Fairuz Fauzy

Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
Fauzy driving for Fortec Motorsport at the Silverstone round of the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	October 24, 1982 (1982-10-24) (age 29) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season	2005
Current team	Super Nova Racing
Car no.	16
Former teams	DAMS
Starts	62
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th 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 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 during first practice at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

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]

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, Fauzy became one of Renault's test and reserve drivers, alongside Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean and Ho-Pin Tung.^[9]

Post-Formula One

Fauzy 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, Fauzy 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

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Pos.
2003	British Formula Three season	Promatecme UK /Team SYR	24	0	0	0	0	30.5	16th
2004	British Formula Three season	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 (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
	GP2 Series	Super Nova Racing	18	0	0	0	0	5	18th
	Formula One	Lotus Renault GP	Test driver
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Mofaz Racing	4	0	0	0	1	15	16th

*(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
2011	Super Nova Racing	TUR FEA 12	TUR SPR 5	ESP FEA 14	ESP SPR 6	MON FEA 15	MON SPR 10	VAL FEA 16	VAL SPR 16	GBR FEA 21	GBR SPR 15	GER FEA 16	GER SPR 12	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 7	BEL SPR 21	ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR Ret						18th	5

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
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

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.

1. ^ "Fauzy to combine racing, testing.". crash.net. 2007-02-05. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~WS--Fauzy-to-combine-racing--testing-~cid~7~id~142822.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-28. 
2. ^ "Spyker announces four test drivers". GPUpdate.net. 2007-02-01. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/140962/spyker-announces-four-test-drivers/. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
3. ^ </http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=47397&PO=47397
4. ^ The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/14/sports/sports-uk-motor-racing-lotus.html. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-04-01). "Fauzy gets Friday drive for Malaysia". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82570. Retrieved 2010-04-01. 
6. ^ "Kovalainen To Sit Out Practice After Coin Toss". speedtv.com (Speed). 2010-03-29. http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-kovalainen-to-sit-out-practice-after-coin-toss/. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
7. ^ "British Grand Prix practice results". BBC News. 2010-02-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/8499227.stm. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "Fauzy released by Lotus". autosport.com. 2010-12-12. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88671. Retrieved 2011-01-04. 
9. ^ "Fauzy joins Renault in test role". BBC News. 2011-01-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9365963.stm. 
10. ^ http://gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2011/01_Jan/Fauzy-signs-for-Super-Nova/

External links

• Official website

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Name	Fauzy, Mohamed Fairuz
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Date of birth	1982-10-24
Place of birth	Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
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