2024 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2024 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Hankook 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the 4th running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 21 January 2024. The race was the second round of the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy after the 2024 Dubai 24 Hour was delayed due to shipping issues in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event Duration
Saturday, 20 January 9:00 - 10:00 Free Practice 90 Minutes
17:10 - 17:50 Qualifying 3x15 Minutes
Sunday, 21 January 10:00 - 16:00 Race 6 Hours
Source:[2]

Entry List

The entry list consisted of 43 cars; 15 were entered in GT3, 7 in GTX, 11 in 992, 5 in GT4, and 5 in TCE.[3]

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
GT3 (15 entries)
EBMGrove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 10 Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove
Jordan Love
P
Race Lab McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 13 Euan Hankey
James Kell
Lucky Khera
Thomas Surgent
PA
HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Mathieu Detry
Thomas Kiefer
Torsten Kratz
Stanislav Minsky
Am
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 92 Edoardo Bacci
Masoud Jaberian
Alessandro Tonoli
PA
Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 22 Jack Barlow
Carl Cavers
Lewis Plato
PA
ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 44 Petr Fulín
Miro Konôpka
Zdeno Mikulasko
Am
S'Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 48 Peter Kox
Stéphane Kox
Nico Pronk
PA
Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 50 Marc Bartels
Finn Gehrsitz
Tim Zimmerman
P
Goroyan RT by Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 80 Artur Goroyan
Roman Mavlanov
Markus Winkelhock
P
CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 85 Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Charles Putman
Shane Lewis
Am
Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 86 Philipp Baron
Axcil Jefferies
Ernst Kirchmayr
Am
Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 91 Antares Au
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
PA
Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 95 Fabrizio Broggi
Sabino de Castro
Sergiu Nicolae
Cosimo Papi
PA
Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 96 Dustin Blattner
Loek Hartog
Dennis Marschall
PA
Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 99 Alex Aka
Jef Machiels
Florian Scholze
P
GTX (7 entries)
Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche
Philippe Bonnel
Arnaud Gomez
Olivier Gomez
Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 Gregg Gorski
Brendon Leitch
Gerhard Watzinger
Razoon – More Than Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 714 Arthur Chwist
Daniel Drexel
Denis Liebl
P21 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 715 Rúben Costa
José Monroy
Rui Miritta
"BigGeorge"
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 721 Rúben Costa
Alexandre Fonseca
José Monroy
Kika Queiroz
Scott Sport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 750 Keith Frieser
Mikkel Mac
Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 Cup GM LS3 6.2 L V8 795 Mike Simpson
Freddie Tomlinson
Lawrence Tomlinson
992 (11 entries)
SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 908 Sebastien Lajoux
Benjamin Paque
Stéphane Perrin
Am
Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
Fabian Danz
P
PRP Motorsports with HRT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 918 Steven Liquorish
Graeme Mundy
Gilles Vannelet
Am
Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 921 Peter Terting
Vladislav Lomko
Bryan Sircely
P
QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 931 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi
Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed
Julian Hanses
Am
KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 936 "Selv"
Michele di Martino
Karsten Krämer
Fidel Leib
Alexej Veremenko
Am
937 Karsten Krämer
Cameron McLeod
Mark "Speakerwas"
Etienne Ploenes
P
MDM Ireckonu Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 965 Tom Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
P
RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 971 Saif Alameri
Salem Alketbi
Christopher Zöchling
Am
Neuhofer Rennsport by MRS GT-Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 988 Felix Neuhofer
Markus Neuhofer
Alexey Denisov
Am
NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 992 Gjis Bessem
Harry Hilders
Am
GT4 (5 entries)
GPM Racing by Dragon Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 408 Ramez Azzam
Denis Bulatov
Keith Gatehouse
Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 423 Samuel Harrison
Kavi Jundu
Michael O'Brien
Benjamin Tusting
Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 429 Ravi Ramyead
Charlie Robertson
AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 438 Tim Docker
Fabian Duffieux
Ivan Krapivtsev
Continental Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 496 Ahmed Al Khaja
Andrey Solukovtsev
Vasily Vladykin
TCR (2 entries)
Simpson Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 138 Jason Garrett
Ricky Coomber
Andrei Muraveika
Ivan Stanchin
AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 188 Ivars Vallers
James Kaye
TCX (3 entries)
Race Track Competition Lamera GT Volvo 2.5 L I5 223 Gilles Bruckner
Daniel Lamouli
Tommy Rollinger
CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 277 Dale Albutt
Owen Hizzey
Colin White
278 Mark Griffith
Colin White
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

