Afiq leads the JK Tyre Asia Racing Series testing

February 28, 2011
28 Feb 2008. Afiq lead the JK Racing Asia Series with an official time ahead of last year's champion Richard Bradley and IM Racing Nick de Bruijn. Nick de Brujin is the son of Peter de Brujin, the man behind PDB Kart Racing Team based in Europe who is the former World Karting Champion.

Afiq Ikhwan in his best lap was almost a second ahead of Richard in the 3rd session of the testing. With the new make of tires which was different from the Michelin, the team had to work on the car set-up to match the tires. Meritus had a good start with Afiq Ikhwan clocked fastest time in the 1st, 2nd & 3rd testings. Afiq Ikhwan was pipped in session 4 by 0.007 sec by Richard Bradley of Eurasia. The teams that were testing today were, Meritus-GP, Eurasia, E-Rain and IM Racing. Eurointernational and Petronas Mofaz Racing will be testing tomorrow.

The testing will resume tomorrow and will end on Thursday 3rd March before resuming for another 4 days starting on the 7th of March. Testing will be ban after 10 March.

View the 3rd session time sheet <here>
 

Afiq topped the 3rd session on 15 April, 2011

February 17, 2011
Afiq Ikhwan tested on the 14th, 15th and 16th April. On the 16th Afiq Ikhwan was top of the time sheet during session 3. Some drivers on fresh tires during the 3rd session. There were 4 sessions ran during that day.

View 3rd session time sheet <here>

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Afiq Topped The Time Sheet In Testing

February 14, 2011
9 Feb 2011 - Afiq Ikhwan topped the time sheet in the 14:00 testing session. In 2nd spot was the driver from Russia Andrew Karpov who is also testing with Meritus-GP. Earlier in the morning session Afiq Ikhwan was third after suffering from a brake failure.

View the 08:00 Time Sheet <here>
View the 14:00 Time Sheet <here>

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Formula Pacific Re-Launch on Friday

February 13, 2011
The Formula Pacific was relaunched. The Series will now be called JK Racing Asia Series.

The full report http://www.afos.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=891:jk-tyre-a-industries-launches-the-jk-racing-asia-series&catid=101:fpacific-news&Itemid=153

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Meritus and Afiq Ikhwan Secure Petronas Sponsorship

February 8, 2011
Kuala Lumpur 7 Feb 2011: Petronas Motorsports head Anita Azrina Abdul Aziz revealed, the company will be supporting the Meritus Racing team in Formula Pacific with Malaysian driver Afiq Ikhwan leading their charge. The announcement was made during the launch of The Petronas Mercedes new car, the MGP W02 which was unveiled at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the first time the team has done it in Asia.
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Afiq Testing With Meritus-GP

February 3, 2011
Afiq ikhwan will be testing with Team Meritus-GP in preparation for the Formula Pacific Championship. The testing started in January and already Afiq is clocking some fast laps time. Team Meritus-GP is  confident that Aifq will be the title challenger in the coming Formula Pacific Series. After loosing the Team Championship title last year, Meritus-GP is not settling for any other the Team Champion for 2011. The team is working hard to ensure that the set goals are achieved

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