The 2025 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Michelin 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the 5th running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 19 January 2025. The race was the second and final round of the 2025 Middle East Trophy.
| Date | Time (local: GST) | Event | Duration |
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| Saturday, 18 January | 11:30 - 13:00 | Free Practice | 90 Minutes |
| 17:40 - 18:35 | Qualifying | 3x15 Minutes | |
| Sunday, 19 January | 10:30 - 16:30 | Race | 6 Hours |
| Source: [1] | |||
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| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | 16 |  Winward Racing |  Gabriele Piana | 1:52.693 | |
| GTX | 750 |  Scott Sport |  Mikkel Mac | 1:54.051 | |
| 992 | 914 |  Razoon – More Than Racing | Simon Birch | 1:56.585 | |
| GT4 | 470 | WS Racing |  Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2:03.504 | |
| TCE | 193 |  Chazel Technologie Course |  Ivan Ovsienko | 2:09.151 | |
| Source: [3] [4] | |||||
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT3 Pro/Am | 87 | Winward Racing | 1:52.648 |
| 2 | GT3 Pro | 7 | SMP Racing | 1:53.195 |
| 3 | GT3 Pro/Am | 8 |  Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | 1:53.308 |
| 4 | GT3 Pro | 33 | Optimum Motorsport | 1:53.448 |
| 5 | GT3 Pro | 99 | Tresor Attempto Racing | 1:53.541 |
| 6 | GT3 Pro/Am | 16 | Winward Racing | 1:53.606 |
| 7 | GT3 Am | 2 |  Climax Racing | 1:53.764 |
| 8 | GT3 Pro | 32 |  The Bend Team WRT | 1:53.933 |
| 9 | GT3 Pro | 58 | Garage 59 | 1:53.978 |
| 10 | GT3 Pro | 80 | Herberth Motorsport | 1:54.053 |
| 11 | GT3 Pro | 5 | Team Motopark | 1:54.149 |
| 12 | GT3 Pro/Am | 1 |  Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors | 1:54.434 |
| 13 | GT3 Pro/Am | 4 | Haupt Racing Team | 1:54.470 |
| 14 | GT3 Am | 69 | Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | 1:54.574 |
| 15 | GT3 Am | 86 | Baron Motorsport | 1:54.982 |
| 16 | GT3 Am | 77 |  Earl Bamber Motorsport | 1:55.043 |
| 17 | GT3 Pro/Am | 21 |  HAAS RT | 1:55.622 |
| 18 | GT3 Am | 73 | Proton Huber Competition | 1:55.798 |
| 19 | GT3 Pro/Am | 98 | Dragon Racing | 1:55.900 |
| 20 | GT3 Pro/Am | 79 |  Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT | 1:56.014 |
| 21 | GT3 Am | 11 |  Hofor Racing | 1:56.096 |
| 22 | GT3 Pro/Am | 81 |  Era Motorsport | 1:56.163 |
| 23 | GTX | 750 | Scott Sport | 1:56.344 |
| 24 | GT3 Am | 96 |  GWR Australia | 1:56.347 |
| 25 | GT3 Am | 44 |  ARC Bratislava | 1:56.376 |
| 26 | 992 Pro | 909 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | 1:56.939 |
| 27 | GT3 Pro/Am | 56 |  Scuderia Praha | 1:57.406 |
| 28 | 992 Pro | 918 | Mühlner Motorsport | 1: 57.426 |
| 29 | 992 Am | 974 |  QMMF by HRT | 1:57.845 |
| 30 | 992 Am | 888 | SebLajoux Racing | 1:58.052 |
| 31 | 992 Am | 971 | RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing | 1:58.232 |
| 32 | 992 Am | 917 | Fulgenzi Racing | 1:58.283 |
| 33 | 992 Pro | 914 | Razoon – More Than Racing | 1:58.705 |
| 34 | GTX | 748 | Saalocin by Kox Racing | 1:58.951 |
| 35 | 992 Am | 911 | TFT Racing | 1:59.057 |
| 36 | 992 Am | 928 | HRT Performance | 1:59.650 |
| 37 | GT3 Am | 38 | WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport | 2:00.498 |
| 38 | GTX | 111 | 111 Racing | 2:00.562 |
| 39 | 992 Am | 992 | SebLajoux Racing | 2:00.726 |
| 40 | 992 Am | 978 | Speed Lover | 2:01.054 |
| 41 | 992 Am | 930 | HRT Performance | 2:01.518 |
| 42 | 992 Am | 929 | HRT Performance | 2:02.085 |
| 43 | GTX | 701 | Vortex V8 | 2:02.500 |
| 44 | GT4 | 496 | Continental TTR Racing | 2:03.226 |
| 45 | GT4 | 470 | WS Racing | 2:05.776 |
| 46 | GT4 | 438 | Simpson Motorsport | 2:07.461 |
| 47 | GT4 | 427 | SRS Team Sorg Rennsport | 2:07.529 |
| 48 | TCE | 193 | Chazel Technologie Course | 2:09.885 |
| 49 | TCE | 102 | AsBest Racing | 2:11.478 |
| 50 | TCE | 110 | Chazel Technologie Course | 2:11.770 |
| 51 | GTX | 702 | Vortex V8 | — |
| 52 | 992 Am | 995 | Toro Verde GT | — |
| Source: [5] | ||||
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Time/Reason | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT3 Pro | 32 | The Bend Team WRT |  Timur Boguslavskiy Yasser Shahin Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | 6:01:39.284 | 160 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 2 | GT3 Pro/Am | 16 | Winward Racing | Gabriele Piana Sergei Borisov Viktor Shaytar Sergey Stolyarov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +12.111 | 160 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | GT3 Pro | 33 | Optimum Motorsport | Tom Ikin Mikey Porter Andrew Gilbert | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | +1:05.5 87 | 160 |
| McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 4 | GT3 Pro | 5 | Team Motopark | Nigel Schoonderwoerd Levente Révész Yelmer Buurman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1:07.7 41 | 160 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | GT3 Am | 11 | Hofor Racing | Michael Kroll Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz Timo Rumpfkeil | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | +1:54.2 93 | 160 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 DNF | GT3 Pro | 80 | Herberth Motorsport |  Antares Au Loek Hartog Joel Sturm | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Collision damage | 159 |
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 7 | GT3 Pro/Am | 87 | Winward Racing | Gabriele Piana Sergei Borisov Rinat Salikhov Sergey Stolyarov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1 Lap | 159 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | GT3 Pro | 99 | Tresor Attempto Racing | Alex Aka Yi Deng Jef Machiels | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1 Lap | 159 |
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 9 | GT3 Pro/Am | 1 | Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors | Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Cosimo Papi | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +1 Lap | 159 |
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 10 | GT3 Pro/Am | 8 | Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Blake McDonald Stuart White Axcil Jefferies Xollie Letlaka | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +1 Lap | 159 |
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 11 | GT3 Pro | 58 | Garage 59 | Adam Smalley  Louis Prette Zhou Yiran | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | +1 Lap | 159 |
| McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT3 Pro/Am | 21 | HAAS RT | Alexander Bukhantsov Ramez Azzam Omar Jackson | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +2 Laps | 158 |
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 13 | GT3 Pro/Am | 4 | Haupt Racing Team | Finn Wiebelhaus Reema Juffali Salman Owega | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2 Laps | 158 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | GT3 Pro | 7 | SMP Racing | Vitaly Petrov Dennis Remenyako Sergey Sirotkin Alexander Smolyar | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2 Laps | 158 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | GT3 Am | 69 | Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | David Pogosyan Andrey Solukovtsev Vasily Vladykin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +2 Laps | 158 |
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 16 | GT3 Am | 73 | Proton Huber Competition | Jörg Dreisow Manuel Lauck Gabriel Rindone | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +3 Laps | 157 |
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | 992 Pro | 918 | Mühlner Motorsport |  Martin Rump  Valters Zviedris | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +3 Laps | 157 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | 992 Am | 974 | QMMF by HRT | Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Al Ali Julian Hanses | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +3 Laps | 157 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT3 Pro/Am | 98 | Dragon Racing | Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie Phil Keen | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +3 Laps | 157 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | GT3 Pro/Am | 56 | Scuderia Praha | Josef Král Matúš Výboh Miroslav Výboh | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +3 Laps | 157 |
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 21 | GT3 Pro/Am | 77 | Earl Bamber Motorsport |  Setiawan Santoso Jamie Day Tanart Sathienthirakul | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | +4 Laps | 156 |
| Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 22 | GT3 Pro/Am | 79 | Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT | Fabio Babini Giuseppe Ghezzi Johannes Zelger | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +5 Laps | 155 |
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 23 | 992 Pro | 914 | Razoon – More Than Racing |  Artur Chwist Simon Birch Daniel Drexel | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +5 Laps | 155 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | 992 Am | 917 | Fulgenzi Racing | Enrico Fulgenzi Alessandro Giannone Andrea Girondi | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +5 Laps | 155 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 | GT3 Pro/Am | 81 | Era Motorsport | Jake Hill Dwight Merriman Kyle Tilley | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +7 Laps | 153 |
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 26 | 992 Am | 928 | HRT Performance | Alexey Denisov Sergey Titarenko Victor Titarenko | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +7 Laps | 153 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 27 | 992 Am | 888 | SebLajoux Racing | Stephane Perrin Sebastien Lajoux Liu Kaishun Paul Meijer | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +7 Laps | 153 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 28 | GTX | 748 | Saalocin by Kox Racing | Peter Kox Nico Pronk Dennis Retera | KTM X-Bow GT2 | +8 Laps | 152 |
