The Chairman of A1GP Australia Pty Ltd Mr Alan H Evans released the following statement a few hours ago: Read the rest of this entry »
Malaysia’s national A1GP team is reportedly in talks with the new Lotus F1 entry about collaborating in 2010.
The Malaysian Insider cites a “source” as revealing that “deep discussions” between Lotus team officials Tony Fernandes and Mike Gascoyne, and A1 team boss Jack Cunningham, took place recently at the Singapore Grand Prix. Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 October 2009 – A1 Team Malaysia will not be on the grid for the first round of the 2009/2010 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport.
A combination of factors has forced the team to make this difficult decision, primarily driven by the unavailability of appropriately experienced drivers and the rumours surrounding the Series’ participation at the event. Read the rest of this entry »
The confirmation of our Formula One team – 1Malaysia – could bring a lot of good if run properly and could be disastrous if its not well managed. There has been a loud public outcry on it but the decision has been made and there is no turning back. We can only cross our fingers now and hope for the best. But while we do that, there are others who may not be all that lucky and could potentially loose out and eventually have their interests cave in.
Take our A1 Team Malaysia for example, rated among the Top 10 in the world and last season was rated as the 6th best out of a field of 22 competitors. The idea of the A1 Team Malaysia was to bring Malaysians together to form a national racing team and it is currently in its fourth year of competitive racing. With the birth of the national Formula One team, the future of the A1 Team Malaysia remains in limbo because not only will the Formula One team be fishing from Team Malaysia’s pool of talent, the Formula One team will also be fishing for the same, limited sponsors. This effectively puts the A1 Team Malaysia in a difficult position.
A friend of mine sent me an article about this sad occurence and it’s posted after the jump. It’s written by Shazwan Mustafa Kamal of The Malaysian Insider as he speaks to A1 Team Malaysia CEO Jack Cunningham about the problem: Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 07 September 2009 – The unity initiative recently launched by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia called “1Malaysia”, is a philosophy which is close to the heart of A1 Team Malaysia.
The motor racing team which represents the country in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, the nation-versus-nation international racing series, was conceived five years ago with the aim of drawing together Malaysians to form a national racing team. The team embodies 1Malaysia with a crew which is both multi-racial and multi-denominational and competes for the pride of the country, for the pride of Malaysia! Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – A1 Team Malaysia welcomes the recently launched PLUS Expressways backed road safety campaign. A1 Team Malaysia was represented by Azrai Razuan at the event held to publicise this new initiative, which was held at Persada PLUS, the PLUS Expressways headquarters.
PLUS, a commercial partner of the team, has already linked with the A1 Team Malaysia to produce two road safety public service announcements. The team will be supporting the new campaign, adding its voice to the call for everyone to improve safety on the Malaysian roads. Read the rest of this entry »
A1 Team Malaysia drivers Fairuz Fauzy and Aaron Lim made their big screen debut last week with the first airing of two new PLUS public service announcements which started to screen at local movie theatres. The A1 Team Malaysia commercial partner is at the forefront of road safety campaigns and the team was delighted to help with their latest advertisements.
Fauzy features in a campaign to encourage drivers to wear their seatbelts. The central character, Yus, is one of Fauzy’s biggest fans. He is passionate about cars and motorsport, but he does not wear a seatbelt. His friends all try to change this, but their efforts fail. The young driver then meets Fauzy, who greets him and signs an autograph. Fauzy’s parting words to Yus are to tell him he needs to wear a seatbelt. The A1 Team Malaysia driver’s strong directive prompts Yus to change his habit and he puts his seatbelt on. Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 30 July 2009 – A1 Team Malaysia has built a close relationship with one of its commercial partners, Proton, as exemplified by the team’s participation at the Malaysian car manufacturer’s international launch of the new Proton Exora MPV vehicle. The Exora was launched this week at the Indonesia Motor Show with the A1 Team Malaysia simulator providing visitors to the Proton stand the chance to sample the team’s A1GP car in a virtual world. Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 February 2009. A1 Team Malaysia was surprised and disappointed to read the comments of Adam Carroll and A1 Team Ireland management after Sunday’s A1GP, Kyalami, South Africa. Both the driver and Team Principal of one of Malaysia’s rival nations in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport claimed that the team were to blame for the loss of their championship lead following contact between Malaysia’s Fairuz Fauzy and Ireland’s Carroll.
The incident was clearly a racing incident. Video footage only showed that a collision took place, but given the manoeuvre that the Team Ireland driver carried out in attempting to overtake the A1 Team Malaysia car, there was a high risk of a collision unless Fairuz Fauzy pulled over and did not try and defend his position. A steward’s inquiry after the race deemed that the evidence available led them to conclude that it was a racing incident. Read the rest of this entry »
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21 February 2009 – A1 Team Malaysia’s assault on the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport continued today with the first two practice sessions at the Kyalami circuit, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Aaron Lim, the ‘rookie’ driver of the team was the first of the team’s two drivers to experience one of motor racing’s most famous circuits. Later in the day Fairuz Fauzy began his preparations for the two A1GP races. Both drivers voted the track one of the most exciting and challenging that they had ever driven. Fauzy finished the practice session 12th quickest, with Lim 10th fastest in the earlier session. Read the rest of this entry »
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