Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy
Fairuz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality Malaysian
Born (1982-10-24) 24 October 1982
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
200709
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

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

Early career

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

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

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

Career summary

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

‡ 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 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

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 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

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
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

Complete Super GT results

(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

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

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  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)
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  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.
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