Fairuz Fauzy has been confirmed a seat in the Lotus T127 for FP1 (Free Practice session) at this weekend’s German Grand Prix. He was originally meant to just take part in the British, Hungarian, Singapore and Abu Dhabi races but due to technical issues his Silverstone run had to be cut short.
Thus the team have decided to bring his Hungary run forward to Hockenheim where he will be able to gain more experience behind the wheel of the T27 and valuable on-track development.
“It’s an exciting day for all of us in the Lotus Racing team – being able to tell Fairuz he has another Friday run a week before he thought he’d be back in the car is a great way to start the week, and we all know he’ll deliver for us, both on track and in the feedback he’ll provide the team. He’s an inspiration to young drivers around the world, proving that being determined to make your dreams come true can make very exciting things happen!” said team principal Tony Fernandes commenting on the matter.
I bet the Lotus team presured to field a Malaysian driver by Madam Pettunia
his mission is just to complete the practice session… look at the result he get… he just faster thn sakon yamamoto 0:0.163… i rather to let jarno and heikki suit themselves with the circuit. Free practice session for Fairuz is unnecessary!
To be fair, it’s ok if Fairuz can give positive feedback for car development. Trulli and Kovalainen have a lot of time and experience with the car already. Only thing is whether Fairuz’s driving style is similar to the driver he replaced and whether his feedback is constructive for the team.
Since testing time is so limited, every second is valuable for any driver (test or race). If Fairuz doesn’t get enough track time with the car, what’s gonna happen if one of the regular drivers fall ill or is injured and can’t race? Then we blame him for not sitting behind the wheel enough?
i wish him the best , may he can learn and develop skills more so that he will qualified to be behind wheel on real races !!
show them what u got dude !!
we know u got it in u =)
wow….still a practice driver ^^
boooooring!
Caya lu……….Bro…..
For now, he’s still the only Malaysian who drive the F1 car,no matter what other people says……proud of you dude!
he is not the only one.. didn’t you remember alex yoong? but fairuz is better than alex..
he said, ‘for now’ .. READ..
after paying a lot, a lot of money, we only can see him only on practice sessions. itu pon only 1 session in practice..
With enough $$$ you can even buy a seat on the Russian spacecraft & put a monkey into space.
Feiruz needs the experience to be a better F1 driver. If you put him in a situation such as Alex Yoong, then his inexperience will show & he will perform poorly.
Then we blame him for being not good enough, just like Alex.
$$$ can buy you many things, even grand titles like Dato’ Seri but in F1, just like many things in this world, it cant buy you experience.
see your free practice result last time pretty disappointing..
malaysia boleh!!
too bad we can’t buy a gold medal in Olympics…
But steroids has helped a lot of people won gold.
So I heard.
waste of $$$ and waste of times
Tony, just give Fairuz chance to drive..You wont get any point either with Trully and kova behind the wheel.
The presence of invidiousness I sense in this corner of the galaxy.
How can he be judged if he has not be given a chance to do a full race? I doubt Sakon Yamamoto can do much either in the HRT.
better fairuz open driving school laa~
more money he will earn then set up a team if he want lol
Who is Tony to say who drives ??
Lotus is a lost cause. Govt say be thrifty so just pull out of F1.
The money saved can help the Govt subsidise its people.
Ouch !!! but it makes sense cos Idris Jala says that Msia
will be bangkrupt if the Govt does not check its spendings.