Formula One
Fauzy was confirmed as one of Spyker F1's test and reserve drivers for 2007, Fauzy was tipped for a Lotus Racing reserve seat for 2010. On November 9, 2009 Lotus Racing chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne confirmed Fauzy will be the test driver for the team but cooled down talks he was going to get a race seat.
Fauzy was announced as the third driver for Lotus on 13 December 2009.
Fauzy replaced Heikki Kovalainen in the first free practice session at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, as Jarno Trulli won a coin toss against Kovalainen. He drove a total of nineteen laps during the session, setting the 22nd fastest time, beating the Hispania Racing cars of Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna. He also took part in the first practice session at the British Grand Prix, replacing Jarno Trulli, where he set the 23rd fastest time (1:39.510) ahead of the Hispania Racing car of Sakon Yamamoto. He replaced Heikki Kovalainen for the first free practice session of the German Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. At the end of the 2010 season, Fauzy parted company with Lotus Racing after one year of his five year contract.
The relationship between Lotus Racing and Group Lotus soured during 2010, resulting in GL deciding to withdraw its backing from the team and instead sponsoring Renault F1 for the 2011 season onwards. As part of the deal, Fauzy became one of Renault's test and reserve drivers, alongside Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean and Ho-Pin Tung.
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