Alex Yoong has the distinction of being Malaysia's only driver to have raced in the Formula 1 World Championship.
His racing career started in 1992 at the age of 16. Since this young start, Alex has gone on to successful secure many wins and podiums through races held in Malaysia, Asia, Europe and the rest of the world. He has the distinction of winning the first single seater race held in China in 1994 just before he clinched the Malaysian Formula Asia Championship.
After several years of racing in Europe and Japan, Alex entered the FIA Formula One World Championship with the Minardi F1 Team for the last three races of the 2001 season. He subsequently went on to do the entire season in 2002. His best result was at the Australian GP in Melbourne where he finished 7th.
From 2006 to 2008 he was A1 Team Malaysia's lead driver in A1GP where he has won 4 races, 4 pole positions, 4 fastest laps and several podiums. He also competed in the most famous race of all, the Lemans 24 hours, where he won rookie of the year in 2006. Throughout his 26 years of racing, Alex has competed all over the world covering all continents with the exception of Antarctica. He was the Audi R8 LMS Cup Champion from 2014 to 2016, a notable distinction. A
lex was also Head of Driver Development with the Caterham Formula 1 team from 2010 to the beginning of 2014. In addition, he was also a driver steward for Formula E with the FIA and was invited a guest speaker for the 2018 FIA Sports Conference. When he’s not on the tracks, Alex is a regular pundit and commentator for Fox Sports Asia.
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