Nazim Azman

Nazim Azman (born 17 August 2001) is a Malaysian racing driver who competed in the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Sime Darby Racing Team. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. He is a race winner in BRDC Formula 3 and the Euroformula Open Championship.

Nazim Azman
Azman driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	(2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season	2023
Current team	Sime Darby Racing Team
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	17
Starts	28 (28 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2023
Previous series
2022 2021 2019–2020 2018 2017–2018 2017–18 2016–2018 2017 2017	FIA Formula 3 Championship Euroformula Open Championship BRDC Formula 3 Championship Italian F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship MRF Challenge Formula 4 SEA Championship SMP F4 Championship Formula Masters Asian Series

Junior career

Karting career

Azman began karting competitively in 2012. That year he won the Rotax Max Challenge Malaysia in the MicroMax category and would finish third in the Rotax Max Challenge Asia.^[1] He moved into European competitions in 2013, achieving a third-place finish in the ROK Cup International Final in Italy, beating the likes of future Indy Lights driver Antonio Serravalle.^[2] Azman raced in karts until 2015.

Formula 4

2016

Azman began single-seaters in 2016, competing in two rounds during the 2016-17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship as a guest driver.^[3][4]

2017

For his main 2017 campaign, he competed in the F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport from round 2 onwards.^[5] He took a high finish of fifth place twice and ended 11th in the standings.^[6] He also raced with MP during the final round of the SMP F4 Championship.^[7] His other one-off 2017 campaigns included the Formula Masters China and the Blancpain GT Series Asia.

During late September, Azman participated in the 2017-18 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, and ended 13th.^[8][9] He also participated in three rounds during the 2017-18 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, taking his first two single-seater wins on his way to fourth in the overall standings.^[10]

2018

For 2018, Jenzer Motorsport signed Azman to compete in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship.^[11] He scored six points finishes, achieving a high of seventh for 17th in the overall classification.^[12] He also had another full-time campaign in the F4 Spanish Championship, driving for Drivex School.^[13] After scoring two third places during the opening round, he switched to MP Motorsport, and two more podiums saw him took the championship lead following the conclusion of the second weekend.^[14] Azman scored four more podiums for the rest of the year and wounded up fourth in the standings.^[15]

BRDC British Formula 3

In 2019 Azman moved to the BRDC British F3 championship with Chris Dittmann Racing.^[16] He had a slow first half of the season, but took his first win during the third round at Brands Hatch.^[17] Azman took another win during the final round, placing 11th overall.^[18][19]

2020

Azman remained in BRDC Formula 3 in 2020 but switched to Carlin alongside American racing driver Kaylen Frederick and Brazilian Guilherme Peixoto.^[20] He began the season with two wins in three races, before taking his first win during the third round at Brands Hatch.^[21] Towards the end of the season, Azman scored another win.^[22] Other than his two wins, Azman scored six more podiums and ended the standings in fifth position overall.^[23]

Euroformula Open Championship

Azman during the 2021 Euroformula Open at the Red Bull Ring

In 2021 Azman moved into the Euroformula Open Championship, partnering former British F3 rival Louis Foster and Filip Kaminiarz at CryptoTower Racing.^[24] He started his season in positive fashion, scoring his first podium in the series with a second-placed finish in the second race at the Algarve International Circuit.^[25] At the third round at Spa-Francorchamps Azman would have his best weekend of the season,^[26] finishing on the rostrum in all three races of the event, and the Malaysian followed that up by scoring another pair of podiums in the following round.^[27][28] Two rounds later at the Hungaroring, Azman would claim his only win and last podium of the series.^[29] He continued to take good points and eventually ended fourth in the standings.^[30]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Azman partook in the post-season test of the FIA Formula 3 Championship in Valencia, driving for Swiss outfit Jenzer Motorsport and Charouz Racing System.^[31] Just before the pre-season test in Bahrain, Azman announced that he would join Hitech Grand Prix for the 2022 campaign, partnering with Red Bull Junior Team member Isack Hadjar and 2020 British Formula 3 champion Kaylen Frederick. In doing so, Azman became the first Malaysian driver to participate in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.^[32][33] Azman would be outpaced by Hadjar and Frederick throughout the season, and even had tough moments such as being in a collision with Rafael Villagómez in Silverstone.^[34] Azman ended the season with 0 points in 32nd, having had a best finish of 16th thrice.^[35]

