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.
GT3Fastest in class in bold.
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992Fastest in class in bold.
GTX, GT4 & TCXFastest in class in bold.
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Race results
Class winner in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Time/Reason | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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- ^ a b c d Wane, Ewan (21 November 2025). "Ginetta G56 GT2 Endurance Debut Confirmed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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