Dubai 24 hour race 2018

The winning vehicle in the GT category

The 13th 24-hour race in Dubai , also Hankook 24H DUBAI 2018 , took place from January 11th to 13th, 2018.

The race

Black Falcon's number 2 was able to secure victory in the GT classification. In the TCE ranking it was the number 130 from Liqui Moly Team Engstler who won the race. Mercedes won the team classification.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	A6-PRO	2	Black Falcon	Abdulaziz Al Faisal Hubert Haupt Yelmer Buurman Gabriele Piana	Mercedes-AMG GT3	606
2	A6-PRO	12	Manthey Racing	Lars Kern Sven Müller Mathieu Jaminet Otto Klohs	Porsche 991 GT3 R.	604
3	A6-PRO	964	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mark Ineichen Rolf Ineichen Christian Engelhart Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	604
4th	A6-AM	16	SPS automotive performance	Dominik Baumann Lance David Arnold Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3	597
5	A6-PRO	9	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Markus Winkelhock Mike David Ortmann Andreas Weishaupt Ricardo Feller Christer Jöns	Audi R8 LMS	597
6th	SPX	37	Tsunami RT	Andrii Kruglyk Côme Ledogar Oleksandr Gaidai Alessio Rovera	Porsche 991 Cup MR II	593
7th	A6-PRO	777	MS7 by WRT	Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Michael Vergers Mohammed Bin Saud Al Saud	Audi R8 LMS	592
8th	A6-AM	18th	V8 racing	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman Alex van t'Hoff Rick Abresch Finlay Hutchison	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	592
9	A6-AM	25th	HTP Motorsport	Alexander Hrachowina Indy Dontje Bernd Schneider Brice Bosi Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3	592
10	A6-AM	911	Herberth Motorsport	Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Robert Renauer Alfred Renauer Dennis Olsen	Porsche 991 GT3 R.	590
11	A6-AM	34	Car Collection Motorsport	Johannes Kirchhoff Gustav Edelhoff Elmar Grimm Ingo Vogler Wiggo Dalmo	Audi R8 LMS	589
12	A6-AM	963	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Rik Breukers Mauro Calamia Christoph Lenz Roberto Pampanini Mark Ineichen	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	588
13	A6-PRO	20th	D'station Racing	Tsubasa Kondo Tomonobu Fujii Seiji Ara Satoshi Hoshino	Porsche 991 GT3 R.	587
14th	991-PRO	62	Auto Tech	Jens Richter Thomas Preining Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 991-II Cup	585
15th	A6-PRO	8th	Lambda performance	Daniel Keilwitz Csaba Walter Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Ford GT3 Lambda	584
16	A6-AM	27	GP Extreme	Frédéric Fatien Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Jordan Grogor Bassam Kronfli	Renault Sport RS 01 GT3	581
17th	991-AM	67	race: pro motorsport	James Thorpe Claudio Cappelli Sean McInerney Phil Quaife	Porsche 991-II Cup	578
18th	991-AM	26th	MRS GT Racing	Stephen Grove Bertram Hornung Matthias Jeserich Glenn van Parijs	Porsche 991-II Cup	577
19th	991-AM	95	Duel Racing	Jules Westwood Sami Moutran Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran	Porsche 991-I Cup	575
20th	SPX	89	MRS GT Racing	Christopher Zöchling Altfrid Heger Georg Bernsteiner Helmut Rödig	Porsche 991-II	572
21st	A6-AM	19th	MP Motorsport	Bert de Heus Henk de Jong Daniel de Jong	Mercedes-AMG GT3	572
22nd	991-AM	61	Auto Tech	Marcel Wagner Heinz brother Peter Hegglin Philipp Frommenwiler Michael Hirschmann	Porsche 991-II Cup	567
23	A6-AM	33	Car Collection Motorsport	Dirg Parhofer Dimitri Parhofer Rémi Terrail Frank Stippler Isaac Tutumlu Lopez	Audi R8 LMS	558
24	TCR	130	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Luca Engstler Jean Karl Vernay Benjamin Leuchter Florian Thoma	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR SEQ	556
25th	TCR	129	LMS Racing by Bas Koeten Racing	Olli Kangas Kari-Pekka Laaksonen Antti Buri Willem Meijer	Seat LCR TCR V3 DSG	554
26th	GT4	248	Phoenix Racing	Gosia Rdest Joonas Lappalainen John-Louis Jasper Philip Ellis	Audi R8 LMS GT	551
27	991-AM	187	Raceunion	Alex Autumn Felipe Fernández Laser Andreas Gülden Henric Skoog Wolfgang Triller	Porsche 991-II Cup	550
