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Meritus' Rio aims to head home as championship leader
30.05.2009: Rio Haryanto has a simple dream for this weekend’s Formula BMW Pacific races – to be the championship leader when the next leg is held in Sentul, Indonesia, in July.
The 16-year-old, who hails from Solo, in Centra Jawa, is currently
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Rio Haryanto has a simple dream for this weekend’s Formula BMW Pacific races – to be the championship leader when the next leg is held in Sentul, Indonesia, in July.
The 16-year-old, who hails from Solo, in Centra Jawa, is currently third in the standing with 22 points, six behind leader Gary Thompson. Chris Wootton is second with 22.5 points. There are four races this weekend, two each on Saturday and Sunday
“It won’t be easy but I will go all out to wrest the overall lead from Gary. It’s been tough testing the last two days as I have not driven since my victory in the second race more than a month ago but I’m slowly but surely getting back into the groove,” said Rio, who joined Meritus in January.
“The next four races are in Sentul, which is quite close to my hometown so I am determined to go back home as the leader. The team are working very hard to get the car in shape and while the times are still not as quick, I’m confident that we can get everything sorted out before tomorrow’s qualifying session.”
Rio’s Indonesian team, Dustin Sofyan, who has eight points to his name said: “I’m eager to make amends after crashing out in the second race last month, but my pace is not where I want it to be. It has been hard getting back into the car after such a long break.
“We used our new tyres for today’s practice and I have gone quicker today than yesterday but I’m still looking for an extra boost ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying session.”
After Sepang, the Formula BMW Pacific series moves to Sentul from July 17-19, followed by two races each in Singapore (Sept 25-27), Okayama, Japan (Oct 30-Nov 1) and Macau (Nov 20-22).
Meritus have won the last six team championships in the Formula BMW Series.
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Meritus slowly getting back into the groove
28.05.2009
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Firhat Mokhzani (left) speaking to drivers Rio Haryanto (centre) and Dustin Sofyan after yesterday's tests at the Sepang International Circuit.Just like the proverbial tortoise, Meritus Racing believe the key to winning this weekend’s races at the Asian more >> |
Chris Wooton visits Moree and inspires locals
15.05.2009
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| Australian Formula BMW Junior, Chris Wootton, took time out from his preparations for event two of the Formula BMW Pacific season to visit the North-Western New South Wales town of Moree recently and deliver motivational speeches to various groups in the town.Wootton visited an unemployed group in Moree, before heading to one of the local high schools. He spoke of his experiences as more >> |
Challenging weekend in store for region’s fledgling talent.
15.05.2009
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| Preview Formula BMW Pacific Rounds 3 – 6Four thrilling races are on the cards at the next round of Formula BMW Pacific on May 30 – 31, as the series returns to Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit. After the 2009 season roared to life there last month at the 2009 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, the region’s most talent more >> |
Formula BMW Pacific 2010 Scholarship Trials
07.05.2009
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| Chance of a lifetime for future stars.Formula BMW Pacific today announced details of its driver evaluation and Scholarship Trials for the 2010 season. From September 1 – 2, 2009, at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit, young karters from across the region are invited to take part in a professional training and assessment programme organised by more >> |
Aditya Patel Sepang race review
09.04.2009
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| The round 1 and 2 of the Formula BMW Pacific was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on 4-5 April 2009. Indian drivers Aditya Patel (ART) & Akhil Khushlani (Team E-Rain) participated.Going in to round 1, Aditya was a bit worried as he had absolutely no testing and practice. It was straighaway in to the event. The Atlantic Racing Team decided go get going cautiou more >> |
Meritus driver Rio Tames wet weather for victory in Sepang
05.04.2009
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| FORMULA BMW PACIFICRio Haryanto dominated the second race of the new Formula BMW Pacific to clinch his first ever victory in the series at Sepang International Circuit today.Driving for Malaysian team Meritus Racing, the 16-year-old Indonesian won by more than four seconds in a race which was delayed by nearly an hour due to torrential rain that fell bef more >> |
Skilful Rio Haryanto takes victory in shortened race in Sepang
05.04.2009
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| Formula BMW Pacific Round 2 Results
Rio Haryanto (16/Questnet Team Qi-Meritus) proved skilful in a dramatic, shortened 5-lap race today, taking victory in Round 2 of Formula BMW Pacific at the 2009 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix. Crossing the more >> |
Second again for Wootton in FBMW Pacific Round 2
05.04.2009
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| Australian Formula BMW Junior, Chris Wootton has scored his second consecutive runner up placing in Formula BMW Pacific, under changeable conditions today at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia.The Brisbane-based 20-year-old exorcised yesterday’s startline demons and made a magnificent start – his lead out to around 15 car lengths as the field approached the final tur more >> |
Victory for Thompson as field impresses.
