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Hazrin was born and grew in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His career in motorsport started at the age of 26 in 2003, when he was called to assist the Malaysia's Premier F1 Online portal - www.pitstop.com.my. After completing the tasks, he stayed on as an editorial assistant.

A year later he was given a chance to be a photographer for the local drag scene, Sepang's Drag Battle. He never looks back.

Since that moment, he has been a regular 'snapper' at Sepang International Circuit covering major motorsports event which include Asian Festival of Speed, Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, Formula BMW Asia, Malaysian Super Series, Japan Super GT, Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race, MotoGP, A1 Grand Prix, and Formula 1.

His works during the 2006 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix has been published in numerous Spanish newspapers.

A1 Team Switzerland management spotted his talent and has given him an oppurtunity by assigning him to be their team photographer during 2006 A1 Grand Prix Sepang.

After his successful assignment with A1 Team Switzerland, he has been attached to Arthur Thill Publications (www.atpimages.com) as the agency staff photographer to cover the international motorsport events held in Malaysia.

2007 was an immense success for Hazrin, continuing to impress with the residency at ATP Images, where he showed his flexible skills for the worlds motorsport biggest event’s, the Formula 1 Grand Prix while developing a vast skills at every event he covered. Domestically, he has covered at every major grand prix you could care to mention.

2007 was his first opportunity to push his work internationally. Touching down at destinations in U.S.A with the biggest online motorsport web, Motorsport.com, and secured a place at ICON SPORT MEDIA.

One of Hazrin’s biggest achievement’s to date was 2007 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix where he was called to assist the top wire agency, Reuters.

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"As Formula 1 pressed its footing in Malaysia in 1999, it basically marked the start of Hazrin's profession in sports photography albeit in a small way. From the hillstand, he saw Formula 1 live on Friday’s free practice and immediately fell in love with the sports. Without hesitation, he rushed to the mall that very evening for a small camera and for the next two days he had photos of the fans and race cars from the hillstand where he was sitting.

Through friends, Hazrin was introduced to the Media Team of Sepang International Circuit and they were kind enough to put him as part of the Media Centre team for all the major events. Hazrin served as their assistant for publicity – either through media releases and images from the teams and photographs from his own camera. Working with the media team had opened new doors including contacts with the international photographers, which Hazrin is the Malaysian representative for North American based online motorsport portal, Motorsport.com,

Hazrin's passion for sports, however, runs long before the inaugural Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix. It was, however, in a completely different kind of sports; but equally popular internationally. His passion for cricket runs deep since his schooldays; and still burning strongly. Apart from playing the game, he is a qualified umpire; but now had chosen to work on the sides; capturing images while enjoying the game. "
Azhar Ghazalli, Sepang's National Press Officer