28	GT4	247	Phoenix Racing	Charles Kwan Darryl O'Young Shaun Like Fung Thong Marchy Lee Adderly Fong	Audi R8 LMS GT	550
29	SP2	58	VDS Racing Adventures	Raphaël van der Straten Grégory Paisse Wolfgang Haugg José Close Karim Al Azari	MARC Focus V8	549
30th	991-AM	79	Speed ​​lover	Marcel van Berlo Bob Herber Harry Hilders Daan Meijer	Porsche 991-I Cup	549
31	GT4	264	Black Falcon Team TDM Friction	Antares Au Jonathan Hui Frank Yu Kevin Wing Kin Tse	Mercedes-AMG GT R SP-X	548
32	991-PRO	63	race: pro motorsport	Stanislav Minsky Murad Sultanov Klaus Bachler Nick Foster David Jahn	Porsche 991-II Cup	547
33	GT4	233	Besagroup Racing	Franjo Kovac Cora Schumacher Roland Asch Sebastian Asch Fidel Leib	Mercedes-AMG GT T SP-X	546
34	TCR	115	Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Max Partl Rainer Partl Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer	Audi RS3 LMS DSG	544
35	TCR	57	LAP57 Motorsports	Ashan Silva Nadir Zuhour Abdullah Al Hammadi Mohammed Al Owais	Audi RS3 LMS DSG	538
36	GT4	252	Take care of racing	Olaf Meyer Henry Littig Stefan Aust John Allen Max Braams	BMW M4 GT4	534
37	991-AM	69	MSG HRT Motorsport	Holger Harmsen Stanislav Sidoruk Andrey Mukovoz Kim André Hauschild Stepan Krumilov	Porsche 991-I Cup	533
38	GT4	269	3Y Technology	Eric Mouez David Loger Gregory Pain Michal Fabien	BMW M4 GT4	528
39	SPX	88	Speed ​​lover	Daniel Desbrueres Christian Kelders Jean-Michel Gerome Pierre-Yves Paque	Porsche 991 Cup MR I.	527
40	SP2	201	CCS Racing	Charel Arendt Uwe Schmidt Tom Kieffer Holger Baumgartner	KTM X-Bow	525
41	TCR	308	Team Altran Peugeot	Kim Holmgaard Michael Carlsen Olivier Baron Guillaume Roman	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	522
42	SP2	78	Speed ​​lover	Dominique Bastien Jesus Diez Bob Wilwert Carlos Rivas	Porsche 991-I Cup	519
43	SP3	178	CWS engineering	Colin White Jac Constable Simon Murray Bradley Liebenberg	Ginetta G55	519
44	CUP1	131	Hofor Racing powered by Bonk Motorsport	Martin Kroll Michael Schrey Michael Fischer Bernd Küpper Gustav Engljahringer	BMW M235i Racing Cup	519
45	CUP1	151	Take care of racing	Stephan Epp Fabian Danz Josh Caygill Yannick Mettler Kris Richards	BMW M235i Racing Cup	516
46	CUP1	154	QSR Racing School	Simon Klemund Tom Boonen Rodrigue Gillion Mario Timmers Jimmy de Breucker	BMW M235i Racing Cup	515
47	CUP1	235	DUWO Racing	Jean-Marie Dumont Frederic Schmit Nicolas Schmit Thierry Chkondali Bruno Derossi	BMW M235i Racing Cup	511
48	A6-AM	85	PROsport performance	Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Adam Christodoulou	Mercedes-AMG GT3	510
49	A2	162	Ciceley Motorsport	Adam Morgan Max Bird Frank Bird Jake Giddings	Renault Clio Cup IV	509
50	TCR	908	Team Altran Peugeot	Aram Martroussian Henrik Sørensen Cyril Calmon Lionel Amrouche	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	509
51	TCR	55	Atech - DXB	Julian Griffin Will Morrison Colin Boyle Jonathan Simmonds	Seat Leon TCR V2 DSG	506
52	CUP1	152	Take care of racing	Stephen Gu Li-Fei Stefan Beyer Christoph Hewer Cameron Lawrence	BMW M235i Racing Cup	502
53	A6-AM	7th	Black Falcon	Saeed Al Mouri Saud Al Faisal Rui Águas Kriton Lendoudis	Mercedes-AMG GT3	499
54	SP2	60	Lamera Cup	Philippe Marie Christophe Bouchut Pierre Couason Wilfried Merafina	Lamera Cup	499
55	SP3	238	Lamera Cup	Nicolas Beraud Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet Stephane Pasquet	Lamera Cup	498
56	TCR	125	Bas Koeten Racing	Anthony Lambert Mathijs Bakker Ronny Jost JM Littman	Audi RS 3 TCR	491
57	SP3	278	CWS	Adam Hayes Steven Wells Paul May James May	Ginetta G55	484
58	A2	171	Jönsson Consulting	Søren Jönsson Lars Mogensen Niels Nyboe Kasper Bruun Christian Hansen	Peugeot RCZ	476
59	SP3	229	Century Motorsport	Dominic Paul Mark Farmer Jon Barnes Nathan Freke	Ginetta G55	475
60	A6-AM	991	Gulf Racing Japan	Bashar Mardini Philipp Sager Hisashi Kunie Kimihiro Yashiro Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	458
61	GT4	268	3Y Technology	Nyls Stievenart Michael Petit Philippe Chatelet Éric Cayrolle	BMW M4 GT4	451