04.04.2009
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| Formula BMW Pacific Round 1 ResultsIreland’s Gary Thompson (16/E-Rain Racing) took victory in the opening round of the 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season today, after a superb 10-lap race run in support of the 2009 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix and in which the entire field of young drivers impressed.Second was Australian Chris Wootton (20/Eurasia Motorsport more >> |
Australian Chris Wootton battles to second in FBMW Pacific round 1
04.04.2009
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| Round 1: Formula BMW Pacific Sepang International Circuit, MalaysiaPlacing: 2nd Chris Wootton has shown some true Aussie determination this afternoon in Round 1 of Formula BMW Pacific, overcoming an aerodynamic deficiency to finish second at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia.After yesterday qualifying second – missing pole positio more >> |
Malaysia Sepang Round 1 Qualifying. results
04.04.2009
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| 1 7 Gary THOMPSON• (IRL) E-Rain Racing 2:11.839 2 11 Chris WOOTTON* (AUS) Eurasia Motorsport +0.061 3 17 Fahmi ILYAS• (MAS) E-Rain Racing +0.207 4 3 Calvin WONG• (MAS) Team Holzer PFX +0.600 5 88 Rio HARYANTO (INA) Meritus +0.641 6 22 Axcil JEFFERIES•* (ZIM) Eurasia Motorsport +0.684&n more >> |
Rookie Thompson storms to pole on debut in Sepang
04.04.2009
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| Formula BMW PacificFormula BMW Pacific rookie Gary Thompson (16/IRL/E-Rain Racing) stormed to pole position for both opening rounds of the series at the 2009 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix today. Thompson was unbeatable throughout the 25 minute session, despite the best efforts of Australian Chris Wootton (20/Eurasia Motorsport), with the pair’s best laps more >> |
Talented international line-up for 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season.
01.04.2009
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| A talented and ambitious group of young racing drivers will line up on the grid for the start of the 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season this weekend. Increasingly international in its breadth, the entrants come to the Pacific series from all over the world – Asia, Australia, India, Africa and Europe. For many fledging motorsport professionals, competing in Formula BMW Pacific is more >> |
Chris Wootton heads to Malaysia for Formula BMW Pacific round 1
26.03.2009
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| As most of Australian motorsport has its attention to the Formula 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix this weekend, Australia’s Formula BMW Junior – Chris Wootton – heads to Malaysia to finalise preparations for his quest to become the Formula BMW Pacific Champion.The 20-year-old will arrive in the humidity of Kuala Lumpur for final testing across the Australian Gra more >> |
BMW Junior - Chris Wootton joins Eurasia Motorsport
01.03.2009
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Australia’s Formula BMW Junior – Chris Wootton – will this week join his new team for official testing at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, having signed with Eurasia Motorsport for the 2009 Formula BMW Pacific season.Eurasia is the only Asian team to have had a more >> |
Queenslander Chris Wootton wins Formula BMW Pacific scholarship
25.02.2009
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| 20-year-old Queenslander, Chris Wootton has been announced as one of just three drivers to be granted a $100,000-plus (AUD) scholarship to compete in the Formula BMW Pacific Series that runs throughout Asia – catapulting him into the more >> |
