TimeStampBot at 15:44, 3 October 2023

2023-10-03T15:44:00Z

New page

{{For|the United Kingdom Electoral Commissioner|Karamjit Singh (electoral commissioner)}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date= October 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox WRC driver
| name = Karamjit Singh
| image = Karamjit Singh.jpg
| caption =
| nationality = {{flagicon|MYS}} [[Malaysia]]n
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|1|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| Years = [[1994 World Rally Championship season|1994]]–[[1997 World Rally Championship season|1997]], [[2000 World Rally Championship season|2000]], [[2002 World Rally Championship season|2002]]–[[2005 World Rally Championship season|2005]]
| Co-driver =
| Teams =
| Races = 32
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Stagewins = 0
| Points = 1
| First race = 1994 [[RAC Rally]]
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race =
}}
'''Karamjit Singh''' ({{lang-pa|ਕਰਮਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ|Karamajīta sigha}}; born 29 January 1962), also known as the '''Flying Sikh''', is a [[Malaysia]]n professional [[racing driver|race driver]] in [[rallying]], and was the first [[Asia]]n driver to win the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) [[Production Car World Championship]] for Drivers, doing so on his first try. He has been rallying professionally since 1985. He has won the 2001 [[Asia Pacific Rally Championship]] for Drivers, the 2002 FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers, as well as the 2002 and 2004 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers. He has raced for the [[Petronas]] EON Racing Team and Team [[Proton Holdings|Proton]] Pert Malaysia using Proton [[4WD]] rally [[car]]s. His co-drivers have been (in chronological order) [[Ron Teoh]], [[Allen Oh]] and John Bennie. Karamjit is currently racing a [[2WD]] [[Proton Satria R3|Proton Satria Neo CPS R3]] for the [[CUSCO Japan]] team in the Asia Pacific Rally Championships in 2011<ref>[http://paultan.org/2011/05/11/karamjit-singh-to-make-aprc-comeback-at-this-weekends-rally-of-queensland-driving-a-cusco-satria-neo-2wd/ Karamjit Singh to make APRC comeback at this weekend’s Rally of Queensland, driving a CUSCO Satria Neo 2WD!]</ref> after moving from the Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team<ref>[http://paultan.org/2009/08/13/proton-r3-malaysia-rally-team-with-neo-s2000-and-karamjitjagdev-officially-launched/ Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team with Neo S2000 and Karamjit and Jagdev officially launched!]</ref>

==Sponsorship difficulties==
In 2005, Singh began facing trouble in finding sponsors, and was unable to participate in half out of the eight rounds in the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. His team itself did not have enough money to pay for [[mechanic]]s and maintenance of his vehicle, and due to his absence from so many rounds in the championship, the FIA slapped him with a fine of 10,000 [[Euro]]s. Singh did not even have enough money to ship his vehicle back to Malaysia from [[New Zealand]], which itself would cost about [[Malaysian ringgit|RM]]57,000. Singh's plight made the headlines of a few [[newspaper]]s in Malaysia, who had been informed that Singh was in the process of selling off his [[apartment]] to pay his fine and ship his car home.

When informed about the possibility of receiving public or government assistance, Singh refused such offers, stating that he believed he could find enough corporate sponsors to avoid burdening the public. Rather than accepting assistance from individuals, Singh said he would consider racing for another country. When informed, the [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] reportedly asked: "If Karamjit is a Malaysian and has been producing results and bringing honour to the country, why has support not been accorded to him?"

The Malaysian Sports Minister, [[Azalina Othman Said]], was also reported as stating that she had been ordered to look into the matter, and that "we want to find out why the private sector have not come forward and secondly, if Karamjit has someone to manage him and put forward his cause in the right perspective so sponsors can come forward and use the spin-off from their association."

==Sponsorship resolved (July 2007)==
After a couple of year partial absence from the rally arena, now Karamjit Singh has the opportunities to have a kickback in action via a new management and sponsorship. Teamed up with corporate entities (Aldwich Berhad), Karamjit has starting a new team known as Team Templer Motorsport. And Also A Logistic Company In PJ sponsored. Alps Freight Logistics.

