13 Facts About Fairuz Fauzy

Mohamed Fairuz bin Mohamed Fauzy was born on 24 October 1982 and is a Malaysian professional race car driver.

Fairuz Fauzy 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 Fauzy 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.

Fairuz Fauzy moved to the GP2 Series for 2005, becoming one of a number of Asian drivers in the championship.

Fairuz Fauzy raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Cram Competition team.

Fairuz Fauzy returned to GP2 for 2008, driving for the Super Nova team in the GP2 Asia Series.

Fairuz Fauzy was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve drivers for 2007, Fairuz Fauzy was tipped for a Lotus Racing reserve seat for 2010.

On 9 November 2009 Lotus Racing chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne confirmed Fairuz Fauzy would be the test driver for the team but cooled down talks he was going to get a race seat.

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

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

Fairuz Fauzy 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.

Fairuz Fauzy took part in the first practice session at the British Grand Prix, replacing Jarno Trulli, where he set the 23rd fastest time ahead of the Hispania Racing car of Sakon Yamamoto.

Fairuz Fauzy replaced Heikki Kovalainen for the first free practice session of the German Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.