In a thank-you note to Shell Abu Dhabi - and other potential partners - for the initiatives with the Emirates Foundation, General Shaikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, presented Nejib Zaafrani, Chairman and Managing Director of Shell Abu Dhabi, with an award in September at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

Shell is the Gold Premier Sponsor of Basil Shaaban, and has made this the first-ever sponsored comprehensive strategy to develop an Arab race driver towards Formula 1.