Abdulaziz bin Turki al Faisal
| Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud | |||||
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4 June 1983 Riyadh |
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud | ||||
| Mother | Princess Nouf bint Fahd bin Khalid Al Saud | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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| Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud (born 4 June 1983) is a Saudi athlete and a businessman as well as a member of the House of Saud.
Prince Abdulaziz was born on 4 June 1983 in Riyadh. He is the second son of Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, the brother of Faisal bin Turki Al-Faisal and a grandson of Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
He claims he learnt to drive at nine years old. His father allowed him behind the wheel of a grey Nissan Patrol, which he drove around in the sand.
Abdulaziz bin Turki graduated from King Faisal School, Riyadh, in 2000. Then, he studied politics at King Saud University from 2001 to 2003. Next, he continued to study politics at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, from 2003 to 2006. He studied marketing at College of Business Administration (CBA), Jeddah beginning in 2006 and graduated in 2010. He also graduated from the Formula BMW school in Bahrain in 2005.
Abdulaziz bin Turki's early motosport career includes the following races:
In 2010, Abdulaziz bin Turki participated and won several places in the following races: Radical Masters AUH round: 2nd Place; Porsche GT3 CCME Champion 9 wins and 12 podium finishes. The races he participated in 2011 are as follows: 24h Dubai Race with Saudi Falcons, 5th place; Lotus T125 F1 testing in Abudhabi; Porsche GT3 CCME 2nd overall with Most fastest Laps and Most Pole positions; 24h LeMans Official Testing with Porsche Factory Support Team; Hungaroring BMW Z4 GT3 testing; FIA GT3 Championship – 1st place in Algarve Portugal with Team Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport.
Abdulaziz bin Turki won the championship title in the first GT3 European championship round organized in the Algarve international circuit in Portugal in May 2011. He came first with his co-pilot Edward Sandström on a BMW Z4 on the Need for Speed Schubert team. With this success, Abdulaziz Turki became the first Saudi to participate and win a GT3 European championship race.
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