McLaren has revealed a new 720S GT3 EVO car which will be eligible to compete in the 2023 Gulf 12 Hours race, when the Middle East’s premier endurance race returns at Yas Marina Circuit on 10 December. The 720S GT3 EVO represents an upgrade...
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ENTRY LIST GULF 12 HOURS
| CAT | TEAM | CAR | DRIVER |
| GT3 Pro | Audi Sport Team Sainteloc | Audi R8 LMS evo II GT3 | Christopher Haase – Patric Niederhauser -Erwan Bastard |
| GT3 Pro | Sainteloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS evo II GT3 | Simon Gachet – Lucas Legeret – Gilles Magnus |
| GT3 Pro | Audi Sport Team Tresor | Audi R8 LMS evo II GT3 | Mattia Drudi – Ricardo Feller – Kelvin Van der Linde |
| GT3 Pro | Tresor Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS evo II GT3 | Alex Arkin Aka – Finlay Hutchison – Pietro Delli Guanti |
| GT3 Pro | AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Antonio Fuoco – James Calado – Alessandro Pier Guidi |
| GT3 Pro | AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Davide Rigon – Alessio Rovera – Nicklas Nielsen |
| GT3 Pro | AF Corse – MDK Motorsports | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Kevin Magnussen – Jan Magnussen – Mark Kvamme |
| GT3 Pro | Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Luca Stolz – Al Faisal Al Zubair – Fabian Schiller |
| GT3 Pro | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Raffaelle Marciello – Daniel Juncadella – Jules Gounon |
| GT3 Pro | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Maro Engel – Maximilian Goetz – Lucas Auer |
| GT3 ProAm | Century Motorsport | BMW M4 GT3 | Daniel Harper – Eduardo Coseteng – Darren Leung |
| GT3 ProAm | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | David C. Fumanelli – Axcil Jefferies – Giorgio Roda – Murat Cuhadaroglu |
| GT3 ProAm | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 | Marvin Kirchhoefer – Roald Goethe – Alexander West |
| GT3 ProAm | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 | Edward M. T. Cheever – Chris Froggatt – Jonathan Hui – Kevin Tse |
| GT3 ProAm | Inception Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | Ben Barnicoat – Ollie Millroy – Brendan Iribe |
| GT3 ProAm | 2 Seas Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Martin Kodric – Isa Al Khalifa – Hunter Abbott |
| GT3 ProAm | 2 Seas Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Lewis Williamson – Aaron Walker – James Cottingham |
| GT3 ProAm | SPS automotive performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Dominik Baumann – Martin Berry – Valentin Pierburg |
| GT3 ProAm | SunEnergy1 by SPS | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Philip Ellis – Kenny Habul – Martin Konrad |
| GT3 ProAm | Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-R (991.II) | Klaus Bachler – Alfred Renauer – Daniel Allemann |
| GT3 ProAm | Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-R (991.II) | Robert Renauer – Patrick Kolb – Ralf Bohn |
| GT3 ProAm | Saalocin Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-R (991.II) | Stephane Kox – Peter Kox – Nico Pronk – Tom Boonen |
| GT3 Am | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Giorgio Sernagiotto – Alessandro Cozzi – Tani Hanna – Gabriele Lancieri |
| GT3 Am | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Jamie Stanley – Alex Fox – Laurent De Meeus – Stefano Costantini |
| GT3 Am | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Louis Prette – Philippe Prette – Jean Claude Saada – Conrad Grunewald |
| GT3 Am | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Niccolò Schirò – Nicolò Rosi – Marco Pulcini – Emanuele M. Tabacchi |
| GT3 Am | Team Baron Motorsport Middle East | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Daniele di Amato – Ernst Kirchmayr – Axel Sartingen – Matus Vyboh |
| GT3 Am | MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Thomas Gostner – Manuela Gostner – Corinna Gostner – David Gostner |
| GT3 Am | RAM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mikael Grenier – Ian Loggie – Morgan Tillbrook |
| GT3 Am | EBM Giga Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-R (991.II) | Brenton Grove – Adrian Henry D’Silva – Stephen Grove – Carlos Rivas |
| GT Cup | Centri Porsche Ticino | Porsche 992 | Alex Fontana – Ashish Patel – Ivan Jacoma |
| GT Cup | Duel Racing by Toro Verde | Porsche 992 | Ramzi Moutran – Sami Moutran – Nabil Moutran |
| GT Cup | Duel Racing by Toro Verde | Porsche 992 | David Fairbrother – Nigel Armstrong – Steven Liquorish – James Townsend |
| GT Cup | Racevent | Porsche 992 | Marco Cassarà – Davide Scannicchio – Johannes Zelger – Pablo Biolghini |
SCHEDULE DECEMBER 2022
Friday 9 December
| 12.30 – 13.15 | Open Practice Test 1 (45m) |
| 14.15 – 15.00 | Open Practice Test 2 (45m) |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Open Practice Test 3 (90m) |
| 18.30 – 20.30 | Open Practice Test 4 (120m) |
Saturday 10 December
| 10.30 – 12.30 | Free Practice 1 (120m) |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Free Practice 2 (60m) |
| 17.00 – 17.15 | Qualifying Driver 1 (15m) |
| 17.25 – 17.40 | Qualifying Driver 2 (15m) |
| 17.50 – 18.05 | Qualifying Driver 3 (15m) |
| 18.15 – 18.30 | Qualifying Driver 4 (15m) |
Sunday 11 December
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Starting Grid |
| 10:00 – 22:00 | Race (12 hours) |
| 22:15 | Podium Presentation |
RESULTS DECEMBER 2022
ABOUT GULF 12 HOURS
Launched at the beginning of 2012, the Gulf 12 Hours established itself as a benchmark for GT motorsport events in the Gulf region.
The first nine editions took place at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates between 2010 and 2019. Bahrain International Circuit hosted a special edition of the Gulf 12 Hours in January 2021. The Gulf 12 Hours returned at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, for its 10th edition on 8 January 2022.
The 11th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours will take place at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, on Sunday 11 December 2022.
The event is promoted by Driving Force Events Limited (Ireland). The commercial right holder is Motorsport Projects FZE (United Arab Emirates).
The Philosophy
Featuring the best GT teams and cars from across the globe, the Gulf 12 Hours gained the appreciation of the endurance racing community.
The main car category is the FIA GT3, featuring a large number of prestigious motorsport brands, including: Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes and Porsche.
The Race Format
The Gulf 12 Hours is an annual endurance race event for GT cars that takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates it has been held since January 2012. The next race is scheduled for 11 December 2022.
The format switches the race focus from reliability to strategy and pace: drivers can chase the win pushing their cars to the outright limit, the best premise for an exciting race. In pure endurance fashion, the event embraces both day and night racing with floodlights complementing the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit setting.
