BACKGROUND & OVERSEAS TRAINING.

Azar Anwar is a popular Kenyan Rally Driver with a vast international motorsport experience both in driving and technicla fields over 30 years. Azar's welcoming and helpful nature and has helped nurture and develop top driving and technical rally talent in the region. Having been in the sport so long Azar strongly promotes SAFETY, FAIR PLAY, DRIVING SKILL, and a Finese that has seen him been crowned Champion many times and winning the famous Safari Rally.

Azar has also gained International Rally Aclaim from all aspects of Motorsports Industry. In 1995 , Azar put the humble Daewoo Cielo [Nexia] on the international Rally map. Starting with a normally aspirated 1.5 litre car with only 80 Bhp and converting it the FIRST - FIA group N homologated DAEWOO in the world, Azar won the 1995 Safari Rally [then a round of the two litre world cup] and the Cielo was airlifted to various Motor Shows , Museums and Foreign Rally Events , courtesy of Daewoo He is credited with Changing the 5 speed Gearbox into 6 Speed Crash Box. He even fine tuned the Engine that was originally from an Opel Kadet and fitted in the Cielo.

With this , the humble Cielo became a beastly machine that was not only quite fast but also gave out an incredible 230 bhp.This amount of power and it's light body, made the Cielo a Formula 2 Champion on several occassions, and incredibly winning the Castrol Rally of South Africa giving Daewoo a fairy tale launch into the market.

Azar's reputation spread to Eurpoe with an invitation in 1999 to build the new model Daewoo Lanos into a Group A rally car for Portugal. Developing a six speed crash gearbox, disc brakes all round, adjustable tarmac and gravel suspension etc. and homologating with FIA, Azar ran into engine trouble which was overcome by homologating a KIT engine with special exhaust. The car then finished an incredible second in the Portugal 2WD championship against established European giants.

STUDY-TOURS /EDUCATION
Sweden        Jan. 2001 -----OHLINS suspension factory - Training on repair and modification of shock absorbers.
Netherlands  Jan. 2001 ------PROFLEX suspension factory – training on shock servicing and repairs.

England -1999 and 2001 --- SWINDON RACING and MOTEC – Engine modifications and tuning.

 England Feb. 1999.
MSD - HYUNDAI WORLD RALLY TEAM------ MEETING WITH M.D. AND TOUR OF FACILITY.
M-SPORT - FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM ------ MEETING WITH M.D. AND TOUR OF FACILITY.
PRODRIVE - SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM -------- CUSTOMER OPERATIONS + TOUR OF FACILITY.

 South Africa May 1996.
AUTOMOTIVE TECH.SPEC. PRODUCT RANGE, SOURCING, SERVICES
KYALAMI RACE CIRCUIT COMPETING TEAMS ,VEHICLES AND FACILITY
HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT MOTORSPORT PROGRAMME AND TEAM / FACILITY

KOREA. - Daewoo Motor Corp. & KIA - January 1996.
PUPYONG ASSEMBLY PLANT. VEHICLE/ COMPONENT MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY
PUPYONG TECHNICAL CENTRE.- DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY
KIA MOTORS ASAN BAY PLANT PRODUCTION AND TESTING FACILITY.

EUROPE - Motorsport Development Facilities and Teams - Jan. / Feb. 1996.
PRODRIVE W.R.C. TEAM DEVELOPMENT, BUILD AND SALES FACILITY.
DAEWOO WORTHING TECHNICAL CENTRE. PREVIEW OF NEW MODELS MEETING WITH DIR. J.C.PARK
Many other reputable motorsport teams, engineering facilities and suppliers were also visited.

Korea. - May 1995. SEOUL INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW. KOREAN VEHICLES AND PARTS INDUSTRY.
DAEWOO DESIGN CENTRE. FUTURE MODELS PREVIEW.
DAEWOO CENTRAL WORKSHOP TOOLING AND FACILITY FOR HIGH VOLUME REPAIR.

Lombardini Motori and Perrot Irrigation. - ITALY 1978.
DIPLOMA, DIESEL ENGINE APPLICATION AND IRRIGATION.

University of Nairobi, Faculty of Engineering. Mar. 1973 - July 1976.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS DEGREE. - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR

PUBLICATIONS

• 1991 Anwar, Azar; BEGINNERS GUIDE TO MOTORSPORT. (KENYA) Nairobi, Manuscript.