Jazeman Jaafar

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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Jaafar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Jazeman. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Jazeman Jaafar
Jazeman in 2021.
Nationality Malaysian
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 31)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup career
Debut season2016
Current teamStrakka Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number59
Former teamsHTP Motorsports
Starts10
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd in 2016
Previous series
2010–12
2008–09
2007, 2009
2006
2013-15		British Formula 3
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific
Formula Renault Asia
Formula Renault 3.5
Championship titles
2007Formula BMW Asia

Jazeman Firhan bin Jaafar (born 13 November 1992) is a Malaysian racing driver.

Career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Jazeman started his career at a tender age of 6 in Shah Alam, Malaysia. A hobby which turned to a full time career, Jazeman has won a total Eleven Karting Championships in Malaysia, Asia and also won the Belgian Open Kart Championship Race in Mariembourg.

Formula Renault[edit]

In 2006, Jazeman competed in Asian Formula Renault 2.0 for the Macanese outfit Asia Racing Team at a young age of 13. He was the youngest ever driver to be granted with an International C Licence from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). He finished third in the championship, behind champion Pekka Saarinen, taking four podiums during the season.[citation needed]

Formula BMW[edit]

In 2007, Jazeman competed in Formula BMW Asia. Jazeman was again given a special allowance to gain an International C License from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to compete in the series when he was fourteen. Jazeman won the championship but not before the following February due to the appeal of a technical infringement.

After Round 22, and following the receipt of a post-race scrutineering report, Race Stewards issued a Decision to exclude the cars of Jazeman and team-mate Jack Lemvard for a technical infringement of the regulations. In view of the severity of the offence and the fact that the same team had contravened the technical regulations on an earlier occasion during the season, the decision also included the exclusion of CIMB Team Qi-Meritus from the 2007 championship.[1] The decision put Jazeman second in the drivers' classification at the end of the season, just one point behind Zahir Ali. Meritus submitted an official appeal on the disqualification of their drivers in the race and their exclusion from the team championship.

The Federation Automobile of Sport China confirmed that they received the letter of appeal from the team dated 5 November 2007. Team Qi-Meritus learned that the appeals lodged with FASC against the decisions of the stewards at Zhuhai were overturned in favour of the drivers and team. The decision meant that Jazeman was handed back the drivers' title and Qi-Meritus also won the constructors' trophy. Jazeman became the youngest ever winner in the history of Formula BMW at 14 years old. [2]

Jazeman contested two seasons in Formula BMW Europe in seasons 2008 and 2009, driving for Holzer Rennsport and Eifelland Racing respectively; finishing fourteenth and ninth in the two seasons.

Jaafar driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Formula Three[edit]

Jazeman moved into the British Formula 3 Championship, starting with the 2010 season and driving for Carlin.

In 2012, Jazeman finished second in the overall drivers' championship in the British F3 International Series and also being the First Asian to win the Grand Prix de Pau. He crossed the line in third place at the final round in Donnington Park race weekend to seal the runner-up spot with 306 points.[3] Jazeman is setting his sights on either the World Series by Renault or the GP2 Series in 2013 as the natural career progression after achieving his best overall placing in the British F3 championship.[4]

Formula Renault 3.5[edit]

Jazeman stepped up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin for the 2013 season.[5] In his 3 seasons of Formula Renault 3.5, he collected a total of 1 Pole Position, 7 Podiums and became the Winner of the Monaco Grand Prix with Fortec. He drove for the Czech based ISR Racing and English, Fortec Motorsports respectively.

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Asian Formula Renault 2.0 Asia Racing Team 12 0 0 0 4 182 3rd
2007 Formula BMW Asia CIMB Qi-Meritus 22 10 0 5 16 768 1st
Formula BMW World Final AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 18th
2008 Formula BMW Europe AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 16 0 0 0 0 67 14th
Formula BMW World Final Eifelland Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2009 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing 16 0 0 2 2 123 9th
Formula BMW Pacific Räikkönen Robertson Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
2010 British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 30 0 0 0 2 85 12th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
2011 British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 30 0 0 0 4 187 6th
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy 8 0 0 0 1 21 7th
Formula 3 Euro Series 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2012 British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 28 3 0 3 15 306 2nd
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin 17 0 0 0 1 24 17th
British Formula 3 Championship 3 2 2 0 3 58 9th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR Racing 17 0 0 0 2 73 10th
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsports 17 1 1 1 4 118 8th
2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup HTP Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 5 23rd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 1 1 0 2 67 2nd
24H Series - A6
Intercontinental GT Challenge AMG - Team HTP Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 10 13th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota 3 1 0 2 2 50 4th
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 5 1 1 0 4 98 4th
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 10th
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia 6 0 0 3 0 22 24th
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Pro-Am 6 0 0 3 2 59 14th
2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Team Virage 3 0 0 0 0 0 28th
GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Triple Eight JMR 10 0 0 0 1 62 9th

† As Jazeman was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2013 Carlin Motorsport MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
Ret 		ALC
1
18 		ALC
2
12 		MON
1
3 		SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
19† 		MSC
1
Ret 		MSC
2
13 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
13 		HUN
1
20 		HUN
2
20 		LEC
1
14 		LEC
2
14 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		17th 24
2014 ISR Racing MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
7 		ALC
1
13 		ALC
2
9 		MON
1
3 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
6 		MSC
1
5 		MSC
2
12 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
9 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
8 		LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
5 		JER
1
14 		JER
2
Ret 		10th 73
2015 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1
2 		ALC
2
7 		MON
1
1 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
6 		HUN
1
18 		HUN
2
4 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
9 		SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
17 		BUG
1
13 		BUG
2
14 		JER
1
6 		JER
2
8 		8th 118

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[edit]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2016 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MIS
QR
DNS 		MIS
CR
19 		BRH
QR
4 		BRH
CR
19 		NÜR
QR
14 		NÜR
CR
23 		HUN
QR
19 		HUN
CR
12 		CAT
QR
20 		CAT
CR
9 		23rd 5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
3 		LMS
2 		SIL
2 		FUJ
1 		SHA
4 		SEB SPA LMS 4th 98

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 China Jackie Chan DC Racing Malaysia Nabil Jeffri
Malaysia Weiron Tan 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 8th 4th

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ
3 		SPA ALG NC† 0†
2022 Team Virage LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
15 		IMO
Ret 		MNZ
15 		CAT SPA ALG 28th 0

† As Jaafar was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Personal life[edit]

Jazeman resides in Malaysia and his hobbies are training and reading,[6] while his idol is Ayrton Senna.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lim, Teik Huat (5 November 2007). "Jazeman shocker: Racer disqualified, loses title". The Star. Star Publications (M) Bhd. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Congratulations! Jazeman Jaafar, 2007 Formula BMW Asia Champion". PaddockTalk.com. PaddockTalk. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. ^ Lim, Teik Huat (2 October 2012). "Jazeman places second overall in British F3". The Star. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ Lim, Teik Huat (3 October 2012). "Jazeman mulling move to World Series or GP2". The Star. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
  5. ^ Freeman, Glenn (7 January 2013). "Jazeman Jaafar moves to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin". Autosport.com.
  6. ^ a b "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

External links[edit]

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