Khairul Idham Pawi (born 20 September 1998) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. He is the youngest non-European to win a Grand Prix, accomplishing this feat in the Argentine race of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, aged just 17. He won the Honda Future One-Make Challenge in 2012 and the 2014 Malaysian Cub Prix in the Wira class.

Career

Moto3 World Championship Pawi made his Grand Prix debut as wildcard at the 2015 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, entered by Honda Team Asia, where he finished the race in 25th place.

In 2016, Pawi made his full-time debut in the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, once again riding the Honda of Honda Team Asia, alongside Japanese rider Hiroki Ono. Pawi won the second Grand Prix of the season in a wet Argentina race, becoming the youngest non-European rider to win a race, aged 17. Later in the season at the German Grand Prix, Pawi started from only 20th on the grid, but established himself as a wet-weather specialist, as he charged through to lead after just six laps. He took the win by over 11 seconds from Andrea Locatelli, moving up to tenth in the rider's standings. He finished the year 19th in the championship, with 62 points.

Moto2 World Championship Following his two victories, for the 2017 Moto2 World Championship Pawi was promoted to partner Takaaki Nakagami in Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, replacing Ratthapark Wilairot in the Moto2 category. In just his second year in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Pawi struggled to adjust to the bigger and faster bikes, scoring points in only two races during the season, finishing 27th in the standings, with ten points.

Pawi stayed with Honda Asia Team for the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, this time partnered by Tetsuta Nagashima. Pawi had his worst season yet, only scoring one point during the season, a 15th place finish in France.

For the 2019 Moto2 World Championship, Pawi started off with a 13th place finish in Argentina, before suffering a Grade 3 open fracture of his little finger, in a crash during Friday practice at the 2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix. He returned at the 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix but withdrew after the Friday practice sessions due to the injury and missed the rest of the season. He finished the season 30th and last in the standings, having only completed three races, and amassing three points in an injury-riddled season.

Second Moto3 World Championship stint After being replaced in Moto2 by Somkiat Chantra, Pawi returned to Moto3 for the 2020 season, but struggled on the smaller bikes, and scored no points during the year.

In May 2021, following no offers from motorcycle grand prix racing teams, Pawi announced his surprise retirement, aged only 22.

Malaysian Superbike Championship In 2021, Pawi made a comeback from retirement to join the TKKR Racing team for the remainder of the 2021 Malaysian superbike races, picking up two podiums, including a win. He finished the season in fourth place (out of nine riders) with 72 points.

Asia Road Racing Championship

Boon Siew Honda Malaysia

After a winning result, back in Malaysia Superbike, Pawi joined Boon Siew Honda Malaysia to race in Supersport Category partnering up with Azroy Hakeem Anuar and Helmi Azman riding the latest Honda CBR-600RR.

Career statistics

Pre-Grand Prix career highlights

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 2016-19th, FIM Moto3 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia 2017-27th, FIM Moto2 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2015 TSR Honda ALG 6th 99 Honda LMS CAT1 CAT2 ARA1 ARA2 ALB NAV JER1 JER2 VAL1 VAL2

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd Moto3 Honda Honda Team Asia 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto3 Honda Honda Team Asia 18 2 2 0 1 62 19th Moto2 Kalex Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 18 0 0 0 0 10 27th Moto2 Kalex Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 18 0 0 0 0 1 30th Moto2 Kalex Petronas Sprinta Racing 3 0 0 0 0 3 30th Moto3 Honda Petronas Sprinta Racing 13 0 0 0 0 0 32nd Moto2 Kalex Petronas MIE Racing RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Total 71 2 2 0 1 76

By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp Moto3 2015–2016, 2020 2015 Aragon 2016 Argentina 2016 Argentina 32 2 2 0 1 62 0 Moto2 2017–2019, 2024 2017 Qatar 39 0 0 0 0 14 0 2015–2020, 2024 71 2 2 0 1 76 0

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts 2015 Moto3 Honda QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA25 JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 2016 Moto3 Honda QAT22 ARG1 AME20 SPA14 FRA14 ITARet CATRet NEDRet GER1 AUT27 CZERet GBR22 RSM22 ARA22 JPN19 AUSRet MAL8 VAL25 19th 62 2017 Moto2 Kalex QAT28 ARG24 AME25 SPARet FRA22 ITA26 CAT25 NED26 GER20 CZE14 AUT17 GBR28 RSM8 ARARet JPN23 AUS21 MALRet VAL25 27th 10 2018 Moto2 Kalex QAT23 ARG24 AME25 SPA18 FRA15 ITA18 CAT19 NED19 GER17 CZE20 AUT16 GBRC RSM22 ARA27 THA21 JPN22 AUS16 MAL17 VALRet 30th 1 2019 Moto2 Kalex QAT17 ARG13 AME17 SPADNS FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZEWD AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 30th 3 2020 Moto3 Honda QAT26 SPA22 AND20 CZE22 AUTDNS STY RSM21 EMI24 CAT24 FRA19 ARA27 TER27 EUR22 VALRet POR28 32nd 0 Moto2 Kalex QAT POR AME SPA FRA CAT ITA NED GER GBR AUT CAT RSM EMI INA JPN AUS THA MAL SLD NC 0

ARRC Supersports 600 Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2022 Honda CHA CHA SEP SEP SUG SUG SEP SEP CHA CHA 6th 97 2023 Honda CHA CHA SEP SEP SUG SUG MAN MAN ZHU ZHU CHA CHA 2nd 185 2025 Honda CHA CHA SEP SEP MOT MOT MAN MAN SEP SEP CHA CHA 10th 98 2026 Honda SEP SEP CHA CHA MOT MOT MAN MAN SEP SEP CHA CHA 11th* 35*

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 2023 Honda AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPA SPA ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA NC 0 2024 Honda AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA 37th 3 Season still in progress.

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Class Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2025 EWC Honda Suzuka Racing Team Kai Aota Yuki Sugiyama Honda CBR1000RR-R SP14th 2026 EWC Honda Asia-Dream Racing with Astemo Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Adenanta Putra Honda CBR1000RR-R TBD

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