The only Asian team in the 2010 GP2 Asia Series, Malaysia QI-MeritusMahara celebrated its huge success this week, as Italian team member Luca Filippi took pole position in both qualifying and the first race on Friday, 12 March and Saturday, 13 March respectively. Such an achievement was a first in the team’s history. As the 2010 GP2 Asia Series started on Sunday, 14 March at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), the team also secured a 4th place overall in the Series, achieving another success with this victory.
“I congratulate and am proud of our homegrown Malaysian team on its success in GP2, the F1 development series,” said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Meritus GP and its Malaysian sponsors QuestNet’s win at the Bahrain Grand Prix in the GP2 Asia Championships is proof of the team’s professionalism and the technical ability of our engineers,” the Premier added.
It’s the team’s first win after three years of participation in GP2 Asia and it has rightly been described as a sweet victory for the Team Malaysia QI-MeritusMahara.com.