December 2022 Gulf 12 Hours

The 2022 Gulf 12 Hours was the 12th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 9–11 December 2022. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars and Porsche 992 Cup spec cars.[1] It was the final round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge, replacing the Kyalami 9 Hours.[2] This was the first of a trio of Gulf-based events promoted by the Driving Force Events (DFE).[3][4]

Race details
Date 11 December 2022
Official name Gulf 12 Hours
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course Permanent circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance Race
12 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Driver
Time
Race
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third

Entry List

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No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
GT3 Pro (10 entries)
25   Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS Evo II   Erwan Bastard   Christopher Haase   Patric Niederhauser -
26   Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II   Simon Gachet   Lucas Légeret   Gilles Magnus -
43   MDK Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Mark Kvamme   Jan Magnussen   Kevin Magnussen -
50   AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Nicklas Nielsen   Davide Rigon   Alessio Rovera -
66   Audi Sport Team Tresor Audi R8 LMS Evo II   Mattia Drudi   Kelvin van der Linde   Dennis Marschall -
71   AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   James Calado   Antonio Fuoco   Alessandro Pier Guidi -
77   Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Al Faisal Al Zubair   Fabian Schiller   Luca Stolz -
89   Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Jules Gounon   Daniel Juncadella   Raffaele Marciello -
98   Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Lucas Auer   Maro Engel   Maximilian Götz -
99   Tresor by Attempto Audi R8 LMS Evo II   Alex Aka   Pietro Delli Guanti   Finlay Hutchison -
GT3 Pro-Am (12 entries)
1   2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Hunter Abbott   Isa Al Khalifa   Martin Kodrić -
7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3   Ben Barnicoat   Brendan Iribe   Ollie Millroy -
20   SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Dominik Baumann   Martin Berry   Valentin Pierburg -
33   Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Murat Cuhadaroglu   David Fumanelli   Axcil Jefferies   Giorgio Roda
42   Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3   Eduardo Coseteng   Daniel Harper   Darren Leung -
44   Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R   Daniel Allemann   Klaus Bachler   Alfred Renauer -
48   S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R   Tom Boonen   Peter Kox   Stéphane Kox   Nico Pronk
51   2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   James Cottingham   Aaron Walker   Lewis Williamson -
69   Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R   Ralf Bohn   Patrick Kolb   Robert Renauer -
75   SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Philip Ellis   Kenny Habul   Martin Konrad -
88   Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3   Benjamin Goethe   Marvin Kirchhöfer   Alexander West -
93   Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3   Eddie Cheever   Chris Froggatt   Jonathan Hui   Kevin Tse
GT3 Am (8 entries)
8   D2 Privat with RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Mikaël Grenier   Ian Loggie   Morgan Tillbrook -
11   Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Marco Pulcini   Nicolò Rosi   Niccolò Schirò   Emanuele Tabacchi
16   EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R   Adrian D'Silva   Brenton Grove   Stephen Grove   Carlos Rivas
52   AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Alessandro Cozzi   Tani Hanna   Gabriele Lancieri   Giorgio Sernagiotto
55   AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Stefano Costantini   Alex Fox   Laurent De Meeus   Jamie Stanley
58   MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo   Corinna Gostner   David Gostner   Manuela Gostner   Thomas Gostner
61   AF Corse/APM Monaco Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Conrad Grunewald   Louis Prette   Philippe Prette   Jean Claude Saada
91   Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020   Daniele Di Amato   Ernst Kirchmayr   Axel Sartingen   Matúš Výboh
Porsche 992 (4 entries)
49   Racevent Porsche 992 GT3 Cup   Pablo Biolghini   Marco Cassarà   Davide Scannicchio   Johannes Zelger
92   Centri Porsche Ticino Porsche 992 GT3 Cup   Alex Fontana   Ivan Jacoma   Ashish Patel -
95   Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup   Nabil Moutran   Ramzi Moutran   Sami Moutran -
96   Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup   Nigel Armstrong   David Fairbrother   Stephen Liquorish   James Townsend
Source: [5]