62	A2	164	Ciceley Motorsport	Max Coates Harald Radich Adam Hatfield Steffan Jusjong	Renault Clio Cup IV	436
63	GT4	239	Perfection Racing Europe	Claus Klostermann Michael Klostermann René Rasmussen Tommy Laugesen	Ginetta G55 GT4	421
64	SP3	237	LAMERA CUP	Herve Dumas Gaël Penelon Eric Darne Thomas Merafina Giboudeaux	Lamera Cup	396
65	991-Pro	82	RScar Motorsport	Artem Soloviev Vadim Meshcheriakov Denis Gromov Roman Rusinov	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	364
66	SP3	71	Cor Euser Racing	Cor Euser Einar Thorsen McKay Snow Klaus-Dieter Frommer	BMW M3 (E46)	327
Not classified
67	TCR	112	Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon	Stefan Tanner Luigi Stanco Ralf Henggeler Andrew Mollison Rudolf Rhyn	Audi RS 3 TCR	282
68	TCR	99	RKC TGM Motorsport	Ricky Coomber Thomas Gannon David Drinkwater Umair Ahmed Khan	Honda Civic Type R TCR	260
69	GT4	111	ALFAB Racing	Erik Behrens Daniel Ros Fredrik Ros Anders Lewin	McLaren 570S GT4	197
70	TCR	888	AC Motorsport	Stephane Perrin Alexandre Renneteau Vincent Radermecker Reinis Nitišs	Audi RS 3 TCR	158
71	SP3	786	Scangrip Racing	Niels Borum Anders Lund Sune Marcussen Michael Nielsen	BMW 335i Coupe (E92)	146
72	991-AM	111	track club	Ryan Ratcliffe Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke Marcus Jewell Adam Balon	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	142
73	SP3	232	Optimum motorsport	Adrian Barwick William Moore Marc Brough Charlie Hollings	Ginetta G55 GT4	118
74	A6-Pro	5	Ram Racing	Euan Hankey Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Leonard Vos	Mercedes-AMG GT3	101
74	A6-Am	28	GP Extreme	Jean-Pierre Valentini Axcil Jefferies Nicky Pastorelli Alban Varutti Bassam Kronfli	Renault RS01 GT3	19th
Failed
75	SPX	10	Leipert Motorsport	Tadas Volbikas Aleksander Schjerpen Melvin Moh Lim Keong Wee Oliver Webb	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	541
76	SPX	87	GDL Racing Middle East	Frank Pelle Vic Rice Massimo Vignali Rory Penttinen	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	508
77	A6-PRO	3	Black Falcon	Manuel Metzger Luca Stolz Jeroen Bleekemolen Khaled Al Qubaisi	Mercedes-AMG GT3	502
78	TCR	216	Modena Motorsports	Wayne Shen John Shen Francis Tjia Benny Simonsen Mathias Beche	Seat Leon TCR V3 SEQ	500
79	991-AM	90	MRS GT Racing	Alex Welch Thierry Blaise Olivier Baharian Manuel Nicolaidis	Porsche 991-II Cup	491
80	A6-AM	1	Hofor Racing	Christiaan Frankenhout Kenneth Heyer Roland Eggimann Chantal Kroll Michael Kroll	Mercedes-AMG GT3	483
81	A6-AM	24	SPS automotive performance	Antonin Borga Richard Feller Iradj Alexander Alexandre Coigny	Mercedes-AMG GT3	481
82	SP2	246	KTM M Motorsport Australia	Justin McMillan Glen Wood Peter Kox Nico Pronk	KTM X-Bow GT4	470
83	TCR	212	Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon	Rudolf Rhyn Cody Hill Marlon Menden Adrian Spescha Stefan Tanner	SEAT León TCR	411
84	A6-Pro	66	Attempto Racing	Clemens Schmid Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Alex Riberas Edward Lewis Brauner	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	403
85	TCR	303	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Dirk Vorländer Ivo Breuker's Maxim Aronov Lev Fridman	SEAT León TCR	388
86	SPX	77	GDL Racing Team Asia	Richard Verburg Gerald Tan Nigel Farmer Lim Keong Liam	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	376
87	GT4	84	Team RACE SCOUT by Winward	Russell Ward Bryce Ward Christian Gebhardt Norberto Fontana Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-AMG GT R SPX	342
88	GT4	40	Brookspeed International Motorsport	James McGuire Ian James Matt Bell John Schauerman Pierre Kleinubing	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	339
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89	A6-Pro	96	Optimum motorsport	Oliver Wilkinson Bradley Ellis Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS	1
90	TCR	127	Bonk Motorsport	Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer Axel Burghardt Simon Wirth	Audi RS 3 TCR	2

