2025 Gulf 12 Hours

Race details
Date 14 December 2025
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
Drivers Brendan Iribe
Ollie Millroy
Frederik Schandorff 		Inception Racing
Avg Time 1:52.641
Race
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third

The 2025 Gulf 12 Hours will be the 15th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours. It will be held at Yas Marina Circuit on 12–14 December 2025. The race is split in two parts, one eight hour segment, followed by a two hour break, and then the remaining four hours after that.[1]

New for this race is the GTX1 class, which is made up of various single-make cars from Ferrari Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, McLaren Artura Trophy and Porsche Carrera Cup.[2]

Entry list

GT3

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Into Africa Racing by HAAS RT[3] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 2 Axcil Jefferies[3] P
Xolile Letlaka[3]
Stuart White[3]
HAAS RT[3] 21 Simon Balcaen[3] PA
Peter Guelinckx[3]
Steven Palette[3]
Car Collection Motorsport[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 3 Aleksey Denisov[4][a] PA
Victor Plekhanov[4][a]
August Raber[4]
Damir Saitov[4][a]
Grove Racing with GetSpeed[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Jules Gounon[5] P
Brenton Grove[5]
Stephen Grove[5]
Herberth Motorsport[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 7 Ralf Bohn[4] PA
Alfred Renauer[4]
Robert Renauer[4]
Garage 59[6] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 8 Marco Pulcini[6] Am
Mark Sansom[6]
James Vowles[6]
Alexander West[6]
Capital RT by Motopark[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 13 Mikhail Aleshin[4][a] P
Adam Christodoulou[4]
Denis Remenyako[4][a]
razoon-more than racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 14 Simon Birch[4] PA
Niels Koolen[4]
Thierry Vermeulen[4]
Richard Wolf[4]
Winward Racing[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 "Daan Arrow"[7] P
Maro Engel[7]
Sergey Stolyarov[7][a]
81 Marvin Dienst[7] P
Gabriele Piana[7]
Rinat Salikhov[7][a]
Enrico Fulgenzi Racing[8] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 17 Alessandro Giannone[8] PA
Andrea Girondi[8]
Enrico Fulgenzi[8]
Pellin Racing[9] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 27 Lisa Clark[9] PA
Kyle Marcelli[9]
Marc Muzzo[9]
Jeff Westphal[9]
TFT Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 28 Nico Bastian[4] P
Jordan Boisson[4]
Patrick Charlaix[4]
Benjamin Paque[4]
Geyer Valmont Racing/Tigani Motors[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Brendon Leitch[10] PA
Jayden Ojeda[10]
Sergio Pires[10]
Marcel Zalloua[10]
MP Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 58 Corinna Gostner[4] Am
David Gostner[4]
Manuela Gostner[4]
Thomas Gostner[4]
Optimum Motorsport[11] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 69 Ben Barnicoat[11] P
Todd Coleman[11]
Aaron Telitz[11]
Inception Racing[12] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 70 Brendan Iribe[12] P
Ollie Millroy[12]
Frederik Schandorff[12]
AlManar by Dragon Racing[13] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 77 Al Faisal Al Zubair[13] P
Chris Froggatt[13]
Ben Tuck[13]
DFYNE by Dragon Racing[14] 88 Giacomo Altoè[14] PA
Giovanni Altoè[14]
Oscar Ryndziewicz[14]
Tsunami RT[15] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 79 Fabio Babini[15] PA
Daniel Gaunt[15]
Davide Scannicchio[15]
Johannes Zelger[15]
Source:[16]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

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 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:52.641 1:52.371 1:52.450 1:53.102
2 P 77 AlManar by Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:52.720 1:52.053 1:53.014 1:53.095
3 P 81 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.863 1:53.408 1:52.515 1:52.667
4 P 16 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.164 1:51.923 1:52.862 1:54.679
5 P 13 Capital RT by Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.361 1:52.916 1:52.919 1:54.248
6 P 51 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:53.401 1:52.256 1:52.479 1:55.470
7 PA 44 Geyer Valmont Racing/Tigani Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.626 1:54.364 1:51.921 1:52.520 1:55.699
8 P 2 Into Africa Racing by HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:53.775 1:52.079 1:53.140 1:56.106
9 P 4 Grove Racing with GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:53.884 1:51.664 1:53.671 1:56.319
10 P 7 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:54.075 1:53.526 1:53.729 1:54.970
11 PA 88 DFYNE by Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:54.091 1:52.259 1:54.320 1:55.696
12 PA 14 razoon-more than racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:54.215 1:52.928 1:52.820 1:55.912 1:55.200
13 Am 8 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 1:54.543 1:53.718 1:54.389 1:55.055 1:55.011
14 PA 96 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:54.845 1:53.890 1:55.134 1:55.511
15 PA 79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:55.093 1:52.996 1:53.944 1:55.965 1:57.468
16 PA 21 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II 1:55.131 1:52.973 1:56.004 1:56.418
17 PA 28 TFT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:54.486 2:01.532 1:52.502 1:55.480 1:53.150
18 PA 77 Pellin Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 1:56.926 1:53.970 1:54.023 1:57.250 2:02.464
19 PA 3 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 1:57.933 1:53.650 1:56.361 1:59.263 2:02.460
20 Am 58 MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:58.064 1:54.843 1:57.586 1:58.569 2:01.160
Source:[17]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Salikhov and Stolyarov are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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