December 2022 Gulf 12 Hours

The 2022 Gulf 12 Hours was the 12th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 9–11 December 2022. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars and Porsche 992 Cup spec cars.[1] It was the final round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge, replacing the Kyalami 9 Hours.[2] This was the first of a trio of Gulf-based events promoted by the Driving Force Events (DFE).[3][4]

Race details
Date 11 December 2022
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
Driver
Time
Race
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third

Entry List

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
GT3 Pro (10 entries)
25 France Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS Evo II France Erwan Bastard Germany Christopher Haase Switzerland Patric Niederhauser -
26 France Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II France Simon Gachet Switzerland Lucas Legeret Belgium Gilles Magnus -
43 United States MDK Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 United States Mark Kvamme Denmark Jan Magnussen Denmark Kevin Magnussen -
50 Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Italy Davide Rigon Italy Alessio Rovera -
66 Italy Audi Sport Team Tresor Audi R8 LMS Evo II San Marino Mattia Drudi South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Germany Dennis Marschall -
71 Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 United Kingdom James Calado Italy Antonio Fuoco Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi -
77 Oman Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair Germany Fabian Schiller Germany Luca Stolz -
89 Hong Kong Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo France Jules Gounon Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello -
98 Hong Kong Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Austria Lucas Auer Germany Maro Engel Germany Maximilian Götz -
99 Italy Tresor by Attempto Audi R8 LMS Evo II Germany Alex Aka Italy Pietro Delli Guanti United Kingdom Finlay Hutchison -
GT3 Pro-Am (12 entries)
1 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Hunter Abbott Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa Croatia Martin Kodrić -
7 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat United States Brendan Iribe United Kingdom Ollie Millroy -
20 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Austria Dominik Baumann Australia Martin Berry Germany Valentin Pierburg -
33 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Turkey Murat Cuhadaroglu Italy David Fumanelli Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies Italy Giorgo Roda
42 United Kingdom Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Philippines Eduardo Coseteng United Kingdom Daniel Harper United Kingdom Darren Leung -
44 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Switzerland Daniel Allemann Austria Klaus Bachler Germany Alfred Renauer -
48 United Arab Emirates S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Belgium Tom Boonen Netherlands Peter Kox Netherlands Stéphane Kox Netherlands Nico Pronk
51 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom James Cottingham United Kingdom Aaron Walker United Kingdom Lewis Williamson -
69 Germany Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Germany Ralf Bohn Germany Patrick Kolb Germany Robert Renauer -
75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Philip Ellis Australia Kenny Habul Austria Martin Konrad -
88 United Kingdom Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Denmark Benjamin Goethe Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer Sweden Alexander West -
93 United Kingdom Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Italy Eddie Cheever United Kingdom Chris Froggatt Hong Kong Jonathan Hui Macau Kevin Tse
GT3 Am (8 entries)
8 Germany D2 Privat with RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Canada Mikaël Grenier United Kingdom Ian Loggie United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook -
11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Italy Marco Pulcini Switzerland Nicolò Rosi Italy Niccolò Schirò Italy Emanuele Tabacchi
16 Malaysia EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Malaysia Adrian D'Silva Australia Brenton Grove Australia Stephen Grove Luxembourg Carlos Rivas
52 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Italy Alessandro Cozzi Lebanon Tani Hanna Italy Gabriele Lancieri Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
55 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Italy Stefano Costantini France Alex Fox Belgium Laurent De Meeus United Kingdom Jamie Stanley
58 Italy MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Italy Corinna Gostner Italy David Gostner Italy Manuela Gostner Italy Thomas Gostner
61 Monaco AF Corse/APM Monaco Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 United States Conrad Grunewald Monaco Louis Prette Monaco Philippe Prette United States Jean Claude Saada
91 Austria Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Italy Daniele Di Amato Austria Ernst Kirchmayr Germany Axel Sartingen Slovakia Matúš Výboh
Porsche 992 (4 entries)
49 Italy Racevent Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Italy Pablo Biolghini Italy Marco Cassarà Italy Davide Scannicchio Italy Johannes Zelger
92 Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Switzerland Alex Fontana Switzerland Ivan Jacoma United States Ashish Patel -
95 United Kingdom Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup United Arab Emirates Nabil Moutran United Arab Emirates Ramzi Moutran United Arab Emirates Sami Moutran -
96 United Kingdom Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong United Kingdom David Fairbrother United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish United Kingdom James Townsend
Source: [5]

