Khairul Idham Pawi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kampung Gajah, Perak, Malaysia |
20 September 1998 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Khairul Idham Pawi (born 20 September 1998) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer.
He made his Grand Prix debut as wildcard at Aragon entered by Honda Team Asia riding a Honda, he finish the race in 25th-place.
In 2016, Pawi made his full-time debut in the Moto3 World Championship with the same team and bikes alongside the Japanese Hiroki Ono. Pawi won the second Grand Prix of the season in a wet Argentina race.
Later in the season at the German Grand Prix, Pawi took 20th on the grid, but having established himself as a wet-weather specialist, charged through to lead after just six laps. He took the win by over 11 seconds from Andrea Locatelli, moving up to 10th in the rider's standings.
MotoGP Official website announced the 2017 entry list and Pawi is a new partner to Takaaki Nakagami in Idemitsu Honda Team Asia replacing Ratthapark Wilairot in the Moto2 category. This is just his second year in Grand Prix motorcycle racing after breaking a record of the youngest non-European rider to win a Grand Prix motorcycle race.
2012- 11th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #45 Honda
2013- 7th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #26 Honda
2013- 4th, Asia Dream Cup #10 Honda CBR250R
2014- 1st, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #28 Honda
2014- 1st, Asia Dream Cup #1 Honda CBR250R
2015- 6th, FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship #98 Honda NSF250R