# Fairuz Fauzy

Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy (born 24 October 1982) is a Malaysian 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.
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.
Fairuz raced 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.

## Formula One

Fairuz was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve drivers for 2007, 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 2011 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 | 7th |
| 2002 | British Formula 3 Championship – National Class | Fred Goddard Racing | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 9th |
| 2003 | British Formula 3 International Series | Promatecme UK /Team SYR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 16th |
| 2004 | British Formula 3 International Series | Menu F3 Motorsport/P1 Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 12th |
| 2005 | GP2 Series | DAMS | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8‡ | 5th‡ |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | Super Nova Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Cram Competition | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 11th |
| 2007 | Formula One | Spyker F1 | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver |
| 2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7‡ | 15th‡ |
| 2008 | GP2 Asia Series | Super Nova Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 4th |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Fortec Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18th |
| 2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Malaysia | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43‡ | 6th‡ |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Mofaz Racing | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 2nd |
| 2010 | Formula One | Lotus Racing | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver |
| 2011 | GP2 Asia Series | Super Nova Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th |
| 2011 | GP2 Series | Super Nova Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
| 2011 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Mofaz Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16th |
| 2011 | Formula One | Lotus Renault GP | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver |
| 2013 | Super GT - GT300 | apr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| 2013 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Sime Darby Auto Performance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2015 | GT Asia Series - GT3 | OD Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 21st |
| 2016-17 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | OD Racing Best Leader Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 | Arrows Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
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‡ Team standings

### 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 |
| 2005–06 | Malaysia | GBR SPR 13 | GBR FEA | GER SPR | GER FEA | POR SPR 8 | POR FEA Ret | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | MYS SPR 8 | MYS FEA | UAE SPR | UAE FEA | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | IDN SPR | IDN FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | USA SPR | USA FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | 5th | 74 |
| 2007–08 | Malaysia | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR | CZE FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | ZHU SPR | ZHU FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR 20 | AUS FEA 17 | RSA SPR 9 | RSA FEA 5 | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | SHA SPR | SHA FEA | GBR SPR 13 | GBR SPR Ret | | | 15th | 25 |
| 2008–09 | Malaysia | NED SPR 1 | NED FEA 2 | CHN SPR 13 | CHN FEA 5 | MYS SPR 15 | MYS FEA 10 | NZL SPR 8 | NZL FEA 10 | RSA SPR 9 | RSA FEA NC | POR SPR 8 | POR FEA 3 | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | | | | | | | | | 6th | 43 |
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### 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 | IMO FEA 17 | IMO SPR 12 | CAT FEA 12 | CAT SPR 7 | MON FEA Ret | NÜR FEA 14 | NÜR SPR 10 | MAG FEA 14 | MAG SPR 10 | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 16 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 13 | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR 15 | MNZ FEA 14 | MNZ SPR 11 | SPA FEA 13 | SPA SPR 15 | BHR FEA 11 | BHR SPR 10 | 24th | 0 |
| 2006 | Super Nova International | VAL FEA 15 | VAL SPR 10 | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 15 | NÜR FEA 19 | NÜR SPR 9 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 14 | MON FEA 10 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR 7 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 15 | HOC FEA 22 | HOC SPR 10 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 14 | MNZ SPR 10 | | | 24th | 0 |
| 2011 | Super Nova Racing | IST FEA 12 | IST SPR 5 | CAT FEA 14 | CAT SPR 6 | MON FEA 15 | MON SPR 10 | VAL FEA 16 | VAL SPR 16 | SIL FEA 21 | SIL SPR 15 | NÜR FEA 16 | NÜR SPR 12 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR Ret | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 21 | MNZ FEA 18 | MNZ SPR Ret | | | | | | 18th | 5 |
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#### 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 | DUB1 FEA 8 | DUB1 SPR 2 | SEN FEA 8 | SEN SPR 1 | SEP FEA 2 | SEP SPR 6 | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR Ret | DUB2 FEA 11 | DUB2 SPR 6 | 4th | 24 |
| 2011 | Super Nova Racing | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 15 | IMO FEA 8 | IMO SPR Ret | | | | | | | 14th | 1 |
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### 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 | MNZ 1 12 | MNZ 2 10 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 22 | MON 1 Ret | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 Ret | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 Ret | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 10 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 Ret | EST 1 8 | EST 2 3 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 8 | 11th | 51 |
| 2008 | Fortec Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MON 1 3 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 15 | HUN 1 12 | HUN 2 14 | NÜR 1 DSQ | NÜR 2 Ret | BUG 1 13 | BUG 2 19 | EST 1 12 | EST 2 20 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 6 | 18th | 17 |
| 2009 | Mofaz Fortec Motorsport | CAT 1 8 | CAT 2 7 | SPA 1 15 | SPA 2 15 | MON 1 15 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 7 | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 4 | BUG 1 7 | BUG 2 4 | ALG 1 8 | ALG 2 20 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 3 | ALC 1 6 | ALC 2 2 | 2nd | 98 |
| 2011 | Mofaz Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MON 1 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 3 | HUN 1 13 | HUN 2 16 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 18 | LEC 1 21 | LEC 2 15 | CAT 1 15 | CAT 2 11 | 22nd | 15 |
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### 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 |
| 2012 | ThunderAsia Racing | Mosler MT900M | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP Ret | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | apr | Audi R8 LMS ultra | GT300 | OKA 14 | FUJ 15 | SEP | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
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### 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 |
| 2010 | Lotus Racing | Lotus T127 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 | BHR | AUS | MAL TD | CHN | ESP | MON | TUR | CAN | EUR | GBR TD | GER TD | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN TD | JPN | KOR | BRA | ABU TD | – | – |
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