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

Early career

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.

Fairuz 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.

Fairuz 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 , 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.

Fairuz was announced as the third driver for Lotus on 13 December 2009.

Fairuz replaced Heikki Kovalainen in the first free practice session at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, as Jarno Trulli won a coin toss against Kovalainen. 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. 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.

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 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.

Post-Formula One

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. 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 7th2002British Formula 3 Championship – National ClassFred Goddard Racing2500141199th2003British Formula 3 International SeriesPromatecme UK /Team SYR 24 0 0 0 0 30.5 16th2004British Formula 3 International SeriesMenu F3 Motorsport/P1 Racing 24 0 0 0 1 49 12th 2005GP2 SeriesDAMS 23 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2005–06A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Malaysia 4 0 0 0 0 8‡ 5th‡ 2006GP2 SeriesSuper Nova Racing 21 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Cram Competition1701035111thFormula OneSpyker F1 Test driver 2007–08A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Malaysia 6 0 0 0 0 7‡15th‡ 2008GP2 Asia SeriesSuper Nova Racing 10 1 0 1 3 24 4th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport1300011718th 2008–09A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Malaysia 12 1 1 1 3 43‡ 6th‡ 2009Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesMofaz Racing 17 1 1 1 5 98 2nd 2010Formula OneLotus Racing Test driver 2011GP2 Asia SeriesSuper Nova Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 14thGP2 Series 18 0 0 0 0 5 18thFormula Renault 3.5 SeriesMofaz Racing 4 0 0 0 1 15 16thFormula OneLotus Renault GP Test driver2013Super GT - GT300 apr20000034th Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Sime Darby Auto Performance100000NC2015GT Asia Series - GT3OD Racing900004421st2016–17Asian Le Mans Series - GTOD Racing Best Leader Team30000518th2017Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3Arrows Racing200000NCSource: ‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship 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 DC Points 2001 Saxon International BHI THR OUL SIL DON KNO SNE CRO OUL SIL SIL DON BGP 7th 134

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2002 Fred Goddard Racing Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo Scholarship BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 KNO1 KNO2 CRO1 CRO2 SIL1 SIL2 CAS1 CAS2 BRH1 BRH2 ROC1 ROC2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 THR1 THR2 DON1 DON2 9th 119 2003 Team SYR Dallara F303 Opel Spiess Championship DON1 DON2 SNE1 SNE2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 SIL2 CAS1 CAS2 16th 30.5 Promatecme UK Dallara F303 Mugen-Honda OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 ROC2 THR1 THR2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 2004 Menu F3 Motorsport Dallara F304 Opel Championship DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 CAS1 CAS2 DON1 DON2 12th 49 P1 Motorsport Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2

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 IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 24th 0 2006 Super Nova International VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 24th 0 2011 Super Nova Racing ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 18th 5Sources:

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 DUB1FEA DUB1SPR SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUB2FEA DUB2SPR 4th 24 2011 Super Nova Racing YMCFEA YMCSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR 14th 1Source:

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 Ref 2005–06 Malaysia GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 5th 74 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 15th 25 2008–09 NEDSPR NEDFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA RSASPR RSAFEA PORSPR PORFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 6th 43 Source:

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 MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 51 2008 Fortec Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 18th 17 2009 Mofaz Fortec Motorsport CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ARA1 ARA2 2nd 98 2011 Mofaz Racing ARA1 ARA2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 22nd 15Sources:

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 Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU – –Sources:

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 2012ThunderAsia RacingMosler MT900MGT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC0 2013aprAudi R8 LMS ultraGT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJFUJAUTMOTNC0Source:

References

External links

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