The New 2010 Red Bull Rookies!

Red Bull Rookies new driver line-up for 2010 Sepang 1000km race

Red Bull Malaysia on 23 January, 2010, unveiled the Red Bull Rookies team which consists an all-female line-up of 3 Malaysian and 2 fresh drivers from Brunei. These Red Bull Rookies will compete in the upcoming Sepang 1000km race, slated to kick off its 2010 edition in June.

Red Bull Malaysia along with its partner Asia Advanced Driving Academy (AADA) have hand-picked these aspiring rookies to compete in the current season's domestic motorsports series, namely the SIC 1000km. The chosen ones for this year's Red Bull Rookies were Carmen Lim and Lee Hui Jing with two other drivers from Brunei to be announced at a later date. Mentored by current Red Bull Malaysia racing driver Puteri Ayu Jasmin and trained by AADA's chief trainer Kenvin Low, these rookies are bound to blaze the track once the full training program has been completed by June.

Kenvin Low, Chief Trainer of AADA will be in charge of managing the Red Bull Rookies 2010 Team

2010 Red Bull Rookies media drive demo

2010 Red Bull Rookies media drive demo under AADA's supervision

Drive demo course at Shah Alam

Carmen and Hui Jing were among the six finalists selected from the 2009 Red Bull Female Driver Search. Last year's Red Bull Female Driver Search saw 2,500 entries for the program in a series of nationwide roadshows held at various major cities. In the end, Carmen and Hui Jing made the cut and immediately underwent a tough training session which included a Smart Women driving course and the challenging advanced driving boot camp.

Both drivers have not had any track experience and are vying to give it their best in the upcoming track experience and training, and ultimately the 1000km race.

Left - New Rookie; Carmen, right - new Rookie; Hui Jing

New 2010 Red Bull Rookie - Carmen

New 2010 Red Bull Rookie - Hui Jing

Carmen said, "Firstly, I would like to thank Red Bull for this great
opportunity. it has always been a passion of mine to get into a racecar,
and the experience as one of the Red Bull Rookies has provided me the
best possible start to a racing career."

Hui Jing commented, "I can't wait to drive Diego, the Red Bull Honda DC2
race car on track and get as much experience as possible before the
1000km race. I will do my level best to support the team and my team
mates throughout the season."

Unveiling of the Red Bull race car - Diego


RB Rookies 2010: left - Carmen, center - Puteri (RBR Team Mentor), right - Hui Jing

Seasoned Red Bull Rookie 2010 driver and team mentor - Puteri

From now until final tests slated for 3 - 5 June, the Red Bull Rookies
will have their hands full with intensive track experience and training.
The girls will pilot the Red Bull Honda Integra DC2 codenamed "Diego"
racecar complete with a dynamic and fiery Red Bull livery.

Rookies media launch 23 Jan 2010

New 2010 Red Bull Rookies during media Q & A

This year, Red Bull Malaysia has also decided to expand its campaign to
Brunei in search of the two would-be rookies to join forces with the
trio of Malaysian female drivers to complete the line-up for the 2010
Red Bull Rookies team.

Competent Bruneians who are selected will undergo a practical test
followed by more grueling selection processes, including driving course
and advanced driving course boot-camp. After the boot camp, the final
two will be elected to race with the Malaysian trio for the 1000km race.

Members of the media and friends


Members of the media at the Red Bull Rookies 2010 drivers line-up demo