2024 Gulf 12 Hours

Race details
Date 15 December 2024
Official name Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course Permanent circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance Race
12 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Drivers Dustin Blattner
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer 		Herberth Motorsport
Avg Time 1:52.896
Race
Fastest lap
Driver Davide Rigon Kessel Racing
Time 1:51.659
Podium
First Gilles Magnus
Dennis Marschall
Bihuang Zhou 		Saintéloc Racing
Second Todd Coleman
Frederik Schandorff
Aaron Telitz 		Optimum Motorsport
Third Sergei Borisov
Sven Müller
Sergey Stolyarov 		Proton Huber Competition

The 2024 Gulf 12 Hours (officially titled 2024 Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours[1]) was the 14th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 13–15 December 2024. For the first time since the 12th edition of the race, it was not part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Therefore, the race reverted to a split format, with a break after 8 Hours, as opposed to earlier editions that had the break after 6 Hours.[2] Also returning this year is the 992 Cup class reserved for Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars.[3]

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class
GT3
HAAS RT[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2 John Corbett[4] Am
Xavier Knauf[4]
Grégory Servais[4]
Casper Stevenson[4]
2 Seas - Grove Racing[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 Jules Gounon[5] P
Brenton Grove[5]
Stephen Grove[5]
Racing One[6] Ferrari 296 GT3 6 Giacomo Altoè[7] PA
Ernst Kirchmayr[7]
Roberto Merhi[7]
Mark Rosser[7]
Herberth Motorsport[6] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 7 Dustin Blattner[7] Am
Ralf Bohn[7]
Alfred Renauer[7]
Garage 59[6] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 8 Louis Prette[8] PA
Philippe Prette[8]
Adam Smalley[8]
Alexander West[8]
59 James Jakes[7] PA
Miguel Ramos[7]
Mark Sansom[7]
Kessel Racing[9] Ferrari 296 GT3 11 Murat Cuhadaroglu[9] PA
David Fumanelli[9]
Davide Rigon[9]
Giorgio Roda[9]
74 Andrew Gilbert[9] P
Fran Rueda[9]
Tanart Sathienthirakul[9]
Proton Huber Competition[10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 16 Sergei Borisov[10][a] P
Sven Müller[10]
Sergey Stolyarov[10][a]
Saintéloc Racing[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 25 Gilles Magnus[7] P
Dennis Marschall[7]
Bihuang Zhou[7]
26 Michael Blanchemain[7] PA
Paul Evrard[7]
Jim Pla[7]
Benjamin Ricci[7]
ARC Bratislava[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 44 Adam Konôpka[11] Am
Miro Konôpka[11]
Neale Muston[11]
Ameerth Naran[11]
AF Corse[12] Ferrari 296 GT3 51 Alessandro Cozzi[12] PA
Eliseo Donno[12]
Marco Pulcini[12]
Giorgio Sernagiotto[12]
Rinaldi Racing[13] Ferrari 296 GT3 55 Christian Hook[13] PA
Felipe Fernández Laser[13]
David Perel[13]
Rinat Salikhov[13][a]
MP Racing[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 58 Corinna Gostner[7] Am
David Gostner[7]
Manuela Gostner[7]
Thomas Gostner[7]
Optimum Motorsport[14] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 69 Todd Coleman[14] P
Frederik Schandorff[14]
Aaron Telitz[14]
Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing[15] Ferrari 296 GT3 77 Ramez Azzam[15] PA
Axcil Jefferies[15]
Xolile Letlaka[15]
Khaled Al Marzouq[15]
Dragon Racing[15] 88 Matt Bell[15] P
Wayne Boyd[15]
John Shauermann[15]
Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 96 Mikhail Loboda[7][a] PA
Denis Remenyako[7][a]
Vasily Vladykin[7]
Lionspeed GP[16] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 99 Patrick Kolb[16] PA
Bashar Mardini[16]
Gabriel Rindone[16]
Kyle Tilley[16]
992
Enrico Fulgenzi Racing[6] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 17 Enrico Fulgenzi[7]
Alessandro Giannone[7]
Andrea Girondi[7]
Toro Verde GT[6] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 42 Steve Laidlaw[7]
Steven Liquorish[7]
Graeme Mundy[7]
Micah Stanley[7]
QMMF by HRT Performance[6] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 91 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani[7]
Julian Hanses[7]
Abdulla Al-Khelaifi[7]
Ghanim Al-Maadheed[7]
HRT Performance[6] 92 Ahmad Al Emadi[7]
Liang Jiatong[7]
Axel Sartingen[7]
Jassim Al Thani[7]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Fastest times for each car are denoted in bold.
Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Car Avg. Time Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
1 Am 7 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:52.896 1:52.229 1:52.854 1:53.607
2 PA 11 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.027 1:51.163 1:51.271 1:53.525 1:56.152
3 P 16 Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:53.220 1:54.527 1:52.950 1:52.185
4 P 4 2 Seas - Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.230 1:51.281 1:55.111 1:53.300
5 P 74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.395 1:51.822 1:52.839 1:55.524
6 PA 51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.448 1:54.142 1:53.627 1:53.418 1:52.608
7 P 25 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:53.663 1:51.587 1:51.960 1:57.444
8 P 69 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:53.823 1:56.750 1:52.541 1:52.180
9 PA 55 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.842 1:52.103 1:52.761 1:54.548 1:55.956
10 PA 8 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:53.906 1:52.147 1:52.260 1:55.338 1:55.879
11 P 88 Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:54.041 1:51.629 1:52.630 1:57.866
12 PA 59 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:54.042 1:52.580 1:53.550 1:55.380 1:54.658
13 PA 6 Racing One Ferrari 296 GT3 1:54.195 1:55.434 1:52.956
14 PA 96 Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:54.311 1:54.034 1:53.586 1:55.315
15 PA 26 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:54.392 1:55.218 1:53.821 1:54.137
16 PA 99 Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:54.486 1:52.782 1:53.580 1:55.155 1:56.427
17 Am 2 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:54.767 1:52.950 1:52.900 1:56.002 1:57.219
18 PA 77 Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:54.929 1:51.685 1:52.855 1:55.770 1:59.409
19 992 91 QMMF by HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 1:57.840 1:57.450 1:58.265 1:59.963 1:55.684
20 Am 44 ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 1:57.972 1:56.464 1:56.056 1:58.216 2:01.152
21 992 17 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 1:58.294 1:56.053 1:58.544 2:00.285
22 Am 58 MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:59.032 1:55.580 1:57.818 1:59.655 2:03.076
23 992 42 Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 1:59.253 1:56.428 1:59.673 1:59.940 2:00.971
24 992 92 HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 2:00.870 1:58.510 2:01.720 2:00.712 2:02.538
Source:[17][18][19][20][21]

