Khairul Idham Pawi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kampung Gajah, Perak, Malaysia | 20 September 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dato' Khairul Idham Pawi (born 20 September 1998) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. He is the youngest non-European to win a Grand Prix, accomplishing this feat in the Argentine race of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, aged just 17. [1]
He made his Grand Prix debut as wildcard at the 2015 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, entered by Honda Team Asia, where he finished the race in 25th place.
In 2016, Pawi made his full-time debut in the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, once again riding the Honda of Honda Team Asia, alongside Japanese rider Hiroki Ono. Pawi won the second Grand Prix of the season in a wet Argentina race, becoming the youngest non-European rider to win a race, aged 17. Later in the season at the German Grand Prix, Pawi started from only 20th on the grid, but established himself as a wet-weather specialist, as he charged through to lead after just six laps. He took the win by over 11 seconds from Andrea Locatelli, moving up to 10th in the rider's standings. He finished the year 19th in the championship, with 62 points.
Following his two victories, for the 2017 Moto2 World Championship Pawi was promoted to partner Takaaki Nakagami in Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, replacing Ratthapark Wilairot in the Moto2 category. In just his second year in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Pawi struggled to adjust to the bigger and faster bikes, scoring points in only two races during the season, finishing 27th in the standings, with 10 points.
Pawi stayed with Honda Asia Team for the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, this time partnered by Tetsuta Nagashima. Pawi had his worst season yet, only scoring one point during the season, a 15th place finish in France.
For the 2019 Moto2 World Championship, Pawi started off with a 13th place finish in Argentina, before suffering a Grade 3 open fracture of his little finger, in a crash during Friday practice at the 2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix. [2] He returned at the 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix but withdrew after the Friday practice sessions due to the injury and missed the rest of the season. [3] He finished the season 30th and last in the standings, having only completed three races, and amassing 3 points in an injury-riddled season.
Being replaced in Moto2 by Somkiat Chantra, Pawi returned to Moto3 for the 2020 season, but struggled on the smaller bikes, and scored no points during the year.
In May 2021, following no offers from motorcycle grand prix racing teams, Pawi announced his surprise retirement, aged only 22. [4]
In 2021, he made a comeback from retirement to join the TKKR Racing team for the remainder of the 2021 Malaysian superbike races, picking up two podiums, including a win. He finished the season in 4th place (out of 9 riders) with 72 points. [5]
After a fantastic result back in Malaysia Superbike , Pawi made a return to the asia scene where he joins Boon Siew Honda Malaysia to race in Supersport Category partnering up with Azroy Hakeem Anuar and Helmi Azman riding the latest Honda CBR-600RR. [6]
2012–11th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #45 Honda
2013–7th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #26 Honda
2013–4th, Asia Dream Cup #10 Honda CBR250R
2014–1st, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #28 Honda
2014–1st, Asia Dream Cup #1 Honda CBR250R
2015–6th, FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship #98 Honda NSF250R
2016-19th, FIM Moto3 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia
2017-27th, FIM Moto2 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
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2015 | TSR Honda | ALG 9 | LMS | CAT1 | CAT2 | ARA1 | ARA2 | ALB | NAV | JER1 | JER2 | VAL1 | VAL2 7 | 6th | 99 |
Honda | ALG | LMS 2 | CAT1 2 | CAT2 3 | ARA1 9 | ARA2 6 | ALB 7 | NAV 12 | JER1 Ret | JER2 16 | VAL1 10 | VAL2 18 |
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2015 | Moto3 | Honda | Honda Team Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2016 | Moto3 | Honda | Honda Team Asia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 19th |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27th |
2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th |
2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30th |
2020 | Moto3 | Honda | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd |
Total | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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Moto3 | 2015–2016, 2020 | 2015 Aragon | 2016 Argentina | 2016 Argentina | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 0 |
Moto2 | 2017–2019 | 2017 Qatar | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 2015–2020 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
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2015 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT | AME | ARG | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | IND | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA 25 | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 | |
2016 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 22 | ARG 1 | AME 20 | SPA 14 | FRA 14 | ITA Ret | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GER 1 | AUT 27 | CZE Ret | GBR 22 | RSM 22 | ARA 22 | JPN 19 | AUS Ret | MAL 8 | VAL 25 | 19th | 62 | |
2017 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 28 | ARG 24 | AME 25 | SPA Ret | FRA 22 | ITA 26 | CAT 25 | NED 26 | GER 20 | CZE 14 | AUT 17 | GBR 28 | RSM 8 | ARA Ret | JPN 23 | AUS 21 | MAL Ret | VAL 25 | 27th | 10 | |
2018 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 23 | ARG 24 | AME 25 | SPA 18 | FRA 15 | ITA 18 | CAT 19 | NED 19 | GER 17 | CZE 20 | AUT 16 | GBR C | RSM 22 | ARA 27 | THA 21 | JPN 22 | AUS 16 | MAL 17 | VAL Ret | 30th | 1 |
2019 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 17 | ARG 13 | AME 17 | SPA DNS | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE WD | AUT | GBR | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 30th | 3 |
2020 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 26 | SPA 22 | AND 20 | CZE 22 | AUT DNS | STY | RSM 21 | EMI 24 | CAT 24 | FRA 19 | ARA 27 | TER 27 | EUR 22 | VAL Ret | POR 28 | 32nd | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos | Pts | ||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
2022 | Honda | CHA 5 | CHA 5 | SEP 2 | SEP 3 | SUG 12 | SUG 9 | SEP 8 | SEP 5 | CHA 8 | CHA 12 | 6th | 97 | ||
2023 | Honda | CHA 1 | CHA 2 | SEP 2 | SEP 1 | SUG 13 | SUG 1 | MAN 2 | MAN 8 | ZHU 4 | ZHU 12 | CHA 3 | CHA 10 | 2nd | 185 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
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2023 | Honda | AUS | AUS | INA | INA | NED | NED | SPA | SPA | MIS | MIS | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | JER 21 | JER 19 | NC | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
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