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Barwell Motorsport sharing the car with Paul Whight. They were competitive with a couple of third places but did not complete the whole championship. He
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Merdeka millennium 12-hour race at the Sepang F1 circuit again in an Aston Martin DBRS9 with drivers Frank Yu and Alain Li. They managed to beat the works Petronas BMW team finishing in fifth place. Michael was the highest placed British driver in the highest placed British car.
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