2021 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2021 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Hankook 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the 1st running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 23 January 2021. The race was a non-championship round, as part of the 24H Series.[1]

The race was won by Antares Au, Chris Froggatt and John Loggie in the #88 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo.[2]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event Duration
Friday, 22 January 16:45 - 17:45 Free Practice 60 minutes
Saturday, 23 January 8:30 - 9:00 Qualifying 30 Minutes
12:00 - 18:00 Race 6 Hours
Source:[3]

Teams and Drivers

The entry list consisted of 14 cars; 4 were entered in GT, 1 was entered in 991, and 9 were entered in TG.

No. Team Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
GT (4 entries)
72 Inception Racing by Optimum McLaren 720S GT3 Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy
88 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo Antares Au Chris Froggatt John Loggie
99 Attempto Racng Audi R8 LMS Evo Alex Aka Finlay Hutchison Markus Winkelhock
710 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Gerhard Watzinger Gregg Gorski Fidel Leib
991 (1 entry)
924 PROFILDOORS by Huber Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Gabriele Rindone Matthias Hoffsümmer Manuel Lauck
TG (9 entries)
101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Cupra TCR DSG Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Max Hanratty
133 Zengő Motorsport Cupra TCR DSG Csaba Tóth Zoltán Zengő
138 Simpson Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS DSG Sacha Kakad Ricky Coomber Jonathan Mullan
208 PK Carsport BMW M2 CS Racing Bert Longin Peter Guelinckx Stienes Longin
215 Sally Racing Cupra DSG Morten Eriksen Bjarne Haa Jesper Sally
218 Sally Racing Cupra DSG Peter Obel Mikkel Obel Martin Sally Pedersen
278 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Colin White Jean-Francois Brunot
280 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Michael Tischner Simon Orange Colin White
438 ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 Samantha Tan Jon Miller
Source:[4]

Results

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Car Time
1 GT 72 Inception Racing by Optimum McLaren 720S GT3 2:09.008
2 GT 99 Attempto Racng Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:09.145
3 GT 88 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:09.939
4 GT 710 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2:11.039
5 991 924 PROFILDOORS by Huber Racing Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 2:13.770
6 TG 438 ST Racing BMW M4 GT4 2:23.473
7 TG 278 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup 2:23.514
8 TG 280 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup 2:23.797
9 TG 101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Cupra TCR DSG 2:24.309
10 TG 208 PK Carsport BMW M2 CS Racing 2:24.462
11 TG 138 Simpson Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS DSG 2:26.583
12 TG 133 Zengő Motorsport Cupra TCR DSG 2:28.640
13 TG 218 Sally Racing Cupra DSG 2:30.119
14 TG 215 Sally Racing Cupra DSG 2:32.809
Source:[5]

Race

Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Time/Reason Laps
Engine
1 GT 88 Car Collection Motorsport Antares Au
Chris Froggatt
John Loggie
Audi R8 LMS Evo 6:00:22.936 140
Audi 5.2 L V10
2 GT 710 Leipert Motorsport Gerhard Watzinger
Gregg Gorski
Fidel Leib
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo +3 Laps 137
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
3 991 924 PROFILDOORS by Huber Racing Gabriele Rindone
Matthias Hoffsümmer
Manuel Lauck
Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup +3 Laps 137
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
4 TG 438 ST Racing Samantha Tan
Jon Miller
BMW M4 GT4 +10 Laps 130
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
5 TG 218 Sally Racing Peter Obel
Mikkel Obel
Martin Sally Pedersen
Cupra DSG +14 Laps 126
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
6 TG 208 PK Carsport Bert Longin
Peter Guelinckx
Stienes Longin
BMW M2 CS Racing +15 Laps 125
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
7 TG 278 CWS Engineering Colin White
Jean-Francois Brunot
Ginetta G55 Supercup +17 Laps 123
Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
8 TG 215 Sally Racing Morten Eriksen
Bjarne Haa
Jesper Sally
Cupra DSG +17 Laps 123
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
9 TG 101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Rik Breukers
Max Hanratty
Cupra TCR DSG +24 Laps 116
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
10 TG 280 CWS Engineering Michael Tischner
Simon Orange
Colin White
Ginetta G55 Supercup +25 Laps 115
Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
11 TG 133 Zengő Motorsport Csaba Tóth
Zoltán Zengő
Cupra TCR DSG +27 Laps 113
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
12 GT 72 Inception Racing by Optimum Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 +56 Laps 84
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
13 TG 138 Simpson Motorsport Sacha Kakad
Ricky Coomber
Jonathan Mullan
Cupra TCR DSG +58 Laps 82
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
14 GT 99 Attempto Racng Alex Aka
Finlay Hutchison
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Evo +74 Laps 66
Audi 5.2 L V10
Source:[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "PREVIEW. 2021 Hankook 6H ABU DHABI". 24H Series. January 19, 2021. Archived from the original on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Goodwin, Graham (January 23, 2021). "Car Collection Audi Wins Non-Championship 6H Abu Dhabi". www.dailysportscar.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2021". 24H Series. January 16, 2021. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 6H ABU DHABI 2021" (PDF). 24H Series. February 1, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Hankook 6H Abu Dhabi Final results Qualifying" (PDF). getraceresults. January 23, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Result of Hankook 6H Abu Dhabi - Race Final results Race" (PDF). 24H Series. January 23, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Car Collection Motorsport wins the first-ever Hankook 6H ABU DHABI". 24H Series. January 23, 2021. Archived from the original on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.