2009 Formula BMW Pacific Scholarship Winners.
10.02.2009
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| Fresh faces and Rookie star are new season’s Formula BMW Juniors.Formula BMW Pacific has announced the names of its three scholarship winners for the 2009 season, each of whom will receive a 50,000 Euro cash contribution to their campaign in Asia’s premier entry-level series, plus participation in the powerful and proven Education & Coaching more >> |
Meritus unearth two new gems for Formula BMW Asia challenge
29.01.2009
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| Asia’s most successful racing team, Meritus, have discovered two new talents from Indonesia who are set to maintain the team’s winning tradition in this year’s Formula BMW Asia Championship.Rio Haryanto, 16 more >> |
MACAU - Round 16 Race results
16.11.2008
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1 19 Mihai MARINESCU# (ROM) Motaworld 15:13.972
2 21 Michael CHRISTENSEN# (DEN) Motaworld 15:14.606
3 4 Kimiya SATO# (JPN) Eurasia Motorsport 15:21.847
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Brilliant season finale at Macau Grand Prix.
16.11.2008
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Mihai Marinescu (ROM/19/Motaworld) won the spectacular Formula BMW Pacific season-closer at the Macau Grand Prix today, claiming victory in the series’ first ever race on the famous Guia Circuit. Second was teammate Michael Christensen (DEN/18), and tak more >> |
Marinescu on pole for season finale race at Macau.
15.11.2008
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Round 16 Qualifying.
Mihai Marinescu (ROM/19/Motaworld) took the first ever Formula more >> |
2009 Scholarship Trials Announcement - Formula BMW Pacific
05.11.2008
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Opportunity knocks for fledgling racers.
Having just crowned 2007 scholarship winner Ross Jamison (18/HKG/Meritus) as this year’s Formula BMW Pacific champion, the search is now on to find the next crop of talented youngsters to follow in his footsteps.
Fledgling racing drivers will have the opportunity to compete for one of four prestigious scholarships fo more >> |
Gianmarco Raimondo wins Formula BMW Americas Rookie Championship
03.11.2008
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Taking it down to the wire, Gianmarco Raimondo secured the Formula BMW Americas Rookie Championship with a fifth-place finish in the final race of the season. The seventeen-year-old St. Catharines, Ontario native lead the championship from the first r more >> |
Formula BMW Pacific set for Macau Grand Prix debut.
29.10.2008
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Preview – Round 16, Guia Circuit, Macau, China, November 13-16.
For the first time in history, Formula BMW Pacific will race on the legendary Guia street circuit as part of the Macau Grand Prix next month. With the 2008 driver championship and the Rookie Cup both decided in Shanghai, the slate has been wiped clean and the focus will be purely on seeing which of the more >> |
Formula BMW Americas finale in Brazil this weekend
28.10.2008
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Gianmarco Raimondo looks to secure rookie championship
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Jamison crowned champion in Shanghai as BMW Junior takes victory.
20.10.2008
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BMW Pacific Rounds 14
A hard-fought podium finish in Round 14 gave Hong Kong’s Ross Jamison (18/Meritus) the 2008 Formula BMW Pacific Driver championship at the Shanghai International Circuit today.
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Ross Jamison and Meritus are the champions for the 2008 Formula BMW Pacific Championship
18.10.2008
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As Team Meritus crowned third place finisher Ross Jamison as the 2008 Formula BMW Pacific Champion, team mate Simon Moss won today's first race after starting alongside the pole positioned Jamison. The team secured the points to win with two rounds remaining. This is the 13th title for Meritus in Formula BMW Pacific.
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All to race for as season climax approaches.
10.10.2008
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Preview - Rounds 14 and 15, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, October 17-19.
