The Petronas Syntium Team started 2010 with a memorable result at the team’s first ever outing at the 24 hours of Dubai. Emerging triumphant over the weekend with a win in the A5 petrol class (3,000-3,500cc) and an impressive overall second place were the quartet of Malaysian Fariqe Hairuman, Japanese duo Masataka Yanagida and Nobuteru Taniguchi and guest driver Johannes Stuck of Liechtenstein. They were driving the #40 BMW Z4M Coupé, which completed 605 laps of the 5.39 km Dubai Autodrome circuit in 24 hours.
The team’s other Z4M Coupé (#41) driven by Tatsuya Kataoka, Manabu Orido, Kosuke Matsuura, Hiroki Yoshida and Malaysian youngster Johan Adzmi had to overcome a host of problems throughout the gruelling endurance race to finish third in the A5 petrol class. They did 555 laps and finished in 14th place overall.
Despite tough competition from the A6 petrol class (3,500-4,000cc) factory-backed 997 GT3 RSRs, PST’s inaugural outing at the 24 hours of Dubai got off to a strong start on with both cars qualifying in the top-ten. #40 was consistant throughout the race, eventually losing out to the winning Porsche by three laps, but #41 was saddled with mechanical problems, which reared its head with 40 minutes remaining in the race to force a long stop. They weren’t able to return to the race but were classified as third in class.
Good job guys and girls, congratulations!
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MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!! :) Congrats to the team …
congratz & keep it up!!
congarato de amor…
Congrats to Team Petronas. They were entered as Japanese team which is fine but I would like to highlight that last year's Dubai 24hr race witnessed Malaysia's first EVER race team competing in a 24 hour race. The team was called Empire Motorsport and they raced the Lotus 2-Eleven also in class A5.
They successfully finished the race in a respectable position (can't remember) despite suffering a gearbox problem, just a few hours before the end of the race. They ran as high as 7th place overall.
I found that remarkable as this Malaysian entry was run by student mechanics from TOC automotive college in PJ and was only their 2nd endurance race event!
The team Empire Motorsport deserved more credit for what they did.
Caya laa…!!!!
Next year kena pakai Mercedes plak..!!! i guess the clk dtm kot..?
They use RON 95 Primax don't they? :-)
thanks to the jap………u all think malaysia can do it without the jap?hohohoho…dream on…. Fariqe Hairuman and Johan Adzmi go in because of petronas….ppl call it petronas jepun team….not the petronas malaysia..ok…
Syabas! This is a good achievement for Malaysia/Japanese motorsports! Now for 2011, can they use the Merc C class like the DTM?
Congrats!
And on another note – http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-news/226238/f…
best motoring…
ya lor… malaysian sure cannot do it without the japs.. what do malaysian know about racing?? malaysian only know how to criticise other and make fun of other malaysian… like you..
Stupid best motoring… so what if we do it with the japs, it a globalised world what?! Jap & Malaysian drivers, Malaysian team manager (David Wong), German car racing in Dubai…
Nwayz, congrats to the team! and thanx to ferruccio for highlighting that fact…
good job….hope with the help of schumi they will win the f1 too with merc…
GTi said,
January 19, 2010 @ 6:47 pm
…Malaysian team manager (David Wong)…
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Err ehem… Mr David Wong is a Singaporean :)
we know Fariqe Hairuman hiruman and we know what he can do… remember hwhen he drive waja in afos… he beat m3.. integra also left behind… he is a good driver… many good racer in malaysia…t djan very good… jazeman still young but he is abig name in malaysia… yoong also good… we have many more talent… yakin boleh… malaysia boleh…
proof that petronas + syntium makes your engine long lasting
i saw PETRONAS MALAYSIA decal on that car…
Petronas lubricants are the best.
Johannes Stuck…wow…havent heard the Stuck name since the 80's…
Many of of you may remember the John Player Special team in the 80's and the driver, Hans Joachim Stuck..not bad for the team Petronas for having an international stock of racers…
Farique raced the Waja in AFOS ATCC against Engstler's 320i I believe. Wasn't an M3
alamak man….macam all japanese team use japanese….subaru wrc(prodrive built)alistair mcrae is japanese??
mitsubishi wrc team(mml sport uk)..tommi makinen is japanese??
ohhhh yeah…everyone in toyota/honda f1 is a japanese…i dont think japanese even make out even 20% of the team.
nissan gtr gt1 its made by gigawave(uk) not nismo
so whats wrong with malaysian work with japanese…
..talking about globalisation bersunguh…
waste of malaysian money to race.cheaper fuel pls petronas!!!stupid 1 malaysia.
indon lagi bagus, minyak murah, ekonomi pun murah….
tapi apsal minyak murah, nak datang gak kerja kat malaysia??
petronas.. tolong chanel duit kemenangan tu untuk tambah baikkan lagi sistem pengangkutan Malaysia dan bagi harga kereta lebih murah dan berkualiti macam orang jerman dan orang jepun dapat rasa.
Do those cars use RON95 Primax? :-)
djan merapu said,
January 20, 2010 @ 4:34 am
indon lagi bagus, minyak murah, ekonomi pun murah….
tapi apsal minyak murah, nak datang gak kerja kat malaysia??
petronas.. tolong chanel duit kemenangan tu untuk tambah baikkan lagi sistem pengangkutan Malaysia dan bagi harga kereta lebih murah dan berkualiti macam orang jerman dan orang jepun dapat rasa.
Who says they have cheaper fuel. A liter fuel cost at about RM4.00. That price is not subsidised fuel. They only subsidiesd fuel is PERTAMINA (I can't really remember the name) Went to Indonesia last year. Most of the people there drive MPVs. Just imagine that how much litre of fuel they use everyday.
Even their roads are bad. If in Indonesia, most of their City roads are like our kampung roads with lots of pot holes and we still complain of Malaysian roads. I'm lucky living in Malaysia.
funy hw ppl tink tat dat m'sians cant do well in motorsports..ull be surprised to noe tat many m'sia are gud racers, engineers, technicians n even team managers..jz tat they either dun hv d chance to take a step forward bcz racism, cronyism or juz funds stoping them frm fulfiling their talent..sumtimes they jz prefer do keep a low profile…try asking around d industry here n ull b pleasantly surprised of hw many very capable ppl v hv..im not saying v a world beaters bt v do hv ppl who can compete
lol…
"stupid bashers" will bash anything related to this country..
i bet they not even Malaysian…
.. they gave a bad impression on our local basher.. lol..
Ferrucio, Thank you for your kind comments on Empire Motorsports and acknowledgement of our achievements. We are very proud of what was achieved in Dubai 2009 and have grown eversince.
got girls?
KUALA LUMPUR – Proton Holdings Bhd. menyasarkan untuk meningkatkan perniagaan minyak pelincir sehingga dua juta liter dalam tempoh dua hingga tiga tahun akan datang susulan kerjasamanya dengan Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas).
Pengarah Urusan Proton, Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir berkata, pendapatan daripada perniagaan pelincirnya masih tidak ketara.
"Kami harus meningkatkan jualan dan perkhidmatan di pasaran tempatan. Dengan (sokongan) Petronas, peratusan itu akan meningkat," katanya dalam sidang akhbar selepas majlis menandatangani perjanjian di antara Proton dan Petronas Lubricants International Sdn. Bhd. (PLI) di sini semalam.
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Danny/Paul, any news?
congrats
congratz Team Petronas Syntium!