==WRC results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! {{Tooltip|WDC|Championship position}}
! Pts
|-
| [[1994 World Rally Championship|1994]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Wira|Proton Wira 4WD]]
| [[1994 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[1994 Rally Portugal|POR]]
| [[1994 Rally Safari|KEN]]
| [[1994 Rally de France|FRA]]
| [[1994 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
| [[1994 Rally Argentina|ARG]]
| [[1994 Rally New Zealand|NZL]]
| [[1994 Rally Finland|FIN]]
| [[1994 Rally Italia|ITA]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1994 Wales Rally GB|GBR]] {{small|24}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1995 World Rally Championship|1995]]
!rowspan=2| [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Wira|Proton Wira 4WD]]
| [[1995 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[1995 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[1995 Rally de Portugal|POR]]
| [[1995 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1995 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|15}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1995 Rally Australia|AUS]] {{small|13}}
| [[1995 Rally Catalunya|ESP]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! [[Proton Persona]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1995 Rally GB|GBR]] {{small|17}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[1996 World Rally Championship|1996]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Wira|Proton Wira 4WD]]
| [[1996 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[1996 Safari Rally|KEN]]
|style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| [[1996 Rally Indonesia|IDN]] {{small|EX}}
| [[1996 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
| [[1996 Rally Argentina|ARG]]
| [[1996 Rally Finland|FIN]]
| [[1996 Rally Australia|AUS]]
| [[1996 Rally Sanremo|ITA]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1996 Rally Catalunya|ESP]] {{small|12}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1997 World Rally Championship|1997]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Wira|Proton Wira 4WD]]
| [[1997 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[1997 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[1997 Safari Rally|KEN]]
| [[1997 Rally de Portugal|POR]]
| [[1997 Rally Catalunya|ESP]]
| [[1997 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[1997 Rally Argentina|ARG]]
| [[1997 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1997 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|11}}
| [[1997 Rally Finland|FIN]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1997 Rally Indonesia|IDN]] {{small|6}}
| [[1997 Rally Sanremo|ITA]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1997 Rally Australia|AUS]] {{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1997 Rally GB|GBR]] {{small|17}}
|
|
! 34th
! 1
|-
| [[2000 World Rally Championship season|2000]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Pert]]
| [[2000 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[2000 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[2000 Safari Rally|KEN]]
| [[2000 Rally Portugal|POR]]
| [[2000 Rally Catalunya|ESP]]
| [[2000 Rally Argentina|ARG]]
| [[2000 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2000 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|18}}
| [[2000 Rally Finland|FIN]]
| [[2000 Cyprus Rally|CYP]]
| [[2000 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[2000 Rallye Sanremo|ITA]]
| [[2000 Rally Australia|AUS]]
| [[2000 Rally GB|GBR]]
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[2002 World Rally Championship season|2002]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Pert]]
| [[2002 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[2002 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[2002 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[2002 Rallye Catalunya|ESP]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2002 Cyprus Rally|CYP]] {{small|17}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2002 Rally Argentina|ARG]] {{small|12}}
| [[2002 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2002 Safari Rally|KEN]] {{small|10}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2002 Rally Finland|FIN]] {{small|22}}
| [[2002 Rallye Deutschland|GER]]
| [[2002 Rallye Sanremo|ITA]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2002 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2002 Rally Australia|AUS]] {{small|18}}
| [[2002 Rally GB|GBR]]
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[2003 World Rally Championship season|2003]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Pert]]
| [[2003 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2003 Swedish Rally|SWE]] {{small|27}}
