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'''Saeed Al Faisal''' (born 1st April 1987 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Arabian pay driver in the [[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series]]. He is one of the minor princes of the Saudi royal family and is formally called Prince Saeed bin Faisal al Suad.  
 
'''Saeed Al Faisal''' (born 1st April 1987 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Arabian pay driver in the [[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series]]. He is one of the minor princes of the Saudi royal family and is formally called Prince Saeed bin Faisal al Suad.  
  
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==Career==
 
=== Early History ===
 
=== Early History ===
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Faisal drove in various GT races in the Middle East, Europe and America with some degree of success, he did win a numnber of races but retirements meant he never finished higher then 6th in a championship. It was in Europe that he was team mate to [[Dave McFaste]]. He decided to enter a Ferrari GT car at Le Mans in 2012, he teamed up with [[Dave McFaste]] and another former team mate with American Sam Keppler the third and they managed to finish 19th overall and 2nd in their class.
 
Faisal drove in various GT races in the Middle East, Europe and America with some degree of success, he did win a numnber of races but retirements meant he never finished higher then 6th in a championship. It was in Europe that he was team mate to [[Dave McFaste]]. He decided to enter a Ferrari GT car at Le Mans in 2012, he teamed up with [[Dave McFaste]] and another former team mate with American Sam Keppler the third and they managed to finish 19th overall and 2nd in their class.
  
 
=== F1RWRS ===
 
=== F1RWRS ===
  
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Faisal helped finance the [[FAT Turbo Racing]] team and signed to be the second driver, however he struggled to finish there (he even failed to pre-qualify at Britain and Belgium), after [[Barii Mori]] bought the team he left for Sunshine Infiniti replacing [[Hagane Shizuka]] finishing fourth at Macau and fifth at China, before being replaced by [[Kay Lon]]. [[2014 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season|The following year]] Al Faisal struggled to find a drive but was signed by new team [[Mecha Grand Prix]], he tried to prequalify the car for the first 8 races, failing at each attempts. At his final race, the British round, he was accused of hindering the team from escaping prequalifying ([[James Davies (F1RWRS driver)|James Davies]] reached as high as third at the British prequalifying session) and he was sacked immediately, being replaced by [[Mitie Aviation Racing]] refugee [[Steven Mackintosh]]. After that [[ArrowTech ART|ArrowTech]] signed him for 2015, only to get fired after another string of bad results, being replaced by his former teammate at Sunshine in 2013 - who recently left the team for Shizuka's [[Revolution Engineering DMS]], [[Shinobu Katayama]], who was loaned from DMS. He moved to [[Simpson Motorsports]] afterwards, scoring team's first start.
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Faisal helped finance the [[FAT Turbo Racing]] team and signed to be the second driver, however he struggled to finish there (he even failed to pre-qualify at Britain and Belgium), after [[Barii Mori]] bought the team he left for Sunshine Infiniti replacing [[Hagane Shizuka]] finishing fourth at Macau and fifth at China, before being replaced by [[Kay Lon]]. [[2014 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season|The following year]] Al Faisal struggled to find a drive but was signed by new team [[Mecha Grand Prix]], he tried to prequalify the car for the first 8 races, failing at each attempts. At his final race, the British round, he was accused of hindering the team from escaping prequalifying ([[James Davies (F1RWRS driver)|James Davies]] reached as high as third at the British prequalifying session) and he was sacked immediately, being replaced by [[Mitie Aviation Racing]] refugee [[Steven Mackintosh]]. After that [[ArrowTech ART|ArrowTech]] signed him for 2015, only to get fired after another string of bad results, being replaced by his former teammate at Sunshine in 2013 - who recently left the team for Shizuka's [[Revolution Engineering DMS]], [[Shinobu Katayama]], who was loaned from DMS. He moved to [[Simpson Motorsports]] afterwards, managing to be the only drive to qualify the car in 2015.
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He was offered a Simpson seat for the 2016 season but he decided to retire from F1RWRS, joining the [[Dave Simpson]]s [[Gulf Racing]] team in the [[2016 GT-R World Championship season]] instead.
  
