Race details
Date 10 December 2023
Official name Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course Permanent circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance Race
12 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Drivers Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Avg Time 1:51.272
Race
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Time 1:51.291 (on lap 4)
Podium
FirstGermany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
SecondItaly Valentino Rossi
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Team WRT
ThirdGermany Maximilian Götz
Andorra Jules Gounon
Germany Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas

The 2023 Gulf 12 Hours (officially titled 2023 Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours[1]) was the 13th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 8–10 December 2023. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars.[2] It was the final round of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Entry list

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
GT3 Pro (5 entries)
14 Bahrain Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Germany Maximilian Götz[3] Andorra Jules Gounon[3] Germany Fabian Schiller[3] -
32 Belgium Team WRT[4] BMW M4 GT3 Austria Philipp Eng[4] South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[4] Belgium Charles Weerts[4] -
46 Belgium Team WRT[4] BMW M4 GT3 Italy Valentino Rossi[4] Belgium Dries Vanthoor[4] United Kingdom Nick Yelloly[4] -
77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Austria Lucas Auer[3] United Kingdom Frank Bird[3] Italy Lorenzo Ferrari[3] -
99 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Germany Maro Engel[3] Canada Mikaël Grenier[3] Germany Luca Stolz[3] -
GT3 Pro-Am (12 entries)
4 Australia Grove Racing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Australia Brenton Grove[5] Australia Stephen Grove[5] New Zealand Richie Stanaway[5] -
11 Switzerland Kessel Racing[6] Ferrari 296 GT3 Australia Scott Andrews[6] Italy David Fumanelli[6] United States Anton Dias Perera[6] Italy Giorgio Roda[6]
12 Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Italy Stefano Costantini[7] Switzerland Alex Fontana[7] Switzerland Yannick Mettler[7] United States Hash Patel[7]
25 Italy AF Corse[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Alessandro Cozzi[8] Italy Marco Pulcini[8] Italy Alessio Rovera[8] Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto[8]
26 United Arab Emirates OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One[9] Ferrari 296 GT3 Canada Ramez Azzam[9] United Kingdom Omar Jackson[9] India Zaamin Jaffer[9] Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies[9]
27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport[10] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Rob Bell[10] United Kingdom Ollie Millroy[10] United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe[10] -
33 Germany Herberth Motorsport[10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Hong Kong Antares Au[10] Italy Matteo Cairoli[10] Germany Tim Heinemann[10] -
59 United Kingdom Garage 59[11] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Shaun Balfe[11] Germany Benjamin Goethe[11] Germany Oliver Goethe[11] United Kingdom Mark Sansom[11]
74 Switzerland Kessel Racing[6] Ferrari 296 GT3 Poland Michael Broniszewski[6] Italy Davide Rigon[6] Italy Niccolò Schirò[6] -
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Austria Dominik Baumann[3] Switzerland Philip Ellis[3] Australia Kenny Habul[3] Austria Martin Konrad[3]
88 United Kingdom Garage 59[12] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer[12] Monaco Louis Prette[12] Sweden Alexander West[12] -
93 United Kingdom Sky – Tempesta Racing[12] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Italy Eddie Cheever III[12] United Kingdom Chris Froggatt[12] Hong Kong Jonathan Hui[12] Macau Kevin Tse[12]
GT3 Am (11 entries)
2 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT[13] Audi R8 LMS Evo II France Grégory Guilvert[13] Belgium Xavier Knauf[13] Finland Miika Panu[13] Belgium Grégory Servais[13]
3 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa[3] United Kingdom Ian Loggie[3] Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair[3] -
7 Germany Herberth Motorsport[10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Switzerland Daniel Allemann[10] Germany Ralf Bohn[10] Germany Alfred Renauer[10] -
20 Italy AF Corse[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Christian Colombo[8] Belgium Stéphane Lemeret[8] Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro[8] France Lilou Wadoux[8]
21 Germany Car Collection Motorsport[14] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) United States Dustin Blattner[14] Germany Constantin Dressler[14] Germany Joel Sturm[14] -
51 Italy AF Corse[8] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Greece Kriton Lendoudis[8] Italy Nicola Marinangeli[8] Switzerland Christoph Ulrich[8] France Alex Fox[10]
61 Italy AF Corse[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 United States Conrad Grunewald[8] Belgium Laurent de Meeus[8] Portugal Miguel Ramos[8] United States Jean Claude Saada[8]
73 Italy MP Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Italy Corinna Gostner[3] Italy David Gostner[3] Italy Manuela Gostner[3] Italy Thomas Gostner[3]
76 United Kingdom 7TSIX[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Tom Jackson[15] United Kingdom Wayne Marrs[15] Zimbabwe Ameerh Naran[15] United Kingdom Matt Topham[15]
79 Ukraine Tsunami RT[10] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Italy Stefano Borghi[10] Italy Marco Cassará[10] Italy Davide Scannicchio[10] Italy Johannes Zelger[10]
86 Austria Baron Motorsport[10] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Italy Daniele di Amato[10] Austria Ernst Kirchmayr[10] Monaco Philippe Prette[10] Germany Axel Sartingen[10]
Source: [10]

