Big in Japan. Not the song, but Petronas. The Malaysian oil company is the title sponsor of GT500 defending champions Lexus Team Tom’s and the Petronas Syntium Team has just emerged from Round 3 of the Super Taikyu Endurance Series at Suzuka with a 1-2 finish. In fact, it’s the team’s third 1-2 finish in three races as rivals fail to find a way past the green and white BMW Z4 M Coupe.
Claiming their third win in a row was the trio of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida and Malaysian Imran Shaharom in car No.1. After a tough battle with the ART Taste GT3 Porsche throughout the 87-lap race as well as a penalty, car No.28 driven by Tatsuya Kataoka, Fariqe Hairuman and rookie Melvin Moh (the latter two are Malaysians) finished in second place.
“This was a fantastic race and result for us. The drivers were once again on top form and drove really well. I am especially proud of our two rookie drivers Imran and Melvin who demonstrated not just their talents but also a sense of maturity that has earned them the respect of their seniors.
“The race itself was not without its share of difficulties. Being a technically demanding circuit, Suzuka was always going to be a challenge particularly to our younger drivers. Coupled with that, we knew that the Porsche would be very strong here with a much faster straight line speed. On top of that, we knew that it would not be easy to overtake the cars in the other classes here. Taking all this into account, I am delighted with what the drivers were able to achieve from this weekend,” remarked Team Principal David Wong.
The team heads to Round 4 of the 2010 Super Taikyu at the Fuji Speedway from 26-27 June.
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Congrat Petronas… ! Good Job !
Congratulation to team petronas!! Go Go Go…..
and please change to a new Z4, it looks nicer.
Congrats boys! That’s what i’m talkin about!
GO GO Sizuka…..Doraemon
Well done team! Win is even better as half of the drivers are Malaysian in the team!
wayyy much better than our F1 team.
congrats petronas. good job!
congrats from me.. the stik..
PETRONAS sure make a wise decision in advertising like in the motorsport. That’s why they choose Mercedes instead of Lotus. Mercedes and Schumacher name alone can uplift PETRONAS lubricants sales worldwide.
Those who are arguing that Lotus use G-money:-
AirAsia nikmati penjimatan cukai kekal
02/06/2010 2:23pm
KUALA LUMPUR 2 Jun – Lanjutan elaun cukai bagi syarikat penerbangan tambang murah AirAsia Bhd. sememangnya merupakan berita baik kerana 60 peratus daripada perbelanjaan modal kelayakannya yang ditanggung dari 1 Julai 2009 hingga Jun 2014 akan menikmati penjimatan cukai kekal.
OSK Research dalam notanya hari ini berkata, oleh kerana elaun pelaburan hanya diberikan bagi pesawat yang berpangkalan di Malaysia, ini mungkin membawa kepada syarikat itu memparkirkan lebih banyak pesawat di bawah akaunnya.
Kelulusan itu tertakluk kepada syarat bahawa perbelanjaan modal tidak termasuk mana-mana pesawat yang tidak berpangkalan di Malaysia dan mana-mana pesawat dijual atau dipajak dalam tempoh lima tahun.
Dalam kes sedemikian, akan terdapat pemulihan semula elaun pelaburan yang digunakan bagi pesawat dan ini mungkin menghalang syarikat penerbangan daripada menjual dan memajak semula pesawat baharu untuk memanfaatkan sepenuhnya insentif cukai tersebut.
“Bersama berita baik ini, kami juga teruja dengan potensi pengumuman beberapa berita korporat berkaitan dengan pelannya bagi AirAsia X dan Indonesia AirAsia,” kata OSK.
OSK berkata, ia mengekalkan cadangan “BELI” dengan nilai adil tidak berubah RM1.48 bagi AirAsia, disokong dengan berita korporat dalam
perancangan dan ketika harga saham menawarkan beberapa peningkatan selepas penurunan baru-baru ini. – Bernama
that articles on airasia (who sponsor WilliamF1)…and the article not use G or ur money but discount on airasia tax that they should pay..not use!!aiyoo!!!!!
proton do sponsor australian football (rugby type) team in australia
sponsor BAM
sponsor protonFC
sponsor FAM
sponsor Malaysian open badminton
and u pay proton/perodua/modenas/hicom worker salary
also drug addict/criminal in jail
……who use G and ur money
sigh..just kidding
Aiyaa. The tax is paid to the G so the G can use the money for rakyat. When G give discount on tax, that’s mean the money which should channelled to rakyat air asia no need to pay to the G. So, it is rakyat money. then the G want to introduce to rakyat GST to get more money. Aiyoo. Give discount to big company, then additional tax, minus subsidy for rakyat. AirAsia own by Tony Fernandes which also the owner of lotus F1. See the relevants?
if you ever been on flight you will notice the difference of price in AirAsia which is relatively lower than most of the airlines thanks to the tax discount. now most of malaysian can afford taking flight to their destinations, even my friend who is a student can afford taking flight back to their hometown which is not much diff from buses… you always know how to bash ehh… that lotus which Tony owned is pure business decision which is very effective for marketing if you even know what ‘marketing’ is. people like you will always say waste of moneyb bla, bla, bla…. thank god Tony own AirAsia and not you who had short minded which he brings AirAsia to its level today with that short period means his marketing strategy is working.. even MAS cannot achieve what AirAsia achieve with that long years experience… The tax can be re-payed by AirAsia brings more tourist to our country to spend, spend and spend…
So don’t talk about relevance if you yourself isn’t relevant..
about that gov tax had nothing to do with this la… the gov just fed up of giving subsidy to people like you who talk without using your brain…
Congrats! Now bring on Spa/Nurbergring 24 hours or Le mans!!! But perhaps we will see this car at the upcoming MME this yr at Sepang!
GREAT NEWS! CONGRATULATION………. :D
Bravo to Petronas! Feels good knowing Malaysian drivers contributed to the win
Paul, does Petronas have any stations, sells it’s lubricant or any other business in Japan?
They sell lubricants, crude oil and LNG in Japan. Important for their branding and biz objectives.
that car is old……bmw motorsport have new z4 gt2 that replace this macine…..but since petronas now involved wih mercedes……BRING IN AMG SLS GT3 BIATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bad news for Lotus Racing. Force India is instigated civil proceedings toward Lotus racing because of intellectual property. Read it more at http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/06/02/force-india-takes-action-against-lotus-racing-gascoyne-and-aerolab/
Yeah..Force India now Force Tony Fernandes.
Congratulations!! Need For Speed…
petronas seems to be spending big money on motorsports in japan. i heard there are even rally cars in japan with petronas sponsorship.
the comment is tiring….politic..politic…if i want to read political statement i can just go to other web…take your whining sumwhere else people…BTW, congrats petronas malaysia.
not surprised..
malaysian money… japanese driver..
not surprised..
malaysian money… japanense driver..