2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Hankook 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the third running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 21 January 2023. This race was the third and final round of the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy.

Schedule


Date	Time (local: GST)	Event	Duration
21 January	9:00 - 11:30	Free Practice	90 Minutes
	13:00 - 13:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
	16:00 - 22:00	Race	6 Hours
Source:^[1]

Entry list

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class
GT3 (6 entries)
Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	1	Michael Doppelmayr	PA
				Pierre Kaffer
				Elia Erhart
				Sven Herberger
JR Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	12	Ted van Vliet	P
JR Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	12	Max Weering	P
HAAS RT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	21	Stéphane Perrin	P
				Mathieu Detry
				Maxime Soulet
ARC Bratislava	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	44	Miro Konôpka	Am
ARC Bratislava	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	44	Andrzej Lewandowski	Am
Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	91	Felix Neuhofer	P
				Markus Neuhofer
				Alfred Renauer
				Robert Renauer
Pure Rxcing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	911	Harry King	P
				Alex Malykhin^[a]
				Joel Sturm
GTX (5 entries)
Vortex V8	Vortex 1.0 GTX	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	701	Lionel Amrouche
				Julien Boillot
				Philippe Bonnel
Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	710	Gregg Gorski
				Josh Hansen
				Jürgen Krebs
razoon-more than racing	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	Audi 2.5 L I5	714	Daniel Drexel
				Dominik Olbert
				Haytham Qarajouli
				Laura Kraihamer
P21 Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	721	Chris Hillaby
				José Monroy
				Rui Miritta
Tischner Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	763	Uwe Kleen
				Matthias Tischner
				Michael Tischner
992 (8 entries)
Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	909	Ivo Breukers	P
				Luc Breukers
				Rik Breukers
				Fabian Danz
NKPP by HRT Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	928	Miika Panu	Am
NKPP by HRT Performance			928	Jim Rautiainen	Am
QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar			929	Julian Hanses	Am
				Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi
				Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
				Ghanim Al Maadheed
HRT Performance			930	Antti Buri	P
			930	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	P
			931	Fidel Leib	P
			931	Mikaeel Pitamber	P
Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	955	Fabrizio Broggi	P
				Sabino de Castro
				Sergiu Nicolae
RABDAN Motorsports	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	977	Saif Al Ameri	P
				Salem Al Ketbi
				Helal Ali Mazrouei
				Saeed Al Mehairi
Speed Lover	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	979	Olivier Dons	Am
				Jean-Michel Gerome
				Eric Mouez
GT4 (3 entries)
RAM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	405	Phil Keen
				Phil Quaife
				James Thorpe
Buggyra ZM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	416	Aliyyah Koloc
				Adam Lacko
				David Vršecký
Simpson Motorsport	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	438	David Holloway
				Vasily Vladykin
				Carl Cavers
TCR (4 entries)
Wolf-Power Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	121	Jasmin Preisig
				Ivars Vallers
				Nicolas Baert
				Ricky Coomber
Sharky-Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	176	Artur Goroyan
Sharky-Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	176	Roman Mavlanov^[b]
AC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	188	Marcos Costantini
				Jonas Karklys
				Niels Ulrich Nyboe
	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	199	Mato Matosevic
				Victor Moutinho
				Paul Sieljes
Source:^[2]

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	911	Pure Rxcing	Harry King	1:54.3 02
GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	Haytham Qarajouli	1:58.738
992	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Julian Hanses	1:56.808
GT4	405	RAM Racing	Phil Quaife	2:05.572
TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	Roman Mavlanov	2:07.939
Source:^[3]^[4]