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Fastest times for each car are denoted in bold.
Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Car Avg. Time Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
1 P 99 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:51.272 1:51.075 1:51.364 1:51.378
2 P 14 Bahrain Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:51.504 1:51.733 1:51.106 1:51.675
3 PA 33 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:51.731 1:50.592 1:51.187 1:53.414
4 P 46 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:51.756 1:52.259 1:51.614 1:51.396
5 P 77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:51.762 1:52.082 1:51.806 1:51.400
6 PA 88 United Kingdom Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:51.911 1:51.162 1:53.212 1:51.361
7 PA 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:52.021 1:51.769 1:52.885 1:51.409
8 P 32 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:52.025 1:52.347 1:52.030 1:51.699
9 Am 21 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:52.173 1:52.284 1:53.036 1:51.199
10 PA 59 United Kingdom Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:52.255 1:51.426 1:50.549 1:52.768 1:54.279
11 PA 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:52.442 1:50.705 1:51.981 1:51.324 1:55.760
12 Am 7 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:52.615 1:51.254 1:52.226 1:54.367
13 PA 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:52.637 1:53.115 1:53.919 1:51.726 1:51.789
14 PA 93 United Kingdom Sky – Tempesta Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:52.657 1:52.843 1:52.725 1:53.521 1:51.540
15 PA 26 United Arab Emirates OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.040 1:51.728 1:55.357 1:53.706 1:51.370
16 PA 4 Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:53.187 1:51.550 1:52.221 1:55.792
17 Am 3 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.208 1:54.406 1:52.991 1:52.227
18 PA 25 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.271 1:54.460 1:51.477 1:56.413 1:50.734
19 Am 2 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:53.570 1:52.848 1:52.698 1:52.641 1:56.093
20 Am 61 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.796 1:51.693 1:53.118 1:54.778 1:55.597
21 Am 20 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 1:53.853 1:52.463 1:53.602 1:51.878 1:57.471
22 Am 51 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 1:55.160 1:51.822 1:53.842 1:55.998 1:58.979
23 Am 79 Ukraine Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:55.529 1:54.521 1:55.018 1:57.059 1:55.519
24 PA 12 Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:57.150 1:57.150
25 Am 76 United Kingdom 7TSIX Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:57.512 1:55.165 1:59.544 1:57.829
26 Am 73 Italy MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:57.750 1:55.305 1:56.017 2:01.835 1:57.844
WD PA 74 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3
WD Am 86 Austria Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020
Source:[16]

Race

Race classification

Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos. Class # Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap/Retired
1 P 99 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 348 12:01:18.056
2 P 46 Belgium Team WRT Italy Valentino Rossi
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M4 GT3 348 +12.811
3 P 14 Bahrain Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas Germany Maximilian Götz
Andorra Jules Gounon
Germany Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 347 +1 Lap
4 P 77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Austria Lucas Auer
United Kingdom Frank Bird
Italy Lorenzo Ferrari
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 346 +2 Laps
5 Am 21 Germany Car Collection Motorsport United States Dustin Blattner
Germany Constantin Dressler
Germany Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 346 +2 Laps
6 PA 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Rob Bell
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 345 +3 Laps
7 PA 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Australia Scott Andrews
Italy David Fumanelli
United States Anton Dias Perera
Italy Giorgio Roda
Ferrari 296 GT3 344 +4 Laps
8 PA 33 Germany Herberth Motorsport Hong Kong Antares Au
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Tim Heinemann
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 343 +5 Laps
9 Am 3 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa
United Kingdom Ian Loggie
Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 343 +5 Laps
10 Am 7 Germany Herberth Motorsport Switzerland Daniel Allemann
Germany Ralf Bohn
Germany Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 343 +5 Laps
11 PA 25 Italy AF Corse Italy Alessandro Cozzi
Italy Marco Pulcini
Italy Alessio Rovera
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 296 GT3 343 +5 Laps
12 PA 88 United Kingdom Garage 59 Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Monaco Louis Prette
Sweden Alexander West
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 342 +6 Laps
13 PA 93 United Kingdom Sky – Tempesta Racing Italy Eddie Cheever III
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Macau Kevin Tse
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 342 +6 Laps
14 P 32 Belgium Team WRT Austria Philipp Eng
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Charles Weerts
BMW M4 GT3 342 +6 Laps
15 Am 20 Italy AF Corse Italy Christian Colombo
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret
Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 296 GT3 340 +8 Laps
16 PA 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Austria Dominik Baumann
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Australia Kenny Habul
Austria Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 338 +10 Laps
17 Am 2 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT France Grégory Guilvert
Belgium Xavier Knauf
Finland Miika Panu
Belgium Grégory Servais
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 330 +18 Laps
18 Am 73 Italy MP Racing Italy Corinna Gostner
Italy David Gostner
Italy Manuela Gostner
Italy Thomas Gostner
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 308 +40 Laps
19 Am 61 Italy AF Corse United States Conrad Grunewald
Belgium Laurent de Meeus
Portugal Miguel Ramos
United States Jean Claude Saada
Ferrari 296 GT3 304 +44 Laps
20 PA 26 United Arab Emirates OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One Canada Ramez Azzam
United Kingdom Omar Jackson
India Zaamin Jaffer
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Ferrari 296 GT3 291 +57 Laps
21 Am 51 Italy AF Corse Greece Kriton Lendoudis
Italy Nicola Marinangeli
Switzerland Christoph Ulrich
France Alex Fox
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 244 +104 Laps
22 Am 79 Ukraine Tsunami RT Italy Stefano Borghi
Italy Marco Cassará
Italy Davide Scannicchio
Italy Johannes Zelger
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 199 +149 Laps
23 PA 4 Australia Grove Racing Australia Brenton Grove
Australia Stephen Grove
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 34 +314 Laps
24 PA 59 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Shaun Balfe
Germany Benjamin Goethe
Germany Oliver Goethe
United Kingdom Mark Sansom
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 24 +324 Laps
DNS PA 12 Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino Italy Stefano Costantini
Switzerland Alex Fontana
Switzerland Yannick Mettler
United States Hash Patel
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Qualifying crash
DNS Am 76 United Kingdom 7TSIX United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Wayne Marrs
Zimbabwe Ameerh Naran
United Kingdom Matt Topham
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Qualifying crash
Source:[17]

Notes

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