Team Malaysia continues its impressive start of the A1GP season with a sensational double podium, with Fairuz Fauzy finishing in second spot behind Team New Zealand in the Feature race at Zandvoort, Netherlands. This is after Fairuz’s outstanding win in the Sprint event yesterday. Team Malaysia currently leads the ten event 2008/2009 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport championships.
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Fairuz Fauzy battled torrential rain in the new A1 Ferrari-powered race car to score an outstanding win for A1 Team Malaysia at Zandvoort, Netherlands earlier today. Starting from fourth at the grid, Fairuz drove an outstanding race to score his first win in the season’s maiden race.
Congrats, Team Malaysia. Full report from A1 Team Malaysia.
A1 Team Malaysia produced their best result of the season in today’s Sprint race at the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Shanghai, China. A strong fourth place finish preceded a sixth place in the main Feature race for Malaysia with Alex Yoong driving the nation’s car.
Yoong said of the races, “It’s great to have two good finishes. The sprint race was a good start to the day and I’m pleased we were able to make a pass on India to snatch fourth as we were reasonably competitive. The feature race gave us another good result although I was struggling with understeer whereas this morning it had been oversteer, but that just shows the fine balance that is needed to get the best out of the car. After the second pitstop we dropped the tyre pressures and the car was very strong with some very strong lap times, so I was hoping for a safety car to bunch every one up – I think I would have had a good shot at taking another place or two. Overall it has been a good weekend for us.”
The final round of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, the third season of the Series, takes place at Brands Hatch in Kent, UK, from 2-4 May 2008.
Alex Yoong powers A1 Team Malaysia to a strong ninth place finish in the Sprint race in Mexico. A drive-through penalty during the Feature race however, resulted in a disappointing 15th place finish.
Look out for A1 Team Malaysia in upcoming races at The Shanghai International Circuit, China. For more updates, visit A1 Team Malaysia