Tengku Djan

I was in the UK last week for A1GP testing. This year, A1GP introduced their new car equipped with a Ferrari engine & the chassis, a derivative of the 2004 Ferrari F1 car.

A1Team Malaysia looked good during the first official test at Donnigton Park with Fairuz Fauzy at the steering wheel. We were fastest on both days of testing, clocking the fastest times in the wet & dry sessions.

I’ll be joining A1 Team Malaysia as Asst. Technical Director and looking forward to a great season with the team.

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A1 TEAM MALAYSIA

The MME 12Hr Endurance was held at Sepang Circuit on 30th August 2008. A total of 105 teams registered for this yearly event, with only 76 cars able to start the race.

Team Proton R3 has been involved with MME since 2004, winning the overall title twice in a row in 2005 & 2006 with the Lotus Exige 300RR which was built by Lotus Sport UK & developed locally by Team R3. We have also contested with Proton Cars in Class C (1600) finishing 3rd (2006) & 5th (2007).

The Satria Neo R3 debut was in 2007, qualifying 7th in class with a time 0f 2:39sec, but technical issues robbed us of a finish.

A lot more effort was put into the cars this year, with build & testing starting as early as 6 months before the actual race. I decided to step out of the driver seat for the first time and took on the team management role instead to ensure we had a strong team.

This year the Satria Neo R3 emerged victorious in Class B (1800) 4 laps ahead of the 2nd placed competitor. Congratulations to the team. Yet another triumphant year. HIDUP R3!

Click below for MME 2008 results:

Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race 2008

As some of you might know, we are in the midst of building a new 86. It’s a slightly different concept from the first car. We’re looking at a 300+HP 4AGE16V engine, powered by a dry NOS setup. 5spd straightcut, dog engagement gearbox & 205/45/16 tires to help transfer the power to the ground. It’s still in it’s early stages, but here is a few pictures of the new shell.

I must say the competitiveness is R/C drifting is increasing tremendously. I used to be able to compete with them, but the top runners have managed to fine tune their settings to produce blistering drift speeds & angle.

So, i was relegated to being their judge for round 1  and i enjoyed every minute of it. All though it was tough and tedious judging a total of 50+ drifters!

Round 1 champion is no other than our very own R/C DRIFT KING, Naqy.

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D1-10 RC Professional Drift

It’s been some time since I last posted. I’ve been totally tied up with work commitments and events, I haven’t had time to update. So I’ll be doing that now. Better late than never!

As most of you would know Toyo DRIFT Rd2 was held at Bkt Jalil Stadium. There were some safety issues with the original track layout which actually followed the original D1GP Malaysia Preview back in 2005. After a few incidents, the organizers decided to change the layout to minimize any risk. We ended up with an “Odaiba”ish track which was actually faster & more technical compared to the previous.

This was the last opportunity for me to test the Silvia before the month of “Ramadhan”. As we know, Motorsports is at a stand still during fasting month, and we thought of using this opportunity to strip down the car for a full overhaul before we ship it across to the States for the REDBULL World Championship.

I qualified in 1st position with 99.75 points. Both Tat Wei & Ivan were in the Top 8. I was very satisfied with the performance of the Silvia even though I finished in 2nd position. It was still Team Bridgestone 1st & 2nd in a TOYO event! We had 2 sudden death runs and I was gambling on tires. We decided not to change the rears just to see how many laps we could go for. The car started to washout on the final run which cost me the win, but then again, the objective was to test & collect as much information before we set out for the W.C.

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