Results

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
1 GT3 Am 21 HAAS RT 1:54.309 1:54.065 1:54.008 1:54.127
2 GT3 Pro/Am 96 Car Collection Motorsport 1:55.124 1:53.742 1:53.734 1:54.200
3 GT3 Am 86 Baron Motorsport 1:53.844 1:56.380 1:53.467 1:54.563
4 GT3 Am 91 Herberth Motorsport 1:55.050 1:55.024 1:53.960 1:54.678
5 GT3 Pro/Am 10 EBMGrove Racing 1:57.141 1:53.925 1:53.233 1:54.766
6 GT3 Pro/Am 22 Century Motorsport 1:54.736 1:54.934 1:55.444 1:55.038
7 GT3 Pro/Am 13 Race Lab 1:56.687 1:53.951 1:54.556 1:55.064
8 GT3 Pro 50 Huber Motorsport 1:55.087 1:54.625 1:56.085 1:55.265
9 GT3 Pro 99 Attempto Racing 1:55.829 1:55.889 1:54.781 1:55.499
10 GT3 Pro/Am 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors 1:56.392 1:54.761 1:55.383 1:55.512
11 GT3 Am 85 CP Racing 1:56.851 1:56.230 1:55.451 1:56.177
12 GT3 Pro 80 Goroyan RT by Car Collection Motorsport 1:59.289 1:55.568 1:54.547 1:56.468
13 GT3 Am 44 ARC Bratislava 1:57.920 1:56.832 1:55.065 1:56.605
14 GTX 701 Vortex V8 1:55.912 1:58.199 1:56.801 1:56.970
15 GT3 Am 48 S'Aalocin by Kox Racing 1:59.500 1:56.964 1:55.141 1:57.201
16 GT3 Pro/Am 92 HAAS RT 1:57.725 1:55.502 1:59.458 1:57.561
17 GTX 750 Scott Sport 2:01.297 1:56.153 1:55.824 1:57.758
18 GTX 710 Leipert Motorsport 1:58.965 2:00.273 1:55.840 1:58.359
19 GTX 714 Razoon – More Than Racing 1:59.680 1:57.927 1:58.164 1:58.590
20 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl 1:59.297 1:59.034 1:58.160 1:58.830
21 GTX 795 Toro Verde GT 2:00.427 1:58.067 1:58.561 1:59.018
22 992 Am 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing 2:00.177 1:59.994 1:57.726 1:59.299
23 992 Am 931 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar 1:59.827 2:00.230 1:58.872 1:59.643
24 992 Pro 965 MDM Ireckonu 2:01.157 1:58.789 1:59.312 1:59.752
25 992 Am 936 KKrämer Racing 1:59.606 1:58.575 2:01.259 1:59.813
26 992 Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 1:59.602 2:02.401 1:59.301 2:00.434
27 992 Pro 937 KKrämer Racing 2:02.710 1:58.245 2:02.567 2:01.174
28 992 Am 918 PRP Motorsports with HRT 2:01.443 2:01.966 2:00.926 2:01.445
29 992 Pro 921 Mühlner Motorsport 2:04.298 1:59.731 2:00.363 2:01.464
30 992 Am 988 Neuhofer Rennsport by MRS GT-Racing 2:02.887 2:03.779 1:59.167 2:01.944
31 992 Am 992 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten 2:01.107 2:02.094 2:03.367 2:02.189
32 GT4 429 Century Motorsport 2:04.129 2:03.081 2:04.100 2:03.770
33 GT4 408 GPM Racing by Dragon 2:06.294 2:03.940 2:04.280 2:04.838
34 GT4 423 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 2:05.086 2:05.575 2:04.563 2:05.074
35 GT4 496 Continental Racing 2:04.452 2:04.127 2:07.133 2:05.237
36 GT4 438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport 2:09.098 2:05.523 2:05.273 2:06.631
37 GTX 715 P21 Motorsport 2:13.862 2:05.428 2:03.036 2:07.442
38 TCX 278 CWS Engineering 2:06.370 2:09.008 2:07.741 2:07.706
39 TCX 277 CWS Engineering 2:09.931 2:08.349 2:06.211 2:08.163
40 TCR 188 AC Motorsport 2:08.237 2:08.995 2:08.871 2:08.701
41 TCR 138 Simpson Motorsport 2:10.807 2:11.866 2:10.172 2:10.948
42 TCX 223 Race Track Competition 2:07.583 2:15.926 2:10.415 2:11.308
43 GTX 721 P21 Motorsport 2:28.800 2:03.084 2:08.905 2:13.596
Source:[5]

