PanGlobal Alex Yoong F1 Driver Search

PanGlobal Alex Yoong F1 Driver Search

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Kuala Lumpur – Wednesday, 6th Oct 2004 – The PanGlobal Alex Yoong F1 Driver Search is reaching near boiling point with just two more rounds to run as the programme searches for the final 10 finalists to join the 35 who qualified so far for the Grand Finals in December 12, 2004.

The next round (Round 8) this Sunday will see the use of spanking new karts brought in by the KartQuest Circuit and PanGlobal. Round 8 has been brought forward from the 17th to the 10th of October 2004 to avoid the fasting month.

Raja Saidatul Mardiah (the 23 year-old younger sister of KartQuest owner Raja Razman) proudly showed off the 10 new karts brought in specially from Italy for the PanGlobal Alex Yoong F1 Driver Search Grand Finals. “We will start using these 270cc Single Seater Hondas from Round 8 onwards to run them in,” said Raja Saidatul who is known as “Ku Diah” to her friends.

“These new karts should give a better performance than the existing karts we have as they are of stiffer design which means that the handling is better and the cornering characteristics smoother.”

PanGlobal Insurance Bhd.’s senior manager, Tengku Muneer advised all budding karters to not miss the chance in the last two rounds before the Grand Finals, “We expect many participants of past rounds who did not qualify to attempt again in the final two rounds.” Tengku Muneer said.

Round 8 will be held at the KartQuest Circuit in the Extreme Park at Sunway Lagoon, Petaling Jaya. The programme will start from 8.00am with registration of competitors followed by the qualifying heats and will culminate in the Round 8 final race where another five finalists for December will be selected.

The 35 finalists qualified so far for the Grand Finals to vie for the once-in-a-lifetime test with the Team Meritus Formula BMW are:

1 Khairul Izwan b Razali
2 Lim Shuey Wen
3 Mohd Faisal b Yusof
4 Muhammad Haniff b Che Ismail
5 Shahrulasraf Ishar
6 Abd Razak b Abd Halim
7 Hung Siang Wei
8 Mohd Shahnaz Mohd Amin
9 Muhamad Naim b Azhar (11 yrs old)
10 Syed Hafiz Azali b Syed Khalid
11 Nazrie b Ramli
12 Ms. Siow Nat Li (14 yrs old)
13 Adam Tan Kim Han b Omar Tan
14 Roduwan Rashid
15 Mohamed Farid b Mohamed Kadri
16 Chan Wei Zheng
17 Low Zi Siong
18 Mohd Salehuddin b Abd Shattar
19 Muhammad Amirullah b Abdullah
20 Wong Lib Wen
21 Azmee b Ahmad
22 Irwan Shahrin b Ismail
23 Muhammad Tarmizi Nazaruddin (16 yrs old)
24 Pua Yan Bian
25 Thevan Nair Mohandas
26 Ng Joon Hiang
27 Danny Choo Hon Nam
28 James Tiang
29 Muhammad Urabil b Alias
30 Ng Joon Hiang
31 Lee Kel Vin
32 Mohammad Rashidin b Razali
33 Muhammad Haris b Saidin
34 Nazar Omar
35 Toe Yew Joe

Entry to the event is free for all spectators and is only RM100 for each participant who will get a chance for two race outings for the day. PanGlobal motor insurance policy holders are given 50% discount on the entry fees.


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