Kazeem Manzur

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Kazeem Manzur
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 32)
Milton Keynes, England
Formula BMW Europe career
Debut season 2008
Current team Josef Kaufmann Racing
Car number6
Starts16
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0

Kazeem Manzur (born 8 July 1991, in Milton Keynes, England) is a professional British racecar driver, who races for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Formula BMW Europe series. In 2008, Manzur became the first ever British-Asian racing driver to compete on the undercard of an FIA Formula One World Championship event and he scored a podium finish at just his second single-seater event in a Formula BMW race at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia.

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Karting

Prior to racing single-seater cars, Manzur competed at the highest level of international karting competition, racing in the CIK-FIA sanctioned KF1 category in 2007. He is the youngest ever driver to stand on the podium of a KF1 event and a former winner of the Pomposa Cup.

Personal life

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.