Middle East Trophy
| Category | Grand tourer Touring cars Endurance racing |
|---|---|
| Country | Middle East |
| Inaugural season | 2022–23 |
| Tyre suppliers | Hankook (2022–2024) Michelin (2025) |
| Current season | |
The Middle East Trophy is a sports car racing and touring car racing series developed by Creventic and with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), based in the Middle East. The races in the series are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars, 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars, TCR Touring Cars, TCX cars and TC cars. The calendar consists of rounds ranging from 6-hour to 24-hour races.
Creventic
The Dutch agency Creventic is the organiser and promoter of the series. Their goals are to organise races with "low costs, a convivial atmosphere with teams and drivers from all over the world and fair competition on the track." In co-operation with the Dutch National Racing Team (DNRT) – one of the biggest motorsport organisations of the Benelux – they organised the inaugural Dubai 24 Hour in 2006.[1] Creventic is also the organiser of the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series.
History
On 23 September 2022, Creventic announced the formation of the Middle East Trophy, a championship separate from the European leg of the 24H Series, with the first race taking place on 30 November.[2][3] On 23 September 2023, it was announced that the series would return for the 2023–24 season.[4][5]
Circuits
- Dubai Autodrome (2023–present)
- Kuwait Motor Town (2022–2023)
- Yas Marina Circuit (2023–present)
- Sepang International Circuit (2025)
Champions
Drivers
| Year | GT3 Pro | GT3 Pro/Am | GT3 Am | 992 Pro | 992 Am | GTX | GT4 | TCE | TCR | TCX | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Alfred Renauer | Pierre Kaffer Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart |
Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Charles Putman Shane Lewis |
Fabrizio Broggi Sergiu Nicolae Sabino de Castro |
Abdulla Ali Al Khelaifi | Daniel Drexel | David Holloway | — | Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers |
Daniel Gregor Patrick Grütter Christoph Krombach Benito Tagle |
Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl |
| 2023–24 | Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Cosimo Papi |
Jack Barlow Carl Cavers Lewis Plato |
Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Charles Putman Shane Lewis |
Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz |
Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Julian Hanses |
Mike Simpson Freddie Tomlinson Lawrence Tomlinson |
Andrey Solukovtsev Vasily Vladykin |
James Kaye | James Kaye | Colin White Owen Hizzey |
— |
| 2025 | Loek Hartog | Sergey Stolyarov | Michael Kroll Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz Timo Rumpfkeil |
Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Julian Hanses |
Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Julian Hanses |
Jake Camilleri Darren Currie Grant Donaldson |
Tudor Tudurachi | — | — | — | — |
Teams
| Year | GT3 Pro | GT3 Pro/Am | GT3 Am | 992 Pro | 992 Am | GTX | GT4 | TCE | TCR | TCX | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | No. 91 Herberth Motorsport | No. 1 Phoenix Racing | No. 85 CP Racing | No. 955 Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors | No. 928 HRT Performance | No. 714 razoon – more than racing | No. 429 Century Motorsport | — | No. 121 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | — | — |
| 2023–24 | No. 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors | No. 22 Century Motorsport | No. 85 CP Racing | No. 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl | No. 931 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | No. 795 Toro Verde GT | No. 429 Century Motorsport | No. 138 Simpson Motorsport | No. 138 Simpson Motorsport | No. 278 CWS Engineering | — |
| 2025 | No. 16 Winward Racing | No. 16 Winward Racing | No. 11 Hofor Racing | No. 974 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | No. 974 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | No. 111 111 Racing | No. 438 Simpson Motorsport | No. 102 AsBest Racing | No. 102 AsBest Racing | — | — |
References
- ^ "Creventic, promoter 24H Series". Creventic. p. 6. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ "New Championship! Middle East Trophy Debut With Hankook 12H Kuwait". 24hseries.com. Creventic. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Creventic Introduce New 2022/2023 Middle East Trophy". Dailysportscar. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Creventic's Three Round Middle East Trophy Returns for 2023/2024". 24hseries.com. Creventic. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Middle East Trophy Returns For 2023/2024". Dailysportscar. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.