# Jazeman Jaafar

Jazeman Firhan bin Jaafar (born 13 November 1992) is a Malaysian racing driver.

## Career
### Karting

Jazeman started his career at a tender age of 6 in Shah Alam, Malaysia. A hobby which turned to a full time career, Jazeman has won a total Eleven Karting Championships in Malaysia, Asia and also won the Belgian Open Kart Championship Race in Mariembourg.

### Formula Renault

In 2006, Jazeman competed in Asian Formula Renault 2.0 for the Macanese outfit Asia Racing Team at a young age of 13. He was the youngest ever driver to be granted with an International C Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). He finished third in the championship, behind champion Pekka Saarinen, taking four podiums during the season.

### Formula BMW

In 2007, Jazeman competed in Formula BMW Asia. Jazeman was again given a special allowance to gain an International C License from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to compete in the series when he was fourteen. Jazeman won the championship but not before the following February due to the appeal of a technical infringement.
After Round 22, and following the receipt of a post-race scrutineering report, Race Stewards issued a Decision to exclude the cars of Jazeman and team-mate Jack Lemvard for a technical infringement of the regulations. In view of the severity of the offence and the fact that the same team had contravened the technical regulations on an earlier occasion during the season, the decision also included the exclusion of CIMB Team Qi-Meritus from the 2007 championship. The decision put Jazeman second in the drivers' classification at the end of the season, just one point behind Zahir Ali. Meritus submitted an official appeal on the disqualification of their drivers in the race and their exclusion from the team championship.
The Federation Automobile of Sport China confirmed that they received the letter of appeal from the team dated 5 November 2007. Team Qi-Meritus learned that the appeals lodged with FASC against the decisions of the stewards at Zhuhai were overturned in favour of the drivers and team. The decision meant that Jazeman was handed back the drivers' title and Qi-Meritus also won the constructors' trophy. Jazeman became the youngest ever winner in the history of Formula BMW at 14 years old.
Jazeman contested two seasons in Formula BMW Europe in seasons 2008 and 2009, driving for Holzer Rennsport and Eifelland Racing respectively; finishing fourteenth and ninth in the two seasons.

### Formula Three

Jazeman moved into the British Formula 3 Championship, starting with the 2010 season and driving for Carlin.
In 2012, Jazeman finished second in the overall drivers' championship in the British F3 International Series and also being the First Asian to win the Grand Prix de Pau. He crossed the line in third place at the final round in Donnington Park race weekend to seal the runner-up spot with 306 points. Jazeman is setting his sights on either the World Series by Renault or the GP2 Series in 2013 as the natural career progression after achieving his best overall placing in the British F3 championship.

### Formula Renault 3.5

Jazeman stepped up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin for the 2013 season. In his 3 seasons of Formula Renault 3.5, he collected a total of 1 Pole Position, 7 Podiums and became the Winner of the Monaco Grand Prix with Fortec. He drove for the Czech based ISR Racing and English, Fortec Motorsports respectively.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2006 | Asian Formula Renault 2.0 | Asia Racing Team | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 182 | 3rd |
| 2007 | Formula BMW Asia | CIMB Qi-Meritus | 22 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 768 | 1st |
| 2007 | Formula BMW World Final | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 18th |
| 2008 | Formula BMW Europe | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 14th |
| 2008 | Formula BMW World Final | Eifelland Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
| 2009 | Formula BMW Europe | Eifelland Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 123 | 9th |
| 2009 | Formula BMW Pacific | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| 2010 | British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 12th |
| 2010 | Masters of Formula 3 | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2010 | Macau Grand Prix | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th |
| 2011 | British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 187 | 6th |
| 2011 | FIA Formula 3 International Trophy | Carlin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7th |
| 2011 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Carlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† |
| 2011 | Masters of Formula 3 | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th |
| 2011 | Macau Grand Prix | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
| 2012 | British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 306 | 2nd |
| 2013 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Carlin | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 17th |
| 2013 | British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 9th |
| 2014 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | ISR Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 10th |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Fortec Motorsports | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 8th |
| 2016 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | HTP Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23rd |
| 2016 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | HTP Motorsport | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 2nd |
| 2016 | 24H Series - A6 | HTP Motorsport | | | | | | | |
| 2016 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | AMG - Team HTP Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Strakka Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Strakka Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017-18 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 4th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
| 2018-19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 4th |
| 2018-19 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 | Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 24th |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Pro-Am | Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 14th |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Jota Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Team Virage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 | Triple Eight JMR | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 9th |
| 2024 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | Arrows Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint | Team Malaysia | | | | | | | |
$^†$ As Jazeman was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### 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 |
| 2013 | Carlin Motorsport | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 Ret | ALC 1 18 | ALC 2 12 | MON 1 3 | SPA 1 9 | SPA 2 19† | MSC 1 Ret | MSC 2 13 | RBR 1 10 | RBR 2 13 | HUN 1 20 | HUN 2 20 | LEC 1 14 | LEC 2 14 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 17th | 24 |
| 2014 | ISR Racing | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 7 | ALC 1 13 | ALC 2 9 | MON 1 3 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 6 | MSC 1 5 | MSC 2 12 | NÜR 1 15 | NÜR 2 9 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 8 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 5 | JER 1 14 | JER 2 Ret | 10th | 73 |
| 2015 | Fortec Motorsports | ALC 1 2 | ALC 2 7 | MON 1 1 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 6 | HUN 1 18 | HUN 2 4 | RBR 1 10 | RBR 2 9 | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 Ret | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 17 | BUG 1 13 | BUG 2 14 | JER 1 6 | JER 2 8 | 8th | 118 |

### Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2016 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | MIS QR DNS | MIS CR 19 | BRH QR 4 | BRH CR 19 | NÜR QR 14 | NÜR CR 23 | HUN QR 19 | HUN CR 12 | CAT QR 20 | CAT CR 9 | 23rd | 5 |

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2018–19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 3 | LMS 2 | SIL 2 | FUJ 1 | SHA 4 | SEB | SPA | LMS | 4th | 98 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2018 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 361 | 8th | 4th |

### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | RBR | LEC | MNZ 3 | SPA | ALG | NC† | 0† |
| 2022 | Team Virage | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 15 | IMO Ret | MNZ 15 | CAT | SPA | ALG | 28th | 0 |
$^†$ As Jaafar was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

## Personal life

Jazeman resides in Malaysia and his hobbies are training and reading, while his idol is Ayrton Senna.