Classification

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Race Result

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Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos. Class # Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap/Retired
1 P 71   AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors   James Calado
  Antonio Fuoco
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 335 12:01:41.695
2 P 50   AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors   Nicklas Nielsen
  Davide Rigon
  Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 335 +14.388
3 P 25   Audi Sport Team Saintéloc   Erwan Bastard
  Christopher Haase
  Patric Niederhauser
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 335 +15.139
4 P 77   Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed   Al Faisal Al Zubair
  Luca Stolz
  Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 335 +29.779
5 PA 75   SunEnergy1 Racing   Philip Ellis
  Kenny Habul
  Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 334 +1 Lap
6 PA 88   Garage 59   Benjamin Goethe
  Marvin Kirchhöfer
  Alexander West
McLaren 720S GT3 333 +2 Laps
7 P 43   MDK Motorsports   Mark Kvamme
  Jan Magnussen
  Kevin Magnussen
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 333 +2 Laps
8 PA 93   Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59   Eddie Cheever III
  Chris Froggart
  Jonathan Hui
  Kevin Tse
McLaren 720S GT3 332 +3 Laps
9 P 99   Tresor by Attempto   Alex Aka
  Pietro Delli Guanti
  Finlay Hutchinson
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 332 +3 Laps
10 PA 1   2 Seas Motorsport   Hunter Abbott
  Isa Al Khalifa
  Martin Kodrić
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 332 +3 Laps
11 PA 69   Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport   Ralf Bohn
  Patrick Kolb
  Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 331 +4 Laps
12 Am 61   AF Corse/APM Monaco   Conrad Grunewald
  Louis Prette
  Philippe Prette
  Jean Claude Saada
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 328 +7 Laps
13 Am 55   AF Corse   Stefano Costantini
  Alex Fox
  Laurent De Meeus
  Jamie Stanley
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 325 +10 Laps
14 Am 52   AF Corse   Alessandro Cozzi
  Tani Hanna
  Gabriele Lancieri
  Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 324 +11 Laps
15 Am 8   D2 Privat with RAM Racing   Mikaël Grenier
  Ian Loggie
  Morgan Tillbrook
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 320 +15 Laps
16 PA 48   S'Aalocin by Kox Racing   Tom Boonen
  Peter Kox
  Stéphane Kox
  Nico Pronk
Porsche 911 GT3 R 319 +16 Laps
17 992 92   Centri Porsche Ticino   Alex Fontana
  Ivan Tacoma
  Ashish Patel
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 310 +25 Laps
18 992 95   Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT   Nabil Moutran
  Ramzi Moutran
  Sami Moutran
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 308 +27 Laps
19 PA 42   Century Motorsport   Eduardo Coseteng
  Dan Harper
  Darren Leung
BMW M4 GT3 308 +27 Laps
20 Am 91   Baron Motorsport   Daniele Di Amato
  Ernst Kirchmayr
  Axel Sartingen
  Matúš Výboh
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 307 +28 Laps
21 PA 44   Herberth Motorsport   Daniel Allermann
  Klaus Bachler
  Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 292 +43 Laps
22 992 49   Racevent   Pablo Biolghini
  Marco Cassarà
  Davide Scannicchio
  Johannes Zelger
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 291 +44 Laps
23 P 26   Saintéloc Racing   Simon Gachet
  Lucas Légeret
  Gilles Magnus
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 287 +48 Laps
24 PA 51   2 Seas Motorsport   James Cottingham
  Aaron Walker
  Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 282 +53 Laps
25 P 66   Audi Sport Team Tresor   Mattia Drudi
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Dennis Marschall
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 245 +90 Laps
26 Am 58   MP Racing   Corinna Gostner
  David Gostner
  Manuela Gostner
  Thomas Gostner
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 205 +130 Laps
27 PA 20   SPS Automotive Performance   Dominik Baumann
  Martin Berry
  Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 196 +139 Laps
28 Am 11   Kessel Racing   Marco Pulcini
  Nicolo Rosi
  Niccolò Schirò
  Emanuele Tabacchi
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 149 +186 Laps
29 PA 7   Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport   Ben Barnicoat
  Brendan Iribe
  Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 91 +244 Laps
30 992 96   Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT   Nigel Armstrong
  David Fairbrother
  Stephen Liquorish
  James Townsend
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 77 +258 Laps
31 Am 16   EBM Giga Racing   Adrian D'Silva
  Brenton Grove
  Stephen Grove
  Carlos Rivas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 67 +268 Laps
32 P 89   Team GruppeM Racing   Jules Gounon
  Daniel Juncadella
  Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 47 +288 Laps
33 PA 33   Kessel Racing   Murat Cuhadaroglu
  David Fumanelli
  Axcil Jefferies
  Giorgio Roda
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 38 +297 Laps
34 P 98   Team GruppeM Racing   Lucas Auer
  Maro Engel
  Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 30 +305 Laps
Source:[6]

References

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  1. ^ "New-look event confirmed for 11 December". www.gulf12hours.com. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ Dagys, John (29 July 2022). "Gulf 12H to Replace Kyalami as This Year's Season Finale". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Bahrain ProAm 1000 Is Back!". Dailysportscar. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Dubai to host "City of Gold" 4 Hours in December". www.gulf12hours.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Gulf 12 Hours - Entry List" (PDF). www.gulf12hours.com.
  6. ^ "Gulf 12 Hours Result" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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