Asian Motor Sports

Malaysia’s most successful driver, Alex Yoong will drive for Speedcar Series in front of his home crowd this weekend at the support race to the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

The first ethnic Chinese to reach F1, Alex participated in 16 races in 2001 and 2002 driving a Minardi. Having then dabbled with the Australian V8 Supercar Series and Le Mans 24 Hours, he found his calling as the director and principal driver of A1 Team Malaysia. To date, Alex has won four A1 races.

Alex Yoong will share the track with F1 veterans Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert, Stefan Johnasson, Ukyo Katayama and Gianni Morbidelli, at Round 3 of the Speedcar Series inaugural season.

After Malaysia, Speedcar Series will feature next as the support race at the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix before returning to home soil for the final round in Dubai on April 11 and 12, 2008.

Former F1 driver Christian Danner will be behind the wheel of the ACI Legends Car at the race weekend.

Danner is a motorsports veteran having started his career in Renault 5, advancing to F2 and F3 before the zenith of Formula One. He has participated in 47 Grand Prix events during his racing tenure and is currently a TV commentator in his native Germany.

Part of the Phoenix Racing team, the ACI Legends Car is spearheaded by a different celebrity driver at each round of the Speedcar Series’ debut season.

“Speedcar Series stands for the same values that ACI reflects, being an innovative concept in an established industry. It is an ideal partnership to have the Legend’s Car entered in the Series in light of the Legends of Sport building project here in Dubai”, said Robin Lohmann, Chairman of ACI Real Estate, leading German project developer in the UAE.

The reference was made to the company’s Trilogy developments of the Niki Lauda Twin Towers, Michael Schumacher Business Avenue and the recently launched Boris Becker Business Tower.

The Phoenix Racing team began competing in Speedcar Series at Round 1 in Dubai with just one car driven by Uwe Alzen. Prior to Round 2 in Indonesia, the ACI Legends Car was introduced as the team’s latest addition. Now with 2 Speedcars to contend with and a second place points standing, the team poses serious competition for the Speedcar Series title and 3 million US dollars in prize money.