2026 Dubai 24 Hour

The 2026 Michelin Dubai 24 Hour will be the 21st running of the Dubai 24 Hour, a motorsport endurance race at the Dubai Autodrome. The race will be held from 16 to 18 January 2026. It will be the third and final round of the 2025–26 24H Series Middle East.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event Distance
Friday, 16 January 10:30–12:30 Free practice 120 mins
13:45–14:40 Qualifying sessions – class GT3 3 × 15 mins
14:50–15:45 Qualifying sessions – class 992 3 × 15 mins
15:55–16:50 Qualifying sessions – classes TCE, GT4 & GTX 3 × 15 mins
17:20-17:45 Top 10 Shoot-Out 25 mins
19:30–21:00 Night practice – All cars 90 mins
Saturday, 17 January 13:00 Race 24 hours
Sunday, 18 January 13:00
Source:[2]

Entries

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (13 entries)
4 Grove Racing by GetSpeed[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kai Allen[3] Jules Gounon[3] Brenton Grove[3] Stephen Grove[3] Chris Lulham[3]
14 razoon - more than racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Simon Birch Vladislav Lomko[a] Leo Pichler Jop Rappange Luca Rettenbacher
16 Winward Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo "Daan Arrow"[4] Maro Engel[4] Sergey Stolyarov[4][b] Luca Stolz[4]
27 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Stanislav Minsky[a] Mathieu Detry Christopher Haase Julian Hanses Thomas Kiefer
61 EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Dorian Boccolacci Adrian D'Silva Alessandro Ghiretti Enzo Trulli
74 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Andrew Gilbert Tom Fleming Benjamin Goethe Michael Porter
77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Harry George Tanner Harvey Patrick Liddy Dante Rappange
81 Winward Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Matteo Cairoli[4] Marvin Dienst[4] Gabriele Piana[4] Rinat Salikhov[4][b]
87 Origine powered by CC Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Deng Yi Artur Goroyan[a] Leo Ye Hongli Roman Mavlanov[b] Yuan Bo
92 Pure Rxcing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Michelle Gatting[5] Max Hofer[5] Alex Malykhin[5][c] Alexey Nesov[5][b]
669 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Kelvin van der Linde Anthony McIntosh Jordan Pepper[6] Fran Rueda Ben Tuck
777 AlManar Racing by Dragon[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Al Faisal Al Zubair[7] Dustin Blattner[7] Axcil Jefferies[7] Dennis Marschall[7]
991 Paradine Competition[8] BMW M4 GT3 Evo Jamie Day[8] Pedro Ebrahim[8] Augusto Farfus[8] James Kellett[8] Darren Leung[8]
GT3 Pro-Am (13 entries)
8 EBM Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kerong Li Setiawan Santoso Tanart Sathienthirakul Elias Seppänen Zhou Bihuang
10 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Antares Au Ralf Bohn Loek Hartog Joel Sturm
13 Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mikaël Grenier Christian Mansell Marcelo A. Ramirez Denis Remenyako[b]
17 Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi Alessandro Giannone Andrea Girondi Harley Haughton
18 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart Swen Herberger Pierre Kaffer Stephane Tribaudini
28 TFT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jordan Boisson Patrick Charlaix Marvin Klein Benjamin Paque
31 Team Parker Racing[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Dario Franchitti[9] Robert Huff[9] Max Lynn[9] Shaun Lynn[9]
56 Scuderia Praha Ferrari 296 GT3 Josef Král Matúš Výboh Miroslav Výboh Dennis Waszek Matteo Malucelli
67 SVC Sport Management Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mauro Calamia Jean-Luc D'Auria Roberto Pampanini Amedeo Pampanini
79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Fabio Babini Alex Fontana Daniel Gaunt Johannes Zelger
88 Dragon Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Giacomo Altoè[7] Ramez Azzam[7] Khaled Al Marzouq[7] Oscar Ryndziewcz[7] Oliver Goethe
93 Ajith RedAnt Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kobe de Breucker Ajith Kumar Ayrton Redant Yannick Redant
269 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Vincent Kolb Max Moritz Sven Müller Florian Spengler
GT3 Am (8 entries)
2 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Alexander Bukhantsov[a] Damian Ciosek Alim Geshev[a] George King James Winslow
11 HOFOR Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Torsten Kratz Manuel Metzger Maximilian Partl Chantal Prinz Alexander Prinz
21 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Fabian Duffieux Peter Guelinckx Nicolas Guelinckx Matisse Lismont
24 Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Rafael Duran Reinhold Krahn Eshan Pieris Philipp Sager Angus Whiteside
25 Into Africa by Dragon Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Glynn Geddie[7] Jim Geddie[7] Xolile Letlaka[7] Arnold Neveling[7] Stuart White[7]