Endurance racing career

2023 season

Azman left Formula 3 at the end of 2022 and moved to endurance racing for 2023. He first partook in the Sepang 12 Hours in March, in which he placed third overall alongside Reid Harker and Adrian D'Silva.^[36] He also competed in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Asia with Sime Darby Racing Team.^[37] Azman finished sixth in the standings, having amassed one podium in Sepang.^[38]

2024 season

In 2024, Azman continued in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with Sime Darby Racing Team.^[39]

Personal life

Azman grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but during his racing career he has been living in London.^[40]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Malaysia — MicroMax		1st
	Rotax Max Challenge Asia — MicroMax		3rd
2013	WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini	Gamoto Racing	16th
	WSK Master Series — 60 Mini		62nd*
	ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK		3rd
	Italian Karting Championship — 60 Mini		74th*
	WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini		13th
2014	Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Junior		47th*
2015	Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Junior		NC
Sources:[41][42][43]

• * Azman entered for selected races only

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016–17	Formula 4 SEA Championship	Meritus.GP	6	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2017	F4 Spanish Championship	MP Motorsport	17	0	0	0	0	33	11th
	SMP F4 Championship		3	0	0	0	0	2	23rd
	Formula Masters China	Eurasia Racing	3	0	0	0	0	4	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT4	EKS Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017–18	MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship	MRF Racing	16	0	0	0	0	27	13th
	Formula 4 SEA Championship	Meritus.GP	16	2	0	3	7	202	4th
2018	Italian F4 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	17	17th
	F4 Spanish Championship	Drivex School	3	0	0	0	2	183	4th
		MP Motorsport	14	0	0	0	6
2019	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Chris Dittmann Racing	24	2	0	0	2	236	11th
2020	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Carlin	24	2	0	0	8	370	5th
2021	Euroformula Open Championship	CryptoTower Racing	24	1	0	0	7	270	4th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	18	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2023	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Sime Darby Racing Team	12	0	0	0	1	130	6th
2024	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Sime Darby Racing Team	16	0	0	0	0	150	7th

^† As Azman was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points notwithstanding finishing first in the GT4 category.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Pos	Points
2016–17	SEP1 1 4	SEP1 2 Ret	SEP1 3 5	SEP1 4 7	SEP1 5 3	SEP1 6 5	CLA 1	CLA 2	CLA 3	CLA 4	CLA 5	SEN 1	SEN 2	SEN 3	SEN 4	SEN 5	SEN 6	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	SEP2 4	SEP2 5	SEP2 6	CHA 1	CHA 2	CHA 3	CHA 4	CHA 5	CHA 6	CHA 7	SEP3 1	SEP3 2	SEP3 3	SEP3 4	SEP3 5	SEP3 6	NC†	0
2017–18	SEP1 1 5	SEP1 2 4	SEP1 3 6	SEP1 4 3	SEP1 5 1	SEP1 6 C	CLA 1	CLA 2	CLA 3	CLA 4	CLA 5	CLA 6	CHA 1 Ret	CHA 2 4	CHA 3 2	CHA 4 3	CHA 5 2	CHA 6 1	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	SEP2 4	SEP2 5	SEP2 6	SEP3 1 6	SEP3 2 12	SEP3 3 9	SEP3 4 6	SEP3 5 3	SEP3 6 6							4th	205

^† As Azman was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Masters China results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2017	Eurasia Racing	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP1 4	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	SEP2 4	ZIC1 1	ZIC1 2	ZIC1 3	ZIC2 1 Ret	ZIC2 2 8	ZIC2 3 8	SIC 1	SIC 2	SIC 3	SIC 4	15th	4

Complete Blancpain GT Series Asia results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2017	EKS Motorsports	SEP 1 21	SEP 2 20	CHA 1	CHA 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	FUJ 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	NC†	0

^† As Azman was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2017	MP Motorsport	SOC 1	SOC 2	SOC 3	SMO 1	SMO 2	SMO 3	AHV 1	AHV 2	AHV 3	AUD 1	AUD 2	AUD 3	MSC1 1	MSC1 2	MSC1 3	MSC2 1	MSC2 2	MSC2 3	ASS 1 9	ASS 2 16	ASS 3 15	23rd	2