With just three races remaining of the Formula BMW Pacific 2008 season, the outcome of the two rounds in Shanghai next weekend have a potentially momentous effects on the overall results. After 13 rounds, one driver is more >> |
Doru Sechelariu caps perfect weekend with second win.
28.09.2008
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Doru Sechelariu (15/Meritus) completed a perfect weekend on the Marina Bay street circuit as the young Romanian won Round 13. He added a second trophy to his collection after taking victory in Round 12 yesterday, winn more >> |
Team Qi-Meritus completes sensational double at Singapore GP
28.09.2008
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Malaysia has much to celebrate for at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix when Team Qi-Meritus completed a sensational double in the Formula more >> |
Doru Sechelariu takes first-ever win on Singapore street circuit.
28.09.2008
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It was a momentous occasion for Doru Sechelariu (ROM/Meritus) as the fifteen-year-old became the first-ever race winner on the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
It was Sechelariu’s first-ever Formula BMW victory and the Romanian – who more >> |
Malaysia's Qi-Meritus creates history by winning first race at the Singapore F1
27.09.2008
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Malaysia's leading single seater racing team, Qi-Meritus, carved out a piece of history for themselves at the inaugural Singtel Singapore Grand Prix yesterday when their driver Doru Schelariu grabbed the chequered flag in the first-ever Formula more >> |
Formula BMW Pacific makes motorsport history in Singapore
26.09.2008
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Rounds 12 and 13 Qualifying Marina Bay, Singapore –
It was a day of firsts as Formula BMW Pacific made motorsport history when the field of 17 became the first cars to take to the brand-new Marina Bay street circuit. Later, in qualifying, guest driver Doru Sechelariu (18/ROM/Meritus) took his first-ever pole in a time of 2:21.843 for Round 12, with his second-fast more >> |
Malaysia's Qi-Meritus claim Formula BMW pole at inaugural Singapore GP
26.09.2008
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Malaysia's Qi-Meritus Racing Team had a sensational start in the inaugural Singapore Formula One Grand Prix when its Romanian driver Doru Sechalariu claimed pole position in the Formula more >> |
Bumper entry for Formula BMW Pacific in Singapore.
22.09.2008
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Rounds 12 and 13, Marina Bay Circuit, Singapore, September 26-28.
The upcoming rounds of Formula BMW Pacific may well be the series’ most competitive to date as the drivers battle with their counterparts from Europe, making for both a large and internationally-inclusive entry. The series welcomes a number of exciting new drivers and teams for the two rounds, which more >> |
ART drivers aiming high at Bira
03.09.2008
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Asia Racing Team (ART) Motorsports drivers will be aiming for some top results this weekend, as the 2008 Formula Asia 2.0 series continues at the Bira circuit in Thailand.
The Round 3 saw the ART Motorsports scoring the first double 2nd of the season, with Yoshitaka Kuroda and Rio Haryanto finishing on the podium. Rio Haryanto took his first victory in Asia Driver Cup at more >> |
Malaysia's TPC Qi-Meritus on track to sweep all Asian titles
21.07.2008
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After their resounding success at the Sentul Circuit over the weekend, Malaysia's premier racing team TPC Qi-Meritus are well on track to sweep all four major Asian single-seater titles – in Formula BMW Pacific and Formula more >> |
Two wins today take total TPC Qi-Meritus bounty to 4 victories this weekend
21.07.2008
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Malaysian team TPC Qi-Meritus capped a brilliant weekend in Indonesia when Earl Bamber and James Grunwell completed their second successive 1-2 finish in as many days in the Formula V6 Asia Championship which concluded at the Sen more >> |
Ross Jamison takes faultless victory.
21.07.2008
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Round 11 Results Formula BMW Asia Pacific
Formula BMW Pacific points leader Ross Jamison (18/HKG/Meritus) put in a faultless performance to take Round 11, holding off determined Formula BMW Junior C more >> |
