KSA colours for Saudi Falcons Team Schubert

It's obvious. Saudi Falcon's Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal from Saudi Arabia arrived earlies this week in Dubai to participate in the 8th running of the Dunlop 24H DUBAI. With a black anti-glare promotion car and Red Bull flags at the paddock of the Dubai Autodrome it cannot fail Saudi Falcons Team Schubert works from pitbox 2A.

This year the Saudi Falcons Teams Schubert participate with two BMW Z4 GT3's in the A6 class. Last year the number one car of the team became 4th in the overall class with the fastest lap time of 2:04.756. For the 2013 edition of the event the drivers line-up changed for the first car. Drivers Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal, Faisal Binladen, Dominik Baumann, Dominik Schwager and Dirk Adorf will take care of the #12 car. The second car has almost the same line-up like the first car last year. The only change made is the German Dirk Müller. Together with Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal, Faisal Binladen, Jörg Müller and Claudia Hürtgen they form the second team.


Red Bull athlete and Saudi Falcon's Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal  from KSA had a photo-shoot last Tuesday with Red Bull at the Dubai Autodrome. Portraits of ATF were taken in Red Bull casual clothes in different areas at the Autodrome. The Photo-shoot started with some frames taken in the pit-lane, then he moved to the start finish line. The shooting was concluded in mid-track at around sunset with a background displaying the city of Dubai.

The two Saudi Arabian based drivers Abdulaziz Turki AlFaisal and Faisal Binladen are the first two drivers on both cars. They will do double stints. The last few years have been especially successful for Prince Abdulaziz Turki Al Faisal. In 2009, he participated in the 24-hour race for the Toyo Tires Cup in Dubai. His team finished in 2nd place and earned himself 1st place in the A5 category. In this same year, he participated for the first time in the European GT3 Porsche Super Cup Series. Between 2009 and 2010 he participated in the Middle East Porsche Cup Championship and finished in 1st place, winning him the champion title. Since then, Prince Abdulaziz has joined the Red Bull family.

In 2011, he proved that he could additionally succeed outside the Middle East after having won the first race at FIA GT3 in Portugal. From 2010 to 2011, he took part in the Middle East Porsche Cup Championship and finished in 2nd place, only two points behind the winner. He also tested to qualify for Le Mans 24 Hours endurance, ranking in 2nd place. In 2012, he won the Porsche GT3 Championship for the second time and participated in the Dunlop 24-hour race in Dubai to finish 4th. And he later took part in the FIA GT3 World Championship once again.

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