Khairul Idham Pawi

Dato' Khairul Idham Pawi (born 20 September 1998) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. He is the youngest non-European to win a Grand Prix, accomplishing this feat in the Argentine race of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, aged just 17.

Khairul Idham Pawi
Khairul in 2015
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 Kampung Gajah, Perak, Malaysia
Bike number	89
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2019, 2024 Manufacturers Kalex Championships 0 2024 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 39 0 0 0 0 14 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2015–2016, 2020 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2020 championship position 32nd (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 2 2 0 1 62 Supersport World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2024 championship position 37th (3 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 26 0 0 0 0 3

Career

Moto3 World Championship

He made his Grand Prix debut as wildcard at the 2015 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, entered by Honda Team Asia, where he finished the race in 25th place.

In 2016, Pawi made his full-time debut in the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, once again riding the Honda of Honda Team Asia, alongside Japanese rider Hiroki Ono. Pawi won the second Grand Prix of the season in a wet Argentina race, becoming the youngest non-European rider to win a race, aged 17. Later in the season at the German Grand Prix, Pawi started from only 20th on the grid, but established himself as a wet-weather specialist, as he charged through to lead after just six laps. He took the win by over 11 seconds from Andrea Locatelli, moving up to 10th in the rider's standings. He finished the year 19th in the championship, with 62 points.

Moto2 World Championship

Following his two victories, for the 2017 Moto2 World Championship Pawi was promoted to partner Takaaki Nakagami in Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, replacing Ratthapark Wilairot in the Moto2 category. In just his second year in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Pawi struggled to adjust to the bigger and faster bikes, scoring points in only two races during the season, finishing 27th in the standings, with 10 points.

Pawi stayed with Honda Asia Team for the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, this time partnered by Tetsuta Nagashima. Pawi had his worst season yet, only scoring one point during the season, a 15th place finish in France.

For the 2019 Moto2 World Championship, Pawi started off with a 13th place finish in Argentina, before suffering a Grade 3 open fracture of his little finger, in a crash during Friday practice at the 2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix. He returned at the 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix but withdrew after the Friday practice sessions due to the injury and missed the rest of the season. He finished the season 30th and last in the standings, having only completed three races, and amassing 3 points in an injury-riddled season.

Second Moto3 World Championship stint

Being replaced in Moto2 by Somkiat Chantra, Pawi returned to Moto3 for the 2020 season, but struggled on the smaller bikes, and scored no points during the year.

In May 2021, following no offers from motorcycle grand prix racing teams, Pawi announced his surprise retirement, aged only 22.

Malaysian Superbike Championship

In 2021, he made a comeback from retirement to join the TKKR Racing team for the remainder of the 2021 Malaysian superbike races, picking up two podiums, including a win. He finished the season in 4th place (out of 9 riders) with 72 points.

Asia Road Racing Championship

Boon Siew Honda Malaysia

After a fantastic result back in Malaysia Superbike , Pawi made a return to the asia scene where he joins Boon Siew Honda Malaysia to race in Supersport Category partnering up with Azroy Hakeem Anuar and Helmi Azman riding the latest Honda CBR-600RR.

Career statistics

Pre-Grand Prix career highlights

2012–11th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #45 Honda
2013–7th, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #26 Honda
2013–4th, Asia Dream Cup #10 Honda CBR250R
2014–1st, Malaysian Cub Prix WIRA Championship #28 Honda
2014–1st, Asia Dream Cup #1 Honda CBR250R
2015–6th, FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship #98 Honda NSF250R
2016-19th, FIM Moto3 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia
2017-27th, FIM Moto2 World Championship #89 Honda Team Asia

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior 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
2015	TSR Honda	ALG 9	LMS	CAT1	CAT2	ARA1	ARA2	ALB	NAV	JER1	JER2	VAL1	VAL2 7	6th	99
	Honda	ALG	LMS 2	CAT1 2	CAT2 3	ARA1 9	ARA2 6	ALB 7	NAV 12	JER1 Ret	JER2 16	VAL1 10	VAL2 18

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto3	Honda	Honda Team Asia	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto3	Honda	Honda Team Asia	18	2	2	0	1	62	19th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	18	0	0	0	0	10	27th
2018	Moto2	Kalex	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	18	0	0	0	0	1	30th
2019	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas Sprinta Racing	3	0	0	0	0	3	30th
2020	Moto3	Honda	Petronas Sprinta Racing	13	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas MIE Racing RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				71	2	2	0	1	76

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–2016, 2020	2015 Aragon	2016 Argentina	2016 Argentina	32	2	2	0	1	62	0
Moto2	2017–2019, 2024	2017 Qatar			39	0	0	0	0	14	0
2015–2020, 2024					71	2	2	0	1	76	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	20	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Honda	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA 25	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL			NC	0
2016	Moto3	Honda	QAT 22	ARG 1	AME 20	SPA 14	FRA 14	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GER 1	AUT 27	CZE Ret	GBR 22	RSM 22	ARA 22	JPN 19	AUS Ret	MAL 8	VAL 25			19th	62
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 28	ARG 24	AME 25	SPA Ret	FRA 22	ITA 26	CAT 25	NED 26	GER 20	CZE 14	AUT 17	GBR 28	RSM 8	ARA Ret	JPN 23	AUS 21	MAL Ret	VAL 25			27th	10
2018	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 23	ARG 24	AME 25	SPA 18	FRA 15	ITA 18	CAT 19	NED 19	GER 17	CZE 20	AUT 16	GBR C	RSM 22	ARA 27	THA 21	JPN 22	AUS 16	MAL 17	VAL Ret		30th	1
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 17	ARG 13	AME 17	SPA DNS	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE WD	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		30th	3
2020	Moto3	Honda	QAT 26	SPA 22	AND 20	CZE 22	AUT DNS	STY	RSM 21	EMI 24	CAT 24	FRA 19	ARA 27	TER 27	EUR 22	VAL Ret	POR 28						32nd	0
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL DNS	SLD	NC	0

ARRC Supersports 600 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		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2022	Honda	CHA 5	CHA 5	SEP 2	SEP 3	SUG 12	SUG 9	SEP 8	SEP 5	CHA 8	CHA 12			6th	97
2023	Honda	CHA 1	CHA 2	SEP 2	SEP 1	SUG 13	SUG 1	MAN 2	MAN 8	ZHU 4	ZHU 12	CHA 3	CHA 10	2nd	185

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
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2023	Honda	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	NED	NED	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	SPA 21	SPA 19	NC	0
2024	Honda	AUS 15	AUS 23	SPA 28	SPA 29	NED 23	NED 20	ITA 21	ITA 24	GBR 25	GBR 23	CZE 22	CZE Ret	POR Ret	POR 19	FRA 15	FRA 29	ITA Ret	ITA 26	SPA 21	SPA 26	POR 18	POR 17	SPA 15	SPA 19	37th	3

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Khairul Idham Pawi at MotoGP.com
• Khairul Idham Pawi at WorldSBK.com
• Khairul Idham Pawi at AS.com (in Spanish)