 
===Complete F1RWRS results===
 
===Complete F1RWRS results===
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS Tasman Grand Prix|TAS]]<br /><small>13</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS Mediterranean Grand Prix|MED]]<br /><small>17</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>14</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS Canadian  Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>10</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br/><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor=| [[2015 F1RWRS German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[2015 F1RWRS Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[2015 F1RWRS North Sea Grand Prix|NDS]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[2015 F1RWRS Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[2015 F1RWRS Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[2015 F1RWRS Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
 
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[[Category:Drivers]]
 
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[[Category:Saudi Drivers]]
 
[[Category:F1RWRS Drivers]]
 
[[Category:F1RWRS Drivers]]

Latest revision as of 02:48, 24 February 2014

Saeed Al Faisal
Nationality Flag of Saudi Arabia svg.png
Born April 1, 1987
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Current Team Simpson Motorsport
Car Number 37
Former Teams FAT Turbo Racing, Mecha Grand Prix
Races 33 entries (21 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 0
Points 5
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 2013 F1RWRS Tasman Grand Prix
First Victory N/A
Last Victory N/A
Last Race 2015 F1RWRS North Sea Grand Prix
Best Finish =20 - 5 points (2013)


Saeed Al Faisal (born 1st April 1987 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is a Saudi Arabian pay driver in the Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series. He is one of the minor princes of the Saudi royal family and is formally called Prince Saeed bin Faisal al Suad.

Career

Early History

Faisal drove in various GT races in the Middle East, Europe and America with some degree of success, he did win a numnber of races but retirements meant he never finished higher then 6th in a championship. It was in Europe that he was team mate to Dave McFaste. He decided to enter a Ferrari GT car at Le Mans in 2012, he teamed up with Dave McFaste and another former team mate with American Sam Keppler the third and they managed to finish 19th overall and 2nd in their class.

F1RWRS

Faisal helped finance the FAT Turbo Racing team and signed to be the second driver, however he struggled to finish there (he even failed to pre-qualify at Britain and Belgium), after Barii Mori bought the team he left for Sunshine Infiniti replacing Hagane Shizuka finishing fourth at Macau and fifth at China, before being replaced by Kay Lon. The following year Al Faisal struggled to find a drive but was signed by new team Mecha Grand Prix, he tried to prequalify the car for the first 8 races, failing at each attempts. At his final race, the British round, he was accused of hindering the team from escaping prequalifying (James Davies reached as high as third at the British prequalifying session) and he was sacked immediately, being replaced by Mitie Aviation Racing refugee Steven Mackintosh. After that ArrowTech signed him for 2015, only to get fired after another string of bad results, being replaced by his former teammate at Sunshine in 2013 - who recently left the team for Shizuka's Revolution Engineering DMS, Shinobu Katayama, who was loaned from DMS. He moved to Simpson Motorsports afterwards, managing to be the only drive to qualify the car in 2015.

He was offered a Simpson seat for the 2016 season but he decided to retire from F1RWRS, joining the Dave Simpsons Gulf Racing team in the 2016 GT-R World Championship season instead.

Complete F1RWRS results

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts
2013 FAT Turbo Racing FAT13/01 Hart 415T TAS
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		USA
Ret 		MON
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
DNPQ 		GER
Ret 		NED
Ret 		BEL
DNPQ 		POR
Ret 		=20th 5
Sunshine Infiniti Sunshine SN-1 Infiniti MED
Ret 		MAC
4 		CHN
5 		JPN BRA
2014 Mecha Grand Prix Mecha FM-14 Ford DFZ TAS
DNPQ 		AUS
DNPQ 		BRA
DNPQ 		MEX
DNPQ 		USA
DNPQ 		MON
DNPQ 		FRA
DNPQ 		GBR
DNPQ 		GER
 BEL
 ITA
 MED
 NED
 MAC
 CHN
 JPN
 =26th 0
2015 ArrowTech-Acuri Autosport ArrowTech AT-05 Renault TAS
13 		AUS
17 		MED
17 		MON
14 		MEX
Ret 		USA
Ret 		CAN
10 		GBR
16 		GER
 BEL
 =26th 0
Gulf Simpson Motorsports Simpson GSM-010 BMW AUT
DNPQ 		ITA
DNQ 		NDS
Ret 		CHN
DNQ 		JPN
DNPQ 		BRA
DNQ
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