69 Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Alex Aka Paul Scheuschner Mikhail Simonov[b] Andrey Solukovtsev[a] Vasily Vladykin
89 Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Xavier Knauf Andres Latorre Gabriel Rindone Gregory Servais
992 Paradine Competition[10] BMW M4 GT3 Evo Ahmad Al Harthy[11] James Kellett[11] Darren Leung[11] Anthony McIntosh[11]
GTX (6 entries)
701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Thierry Chkondali Johan Caeldries
710 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Brendon Leitch Fred Roberts Månz Thalin Gerhard Watzinger Don Yount
763 GT3 Poland Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Konstantīns Calko Pawel Kowalski Adrian Lewandowski Andrzej Lewandowski Seweryn Mazur
794 Team CMR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Rodrigue Gillion Hugo Mogica Eric Mouez Erwin Creed Ethan Gialdini
795 Team CMR[12] Ginetta G56 GT2 Nico Prost[12] Michael Simpson[12] Lawrence Tomlinson[12]
797 Rossa Racing[13] Rossa LM GT Ismail Ahmedkhodjaev[13] Amna Al Qubaisi[13] Viacheslav Gutak[13][b] Evgeny Kireev[13] Roman Rusinov[13][b]
992 (14 entries)
216 Modena Motorsports Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Christian Chia Philippe Descombes John Shen Benny Simonsen Francis Tjia
888 SebLajoux Racing Alexandr Artemyev Sebastien Lajoux Stephane Perrin Louis Perrot Anthony Vince
909 RedCamel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz
910 SebLajoux Racing Solenn Amrouche Enzo Joulié Sebastien Lajoux Mathys Jaubert
914 razoon - more than racing Colin Bönighausen Ivan Stanchin[a] Daniel Drexel Ivan Ovsienko[b]
921 Mühlner Motorsport Jurriaan de Back Liang Jiatong Paul Meijer
928 HRT Performance Stéphane Adler Michael Blanchemain Jérôme Da Costa Ryan Naicker
929 HRT Performance Steven Gambrell Gregg Gorski Giovanni Nucera Silvain Pastoris
930 X Motorsport by HRT Performance Ilya Gorin[b] Igor Sorokin[a] Sergey Titarenko[b] Victor Titarenko[b]
931 ARMotors by HRT Performance Grigorii Burlutskii[b] Nick Halstead Maya Hartge Alex Renner Dmitriy Shishko[b]
939 Team GP-Elite Jukka Honkavuori Jukka Honkavuori Jani Käkelä Thomas Kangro Henri Tuomaala
962 Tierra Outdoor Racing by Fach Auto Tech Wouter Boerekamps Huub van Eijndhoven Robert de Haan Ralph Poppelaars
971 Rabdan by Fulgenzi Saif Alameri Salem Alketbi Christopher Zöchling Arthur Simondet
985 Neuhofer by Rennsport Felix Neuhofer Markus Neuhofer Martin Ragginger Helmut Roedig Sebastian Schmitt
992 Am (2 entries)
924 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Simon Balcaen Mathieu Castelein Pierre Castelein Steven Palette
925 Crubilé Sport Sebastién Crubile Pascal Duhamel Anthony Plessis
GT4 (4 entries)
427 Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Nick von Essen Benito Tagle Stephan Epp Roman Tishchenkov[b]
444 Circuit Toys Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 Rhys Lloyd Will Powell
445 Cerny Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) Joshua Bednarski Ivan Krapivtsev[b] Farin Megger Shiv Sapra
478 CWS Engineering Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo Mark Griffith Neale Muston Colin White
TCX (5 entries)
101 asBest Racing SEAT León Cup Racer Thomas Alpiger Ahmed Al Khaja Hm Tauhid Anwar Avik Fahad Nasir Khan Michael Neuhauser
102 asBest Racing Cupra León TCR Pia Ohlsson Lutz Obermann Silas Passos Henrik Seibel Junichi Umemoto
103 asBest Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Ahmed Al Melaihi Mohammed Al Owais Rafal Gieras Karim Zuhour Nadir Zuhour
111 asBest Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Marco Grillil Zaamin Jaffer Desirée Müller Dylan Pragji Rawad Sarieddine
127 Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Darian Donkel Ivan Ekelchik[b] Azat Kalimullin[b] Nikita Kulkov[b] Aaron Wenisch
TC (2 entries)
107 TGRR Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo "B-Spec" Miki Onaga Aimi Saito Rami Sasaki Kokoro Sato Rio Shimono
108 KCMG Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo "B-Spec" Paul Ip Marchy Lee Ho-Pin Tung Andy Yan
Source: [14]

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Race results

Class winner in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Time/Reason Laps Points
Engine
Source:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h All following drivers are Russian, but Lomko competes under a French licence, Bukhantsov competes under a Kittitian licence, Geshev under a Montenegrin license, Minsky, Solukovtsev and Stanchin under a Kyrgyz license and Sorokin under a Portuguese license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s All 19 drivers are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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