The 2023 Hankook Dubai 24 Hour was the 18th running of the Dubai 24 Hour, an endurance race that took place at the Dubai Autodrome on 14 and 15 January 2023. It was also the first round of the 2023 24H GT Series and TCE Series.
Schedule Date Time (local: GST) Event Distance Friday 13 January 9:20–11:20 Free practice 120 mins 14:00–14:35 Qualifying sessions – classes TC, TCX, TCR & GT4 2 × 15 mins 14:45–15:20 Qualifying sessions – classes GT3, GTX, 992 2 × 15 mins 18:00–19:00 Night practice – All cars 60 mins 19:10–19:45 Night-qualifying sessions – Classes TC, TCX, TCR & GT4 2 × 15 mins 19:55–20:30 Night-qualifying sessions – Classes GT3, GTX, 992 2 × 15 mins Saturday, 14 January 15:00 Race 24 hours Sunday, 15 January 15:00 Source:
Entry list 53 cars are entered into the event: 47 GT cars and 6 TCEs.
Team Car Engine Drivers Class GT3 (21 entries) Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 1 Michael Doppelmayr PA Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Christer Jöns Visiom Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 2 Jean-Bernard Bouvet PA Romain Iannetta Jean-Paul Pagny Christophe Tinseau Abu Dhabi Racing by HRT Bilstein Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Khaled Al Qubaisi P Sébastien Baud Jules Gounon Hubert Haupt Al Manar Racing by HRT 777 Al Faisal Al Zubair P Axcil Jefferies Martin Konrad Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz MS7 by BMW M Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 7 Mohammed Bin Saud Al Saud P Diego Menchaca Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Dries Vanthoor Jens Klingmann KFC VR46 by BMW M Team WRT 46 Sean Gelael P Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi Tim Whale Max Hesse Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 10 Earl Bamber P Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Anton de Pasquale Poulsen Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 14 Gustav Birch PA Kasper H. Jensen Kristian Poulsen Roland Poulsen MP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 19 Bert de Heus PA Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong Jaap van Lagen HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 21 Olivier Bertels P Mathieu Detry Benjamin Mazatis Maxime Soulet Frédéric Vervisch Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 26 Simon Gachet P Christian Kelders Erwan Bastard Antoine Doquin Gregoire Demoustier Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 Roman De Angelis PA Ian James Gray Newell Ross Gunn Team GP-Elite Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 Lucas Groeneveld P Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk Max van Splunteren P1 Groupe by MRS GT Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 43 Jukka Honkavuori PA Leon Köhler Alex Sedgwick Alex Vogel S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 48 Peter Kox P Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk Dennis Retera Tom Boonen 7TSIX McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 76 James Cottingham Am Andrew Gilbert-Scott Fran Rueda Matúš Výboh CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 85 Charles Espenlaub Am Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman Phil Quaife Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Daniel Allemann PA Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer 92 Adam Adelson PA Jason Hart Seth Lucas Elliot Skeer Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Audi 5.2 L V10 99 Alex Aka P Finlay Hutchison Andrey Mukovoz Dylan Pereira Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 Harry King P Alex Malykhin Sven Müller Joel Sturm GTX (3 entries) Vortex V8 Vortex 1.0 GTX Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Philippe Gruau Tom Pieri 702 Philippe Fertoret Miguel Moiola Nicolas Nobs Lucas Sugliano razoon-more than racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 714 Bob Bau Daniel Drexel Ernst Kirchmayr Leo Pichler Kris Rosenberger 992 (18 entries) SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 907 Alexandre de Bernardinis Am Gislain Genecand Xavier Michel Gabriel Pemeant 908 Jean-Christophe David Am Mathys Jaubert Sebastien Lajoux Lionel Rigaud Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers P Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz Huber Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 925 Stefan Aust Am Steffen Görig Klaus Rader Hans Wehrmann NKPP by HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 928 Mark van der Aa Am Gijs Bessem Bob Herber Harry Hilders QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar 929 Ghanim Ali Al-Maadheed Am Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani 930 Abdullah Al Abbasi Am Abdulaziz Al Jabri Ibrahim Al-Mannai HRT Performance 931 Holger Harmsen Am Fidel Leib Mikaeel Pitamber 932 Stéphane Adler Am Michael Blanchemain Jérôme Da Costa Franck Leherpeur MRS GT-Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 988 Sigitas Ambrazevicius Am Arunas Geciauskas Antti Rammo 989 Alexandr Artemyev P Rodrigue Gillion Andrey Solukovtsev Rafael Vallina Nico Verdonck 990 Andreas Gülden Am Marc Hennerici Alex Herbst Peter Pejacsevich Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 955 Fabrizio Broggi P Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Fach Auto Tech Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 961 Alexander Fach P Peter Hegglin Jan Klingelnberg Christof Langer Christopher Zöchling 962 Huub van Eijndhoven P Matthias Hoffsümmer Gabriele Rindone Alexander Schwarzer Larry ten Voorde 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 Simon Balcaen Am Chris Maes Steven Palette Philippe Wils DUEL RACING BY TORO VERDE Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 995 Phil Keen P Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran Sami Moutran GT4 (5 entries) ROFGO with Dragon Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 408 Benjamin Goethe Oliver Goethe Roald Goethe Jordan Grogor Stuart Hall Dragon Racing 488 Bradley Ellis Charles Hollings Leonidas Loucas Rhea Loucas Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 429 Carl Cavers Michael Johnston Lewis Plato Chris Salkeld Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 438 James Kell David Holloway James Kaye Keith Kassulke RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century BMW M4 GT4 BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 450 Jeroen Bleekemolen Danny van Dongen Nathan Freke Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom TCR (5 entries) 700 Miles Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 106 Thierry Chkondali Marc Girard Jordan Mougenot Michel Sallenbach Fabian Duffieux Wolf-Power Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 117 Marcus Menden Marlon Menden Peter Posavac Robert Huff 121 Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers Calle Bergman Andreas Höfler AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 188 Stephane Perrin Yannick Mettler Miklas Born Sam Dejonghe Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 199 Andy Yan Tommy Ku David Lau Shaun Thong TCX (1 entry) Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 227 Benito Tagle Christoph Krombach Daniel Gregor Patrik Grütter Source: 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.
