Loading ...Red Bull Female Driver Search 2008 in Kota Kinabalu
This part of the search was held at 1Borneo on Saturday 20th December. Kota Kinabalu was the final stop for the RBFDS 2008. The Red Bull Female Driver Search is held to find the best female drivers in Malaysia to join the Red Bull Rookies.
Excerpt from their website:
“The Red Bull Rookies is Malaysia’s first all-female amatuer racing team. For year 2007, four lucky young ladies were handpicked from over 600 hopefuls nationwide. The gutsy girls who made the cut are Puteri Ayu Jasmin and Leona Chin, who went on to compete in the 2008 Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race under the tutelage of Team Manager Kenvin Low, who is also the Chief Trainer at the Asia Advanced Driving Academy. Kenvin himself has finished on the podium at the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, making him the perfect mentor for the girls. True enough the Rookies managed to finish 6th in their class, beating out 13 professional race teams, nearly half of which didnt even finish the race!”
RBFDS’s Road Shows Nationwide:
- Kuching, Boulevard Mall – October 25 2008
- Ipoh, Dataran MBI- 8th November
- Malacca, Dataran Pahlawan – 15th November
- Penang, Autocity Juru – 22nd November
- Johor Bahru, Sutera Mall, Skudai – 6th December
- Kuala Lumpur, Republic @ Sunway Pyramid -13th December
- Kota Kinabalu, 1Borneo – 20th December
Here are some pics from that day:
Some of the participants being briefed and waiting for their turn.
A participant about to start their time attack, readied by a trainer
Another trainer from the Asia Advanced Driving Academy
Leona Chin and her Domokun
Leona demonstrates to us how it’s done.
We also experienced her driving first hand. To say that I was impressed would be an understatement. She is simply phenomenal.
This year, over 1400 participants were recruited online and later on had around 600 more participants so far (not yet included with Kota Kinabalu at the point of this writing). Red Bull will be announcing the Top 30 finalists nationwide in January 2009.
Info source: http://www.redbull.com.my/rbfds/index.html
Also check out: http://www.redbullmsia-happenings.blogspot.com/
Photos by Zie
linli
Leona definitely is a source to be reckoned with!! :D Good luck with the search! :D
Zie
Yes she is :) I hope one of my friends get selected!