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. [1]
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. [1]
| Date | Time (local: GST) | Event | Distance |
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| 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: [2] | |||
53 cars are entered into the event: 47 GT cars and 6 TCEs.
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Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.
GTFastest in class in bold.
Notes | TCEFastest in class in bold.
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Class winner in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Time/Reason | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT3-Pro | 7 |  MS7 by BMW M Team WRT | Mohammed Saud Fahad Al Saud Diego Menchaca  Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer  Dries Vanthoor  Jens Klingmann | BMW M4 GT3 | 24:00:16.529 | 621 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 2 | GT3-Pro Am | 91 | Herberth Motorsport |  Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +31.761 | 621 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 3 | GT3-Pro | 46 |  KFC VR46 by BMW M Team WRT |  Sean Gelael Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi  Tim Whale Max Hesse | BMW M4 GT3 | +2 Laps | 619 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 4 | GT3-Pro | 10 |  Grove Racing |  Earl Bamber Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Anton de Pasquale | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +3 Laps | 618 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 5 | GT3-Pro | 21 |  HAAS RT | Olivier Bertels Mathieu Detry Benjamin Mazatis Maxime Soulet Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +3 Laps | 618 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 6 | GT3-Pro Am | 92 | Herberth Motorsport |  Adam Adelson Jason Hart Seth Lucas Elliott Skeer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +5 Laps | 616 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 7 | GT3-Pro | 32 |  Team GP-Elite | Lucas Groeneveld Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk Max van Splunteren | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +6 Laps | 615 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 8 | GT3-Pro Am | 27 | Heart of Racing by SPS |  Roman De Angelis Ian James Gray Newell Ross Gunn | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +7 Laps | 614 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | GT3-Am | 85 | CP Racing | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman Phil Quaife | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +7 Laps | 614 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | GT3-Pro Am | 1 | Phoenix Racing |  Michael Doppelmayr Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Christer Jöns | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +13 Laps | 608 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 11 | 992 Pro | 962 | Fach Auto Tech | Huub van Eijndhoven Matthias Hoffsümmer Gabriele Rindone Alexander Schwarzer Larry ten Voorde | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +21 Laps | 600 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 12 | 992 Pro | 961 | Fach Auto Tech | Alexander Fach Peter Hegglin Jan Klingelnberg Christof Langer Christopher Zöchling | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +24 Laps | 597 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 13 | GT3-Pro Am | 2 | Visiom | Jean-Bernard Bouvet Romain Iannetta Jean-Paul Pagny Christophe Tinseau Dino Lunardi | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | +27 Laps | 594 |
| Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 14 | 992 Pro | 995 | Duel Racing by Toro Verde | Phil Keen  Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran Sami Moutran | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +30 Laps | 591 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 15 | 992 Am | 925 | Huber Racing | Stefan Aust Steffen Görig Klaus Rader Hans Wehrmann Nico Menzel | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +30 Laps | 591 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 16 | 992 Pro | 955 |  Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors | Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +31 Laps | 590 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | 992 Am | 929 |  QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar | Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Al Maadheed Ibrahim Al Abdulghani Julian Hanses | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +31 Laps | 590 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | 992 Am | 928 | NKPP by HRT Performance | Mark van der Aa Gijs Bessem Bob Herber Harry Hilders | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +36 Laps | 585 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT3 Pro | 92 |  Pure Rxcing | Harry King Alex Malykhin Sven Müller Joel Sturm | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +43 Laps | 578 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | 992 Am | 908 | SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing | Lionel Rigaud Sebastien Lajoux Jean-Christophe David Mathys Jaubert Gabriel Pemeant | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +44 Laps | 577 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 21 | GT3 am | 48 | S’Aalocin by Kox Racing | Peter Kox | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +49 Laps | 572 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 22 DNF | 992 Am | 989 | MRS GT-Racing |  Alexandr Artemyev | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +53 Laps | 568 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 23 | GT4 | 408 | ROFGO with Dragon Racing | Benjamin Goethe | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | +55 Laps | 566 |
| Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 24 | GTX | 714 | razoon-more than racing | Bob Bau | KTM X-Bow GTX | +59 Laps | 562 |
| Audi 2.5 L I5 | |||||||
| 25 | TCR | 188 | AC Motorsport | Stephane Perrin | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | +59 Laps | 562 |
| Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 26 | GT4 | 438 | Simpson Motorsport | James Kell | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +59 Laps | 562 |
| BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 27 DNF | GT3-pro-am | 14 |  Poulsen Motorsport | Gustav Birch | BMW M4 GT3 | +74 Laps | 547 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 28 | GT4 | 429 | Century Motorsport | Carl Cavers | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +81 Laps | 540 |
| BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 29 | 992 Am | 931 | HRT Performance | Holger Harmsen | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +84 Laps | 537 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 | TCR | 117 | Wolf-Power Racing | Peter Posavac | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | +109 Laps | 512 |
| Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 31 | TCX | 227 | Team Sorg Rennsport | Benito Tagle | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS | +113 Laps | 508 |
| Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 32 | 992 am | 907 | SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing | Alexandre de Bernardinis | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +113 Laps | 508 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 33 | 992 Am | 990 | MRS GT-Racing | Andreas Gülden | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +120 Laps | 501 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 | GTX | 701 | Vortex V8 | Lionel Amrouche | Vortex 1.0 GTX | +120 Laps | 501 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 35 DNF | GT3-pro-am | 19 | MP Motorsport | Bert de Heus | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +121 Laps | 500 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 36 | 992 Am | 979 | Speed Lover | Simon Balcaen | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +130 Laps | 491 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 37 | TCR | 121 | Wolf-Power Racing | Jasmin Preisig | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | +148 Laps | 473 |
| Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 38 DNF | GTX | 702 | Vortex V8 | Miguel Moiola | Vortex 1.0 GTX | +160 Laps | 461 |
| Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 39 DNF | 992 pro | 977 | RABDAN Motorsports | Saif Al Ameri | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +162 Laps | 459 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 40 DNF | GT3-am | 76 | 7TSIX | James Cottingham | McLaren 720S GT3 | +166 Laps | 455 |
| McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 41 | TCR | 106 | 700 Miles | Thierry Chkondali | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | +173 Laps | 448 |
| Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 42 DNF | 992 Am | 930 | QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar | Abdullah Al Abbasi | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +217 Laps | 404 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 43 | TCR | 199 | AC Motorsport |  Andy Yan | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | +300 Laps | 321 |
| Volkswagen 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | GT3-Pro | 26 | Saintéloc Junior Team | Christian Kelders | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +384 Laps | 237 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| DNF | GT3-Pro-am | 43 | P1 Groupe by MRS GT Racing |  Jukka Honkavuori | Porsche 911 GT3 R | +448 Laps | 173 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNC | 992 pro | 909 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +470 Laps | 151 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNF | GT3 pro | 777 |  Al Manar Racing by HRT | Khaled Al Qubaisi | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +485 Laps | 136 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | GT3 pro | 4 | Abu Dhabi Racing by HRT Bilstein | Al Faisal Al Zubair | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +506 Laps | 115 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | GT4 | 450 | RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century | Jeroen Bleekemolen | BMW M4 GT4 | +507 Laps | 114 |
| BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| DNF | GT3 pro | 99 | Attempto Racing | Alex Aka | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +535 Laps | 86 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| DNF | 992 Am | 988 | MRS GT-Racing | Sigitas Ambrazevicius | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +536 Laps | 85 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNF | 992 Am | 932 | HRT Performance | Stéphane Adler | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +601 Laps | 20 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | GT4 | 488 | Dragon Racing | Bradley Ellis | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | ||
| Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 |
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