Jazeman Jaafar

Jazeman Jaafar
Jazeman in 2013.
Nationality  Malaysian
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup career
Debut season 2016
Current team Strakka Racing
Car no. 59
Former teams HTP Motorsports
Starts 10
Wins 1
Poles 1
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 2nd in 2016
Previous series
201012
200809
2007, 2009
2006
2013-15
British Formula 3
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific
Formula Renault Asia
Formula Renault 3.5
Championship titles
2007 Formula BMW Asia

Jazeman Firhan Jaafar (born 13 November 1992, in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian racing driver.

Career

Karting

After beginning in karting aged six, Jazeman has won a total eleven kart race victories in both his home country Malaysia and in Belgium.

Formula Renault

In 2006, Jazeman competed in Asian Formula Renault 2.0 for the Macanese outfit Asia Racing Team at young age of 13. He finished third in the championship, eighty–one points behind champion Pekka Saarinen, taking four podiums during the season.

Formula BMW

In 2007, Jazeman competed in Formula BMW Asia. Jazeman was given special allowance to gain an international license 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.[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

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. He cross the line in third place in the final race of the 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

Jazeman stepped up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin for the 2013 season.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

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
Intercontinental GT Challenge 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 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 3 0 1 0 3 61 3rd*

As Jazeman was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(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

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

(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
SHA
SEB
SPA
LMS
3rd* 61*

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

Personal life

Jazeman's hobbies are training, music and reading,[6] while his favourite driver is Ayrton Senna.[6] His favourite circuit is the Circuit de Valencia.[6]

References

  1. Teik Huat, Lim (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. Glenn Freeman (7 January 2013). "Jazeman Jaafar moves to Formula Renault 3.5 with Carlin". Autosport.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Earl Bamber
Formula BMW Asia
Champion

2007
Succeeded by
Ross Jamison
(Formula BMW Pacific)
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