| Audi 2.5 L I5 | |||||||
| 29 | 992 Am | 978 | Speed Lover | Wim Meulders Gilles Renmans Rik Renmans | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +8 Laps | 152 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 | 992 Am | 992 | SebLajoux Rac ing by Climax | Ling Kang Lu Zhiwei Cao QiKuan | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +8 Laps | 152 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 31 DNF | GT3 Am | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Adam Konôpka Miro Konôpka Matej Konôpka | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | +9 Laps | 151 |
| Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 32 | GT3 Am | 38 | WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport | James Kaye Ameerh Naran Darren Ridge | BMW M4 GT3 | +11 Laps | 149 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 33 | 992 Am | 930 | HRT Performance | Gregg Gorski Alex Renner Jonathan Simmonds | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +11 Laps | 149 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 | GT3 Am | 2 | Climax Racing | Lu Wei Zhang Yaqi Mike Zhou | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +12 Laps | 148 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 35 DNF | GTX | 111 | 111 Racing | Jake Camilleri Darren Currie Grant Donaldson | IRC GT | Suspension arm | 146 |
| GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 36 | GT4 | 438 | AGMC Racing by Simpson Motorsport |  Takashi Hata Taiyo Ida Kenji Suzuki | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +16 Laps | 144 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 37 | 992 Am | 929 | HRT Performance | Jassim Al-Thani Ahmed Al-emadi Gilles Thiers | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +18 Laps | 142 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 38 | GT3 Am | 86 | Baron Motorsport | Edoardo Bacci Angelo Nero Philippe Prette Masoud Jaberian | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | +21 Laps | 139 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 39 | GT4 | 470 | WS Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen Tudor Tudurachi Keith Gatehouse | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +21 Laps | 139 |
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 40 | 992 Pro | 909 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +25 Laps | 135 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 41 | TCX | 110 | Chazel Technologie Course | Michel Abattu Felix Crepet Stephane Lipp Guillaume Masset | Alpine A110 Cup | +25 Laps | 135 |
| Alpine Renault TCe M5Pt 1.8 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 42 | TCX | 193 | Chazel Technologie Course | Frederic de Brabant Louka Desgranges Ivan Ovsienko | Alpine A110 Cup | +26 Laps | 134 |
| Alpine Renault TCe M5Pt 1.8 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 43 DNF | GTX | 701 | Vortex V8 | Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois | Vortex 2.0 | +36 Laps | 124 |
| Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 44 | TCX | 102 | asBest Racing | Ahmed Al Khaja Fahad Nasir Khan Johny Khazzoum | Cupra León TCR | +36 Laps | 124 |
| Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 45 | GT4 | 496 | Continental TTR Racing | Stanislav Nonikov Ilya Sidorov Cameron Mcleod | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo | +38 Laps | 122 |
| BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 46 DNF | GT4 | 427 | SRS Team Sorg Rennsport | Oleksiy Kikireshko Jan-Niklas Stieler Arthur Simondet | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | Accident damage | 119 |
| Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 47 DNF | GT3 Am | 96 | GWR Australia | Brett Hobson Justin Mcmillan Michael Sheargold | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Oil leak | 109 |
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 48 DNF | 992 Am | 911 | TFT Racing | Jordan Boisson Patrick Charlaix Benjamin Paque | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Crash | 83 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNC | 992 Am | 971 | RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing | Saif Alameri Salem Alketbi Christopher Zöchling | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Fuel filler issues | 65 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | 992 Am | 995 | Toro Verde GT | Graeme Mundy Steve Laidlaw Callum Davis | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Did not start | 0 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNC | GTX | 750 | Scott Sport | Keith Frieser Mikkel Mac Aaron Scott | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo | Tire blowout | 11 |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| DNS | GTX | 702 | Vortex V8 | Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez | Vortex 2.0 | Did not start | 0 |
| Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
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