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2017	MP Motorsport	ALC 1	ALC 2	ALC 3	NAV1 1 5	NAV1 2 10	NAV1 3 5	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 11	JER 1 14	JER 2 11	JER 3 10	NAV2 1 8	NAV2 2 12	NAV2 3 13	NOG 1 Ret	NOG 2 11	NOG 3 10	EST 1 10	EST 2 12	EST 3 7	11th	35
2018	Drivex School	ARA 1 3	ARA 2 4	ARA 3 3																		4th	183
	MP Motorsport				CRT 1 2	CRT 2 3	CRT 3 4	ALG 1 3	ALG 2 4	ALG 3 2	CAT 1 C	CAT 2 3	JER 1 6	JER 2 10	JER 3 5	NAV 1 8	NAV 2 6	NAV 3 3	NAV 4 4

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2017–18	MRF Racing	BHR 1 8	BHR 2 11	BHR 3 Ret	BHR 4 7	DUB 1 12	DUB 2 10	DUB 3 7	DUB 4 Ret	YAS 1 12	YAS 2 5	YAS 3 13	YAS 4 17	CHE 1 15	CHE 2 13	CHE 3 Ret	CHE 4 15	13th	27

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2018	Jenzer Motorsport	ADR 1 17	ADR 2 Ret	ADR 3 12	LEC 1 15	LEC 2 17	LEC 3 15	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 10	MNZ 3 9	MIS 1 24	MIS 2 12	MIS 3 7	IMO 1 15	IMO 2 15	IMO 3 14	VLL 1 9	VLL 2 12	VLL 3 9	MUG 1 18	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 19	17th	17

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year	Team	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	Points
2019	Chris Dittmann Racing	OUL 1 7	OUL 2 9	OUL 3 11	SNE 1 13	SNE 2 5	SNE 3 6	SIL1 1 10	SIL1 2 62	SIL1 3 16	DON1 1 12	DON1 2 11	DON1 3 5	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 16	SPA 3 14	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 12	BRH 3 12	SIL2 1 15	SIL2 2 12	SIL2 3 12	DON2 1 14	DON2 2 11	DON2 3 11	11th	236
2020	Carlin	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 12	OUL 3 2	OUL 4 4	DON1 1 10	DON1 2 72	DON1 3 10	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 13	BRH 3 10	BRH 4 8	DON2 1 5	DON2 2 14	DON2 3 3	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 101	SNE 3 11	SNE 4 3	DON3 1 7	DON3 2 11	DON3 3 6	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 34	SIL 3 11	5th	370

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2021	CryptoTower Racing	POR 1 4	POR 2 2	POR 3 4	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 7	LEC 3 4*	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 3	SPA 3 3	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 2	HUN 3 3	IMO 1 11†	IMO 2 7	IMO 3 5	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 4	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 8	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 7	CAT 3 8	4th	262

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2022	Hitech Grand Prix	BHR SPR 16	BHR FEA Ret	IMO SPR 21	IMO FEA 19	CAT SPR Ret	CAT FEA 18	SIL SPR 22	SIL FEA Ret	RBR SPR 24	RBR FEA 16	HUN SPR 23	HUN FEA 26	SPA SPR 16	SPA FEA 20	ZAN SPR 25	ZAN FEA 21	MNZ SPR 21	MNZ FEA 21	32nd	0

Complete Sepang 12 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	EBM Giga Racing	Adrian D'Silva Reid Harker	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GT3	215	3rd	3rd

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Asia results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2023	Sime Darby Racing Team	Pro	911 GT3 Cup	SEP1 1 5	SEP1 2 5	KOR 1 7	KOR 2 Ret	SUZ 1 4	SUZ 2 5	CHA 1	CHA 2	SEP2 1 3	SEP2 2 5	MRN 1 5	MRN 2 5	SIC 1 7	SIC 2 5			6th	130
2024	Sime Darby Racing Team	Pro	911 GT3 Cup	SIC 1 9	SIC 2 8	SUZ 1 Ret	SUZ 2 8	CHA 1 5	CHA 2 4	BAN 1 7	BAN 2 24	SEP 1 8	SEP 2 6	SEP 3 4	MRN 1 9	MRN 2 6	SIC 1 5	SIC 2 9	SIC 3 5	7th	150

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Nazim Azman career summary at DriverDB.com