Race

Class winners are denoted in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Time/Reason Laps
Engine
1 GT3 Pro/Am 96 Car Collection Motorsport Dustin Blattner
Loek Hartog
Dennis Marschall
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 6:00:29.851 140
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
2 GT3 Am 86 Baron Motorsport Philipp Baron
Axcil Jefferies
Ernst Kirchmayr
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 +57.439 140
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
3 GT3 Pro/Am 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Fabrizio Broggi
Sabino de Castro
Sergiu Nicolae
Cosimo Papi
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +1:18.595 140
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
4 GT3 Pro 99 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Jef Machiels
Florian Scholze
Audi R8 LMS Evo II +1:20.052 140
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
5 GT3 Am 91 Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +1:36.125 140
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
6 GT3 Am 85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Charles Putman
Shane Lewis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +1:46.068 140
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
7 GT3 Pro 80 Goroyan RT by Car Collection Motorsport Artur Goroyan
Roman Mavlanov
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Evo II +1 Lap 139
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
8 GT3 Am 21 HAAS RT Mathieu Detry
Thomas Kiefer
Torsten Kratz
Stanislav Minsky
Audi R8 LMS Evo II +1 Lap 139
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
9 GT3 Pro 50 Huber Motorsport Marc Bartels
Finn Gehrsitz
Tim Zimmerman
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +1 Lap 139
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
10 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
Fabian Danz
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +3 Laps 137
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 GT3 Pro/Am 13 Race Lab Euan Hankey
James Kell
Lucky Khera
Thomas Surgent
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo +3 Laps 137
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
12 992 Am 931 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi
Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed
Julian Hanses
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +4 Laps 136
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 992 Am 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Saif Alameri
Salem Alketbi
Christopher Zöchling
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +4 Laps 136
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14 992 Am 936 KKrämer Racing "Selv"
Michele di Martino
Fidel Leib
Alexej Veremenko
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +4 Laps 136
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 992 Am 992 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Gjis Bessem
Harry Hilders
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +5 Laps 135
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 992 Pro 965 MDM Ireckonu Tom Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +5 Laps 135
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GT3 Am 44 ARC Bratislava Petr Fulín
Miro Konôpka
Zdeno Mikulasko
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo +6 Laps 134
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
18 GT3 Am 48 S'Aalocin by Kox Racing Peter Kox
Stéphane Kox
Nico Pronk
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) +6 Laps 134
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTX 701 Vortex V8 Lionel Amrouche
Philippe Bonnel
Arnaud Gomez
Olivier Gomez
Vortex 2.0 +6 Laps 134
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
20 GTX 750 Scott Sport Keith Frieser
Mikkel Mac
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo +6 Laps 134
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 992 Am 988 Neuhofer Rennsport by MRS GT-Racing Felix Neuhofer
Markus Neuhofer
Alexey Denisov
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +7 Laps 133
