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A1 GP Worldcup of Motorsport requires the participating drivers to hold an International Class B licence.
Malaysia is fortunate to have three drivers with such a qualification, Fairuz Fauzy, Aaron Lim and Alex Yoong.
Fairuz FAUZY, 27, has his roots in karting starting from the tender age of 8 and has won numerous karting titles in national and international competitions.
He expanded his racing experience by travelling to Europe in the year 2000 with stints in Formula Ford and Formula Renault before a serious 3 year campaign in the British Formula 3 championship.
He campaigned in the national class of the British Formula 3 championship in 2002 before graduating to the championship class in 2003 and 2004.
His notable achievements were 5 podium finishes in National Class British F3, 2nd position in British F3 Championship in 2004, a win and two podiums in GP2 Asia and a podium in the World Series by Renault.
Having raced in GP2 and GP2 Asia in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and served as a test driver for the Spyker F1 Team in 2007, Fairuz is one of the finest drivers in his peer group hail from Malaysia. His campaign in A1GP 2008/09 got off to a superb start with two podium finishes at the opening event of season 4 at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.
Aaron LIM, 24, started his motor racing career in national karting championships and in 2004 represented his country at the Asian Karting Championship in Macau, dominating from the outset, claiming a new lap record, and taking victory by over 3 seconds. He moved to the scholarship class of the Formula BMW Asian series in 2005, and, despite a minimal budget and missing four rounds of racing, he notched up five top five finishes and two third place podiums.
In 2006, he continued with his motorsport education, competing in the Championship class of the Formula BMW Asian series finishing fifth overall. His success included a second place finish and five other top five finishes. In 2007 Lim graduated to a limited season in the Formula Renault V6 Asia Series, being on the podium in all the races in which he entered.
Aaron joined the team as the rookie driver in season 2006/2007 and made his debut as the team's race driver at Brands Hatch season 2008/2009.
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MALAYSIA BOLEH! |
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RACE WEEKEND |
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See race times, race results, timing stats and more in the Fanzone area here
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