Race

Optimum Motorsport #69 crossed the line first however was given 2 drive-through penalties, which were converted to a 30 second post-race penalties each, due to being over the pit lane limit on exit on the last two stops (66.1 kph (41 mph) and 71.9 kph (44.7 mph) respectively, the limit was 60kph (37 mph)). This meant that the Saintéloc Racing #25 of Zhou Bihuang, Gilles Magnus and Dennis Marschall were promoted to the victory. [22]

Results after 8 hours

Class leaders denoted in bold.

Pos. Class # Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap/Retired
1 P 25 Saintéloc Racing Gilles Magnus
Dennis Marschall
Bihuang Zhou 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 232 8:00:08.052
2 P 69 Optimum Motorsport Todd Coleman
Frederik Schandorff
Aaron Telitz 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 232 +01:27.050
3 P 16 Proton Huber Competition Sergei Borisov
Sven Müller
Sergey Stolyarov 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 231 +1 Lap
4 Am 7 Herberth Motorsport Dustin Blattner
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 231 +1 Lap
5 PA 59 Garage 59 James Jakes
Miguel Ramos
Mark Sansom 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 230 +2 Laps
6 PA 51 AF Corse Alessandro Cozzi
Eliseo Donno
Marco Pulcini
Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ferrari 296 GT3 230 +2 Laps
7 PA 8 Garage 59 Louis Prette
Philippe Prette
Adam Smalley
Alexander West 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 230 +2 Laps
8 PA 26 Saintéloc Racing Michael Blanchemain
Paul Evrard
Jim Pla
Benjamin Ricci 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 230 +2 Laps
9 PA 55 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook
Felipe Fernández Laser
David Perel
Rinat Salikhov 		Ferrari 296 GT3 230 +2 Laps
10 PA 11 Kessel Racing Murat Cuhadaroglu
David Fumanelli
Davide Rigon
Giorgio Roda 		Ferrari 296 GT3 229 +3 Laps
11 Am 2 HAAS RT John Corbett
Xavier Knauf
Grégory Servais
Casper Stevenson 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 228 +4 Laps
12 P 88 Dragon Racing Matt Bell
Wayne Boyd
John Shauermann 		Ferrari 296 GT3 228 +4 Laps
13 PA 96 Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport Mikhail Loboda
Denis Remenyako
Vasily Vladykin 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 227 +5 Laps
14 PA 99 Lionspeed GP Patrick Kolb
Bashar Mardini
Gabriel Rindone
Kyle Tilley 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 227 +5 Laps
15 PA 6 Racing One Giacomo Altoè
Ernst Kirchmayr
Roberto Merhi
Mark Rosser 		Ferrari 296 GT3 225 +7 Laps
16 P 74 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert
Fran Rueda
Tanart Sathienthirakul 		Ferrari 296 GT3 224 +8 Laps
17 992 91 QMMF by HRT Performance Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Julian Hanses
Abdulla Al-Khelaifi
Ghanim Al-Maadheed 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 222 +10 Laps
18 Am 58 MP Racing Corinna Gostner
David Gostner
Manuela Gostner
Thomas Gostner 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 219 +13 Laps
19 992 92 HRT Performance Ahmad Al Emadi
Liang Jiatong
Axel Sartingen
Jassim Al Thani 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 216 +16 Laps
20 992 17 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Enrico Fulgenzi
Alessandro Giannone
Andrea Girondi 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 215 +17 Laps
21 P 4 2 Seas - Grove Racing Jules Gounon
Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 211 +21 Laps
22 992 42 Toro Verde GT Steve Laidlaw
Steven Liquorish
Graeme Mundy
Micah Stanley 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 186 +46 Laps
23 PA 77 Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing Ramez Azzam
Axcil Jefferies
Xolile Letlaka
Khaled Al Marzouq 		Ferrari 296 GT3 180 Retired
24 Am 44 ARC Bratislava Adam Konôpka
Miro Konôpka
Neale Muston
Ameerth Naran 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 120 Retired
Source:[23]

