silverstone round of the 2008 World Series by Renault season.

Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy (born October 24, 1982) is a race car driver born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After racing in British junior championships followed by 2 unsuccessful years in GP2, he was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve driver for 2007,[1] and he will also race in the World Series by Renault for the Cram Competition team.[2]

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, and continued in the series for 2006. During this team he was also one of A1 Team Malaysia's drivers (along with Alex Yoong) in the A1 Grand Prix series.

He returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Super Nova team in the GP2 Asia Series. He is currently driving in the 2008 World Series by Renault season.

[edit] GP2 Series record

Season Team Name No. Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2005 DAMS 15 23 0 0 0 24th
2006 Super Nova Racing 06 21 0 0 0 25th
2008 (Asia) Super Nova Racing 08 10 0 1 24 4th

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Spyker announces four test drivers", F1Racing.net, 2007-02-01. Retrieved on 2007-02-01. 
  2. ^ "Fauzy to combine racing, testing.", crash.net, 2007-02-05. Retrieved on 2007-02-28. 
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