| [[2003 Rally of Turkey|TUR]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2003 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|21}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2003 Rally Argentina|ARG]] {{small|13}}
| [[2003 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2003 Cyprus Rally|CYP]] {{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2003 Rallye Deutschland|GER]] {{small|27}}
| [[2003 Rally Finland|FIN]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2003 Rally Australia|AUS]] {{small|17}}
| [[2003 Rallye Sanremo|ITA]]
| [[2003 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[2003 Rallye Catalunya|ESP]]
| [[2003 Rally GB|GBR]]
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[2004 World Rally Championship season|2004]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Petronas EON Racing Team]]
! [[Proton Pert]]
| [[2004 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2004 Swedish Rally|SWE]] {{small|35}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2004 Rally Mexico|MEX]] {{small|15}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2004 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|21}}
| [[2004 Cyprus Rally|CYP]]
| [[2004 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
| [[2004 Rally of Turkey|TUR]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2004 Rally Argentina|ARG]] {{small|Ret}}
| [[2004 Rally Finland|FIN]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2004 Rallye Deutschland|GER]] {{small|22}}
| [[2004 Rally Japan|JPN]]
| [[2004 Rally GB|GBR]]
| [[2004 Rally d'Italia Sardegna|ITA]]
| [[2004 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[2004 Rallye Catalunya|ESP]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2004 Rally Australia|AUS]] {{small|Ret}}
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[2005 World Rally Championship season|2005]]
! [[Proton Motorsports|Team Proton Pert Malaysia]]
! [[Proton Pert]]
| [[2005 Monte Carlo Rally|MON]]
| [[2005 Swedish Rally|SWE]]
| [[2005 Rally Mexico|MEX]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2005 Rally New Zealand|NZL]] {{small|18}}
| [[2005 Rally d'Italia Sardegna|ITA]]
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2005 Cyprus Rally|CYP]] {{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2005 Rally of Turkey|TUR]] {{small|Ret}}
| [[2005 Acropolis Rally|GRE]]
| [[2005 Rally Argentina|ARG]]
| [[2005 Rally Finland|FIN]]
| [[2005 Rallye Deutschland|GER]]
| [[2005 Rally GB|GBR]]
| [[2005 Rally Japan|JPN]]
| [[2005 Tour de Corse|FRA]]
| [[2005 Rally Catalunya|ESP]]
| [[2005 Rally Australia|AUS]]
! NC
! 0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*Ooi, Jeff (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20051030050731/http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2005/10/post_20.php "Corporate Malaysia? Kick ass those arse-lickers!"]. Retrieved 2 November 2005.
*Tan, Paul (2005). [http://paultan.org/archives/2005/10/28/government-to-help-karamjit/ "Government to help Karamjit"]. Retrieved 2 November 2005
*Tan, Paul (2005). [http://paultan.org/archives/2005/08/14/karamjit-will-not-be-able-to-defend-aprc-title/ "Karamjit will not be able to defend APRC title"]. Retrieved 2 November 2005.
*Tan, Paul (2005). [http://paultan.org/archives/2005/06/14/why-cant-karamjit-singh-secure-sponsorship/ "Why Can't Karamjit Singh Secure Sponsorship?"]. Retrieved 2 November 2005.
*Van der Zee, Tjeerd (2005). [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2252 "Karamjit Singh"]. Retrieved 2 November 2005.
*PenyuSukan (2018). [http://penyusukan.com/v1/karamjit-singh-terpantas-hari-pertama-kejuaraan-rali-terengganu-2018/ "Karamjit Singh Terpantas Hari Pertama Kejuaraan Rali Terengganu 2018"]. Retrieved 14 Disember 2018.

{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{succession box | before = [[Possum Bourne]] | title = [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship|Asia-Pacific Rally Champion]] | years = [[2001 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2001]] & [[2002 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2002]] | after = [[Armin Kremer]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Armin Kremer]] | title = [[Asia-Pacific Rally Championship|Asia-Pacific Rally Champion]] | years = [[2004 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season|2004]] | after = [[Jussi Välimäki]]}}
{{s-end}}
{{Anugerah Sukan Negara for Sportsman of the Year}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Karamjit}}
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Malaysian rally drivers]]
[[Category:Malaysian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Punjabi descent]]

Karamjit Singh - Revision history

TimeStampBot at 15:44, 3 October 2023