2023 12 Hours of Kuwait

The 2023 12 Hours of Kuwait (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Kuwait) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 9 December 2023, as the first of three rounds of the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy. This was the second running of the event.

Background

The event was announced on 11 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy calendar.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: AST) Event Duration
Friday, 8 December 10:00 - 11:30 Free Practice 90 Minutes
15:00 - 15:55 Qualifying 3x15 Minutes
17:00 - 18:30 Night Practice 90 Minutes
Saturday, 9 December 10:00 - 22:00 Race 12 Hours
Source:[2]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 7 December 2023, and featured 14 cars: 3 GT3 cars, 4 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 3 GTX cars, 2 GT4 cars, and 2 TCX cars.[3]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (3 entries)
22 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 PA Jack Barlow Carl Cavers Lewis Plato
85 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman
95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Cosimo Papi
GTX (3 entries)
701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez
714 Razoon – More than Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Arthur Chwist Daniel Drexel Haytham Qarajouli Dominik Olbert
795 Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 Cup Mike Simpson Freddie Tomlinson Lawrence Tomlinson
992 (4 entries)
909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz
936 KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Michele di Martino Karsten Krämer "Selv" Moritz Kranz Tobias Müller
937 KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Michele di Martino Karsten Krämer "Selv"
971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Saif Alameri Christopher Zöchling Enrico Fulgenzi
GT4 (2 entries)
429 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Ravi Ramyead Charlie Robertson David Holloway Nathan Freke
438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Fabian Duffieux Andrey Solukovtsev[N 1] Vasily Vladykin
TCR/TCX (2 entries)
138 Simpson Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Ricky Coomber James Kaye Jack Lemmer Henry Neal Vasily Vladykin
278 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Colin White Christian Broberg Neale Muston
Source:[4]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P GT3-Pro
PA GT3-Pro Am
Am GT3-Am
992 entries
Icon Class
P 992-Pro
Am 992-Am

Practice

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub 1:43.729
GTX 714 Razoon – More than Racing Haytham Qarajouli 1:47.380
992 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Christopher Zöchling 1:47.509
GT4 429 Century Motorsport Charlie Robertson 1:53.171
TCE 138 Simpson Motorsport Henry Neal 1:54.938
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Night Practice

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 22 Century Motorsport Lewis Plato 1:43.449
GTX 795 Toro Verde GT Mike Simpson 1:48.082
992 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Christopher Zöchling 1:47.016
GT4 429 Century Motorsport Charlie Robertson 1:53.132
TCE 278 CWS Engineering Colin White 1:56.736
Source:[7][8]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
1 GT3 Am 85 CP Racing 1:45.251 1:43.968 1:44.013 1:44.410
2 GT3 Pro/Am 22 Century Motorsport 1:45.182 1:44.522 1:45.196 1:44.966
3 GT3 Pro 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors 1:47.595 1:43.836 1:44.043 1:45.158
4 GTX 701 Vortex V8 1:49.623 1:46.844 1:45.465 1:47.310
5 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl 1:48.520 1:48.275 1:47.306 1:48.033
6 GTX 795 Toro Verde GT 1:50.188 1:48.237 1:46.954 1:48.459
7 992 Pro 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing 1:50.383 1:47.816 1:47.233 1:48.477
8 GTX 714 Razoon – More than Racing 1:50.058 1:48.192 1:47.461 1:48.570
9 992 Pro 936 KKrämer Racing 1:49.860 1:48.095 1:48.768 1:48.907
10 992 Am 937 KKrämer Racing 1:52.601 1:49.268 1:51.732 1:51.200
11 GT4 429 Century Motorsport 1:53.796 1:53.774 1:52.923 1:53.497
12 GT4 438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport 1:54.342 1:54.907 1:55.324 1:54.857
13 TCX 278 CWS Racing 1:56.064 1:55.978 1:55.013 1:55.685
14 TCR 138 Simpson Motorsport 1:59.698 – 1:57.930 1:58.814
Source:[9]

Race

Race results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Time/Reason Laps
Engine
1 GT3 Am 85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 12:01:07.588 363
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
2 GT3 Pro 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Fabrizio Broggi
Sabino de Castro
Sergiu Nicolae
Cosimo Papi 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.537 363
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
3 GT3 Pro/Am 22 Century Motorsport Jack Barlow
Carl Cavers
Lewis Plato 		BMW M4 GT3 +55.508 363
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8
4 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
Rik Breukers
Fabian Danz 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +10 Laps 353
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5 992 Pro 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Saif Alameri
Christopher Zöchling
Enrico Fulgenzi 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +13 Laps 350
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6 992 Pro 936 KKrämer Racing Michele di Martino
Karsten Krämer
"Selv"
Moritz Kranz
Tobias Müller 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +22 Laps 341
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7 GTX 795 Toro Verde GT Mike Simpson
Freddie Tomlinson
Lawrence Tomlinson 		Ginetta G56 Cup +28 Laps 335
GM LS3 6.2 L V8
8 GT4 438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport Fabian Duffieux
Andrey Solukovtsev
Vasily Vladykin 		BMW M4 GT4 Gen II +32 Laps 331
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
9 GT4 429 Century Motorsport Ravi Ramyead
Charlie Robertson
David Holloway
Nathan Freke 		BMW M4 GT4 Gen II +41 Laps 322
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
10 GTX 714 Razoon – More than Racing Arthur Chwist
Daniel Drexel
Haytham Qarajouli
Dominik Olbert 		KTM X-Bow GT2 +43 Laps 320
Audi 2.5 L I5
11 TCR 138 Simpson Motorsport Ricky Coomber
James Kaye
Jack Lemmer
Henry Neal
Vasily Vladykin 		Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +43 Laps 320
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
12 TCX 278 CWS Engineering Colin White
Christian Broberg
Neale Muston 		Ginetta G55 Supercup +50 Laps 313
Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
13 GTX 701 Vortex V8 Lionel Amrouche
Philippe Bonnel
Arnaud Gomez
Olivier Gomez 		Vortex 2.0 +106 Laps 257
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
14 992 Am 937 KKrämer Racing Karsten Krämer
Michele di Martino
"Selv" 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +177 Laps 186
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Solukovtsev, a Russian, competes under a Kyrgyz license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (October 11, 2023). "Middle East Trophy Returns For 2023/2024". Dailysportscar. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023". 24H Series. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Spotters' Guide for 2023 Hankook 12H KUWAIT available for download!". 24H Series. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST HANKOOK 12H KUWAIT". 24H Series. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Result Free Practice" (PDF). getraceresults. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Night Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Night Practice Result" (PDF). getraceresults. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Final Result Combined Qualification" (PDF). getraceresults. December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "2nd Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2023 Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults. December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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