Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy | |
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Fairuz at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
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Nationality | Malaysian |
Born |
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) |
24 October 1982
GP2 Series career | |
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 | 16th 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 3 Formula Renault 2.0 UK British Formula Ford |
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy (born 24 October 1982 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a race car driver.
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.
Fairuzraced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Cram Competition team.
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.