Wheeler’s biography also reads like a "Who’s Who of Motorsport", with his career including roles with Mitsubishi and the works World Rally team, engineering the
Williams Touring Car team competing in the British Touring Car Championship as well as the Williams
Formula One Team with Alex Zanardi, and latterly with Jos Verstappen at Arrows Grand Prix and with Verstappen and Alex Yoong at Minardi
F1. The breadth of experience that Wheeler brings to the team has also assisted in its ongoing success.
"These two motorsport professionals have been instrumental in the success of our team," confirmed Jack Cunningham, chief executive of A1 Team Malaysia. "Many of the races are held at circuits which are new to the drivers and the team, but through the skills and experience of both Julian and Greg, working with the drivers and mechanics, we have been able to set the car up for the track conditions quickly enabling Alex and Fairuz to concentrate on learning the circuit where necessary and then improving their performance by working with the technical team to optimise the car for the different requirements, for example, the ‘flying lap’ style of qualifying.
"Every team has had a steep learning curve in this new series and we’ve been able to accelerate our development programme with the input and direction from Julian and Greg. We’re now looking forwards to the second half of the season and are confident that we can continue to improve our race weekend performance in the upcoming races.
"Julian and Greg are also spending a great deal of timing training and assisting our team members where necessary - they are dedicated to passing on the experience they have gained over a collective 50 years or more of motor racing. This is an integral part of our on-going effort as we build the team and try to improve our standard, performance and results," he concluded.
