MOTORCYLING: A coup for Caterham - Racing - New Straits Times

10/13/13 4:00 AM

Sunday, October 13, 2013, 4:0 AM

ePaper

Mobile

News Archive

1Klassifieds

Property Auction

Twitter

RSS

SEARCH

HOME

NATION

STREETS

Hot Topics: Kuala Lumpur

WORLD

BUSINESS

SPORTS

LIFE & TIMES

7 DAY NEWS

OPINION

GALLERIES

CHANNELS

RED

Malaysia

17 September 2013| last updated at 12:21AM

Email

Print

SPORTS

Soccer

MOTORCYLING: A coup for

Caterham

Badminton
Cricket
Racing
Other

By Arnaz M. Khairul | arnaz@nst.com.my

253

Google +

STREETS

comments
SERVICE DRIVEN

Long wait for home

ending soon

MOTO2: Malaysian-owned outfit gain two slots for 2014

World Championship.

GENERAL

THERE was little surprise on the Misano track over the weekend, but off
it came the biggest coup yet for the Caterham Group who have, instead of
Petronas Raceline, gained two slots for the 2014 Moto2 World
Championship.
With that came questions over the future of promising Hafizh Syahrin
Abdullah, who had a slot in the Moto2 World Championship planned by
sponsor Petronas, and his team principal has vowed to fight the young
Malaysian's case.

4 robbers killed in
shoot-out with police

On the sidelines of the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday, decisions by

the International Racing Teams Association (IRTA) and MotoGP rights
holders Dorna Sports S.L. on applications of teams for next season sent
these shock waves that left different marks on the two Malaysian camps.

NSTP FAMILY SITES

Harian Metro

Berita Harian

Business Times

My Gadget Planet

Travelific

Harum

Eats

Properties

News Image Bank (NIB)

Caterham's two slots mean they will be the first full fledged Malaysian
team in the FIM World Motorcycle Championship since the Petronas

HIGHLIGHTS

Sprinta TVK Team that last contested the 250cc championship in 2003.

New Economic Model

NST Reviews

NiEXUS

Friends of Travel Times

Property News

NSTLIVE Archive

This was also seen as another coup for Caterham F1 head of operations
(Asia) Mia Sharizman Ismail, who is also the team principal of the group's
other second tier four-wheeled racing outfit, the Caterham Racing GP2
team.
He, however, refused to be drawn into speculation that Hafizh would be
one of the riders Caterham are eyeing to fill one of their two slots next
year.

Cops deny being

'trigger-happy'

Spell-It-Right

Perak FA clears Super

League team

Sudoku

http://www.nst.com.my/sports/racing/motorcyling-a-coup-for-caterham-1.357568

COFFEE BREAK

Page 1 of 3

MOTORCYLING: A coup for Caterham - Racing - New Straits Times

10/13/13 4:00 AM

"What I can say at this moment is we have the two slots.

"Other details, we will announce after the F1 Singapore Grand Prix," said
Mia Sharizman.
"Of course when we go into something like this, we always want it to be a
platform for Malaysian riders, but we haven't even talked about the riders
yet."
It is also no secret that current Moto3 World Championship rider Mohd
Zulfahmi Khairuddin is also a rider who has long been supported by
Caterham chairman Tan Sri Tony Fernandes via his AirAsia business.
But Mia Sharizman denied that this was a move that was set up for
Zulfahmi to make the move up into Moto2.
"We can't just go in and tell riders to come and ride Moto2 next year. It
has to be carefully planned.
"We will first announce details on the team and the bikes.
"All will be in due course," said Mia Sharizman.
Petronas Raceline Malaysia team principal Barry Leong vowed to fight 17year old Hafizh's cause, stating that an appeal has been lodged.
Hafizh is currently third in the CEV Moto2 Championship in Spain, in what
has always been planned as his final development year before he is
moved up into the World Championship.
"By any means, we vow to get Hafizh into the Moto2 World Championship
next year, so as for now we have begun the appeal process," said Barry,
when contacted in Italy yesterday.
"We had adhered to all the procedures and submitted our application long
ago, but the IRTA and Dorna told us the preference was given to existing
teams who make up the current grid in Moto2."
Barry, however, refused to comment on Caterham being given two slots
as a new team in the championship instead of the Petronas-backed outfit.

Moto3 World Championship rider Mohd Zulfahmi Khairuddin

1/1

253

RECOMMENDED

'Conmen eyeing lonely women' (New

Google +

FROM AROUND THE WEB

8 Survivors Remain in Competition to

http://www.nst.com.my/sports/racing/motorcyling-a-coup-for-caterham-1.357568

Page 2 of 3

MOTORCYLING: A coup for Caterham - Racing - New Straits Times

Straits Times)
Dad claims trial for raping, having
unnatural sex with daughter, 11 (New
Straits Times)
PKR man stands by criticism of
Karpal, Guan Eng (New Straits
Times)

10/13/13 4:00 AM

Win an Island from Samsung (PR

Newswire)
How students can overcome the
challenges of entering the corporate
(The Naked CEO)
5 ways to tell if youre ready to leave
your job (The Naked CEO)

Khairy: Bankruptcy Act to be reviewed

and tabled at year-end (New Straits
Times)
Wife claims husband sodomised her
(New Straits Times)

China's second cities - the new kids on

the block (HSBC Global Connections)

Sultan of Selangor calls Chin Peng an

enemy of the state (New Straits
Times)

Top twelve tips for efficient investing

(Financial Times)

The Cost of Living in London

(Gateway London)

Recommended by

Leave Your Comment

Login With Facebook

HOME

NATION

STREETS

Top News

General

Central

Latest
Top
DidikNews
Malaysia

Politics
General
Extras

Northern
Central
Johor

HOME

NATION

Latest
RSS Page
Didik Malaysia

Politics
Lahad Datu
Extras
UMNO Election

RSS Page

Lahad Datu
2013
UMNO Election
2013

STREETS
Northern
Johor

WORLD
WORLD

BUSINESS
BUSINESS

SPORTS

LIFE & TIMES 7 DAY NEWS OPINION

GALLERIES

CHANNELS

Soccer

Tech

Monday

Editorial

Image

Gadget

Badminton
Soccer
Cricket

Health
Tech
Style

Tuesday
Monday
Wednesday

Columnist
Editorial
Letters To The

Video
Image

Eats
Gadget
Travelific

Badminton
Racing
Cricket
Other

Health
Holiday
Style
Showbiz

Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
Friday

Racing

Holiday
Live
ShowbizLife &
Sunday

Thursday
Saturday
Friday
Sunday

Columnist
Editor
Letters
To The
Comment
Editor

Live
Times
Sunday Life &
Times

Saturday

You

Sunday

Niexter

SPORTS

Other

LIFE & TIMES 7 DAY NEWS OPINION

Comment

Mobile News Archive 1Klassifieds Property Auction Twitter RSS Privacy Policy

GALLERIES
Video

CHANNELS

RED
RED

Eats
Harum
Travelific
Learning Curve
Harum
You
Learning Curve
Niexter

Disclaimer

Copyright 2011 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All rights reserved.
Mobile News Archive 1Klassifieds Property Auction Twitter RSS Privacy Policy Disclaimer
Copyright 2011 The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad. All rights reserved.
Close
Close

http://www.nst.com.my/sports/racing/motorcyling-a-coup-for-caterham-1.357568

Page 3 of 3