The 2023–24 Middle East Trophy was the second season of the Middle East Trophy, presented by Creventic. The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars, 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars, TCR Touring Cars, TCX cars and TC cars.
Calendar The provisional calendar was released on 11 October 2023, featuring three rounds. On 27 December 2023, a change to the schedule was announced, the Dubai 24 Hour becoming the season finale, due to shipping issues in the Bab El Mandab Strait. Due to the rescheduling, eight entries withdrew from the event.
Round Event Circuit Location Date Map of circuit locations 1 12 Hours of Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town Ali Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait 7–9 December 2023 2 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 19–21 January 2024 3 Dubai 24 Hour Dubai Autodrome Dubai, United Arab Emirates 26–28 January 2024
Teams and drivers
Team Car Engine Drivers Class Rounds GT3 racing one Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Giacomo Altoè PA 3 Stefan Aust 3 Steffen Görig 3 Marco Pulcini 3 Thierry Vermeulen 3 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 9 Al Faisal Al Zubair P 3 Anthony Bartone 3 Martin Konrad 3 Fabian Schiller 3 Luca Stolz 3 EBM – Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 10 Brenton Grove PA 2–3 Stephen Grove 2–3 Jordan Love 2–3 Phil Keen 3 Matthew Payne 3 Race Lab McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 13 Euan Hankey PA 2 James Kell 2 Lucky Khera 2 Thomas Surgent 2 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 14 Sean Gelael Am 3 Michael Johnston 3 Darren Leung 3 Christopher Salkeld 3 22 Jack Barlow PA All Carl Cavers All Lewis Plato All Jake Rattenbury 3 MRS GT-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 Alexander Bukhanstov Am 3 John Corbett 3 George King 3 James Winslow 3 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 18 Michael Doppelmayr PA 3 Elia Erhart 3 Sven Herberger 3 Pierre Kaffer 3 26 Mattéo Merafina Am 3 Thomas Merafina 3 Wilfried Merafina 3 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Mathieu Detry Am 2–3 Thomas Kiefer 2–3 Torsten Kratz 2–3 Stanislav Minsky 2–3 Miika Panu 3 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 92 Edoardo Bacci PA 2 Masoud Jaberian 2 Alessandro Tonoli 2 Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 Pierre Kleinubing PA 3 Daniel Mancinelli 3 Gray Newell 3 Darren Turner 3 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 31 Robert Huff PA 3 Max Lynn 3 Shaun Lynn 3 Joe Wheeler 3 ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 44 Petr Fulín Am 2 Miro Konôpka 2 Zdeno Mikulasko 2 S'Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 48 Peter Kox Am 2–3 Stéphane Kox 2–3 Nico Pronk 2–3 Tom Boonen 3 Dennis Retera 3 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 50 Marc Bartels P 2 Finn Gehrsitz 2 Tim Zimmermann 2 Jason Hart Am 3 Scott Noble 3 Florian Spengler 3 Hans Wehrmann 3 Eastalent Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 54 Christopher Haase P 3 Gilles Magnus 3 Simon Reicher 3 Markus Winkelhock 3 Mike Zhou 3 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 63 Brendon Leitch PA 3 Marco Mapelli 3 Gabriele Rindone 3 Alban Varutti 3 7TSIX McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 76 Philipp Baron Am 3 Omar Jackson 3 Axcil Jefferies 3 George Nakas 3 Fraser Ross 3 Goroyan RT by Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 80 Artur Goroyan P 2 Roman Mavlanov 2 Markus Winkelhock 2 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 96 Dustin Blattner PA 2–3 Dennis Marschall 2–3 Loek Hartog 2 Sebastian Gorga 3 Fuad Sawaya 3 Mark Wallenwein 3 Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 83 Sergei Borisov PA 3 Sven Müller 3 Rinat Salikhov 3 Viktor Shaytar 3 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 85 Charles Espenlaub Am All Joe Foster All Shane Lewis All Charles Putman All Darren Law 3 Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 86 Philipp Baron Am 2 Axcil Jefferies 2 Ernst Kirchmayr 2 ROFGO with Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 88 Benjamin Goethe P 3 Oliver Goethe 3 Roald Goethe 3 Jordan Grogor 3 Stuart Hall 3 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 91 Ralf Bohn Am PA 2–3 Alfred Renauer 2–3 Antares Au 2 Daniel Allemann 3 Robert Renauer 3 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 95 Fabrizio Broggi P PA All Sabino de Castro All Sergiu Nicolae All Cosimo Papi All Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 99 Alex Aka P 2–3 Jef Machiels 2 Florian Scholze 2 Ricardo Feller 3 Andrey Mukovoz 3 Dylan Pereira 3 Sergey Titarenko 3 GTX Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche All Philippe Bonnel All Arnaud Gomez All Olivier Gomez All Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 Gregg Gorski 2 Brendon Leitch 2 Gerhard Watzinger 2 Razoon – More than Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Audi 2.5 L I5 714 Arthur Chwist All Daniel Drexel All Haytham Qarajouli 1, 3 Dominik Olbert 1 Denis Liebl 2 Mikaeel Pitamber 3 Kevin Woods 3 P21 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 715 Rúben Costa 2 José Monroy 2 Rui Miritta 2 "BigGeorge" 2 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 721 Rúben Costa 2 Alexandre Fonseca 2 José Monroy 2 Kika Queiroz 2 Scott Sport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 