Zulfahmi Khairuddin

Zulfahmi Khairuddin
Zulfahmi at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	(1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
Current team	SIC Racing Team
Bike number	63
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2018 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2018 championship position 45th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 0 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2015 Manufacturers KTM, Honda Championships 0 2015 championship position 23rd (19 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 69 0 2 1 3 234 125cc World Championship Active years 2009–2011 Manufacturers Yamaha, Aprilia, Derbi Championships 0 2010 championship position 18th (30 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 34 0 0 0 0 34 Supersport World Championship Active years 2016–2017 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2017 championship position 35th (6 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 24 0 1 0 0 62

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Khairuddin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muhammad Zulfahmi.

Muhammad Zulfahmi bin Khairuddin (born 20 October 1991) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer.

Career

125cc World Championship

Born in Banting, Selangor, Malaysia, Zulfahmi made his debut in the 125cc world championship at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix where he finished 20th. In 2010, Zulfahmi competed in his first full season on board an Aprilia for the Air Asia-Sepang International Circuit.

Moto3 World Championship

Zulfahmi achieved his first pole position by a Malaysian rider in any class at his home race in October 2012. Zulfahmi led for most of the race, but finished second behind team-mate Sandro Cortese, after Cortese made a final-lap pass. At the end of the 2012 MotoGP campaign at Valencia, he claimed the 2nd podium of his career; he climbed from 17th on the grid to finish 3rd behind Danny Kent and Sandro Cortese in a dramatic thrilling race.

Moto2 World Championship

He briefly returned to Grand Prix racing but after a poor start to the 2018 season he decided to retire from racing.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2009	125cc	Yamaha	Air Asia Team Malaysia	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	125cc	Aprilia	AirAsia–Sepang Int. Circuit	16	0	0	0	0	4	24th
2011	125cc	Derbi	Airasia–Sic–Ajo	17	0	0	0	0	30	18th
2012	Moto3	KTM	AirAsia–Sic–Ajo	17	0	2	1	3	128	7th
2013	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	16	0	0	0	0	68	12th
2014	Moto3	Honda	Ongetta–AirAsia	18	0	0	0	0	19	20th
2015	Moto3	KTM	Drive M7 SIC	18	0	0	0	0	19	23rd
2018	Moto2	Kalex	SIC Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	0	45th
Total				107	0	2	1	3	268

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2009–2011	2009 Malaysia			34	0	0	0	0	34	0
Moto3	2012–2015	2012 Qatar	2012 Malaysia		69	0	2	1	3	234	0
Moto2	2018	2018 Qatar			4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Races by year

(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
2009	125cc	Yamaha	QAT	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	GBR	CZE	INP	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL 20	VAL				NC	0
2010	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 21	SPA 20	FRA 25	ITA 21	GBR Ret	NED 22	CAT 15	GER 15	CZE 15	INP Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 16	JPN 19	MAL 16	AUS DNQ	POR 15	VAL 20			24th	4
2011	125cc	Derbi	QAT 19	SPA 10	POR 11	FRA 19	CAT Ret	GBR 18	NED 14	ITA 18	GER 24	CZE 9	INP 19	RSM 27	ARA Ret	JPN 15	AUS 20	MAL 7	VAL 25			18th	30
2012	Moto3	KTM	QAT 6	SPA 10	POR 4	FRA Ret	CAT 8	GBR 9	NED 11	GER 6	ITA 9	INP 6	CZE Ret	RSM 11	ARA Ret	JPN 5	MAL 2	AUS Ret	VAL 3			7th	128
2013	Moto3	KTM	QAT 6	AME 7	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT 9	NED 17	GER 16	INP 7	CZE 15	GBR 20	RSM 6	ARA Ret	MAL DNS	AUS 11	JPN Ret	VAL 13			12th	68
2014	Moto3	Honda	QAT 18	AME 17	ARG 15	SPA 20	FRA 11	ITA 11	CAT 16	NED 14	GER Ret	INP 15	CZE 22	GBR 18	RSM 14	ARA 15	JPN 14	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 19		20th	19
2015	Moto3	KTM	QAT 28	AME 20	ARG 20	SPA 26	FRA 14	ITA 26	CAT 24	NED Ret	GER 19	INP 25	CZE 22	GBR 14	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 5	AUS 12	MAL Ret	VAL 17		23rd	19
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 28	ARG 26	AME 27	SPA Ret	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	45th	0

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(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
2016	Kawasaki	AUS 13	THA 7	SPA 8	NED 20	ITA 25	MAL 2	GBR 20	ITA Ret	GER 22	FRA 10	SPA 15	QAT 7	11th	56
2017	Kawasaki	AUS 12	THA Ret	SPA 14	NED Ret	ITA Ret	GBR 20	ITA Ret	GER 19	POR 17	FRA 19	SPA 19	QAT 19	35th	6

External links

• Zulfahmi Khairuddin at MotoGP.com
• Zulfahmi Khairuddin at WorldSBK.com
• Official website