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 992 Am 937 KKrämer Racing Karsten Krämer
Cameron McLeod
Mark "Speakerwas"
Etienne Ploenes
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +7 Laps 133
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 992 Pro 921 Mühlner Motorsport Peter Terting
Vladislav Lomko
Bryan Sircely
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +8 Laps 132
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 992 Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Sebastien Lajoux
Benjamin Paque
Stéphane Perrin
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +8 Laps 132
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 GT4 429 Century Motorsport Ravi Ramyead
Charlie Robertson
BMW M4 GT4 Gen II +10 Laps 130
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
26 GT4 438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport Tim Docker
Fabian Duffieux
Ivan Krapivtsev
BMW M4 GT4 Gen II +10 Laps 130
BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
27 GT4 423 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Samuel Harrison
Kavi Jundu
Michael O'Brien
Benjamin Tusting
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo +11 Laps 129
BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
28 GT4 496 Continental Racing Ahmed Al Khaja
Andrey Solukovtsev
Vasily Vladykin
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo +12 Laps 128
BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
29 TCR 188 AC Motorsport Ivars Vallers
James Kaye
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) +12 Laps 128
Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
30 TCX 277 CWS Engineering Dale Albutt
Owen Hizzey
Colin White
Ginetta G55 Supercup +13 Laps 127
Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
31 GTX 715 P21 Motorsport Rúben Costa
José Monroy
Rui Miritta
"BigGeorge"
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II +14 Laps 126
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
32 992 Am 918 PRP Motorsports with HRT Steven Liquorish
Graeme Mundy
Gilles Vannelet
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup +16 Laps 124
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 TCR 138 Simpson Motorsport Jason Garrett
Ricky Coomber
Andrei Muraveika
Ivan Stanchin
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) +18 Laps 122
Volkswagen 2.0 L I4
34 GT3 Pro 10 EBMGrove Racing Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove
Jordan Love
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +22 Laps 118
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
35 GTX 714 Razoon - More Than Racing Arthur Chwist
Daniel Drexel
Denis Liebl
KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept +26 Laps 114
Audi 2.5 L I5
36 TCX 278 CWS Engineering Mark Griffith
Colin White
Ginetta G55 Supercup +28 Laps 112
Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
37
DNF
GT3 Pro/Am 22 Century Motorsport Jack Barlow
Carl Cavers
Lewis Plato
BMW M4 GT3 Clutch 99
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8
38
DNF
GTX 710 Leipert Motorsport Gregg Gorski
Brendon Leitch
Gerhard Watzinger
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Did not finish 78
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
39
DNF
GTX 721 P21 Motorsport Rúben Costa
Alexandre Fonseca
José Monroy
Kika Queiroz
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Did not finish 73
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
40
DNF
TCX 223 Race Track Competition Gilles Bruckner
Daniel Lamouli
Tommy Rollinger
Lamera GT Retired 58
Volvo 2.5 L I5
41
DNF
GT4 408 GPM Racing by Dragon Ramez Azzam
Denis Bulatov
Keith Gatehouse
Mercedes-AMG GT4 Retired 55
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
42
DNF
GTX 795 Toro Verde GT Mike Simpson
Freddie Tomlinson
Lawrence Tomlinson
Ginetta G56 Cup Retired 32
GM LS3 6.2 L V8
43
DNF
GT3 Pro/Am 92 HAAS RT Edoardo Bacci
Masoud Jaberian
Alessandro Tonoli
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Engine 21
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
Source:[6][7]

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