750 Keith Frieser 2 Mikkel Mac 2 Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 Cup GM LS3 6.2 L V8 795 Mike Simpson All Freddie Tomlinson All Lawrence Tomlinson All Nico Prost 3 992 PROsport Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 901 Simon Balcaen Am 3 Guillaume Dumarey 3 Steven Palette 3 Jörg Viebahn 3 Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 902 Darren Currie P 3 Axle Donaldson 3 Jonas Holmgaard 3 Magnus Holmgaard 3 Patrick Steen Rasmussen 3 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 903 Peter Guelinckx P 3 Jef Machiels 3 Ayrton Redant 3 Yannick Redant 3 RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 907 Niclas Jönsson Am 3 Philip Hamprecht 3 Patrick Huisman 3 Tracy Krohn 3 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 908 Sebastien Lajoux Am 2–3 Benjamin Paque 2–3 Stéphane Perrin 2–3 Flynt Schuring 3 Lucas Walter 3 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers P All Luc Breukers All Fabian Danz All Rik Breukers 1, 3 PRP Motorsports with HRT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 918 Steven Liquorish Am 2 Graeme Mundy 2 Gilles Vannelet 2 HRT Performance 929 Jamie Day P 3 Gregg Gorski 3 Holger Harmsen 3 Liang Jiatong 3 930 Stéphane Adler Am 3 Michael Blanchemain 3 Jérôme Da Costa 3 Franck Eburderie 3 Franck Lavergne 3 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar 931 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Am 2–3 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi 2–3 Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed 2–3 Julian Hanses 2–3 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 921 Vladislav Lomko P 2–3 Bryan Sircely 2–3 Gilles Vannelet 2–3 Peter Terting 2 Keanu Al Azhari 3 Team Captain America by Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 925 Richard Edge Am 3 Curt Swearingin 3 Grant Talkie 3 Pedro Torres 3 Kay van Berlo 3 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten 992 Gjis Bessem Am 2–3 Harry Hilders 2–3 Bob Herber 3 Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 3 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 927 Stefan Beyer Am 3 Patrik Grütter 3 Oleksiy Kikireshko 3 Marlon Menden 3 KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 936 Michele di Martino P Am All Karsten Krämer All "Selv" 1–2 Moritz Kranz 1 Tobias Müller 1 Fidel Leib 2–3 Alexej Veremenko 2 Christopher Brueck 3 Denis Remenyako 3 937 Karsten Krämer Am P 1–2 Michele di Martino 1 "Selv" 1 Cameron McLeod 2 Mark "Speakerwas" 2 Etienne Ploenes 2 SMP Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 937 Aleksandr Bolduev P 3 Vitaly Petrov 3 Denis Remenyako 3 Sergey Sirotkin 3 Alexander Smolyar 3 Fach Auto Tech Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 961 Marc Devis Am 3 Michael Hinderer 3 Yves Scemama 3 Christian Traber 3 Nico Verdonck 3 962 Paul Meijer P 3 Ralph Poppelaars 3 Jop Rappange 3 Huub van Eijndhoven 3 MDM Ireckonu Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 965 Tom Coronel P 2 Jan Jaap van Roon 2 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 971 Saif Alameri P Am All Christopher Zöchling All Enrico Fulgenzi 1 Salem Alketbi 2–3 Helal Al Mazrouei 3 Fahad Alzaab 3 Neuhofer Rennsport by MRS GT-Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 988 Felix Neuhofer Am P 2–3 Markus Neuhofer 2–3 Alexey Denisov 2 Martin Ragginger 3 Helmut Roedig 3 MRS GT-Racing 989 Alexandr Artemyev Am 3 Alexey Denisov 3 Nikolai Gadetskii 3 Antti Rammo 3 GT4 GPM Racing by Dragon Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 408 Ramez Azzam 2 Denis Bulatov 2 Keith Gatehouse 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 423 Samuel Harrison 2 Kavi Jundu 2 Michael O'Brien 2 Benjamin Tusting 2 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 429 Ravi Ramyead 1–2 Charlie Robertson 1–2 David Holloway 1, 3 Nathan Freke 1 Nick Halstead 3 Piers Johnson 3 Rianna O’Meara-Hunt 3 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 438 Fabian Duffieux All Andrey Solukovtsev 1 Vasily Vladykin 1 Tim Docker 2 Ivan Krapivtsev 2–3 Hugo Cook 3 Artur Dzhalilov 3 Cameron McLeod 3 Continental Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 496 Andrey Solukovtsev 2–3 Vasily Vladykin 2–3 Ahmed Al Khaja 2 Mikhail Loboda 3 David Pogosyan 3 TCR Simpson Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 138 Ricky Coomber 1-2 James Kaye 1 Jack Lemmer 1 Henry Neal 1 Vasily Vladykin 1 Ivan Stanchin 2 Jason Garrett 2 Andrei Muraveika 2-3 Ahmed Al Khaja 3 Kavi Jundu 3 Oliver Webb 3 Nadir Zuhour 3 AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 188 James Kaye 2–3 Ivars Vallers 2–3 Thierry Chkondali 3 Kobe Pauwels 3 Paul Sieljes 3 TCX Race Track Competition Lamera GT Volvo 2.5 L I5 223 Gilles Bruckner 2 Daniel Lamouli 2 Tommy Rollinger 2 Lotus PB Racing Lotus Elise Cup PB-R Toyota 1.4 L I4 226 Maurizio Copetti 3 Stefano d'Aste 3 Stefano Moretti 3 Vito Utzieri 3 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 227 Gero Bauknecht 3 José Garcia 3 Patrick Kolb 3 Christoph Krombach 3 Benito Tagle 3 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 277 Colin White 2–3 Owen Hizzey 2 Dale Albutt 2 Christian Broberg 3 Tom Holland 3 Mark Griffith 3 JM Littman 3 278 Colin White All Christian Broberg 1 Neale Muston 1 Mark Griffith 2–3 Owen Hizzey 3 Tom Holland 3 Daniel Morris 3 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
Race results Bold indicates overall winner.