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
A6-PRO	A. Al Faisal	H. Haupt	Y. Buurman	G. Piana		Mercedes-AMG GT3	Overall victory
A6-AM	D. Baumann	LD Arnold	T. Müller	V. Pierburg		Mercedes-AMG GT3	Rank 4
A2	A. Morgan	M. Bird	F. Bird	J. Giddings		Renault Clio Cup IV	Rank 49
991-PRO	J. Richter	T. Preining	J. Andlauer	M. Campbell		Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Rank 14
991-AM	J. Thorpe	C. Cappelli	S. McInerney	P. Quaife		Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	Rank 17
SPX	A. Kruglyk	C. Ledogar	O. Gaidai	A. Rovera		Porsche 991 Cup MR II	Rank 6
SP2	R. Straten	G. Paisse	W. Haugg	J. Close	K. Al Azari	MARC Focus V8	Rank 29
SP3	C. White	J. Constable	S. Murray	B. Liebenberg		Ginetta G55	Rank 43
TCR	L. Engstler	J. Vernay	B. Candlesticks	F. Thoma		Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR SEQ	Rank 24
GT4	G. Rdest	J. Lappalainen	J. Jasper	P. Ellis		Audi R8 LMS GT	Rank 26
CUP1	M. Kroll	M. Schrey	M. Fischer	B. Küpper	G. Engljahringer	BMW M235i Racing Cup	Rank 44

Racing data

• Reported: 90
• Started: 88
• Rated: 66
• Race classes: 11
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.390 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 25.686 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 606
• Total distance of the winning team: 3266.340 km
• Winner's average: 136.050 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Mirko Bortolotti - Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (# 964) - 1: 58.199 = 164.160 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 2018 24-hour GT championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Race results. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .