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<blockquote data-quote="mohamedfaiz" data-source="post: 205127" data-attributes="member: 3467"><p>BMW win for ATCS (AFOS 07)</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hairuman Wins the Day in ATCS</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It was a good start to the season for the Petronas Syntium Team driver, Fariqe Hairuman, who scored an emphatic win on home ground in Asian Touring Car Series. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The 24 year old led from pole to finish, leaving his competitors behind him by a good 18 seconds. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“It was my first time winning here in Sepang in the Asian Touring Car Series and it feels good. I have to thank my team and sponsors for giving me this opportunity” said Hairuman.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“I did not really get a good start, I was still getting used to the car, with it being a left hand drive and no it wasn’t lonely being ahead, it gave me the chance to get used to the car” he added with a smile. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Flanking him on the podium was Singaporean driver Melvin Choo and Hong Kong native, Danny Stacy Chau after a hard fought battle throughout most of the race.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Choo’s battle was with the ever present challenge brought on by the Hong Kong driver Cheung Chi Sing. While Cheung made a few mistakes, he regained himself to close in on Choo. But as luck would have it, on lap 16, fatigue pushed Choo to make a mistake allowing Cheung to overtake only to have his suspension fail on him. Choo forged ahead to claim second spot.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“It was a very tiring race. I was fighting off fatigue toward the end of the race and if Cheung did not go off I would not have been able to get this position” said an obviously exhausted Choo.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Danny Stacy Chau</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> held on to his position from the relentless pursuit of Malaysian Eric Yeo, “he is like a tiger charging behind me” said Danny during the Press Conference. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The day ended with the Asian Touring Car Series and the battles will continue on Sunday at Sepang International Circuit, beginning at 10.30am with Round 2 of the series, followed by two Formula BMW Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup races and the Grand Race of the Formula V6 Asia.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Log on to <a href="http://www.afos.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">www.afos.com</span></a> for full results.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mohamedfaiz, post: 205127, member: 3467"] BMW win for ATCS (AFOS 07) [B][FONT=Arial]Hairuman Wins the Day in ATCS[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]It was a good start to the season for the Petronas Syntium Team driver, Fariqe Hairuman, who scored an emphatic win on home ground in Asian Touring Car Series. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The 24 year old led from pole to finish, leaving his competitors behind him by a good 18 seconds. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]“It was my first time winning here in Sepang in the Asian Touring Car Series and it feels good. I have to thank my team and sponsors for giving me this opportunity” said Hairuman.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]“I did not really get a good start, I was still getting used to the car, with it being a left hand drive and no it wasn’t lonely being ahead, it gave me the chance to get used to the car” he added with a smile. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Flanking him on the podium was Singaporean driver Melvin Choo and Hong Kong native, Danny Stacy Chau after a hard fought battle throughout most of the race.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Choo’s battle was with the ever present challenge brought on by the Hong Kong driver Cheung Chi Sing. While Cheung made a few mistakes, he regained himself to close in on Choo. But as luck would have it, on lap 16, fatigue pushed Choo to make a mistake allowing Cheung to overtake only to have his suspension fail on him. Choo forged ahead to claim second spot.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]“It was a very tiring race. I was fighting off fatigue toward the end of the race and if Cheung did not go off I would not have been able to get this position” said an obviously exhausted Choo.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Danny Stacy Chau[/FONT][FONT=Arial] held on to his position from the relentless pursuit of Malaysian Eric Yeo, “he is like a tiger charging behind me” said Danny during the Press Conference. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The day ended with the Asian Touring Car Series and the battles will continue on Sunday at Sepang International Circuit, beginning at 10.30am with Round 2 of the series, followed by two Formula BMW Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup races and the Grand Race of the Formula V6 Asia.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Log on to [URL="http://www.afos.com/"][COLOR=#0000ff]www.afos.com[/COLOR][/URL] for full results.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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