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Avg
1	GT3 Pro	911	Pure Rxcing	1:55.650	1:54.891	1:55.133	1:55.224
2	GT3 Pro	21	HAAS RT	1:58.683	1:54.492	1:55.246	1:56.140
3	GT3 Pro	12	JR Motorsport	2:00.672	1:55.594	1:56.082	1:57.449
4	GT3 Pro/Am	1	Phoenix Racing	2:03.028	1:55.007	1:56.328	1:58.121
5	992 Pro	930	HRT Performance	2:00.664	1:57.889	1:57.797	1:58.783
6	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	1:58.891	1:59.247	1:58.274	1:58.804
7	GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	1:58.173	1:59.152	1:59.437	1:58.920
8	992 Am	928	NKPP by HRT Performance	1:58.295	2:00.0 89	1:58.977	1:59.120
9	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	2:00.115	1:59.217	1:58.180	1:59.170
10	992 Am	929	QMMF Racing by HRT Thuraya Qatar	1:58.991	1:57.625	2:01.663	1:59.426
11	992 Pro	931	HRT Performance	2:00.856	1:58.792	1:59.655	1:59.767
12	GTX	701	Vortex V8	2:00.909	2:04.117	2:03.434	2:02.820
13	GTX	763	Tischner Motorsport	2:00.328	2:07.492	2:03.252	2:03.690
14	992 Am	979	Speed Lover	2:02.969	2:03.683	2:04.590	2:03.747
15	GTX	721	P21 Motorsport	2:05.379	2:05.790	2:01.786	2:04.318
16	GT4	405	RAM Racing	2:05.594	2:04.618	2:04.948	2:05.053
17	GT4	438	Simpson Motorsport	2:06.471	2:05.664	2:06.706	2:06.280
18	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	2:06.522	2:06.713	2:06.013	2:06.416
19	TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	2:12.339	2:08.348	2:08.592	2:09.759
20	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	2:22.676	2:09.322	2:59.834	2:30.610
21	GT3 Pro	91	Herberth Motorsport	—	1:54.541	1:56.050	1:55.295
22	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	1:58.170	1:57.231	—	1:57.700
23	TCR	121	Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing	2:10.157	2:09.066	—	2:09.611
24	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	—	2:07.051	—	2:07.051
DNC	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Pro	977	RABDAN Motorsports	No time	No time	No time	No time
Source:^[5]