GT Fastest in class in bold. Class Team 1 GT3-Pro 777 Al Manar Racing by HRT 1:59.791 2 GT3-Pro 4 Abu Dhabi Racing by HRT Bilstein 2:00.150 3 GT3-Pro 911 Pure Rxcing 2:00.209 4 GT3-Pro 7 MS7 by WRT 2:00.319 5 GT3-Pro 10 Grove Racing 2:00.328 6 GT3-Pro 99 Tresor by Attempto Racing 2:00.419 7 GT3-Pro Am 27 Heart of Racing Team by SPS 2:00.524 8 GT3-Pro 46 KFC VR46 with Team WRT 2:00.840 9 GT3-Pro 32 Team GP-Elite 2:00.981 10 GT3-Pro Am 2 Visiom 2:01.024 11 GT3-Pro Am 92 Herberth Motorsport 2:01.036 12 GT3-Pro 26 Saintéloc Junior Team 2:01.148 13 GT3-Pro Am 91 Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport 2:01.239 14 GT3-Am 76 7TSIX 2:01.242 15 GT3-Pro Am 1 Phoenix Racing 2:01.545 16 GT3-Pro Am 19 MP Motorsport 2:01.751 17 GT3-Pro Am 14 Poulsen Motorsport 2:02.006 18 GT3-Am 85 CP Racing 2:02.049 19 GT3-Pro Am 43 P1 Groupe by MRS GT Racing 2:03.031 20 GT3-Pro 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing 2:03.219 21 992-Pro 955 Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors 2:04.141 22 992-Pro 961 Fach Auto Tech 2:04.384 23 992-Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl 2:04.512 24 992-Pro 962 Fach Auto Tech 2:04.528 25 992-Am 979 Speed Lover 2:05.384 26 992-Pro 995 Duel Racing by Toro Verde 2:05.763 27 992-Am 928 NKPP by HRT Performance 2:05.974 28 992-Am 929 QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar 2:06.254 29 GTX 714 razoon-more than racing 2:06.715 30 992-Am 907 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 2:06.865 31 992-Am 925 Huber Racing 2:06.946 32 992-Am 988 MRS GT-Racing 2:07.636 33 992-Pro 977 RABDAN Motorsports 2:08.488 34 992-Am 990 MRS GT-Racing 2:08.646 35 GTX 701 Vortex V8 2:08.814 36 992-Am 989 MRS GT-Racing 2:09.003 37 GTX 702 Vortex V8 2:10.644 38 992-Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 2:06.037 39 992-Am 932 HRT Performance 2:09.432 40 GT3-Pro 21 HAAS RT 2:00.671 41 992-Am 931 HRT Performance 2:06.403 42 992-Am 930 QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar No time Source: Notes The following cars received a drop of start grid positions as a result of Race Director decisions: Car 7 – 2 positions Car 961 – 3 positions Car 962 – 3 positions Car 977 – 5 positions Car 988 – 5 positions
TCE Fastest in class in bold. Class Team 1 GT4 408 ROFGO with Dragon Racing 2:10.411 2 GT4 450 RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century 2:10.441 3 GT4 438 Simpson Motorsport 2:10.747 4 GT4 429 Century Motorsport 2:11.234 5 TCR 121 Wolf-Power Racing 2:11.942 6 TCX 227 Team Sorg Rennsport 2:13.895 7 TCR 106 700 Miles 2:16.505 8 TCR 117 Wolf-Power Racing 2:12.770 9 TCR 188 AC Motorsport 2:10.256 10 TCR 199 AC Motorsport 2:18.461 – GT4 488 Dragon Racing DNS Source:
Race Class winner in bold.