Red Bull Athlete Abdulaziz Al Faisal and the Saudi Falcons were able to clinch the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East championship last Friday in what was the first race of the kind on the famous Losail MotoGP circuit in Qatar. Abdulaziz Al Faisal came to race with a commanding championship lead and had one target only, the win. Al Faisal clinched the win in the first race of the night which was round 9 and went on to take second place in the second race which was round 10. Clemens Schmid from Austria was Al Faisal’s only threat through the weekend where both drivers shared race wins. Red Bull Car Park Drift 2011 champion another Saudi Falcon driver was able to finish both races in 4th place and held 3rd place in the overall championship classification while Bendar Alesayi from the KSA GT Racing team remained 2nd overall in the championship.
Saddon Al Kuwari from Qatar driving for the Gerbhard Motor Sport ME team finished the championship sixth and won the Michelin Silver Trophy, while Hannes Waimer finished the Mobil 1 trophy in first place.
Round 9 results
1. Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA) Saudi Falcons 24:42.564
2. Clemens Schmid (AUT) 24:47.567
3. Karim Al Azhari (UAE) Al Nabooda Racing 24:56.098
4.Saeed Al Mouri KSA) Saudi Falcons 24:56.780
5. Bandar Alesayi (KSA) Saudi GT Racing 24:56.985
6. Ahmad Al Harthy (OM) Oman Air Racing 25:01.443
7. Saddon Al Kuwari (QAT) Gerbhard Motor Sport ME 25:12.967
8. Musaed Al Murar (UAE) 25:13.276
9. Abdul Rahman Al Thani (QAT) 25:13.458
10. Beat Ganz (SUI) Team FMT 25:14.541
Round 10 results
1. Clemens Schmid (AUT) 24:34.293
2. Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA) Saudi Falcons 24:40.597
3. Ahmad Al Harthy (OM) Oman Air Racing 24:43.966
4. Saeed Al Mouri KSA) Saudi Falcons 24:56.022
5. Saddon Al Kuwari (QAT) Gerbhard Motor Sport ME 24:57.270
6. Musaed Al Murar (UAE) 25:03.826
7. Armin Schmid (SUI) Team TCE 25:04.271
8. Abdul Rahman Al Thani (QAT) 25:16.251
9. Beat Ganz (SUI) 25:17.762
10. Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa (BAH) 25:20.170
Championship positions after Round 10
1. Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA) Saudi Falcons 186pts (champion)
2. Bandar Alesayi (KSA) Saudi GT Racing 144pts
3. Saeed Al Mouri KSA) Saudi Falcons 128pts
4. Clemens Schmid (AUT) 126pts
5. Ahmad Al Harthy (OM) Oman Air Racing 108pts
6. Saadon Al Kuwari (QA) 88pts
7. Stephane Lemeret (BEL) Al Nabooda Racing 86pts
8. Armin Schmid CH Team TCE 67pts
9. Hannes Waimer (GER) Team TCE 50pts
10. Karim Al Azhari (UAE) Al Nabooda Racing 43pts
Michelin Silver Trophy
1. Saadon Al Kuwari (QA) 88pts
2. Armin Schmid (CH) Team TCE 67pts
3. Hans Guido Riegel (GER) Haribo Racing 39pts
4. Mark Thomas (CAN) 27pts
Mobil 1 Trophy
1. Hannes Waimer (GER) 50pts
2. Manfred Ender (AUT) Frins Structural Steel 36pts
3. Rob Frijns (NL) Frins Structural Steel 33pts
4. Fawaz Algosaibi (KSA) ClassicArabia Racing 31pts