Race

Race Results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Reason
1	GT3 Pro	911	Pure Rxcing	Harry King Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R	165	6:00:34.723
1	GT3 Pro	911	Pure Rxcing	Harry King Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	165	6:00:34.723
2	GT3 Pro	91	Herberth Motorsport	Felix Neuhofer Markus Neuhofer Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	165	+7.226
2	GT3 Pro	91	Herberth Motorsport		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	165	+7.226
3	GT3 Pro	21	HAAS RT	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry Maxime Soulet	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	165	+10.032
3	GT3 Pro	21	HAAS RT	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry Maxime Soulet	Audi 5.2 L V10	165	+10.032
4	GT3 Pro/Am	1	Phoenix Racing	Michael Doppelmayr Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Sven Herberger	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	165	+21.860
4	GT3 Pro/Am	1	Phoenix Racing	Michael Doppelmayr Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Sven Herberger	Audi 5.2 L V10	165	+21.860
5	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	163	+2 Laps
5	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	163	+2 Laps
6	992 Am	928	NKPP by HRT Performance	Miika Panu Jim Rautiainen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	163	+2 Laps
6	992 Am	928	NKPP by HRT Performance	Miika Panu Jim Rautiainen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	163	+2 Laps
7	992 Pro	931	HRT Performance	Fidel Leib Mikaeel Pitamber	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
7	992 Pro	931	HRT Performance	Fidel Leib Mikaeel Pitamber	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	162	+3 Laps
8	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
8	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	162	+3 Laps
9	992 Pro	930	HRT Performance	Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
9	992 Pro	930	HRT Performance	Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	162	+3 Laps
10	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	161	+4 Laps
10	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	161	+4 Laps
11	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	159	+6 Laps
11	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing		Audi 2.5 L I5	159	+6 Laps
12	GTX	763	Tischner Motorsport	Uwe Kleen Matthias Tischner Michael Tischner	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	159	+6 Laps
12	GTX	763	Tischner Motorsport	Uwe Kleen Matthias Tischner Michael Tischner	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	159	+6 Laps
13	GTX	721	P21 Motorsport	Chris Hillaby José Monroy Rui Miritta	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	153	+12 Laps
13	GTX	721	P21 Motorsport	Chris Hillaby José Monroy Rui Miritta	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	153	+12 Laps
14	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vršecký	Mercedes-AMG GT4	153	+12 Laps
14	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vršecký	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	153	+12 Laps
15	GT4	405	RAM Racing	Phil Keen Phil Quaife James Thorpe	Mercedes-AMG GT4	152	+13 Laps
15	GT4	405	RAM Racing	Phil Keen Phil Quaife James Thorpe	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	152	+13 Laps
16	GT3 Pro	12	JR Motorsport	Ted van Vliet Max Weering	BMW M6 GT3	160	+5 Laps
16	GT3 Pro	12	JR Motorsport	Ted van Vliet Max Weering	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	160	+5 Laps
17	TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	Artur Goroyan Roman Mavlanov	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	150	+15 Laps
17	TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	Artur Goroyan Roman Mavlanov	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	150	+15 Laps
18	TCR	121	Wolf-Power Racing	Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers Nicolas Baert Ricky Coomber	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	150	+15 Laps
18	TCR	121	Wolf-Power Racing	Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers Nicolas Baert Ricky Coomber	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	150	+15 Laps
19	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Julian Hanses Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Ghanim Al Maadheed	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	146	+19 Laps
19	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	146	+19 Laps
20 DNF	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Julien Boillot Philippe Bonnel	Vortex 1.0 GTX	138	Stopped
20 DNF	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Julien Boillot Philippe Bonnel	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	138	Stopped
21	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Marcos Costantini Jonas Karklys Niels Ulrich Nyboe	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	116	+49 Laps
21	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Marcos Costantini Jonas Karklys Niels Ulrich Nyboe	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	116	+49 Laps
22 DNF	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	Mato Matosevic Victor Moutinho Paul Sieljes	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	88	Gearbox
22 DNF	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	Mato Matosevic Victor Moutinho Paul Sieljes	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	88	Gearbox
DNC	GT4	438	Simpson Motorsport	David Holloway Vasily Vladykin Carl Cavers	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	47	Alternator belt
DNC	GT4	438	Simpson Motorsport	David Holloway Vasily Vladykin Carl Cavers	BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	47	Alternator belt
DNC	992 Am	979	Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Jean-Michel Gerome Eric Mouez	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	30	Did not finish
DNC	992 Am	979	Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Jean-Michel Gerome Eric Mouez	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	30	Did not finish
DNS	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Josh Hansen Jürgen Krebs	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	0	Did not start
DNS	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Josh Hansen Jürgen Krebs	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	0	Did not start
DNS	992 Pro	977	RABDAN Motorsports	Saif Al Ameri Salem Al Ketbi Helal Ali Mazrouei Saeed Al Mehairi	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	0	Did not start
DNS	992 Pro	977	RABDAN Motorsports		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	0	Did not start
Source:^[6]

Notes

^ Alex Malykhin is a Belarusian driver competing with a British license due to the FIA ban on the use of the Belarusian flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
^ Roman Mavlanov is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

External Links

Official website

References

^ "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023". 24hseries.com. January 18, 2023. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 6H ABU DHABI". 24hseries.com. January 20, 2023. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
^ "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Free Practice Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
^ "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
^ "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Combined Qualification Revision 1 - Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[2] Alex Malykhin is a Belarusian driver competing with a British license due to the FIA ban on the use of the Belarusian flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[FIAflagRUS-3] Roman Mavlanov is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1] "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023". 24hseries.com. January 18, 2023. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[4] "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 6H ABU DHABI". 24hseries.com. January 20, 2023. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[5] "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Free Practice Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[6] "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.

[7] "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Combined Qualification Revision 1 - Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[8] "Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2023 Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 21, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

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