Azlan Shah bin Kamaruzaman (born 1 October 1984) is a Malaysian professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) ASB1000 Championship aboard a

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Career

Moto2 World Championship (2013–2015)

He made his debut in the

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class as the substitute rider for

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at the 2013 San Marino Grand Prix and finish the race in 23rd place, becoming the fourth participant from the ARRC to race in Moto2 after Thitipong Warokorn, Doni Tata Pradita and Rafid Topan Sucipto. He was the winner of the 2013 SuperSports 600cc Asia Road Racing Championship. In

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, he continued racing for the Idemitsu Honda Team Asia in the Moto2 World Championship, together with his new team mate,

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. He remained with the team into

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, when he recorded his best finish of fourth, at Motegi. Prior to the

2016 Moto2 season The 2016 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season was marred by the death of Luis Salom during a free practice session, at the Catalan Grand Prix. Johann Zarco started the se ...

, he initially withdrew from the championship due to financial problems but later returned when JPMoto Malaysia was taken over by FGV Malaysia Racing. However, Shah withdrew a second time due to further financial problems.

Return to ARRC (2016–present)

In 2016, Shah returned to compete in ARRC in Supersport 600 class with BikeART Racing Kawasaki, where he finished 3rd in the standings with double victory at

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. He switched to Manual Tech KYT Team for 2017, partnering Ahmad Yudhistira. He won the championship for the second time with 2 wins in Round 2 at

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and acquired 155 points. For the following year he remained at the team, where he won a race at Suzuka and finished 3rd in the final standings. With the introduction of ASB1000 Class in the ARRC, Shah was recruited by ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team for the inaugural season of the class, aboard a

. He was the winner of the first ASB1000 race ever at

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(Round 1), and further scored double victories in Round 3 at

and Round 6 at

. He is currently second in overall behind Australian former

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rider

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Supersport World Championship (2018)

Shah briefly raced in 2018 Supersport World Championship at

round as a replacement for

Kenan Sofuoğlu Kenan Sofuoğlu (born 25 August 1984 in Kuzuluk, Akyazı) is a Turkish parliamentarian and former professional motorcycle racer. He holds a record five Supersport World Championship titles (2007, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016). Sofuoğlu also compet ...

at Kawasaki Puccetti Racing where he finished the race 16th.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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Supersport World Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Asia Superbike 1000

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

ARRC Supersports 1000 Championship

Races by year

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

*{{Sports links 1984 births Living people Malaysian motorcycle racers Moto2 World Championship riders Sportspeople from Selangor