Final results

Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos. Class # Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap/Retired
1 P 25 Saintéloc Racing Gilles Magnus
Dennis Marschall
Bihuang Zhou 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 353 12:01:01.083
2 P 69 Optimum Motorsport Todd Coleman
Frederik Schandorff
Aaron Telitz 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 353 +55.873
3 P 16 Proton Huber Competition Sergei Borisov
Sven Müller
Sergey Stolyarov 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 352 +1 Lap
4 PA 8 Garage 59 Louis Prette
Philippe Prette
Adam Smalley
Alexander West 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 351 +2 Laps
5 PA 26 Saintéloc Racing Michael Blanchemain
Paul Evrard
Jim Pla
Benjamin Ricci 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 350 +3 Laps
6 PA 11 Kessel Racing Murat Cuhadaroglu
David Fumanelli
Davide Rigon
Giorgio Roda 		Ferrari 296 GT3 350 +3 Laps
7 PA 51 AF Corse Alessandro Cozzi
Eliseo Donno
Marco Pulcini
Giorgio Sernagiotto 		Ferrari 296 GT3 350 +3 Laps
8 Am 7 Herberth Motorsport Dustin Blattner
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 349 +4 Laps
9 PA 55 Rinaldi Racing Christian Hook
Felipe Fernández Laser
David Perel
Rinat Salikhov 		Ferrari 296 GT3 349 +4 Laps
10 P 88 Dragon Racing Matt Bell
Wayne Boyd
John Shauermann 		Ferrari 296 GT3 348 +5 Laps
11 Am 2 HAAS RT John Corbett
Xavier Knauf
Grégory Servais
Casper Stevenson 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 347 +6 Laps
12 PA 96 Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport Mikhail Loboda
Denis Remenyako
Vasily Vladykin 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 345 +8 Laps
13 PA 99 Lionspeed GP Patrick Kolb
Bashar Mardini
Gabriel Rindone
Kyle Tilley 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 345 +8 Laps
14 P 74 Kessel Racing Andrew Gilbert
Fran Rueda
Tanart Sathienthirakul 		Ferrari 296 GT3 342 +11 Laps
15 992 91 QMMF by HRT Performance Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Julian Hanses
Abdulla Al-Khelaifi
Ghanim Al-Maadheed 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 337 +16 Laps
16 PA 6 Racing One Giacomo Altoè
Ernst Kirchmayr
Roberto Merhi
Mark Rosser 		Ferrari 296 GT3 337 +16 Laps
17 P 4 2 Seas - Grove Racing Jules Gounon
Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 331 +22 Laps
18 Am 58 MP Racing Corinna Gostner
David Gostner
Manuela Gostner
Thomas Gostner 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 329 +24 Laps
19 992 92 HRT Performance Ahmad Al Emadi
Liang Jiatong
Axel Sartingen
Jassim Al Thani 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 327 +26 Laps
20 992 42 Toro Verde GT Steve Laidlaw
Steven Liquorish
Graeme Mundy
Micah Stanley 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 293 +60 Laps
21 992 17 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Enrico Fulgenzi
Alessandro Giannone
Andrea Girondi 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 255 Retired
22 PA 59 Garage 59 James Jakes
Miguel Ramos
Mark Sansom 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 253 Retired
23 PA 77 Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing Ramez Azzam
Axcil Jefferies
Xolile Letlaka
Khaled Al Marzouq 		Ferrari 296 GT3 180 Retired
24 Am 44 ARC Bratislava Adam Konôpka
Miro Konôpka
Neale Muston
Ameerth Naran 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 120 Retired
Source:[24]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Borisov, Salikhov, Stolyarov, Loboda and Remenyako are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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