By LIM TEIK HUAT PETALING JAYA: For the first time since 2002, Malaysia can look forward to having someone of their own to cheer for next year when 1MalaysiaF1 line up on the grid for the first race of the season in Melbourne. The team are expected to name their two drivers for the world championships by Oct 31. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in announcing the entry of the Malaysian team yesterday said that six drivers had been shortlisted for evaluation. “It will be up to the team whom they want to name,” said Najib, who did not deny that a Malaysian driver would take one of the slots. And Fairuz Fauzy could be the one who will get the drive. Fairuz’s campaign in the World Series by Renault championships in Europe is partly sponsored by Air Asia, whose chairman Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes is one of the prime backers of the Malaysian-owned F1 team. The only Malaysian driver who has raced in a F1 car before was Alex Yoong, who competed for the now defunct M...