Zulfahmi Khairuddin

This is a Malay name; the name Khairuddin is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muhammad Zulfahmi.

Muhammad Zulfahmi Khairuddin (born 20 October 1991) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. He rides a Kawasaki ZX-6R in the Supersport World Championship.

Career

125cc World Championship

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

Moto3 World Championship

Khairuddin finally achieved his first ever Moto3 podium as he finished in second position at the 2012 Portuguese Grand Prix,^[1] and achieved the first pole position by a Malaysian rider in any class at his home race in October 2012.^[2] Khairuddin 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.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Race	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2009	125cc	Yamaha	1	0	0	0	0	NC
2010	125cc	Aprilia	16	0	0	0	4	24th
2011	125cc	Derbi	17	0	0	0	30	18th
2012	Moto3	KTM	17	2	1	3	128	7th
2013	Moto3	KTM	16	0	0	0	68	12th
2014	Moto3	Honda	18	0	0	0	19	20th
2015	Moto3	KTM	18	0	0	0	19	23rd
Total			103	2	1	3	268

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	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

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2009	125cc	Yamaha	QAT	JPN	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 25	CZE 22	GBR 14	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 5	AUS 12	MAL Ret	VAL 17	23rd	19

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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 26	MAL	GBR	ITA	GER	FRA	SPA	QAT	14th*	20*

* Season still in progress.

References

↑ "Khairuddin’s Estoril Moto3 result sets new Malaysian record". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 7 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Historic first pole for Zulfahmi in Sepang". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

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