Classification

Race Result

Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos. Class # Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap/Retired
1 P 71 Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Fuoco
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 335 12:01:41.695
2 P 50 Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Italy Davide Rigon
Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 335 +14.388
3 P 25 France Audi Sport Team Saintéloc France Erwan Bastard
Germany Christopher Haase
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 335 +15.139
4 P 77 Oman Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair
Germany Luca Stolz
Germany Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 335 +29.779
5 PA 75 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing United Kingdom Philip Ellis
Australia Kenny Habul
Austria Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 334 +1 Lap
6 PA 88 United Kingdom Garage 59 Denmark Benjamin Goethe
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Sweden Alexander West
McLaren 720S GT3 333 +2 Laps
7 P 43 United States MDK Motorsports United States Mark Kvamme
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 333 +2 Laps
8 PA 93 United Kingdom Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59 Italy Eddie Cheever III
United Kingdom Chris Froggart
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Macau Kevin Tse
McLaren 720S GT3 332 +3 Laps
9 P 99 Italy Tresor by Attempto Germany Alex Aka
Italy Pietro Delli Guanti
United Kingdom Finlay Hutchinson
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 332 +3 Laps
10 PA 1 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport United Kingdom Hunter Abbott
Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa
Croatia Martin Kodrić
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 332 +3 Laps
11 PA 69 Germany Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport Germany Ralf Bohn
Germany Patrick Kolb
Germany Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 331 +4 Laps
12 Am 61 Monaco AF Corse/APM Monaco United States Conrad Grunewald
Monaco Louis Prette
Monaco Philippe Prette
United States Jean Claude Saada
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 328 +7 Laps
13 Am 55 Italy AF Corse Italy Stefano Costantini
France Alex Fox
Belgium Laurent De Meeus
United Kingdom Jamie Stanley
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 325 +10 Laps
14 Am 52 Italy AF Corse Italy Alessandro Cozzi
Lebanon Tani Hanna
Italy Gabriele Lancieri
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 324 +11 Laps
15 Am 8 Germany D2 Privat with RAM Racing Canada Mikaël Grenier
United Kingdom Ian Loggie
United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 320 +15 Laps
16 PA 48 United Arab Emirates S'Aalocin by Kox Racing Belgium Tom Boonen
Netherlands Peter Kox
Netherlands Stéphane Kox
Netherlands Nico Pronk
Porsche 911 GT3 R 319 +16 Laps
17 992 92 Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino Switzerland Alex Fontana
Switzerland Ivan Tacoma
United States Ashish Patel
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 310 +25 Laps
18 992 95 United Kingdom Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT United Arab Emirates Nabil Moutran
United Arab Emirates Ramzi Moutran
United Arab Emirates Sami Moutran
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 308 +27 Laps
19 PA 42 United Kingdom Century Motorsport Philippines Eduardo Coseteng
United Kingdom Dan Harper
United Kingdom Darren Leung
BMW M4 GT3 308 +27 Laps
20 Am 91 Austria Baron Motorsport Italy Daniele Di Amato
Austria Ernst Kirchmayr
Germany Axel Sartingen
Slovakia Matúš Výboh
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 307 +28 Laps
21 PA 44 Germany Herberth Motorsport Switzerland Daniel Allermann
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 292 +43 Laps
22 992 49 Italy Racevent Italy Pablo Biolghini
Italy Marco Cassarà
Italy Davide Scannicchio
Italy Johannes Zelger
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 291 +44 Laps
23 P 26 France Saintéloc Racing France Simon Gachet
Switzerland Lucas Legeret
Belgium Gilles Magnus
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 287 +48 Laps
24 PA 51 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport United Kingdom James Cottingham
United Kingdom Aaron Walker
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 282 +53 Laps
25 P 66 Italy Audi Sport Team Tresor San Marino Mattia Drudi
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Dennis Marschall
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 245 +90 Laps
26 Am 58 Italy MP Racing Italy Corinna Gostner
Italy David Gostner
Italy Manuela Gostner
Italy Thomas Gostner
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 205 +130 Laps
27 PA 20 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Austria Dominik Baumann
Australia Martin Berry
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 196 +139 Laps
28 Am 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Italy Marco Pulcini
Switzerland Nicolo Rosi
Italy Niccolò Schirò
Italy Emanuele Tabacchi
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 149 +186 Laps
29 PA 7 United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United States Brendan Iribe
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
McLaren 720S GT3 91 +244 Laps
30 992 96 United Kingdom Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong
United Kingdom David Fairbrother
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish
United Kingdom James Townsend
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 77 +258 Laps
31 Am 16 Malaysia EBM Giga Racing Malaysia Adrian D'Silva
Australia Brenton Grove
Australia Stephen Grove
Luxembourg Carlos Rivas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 67 +268 Laps
32 P 89 Hong Kong Team GruppeM Racing France Jules Gounon
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 47 +288 Laps
33 PA 33 Switzerland Kessel Racing Turkey Murat Cuhadaroglu
Italy David Fumanelli
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
Italy Giorgo Roda
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 38 +297 Laps
34 P 98 Hong Kong Team GruppeM Racing Austria Lucas Auer
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 30 +305 Laps
Source:[6]

References

  1. "New-look event confirmed for 11 December". www.gulf12hours.com. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. Dagys, John (29 July 2022). "Gulf 12H to Replace Kyalami as This Year's Season Finale". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. "Bahrain ProAm 1000 Is Back!". Dailysportscar. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. "Dubai to host "City of Gold" 4 Hours in December". www.gulf12hours.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. "Gulf 12 Hours - Entry List" (PDF). www.gulf12hours.com.
  6. "Gulf 12 Hours Result" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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