Nabil is Youngest ever to Drive F1 Test

Updated with pictures from Dave Turner.

Malaysian driver Nabil Jeffri has become the youngest ever to drive an official F1 test, at 16 years old. Nabil did straight-line aero testing and pitstop practice for the Lotus F1 team at the Duxford Airfield.

“It’s such an honour to have had this opportunity and it’ll be a long time before the excitement wears off. I’ll keep working hard to one day join Heikki, Fairuz, Jarno, and the rest of the F1 grid.”

Nabil will now head to China for the next round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship to be held this weekend. He has still been active at Malaysian karting events this year as well. Congratulations Nabil - here’s hoping you’ll be in an F1 car again soon.

Read more about Nabil’s test on Autosport.

Pictures By Dave Turner. View more pictures.

WSK Master Series 2010

The WSK Master Series 2010 kicked off last weekend at the Siena Karting Circuit in Italy. The Master Series is a 3-round championship that runs from August to October at 3 tracks in Italy running the 60mini, KF2, KF3, and KZ2 (shifters) categories. The first round had several drivers familiar to the South-East-Asian region in the KF2 and Mini 60 categories.

Australian driver Mitchell Gilbert who started his karting career in Malaysia put in a good performance in the KF2 category finishing the final in 5th place, with enough pace to go a few places higher.

The mini 60 category saw a bunch of drivers from Malaysia/Singapore. James Pull, Daim Hishammudin, and Max Fewtrell all made the trip to Italy to take part in the competitive field of 66 drivers! None of the 3 managed to make the final (34 out of the 66 drivers make it to the final stage), but all gained tremendously from the experience. Fewtrell was the closest to to getting into the final having missed out on a possible top 34 placing because of carb problems forcing him to sit out a heat. After the heats the 3 drivers were classified in 45th (Hishammudin), 48th (Fewtrell), and 62nd (Pull). Fewtrell had the best single heat finish with a 14th, while Hishamuddin and Pull both managed a 16th place.

For full results and more information on the series go to www.wskarting.it

Driver Blogs & Websites

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Rotax Malaysia & Asia Championship Standings

The 3rd and 4th rounds of the Rotax Asia Challenge and Rotax Malaysia Challenge respectively were held last weekend in Pekan, Malaysia.

Download the latest championship standings for the ROTAX MALAYSIA CHALLENGE, and ROTAX ASIA CHALLENGE.

Bradley Displays Usual Determination to Win

Singapore, 14 July 2010 – Following a victory from the first round, multiple British kart racing champion Richard Bradley was determined for a similar performance in the Formula 125 Senior Open category at the second round of Asian Karting Open Championship (AKOC) 2010.

James Pull Battles Back in Final

Press Release

Singapore, 15 June 2010 – At the second round of the 2010 Asian Karting Open Championship (AKOC) last weekend, Singapore-based race karter James Pull continues his racing foray to circuits outside of Singapore and Malaysia. The 10-year-old Axle BHPetrol Racing driver drove on the Kartodromo De Coloane track in Macau for the first time and despite encountering a few incidents, Pull still managed to finish on the podium in the Mini ROK category.