2018 Dubai 24 Hour

The 2018 Dubai 24 Hour was the 13th running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. It took place at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and ran between 11–13 January 2018. Drive time for a drivers stint was capped at 2 hours before a driver change must take place. A driver must also be out of the car for half of their drive time. Darkness lasted for 13 hours & 18 minutes of the race. Sunrise was at 7:06am local time.

2018 Dubai 24 Hour

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The layout of the Dubai Autodrome.

Race result

Class Winners in bold.

This was the first year where two different series raced at the same time. The GT Series & the TCE Series.

With 4 hrs & 4 mins to go, the #3 Black Falcon crashed out of the race along with the #1 Hofor-Racing car. Shortly after, the # 2 Black Falcon car would take the lead & never relinquish it.

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Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	A6-PRO	2	Black Falcon	Abdulaziz Al Faisal Hubert Haupt Yelmer Buurman Gabriele Piana	Mercedes-AMG GT3	606
2	A6-PRO	12	Manthey Racing	Lars Kern Sven Müller Otto Klohs Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	604
3	A6-PRO	964	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mark Ineichen Rolf Ineichen Christian Engelhart Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	604
4	A6-AM	16	SPS automotive performance	Dominik Baumann Lance David Arnold Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3	597
5	A6-PRO	9	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Markus Winkelhock Mike David Ortmann Andreas Weishaupt Ricardo Feller Christer Jöns	Audi R8 LMS	597
6	SPX	37	Tsunami R.T.	Andrii Kruglyk Côme Ledogar Oleksandr Gaidai Alessio Rovera	Porsche 911 GT3 MR II	593
7	A6-PRO	777	MS7 by WRT	Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Michael Vergers Mohammed Bin Saud Al Saud	Audi R8 LMS	592
8	A6-AM	18	V8 Racing	Luc Braams Duncan Huisman Alex van t'Hoff Rick Abresch Finlay Hutchison	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1	592
9	A6-AM	25	HTP Motorsport	Alexander Hrachowina Indy Dontje Bernd Schneider Brice Bosi Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3	592
10	A6-AM	911	Herberth Motorsport	Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Robert Renauer Alfred Renauer Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	590
11	A6-AM	34	Car Collection Motorsport	Johannes Kirchhoff Gustav Edelhoff Elmar Grimm Ingo Vogler Wiggo Dalmo	Audi R8 LMS	589
12	A6-AM	963	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Rik Breukers Mauro Calamia Christoph Lenz Roberto Pampanini Mark Ineichen	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	589
13	A6-PRO	20	D'station Racing	Tsubasa Kondo Tomonobu Fujii Seiji Ara Satoshi Hoshino	Porsche 911 GT3 R	588
14	991-PRO	62	FACH AUTO TECH	Jens Richter Thomas Preining Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	'585
15	A6-PRO	8	Lambda Performance	Daniel Keilwitz Csaba Walter Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck	Ford GT3 Lambda	584
16	A6-AM	27	GP Extreme	Frédéric Fatien Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Jordan Grogor Bassam Kronfli	Renault RS01 GT3	581
17	991-AM	67	race:pro motorsport	James Thorpe Claudio Cappelli Sean McInerney Phil Quaife	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	578
18	991-AM	26	MRS GT-Racing	Stephen Grove Bertram Hornung Matthias Jeserich Glenn van Parijs	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	577
19	991-AM	95	Duel Racing	Jules Westwood Sami Moutran Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	575
20	SPX	89	MRS GT-Racing	Christopher Zöchling Altfrid Heger Georg Bernsteiner Helmut Rödig	Porsche 991-II (Modified)	572
21	A6-AM	19	MP Motorsport	Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong Bert de Heus	Mercedes-AMG GT3	572
22	991-AM	61	FACH AUTO TECH	Marcel Wagner Heinz Bruder Peter Hegglin Philipp Frommenwiler Michael Hirschmann	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	567
23	A6-AM	33	Car Collection Motorsport	Dirg Parhofer Dimitri Parhofer Rémi Terrail Frank Stippler Isaac Tutumlu Lopez	Audi R8 LMS	558
24	TCR	130	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Luca Engstler Jean-Karl Vernay Benjamin Leuchter Florian Thoma	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	556
25	TCR	129	LMS Racing by Bas Koeten Racing	Olli Kangas Kari-Pekka Laaksonen Antti Buri Willem Meijer	SEAT León TCR	554
26	GT4	248	Phoenix Racing	Gosia Rdest Joonas Lappalainen John-Louis Jasper Philip Ellis	Audi R8 LMS GT	551
27	991-AM	187	Raceunion	Alex Autumn Felipe Fernández Laser Andreas Gülden Henric Skoog Wolfgang Triller	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	550
28	GT4	247	Phoenix Racing	Charles Kwan Darryl O'Young Shaun Thong Marchy Lee Adderly Fong	Audi R8 LMS GT	550
29	SP2	58	VDS Racing Adventures	Raphaël van der Straten Grégory Paisse Wolfgang Haugg José Close Karim Al Azari	MARC Focus V8	549
30	991-AM	79	Speed Lover	Marcel van Berlo Bob Herber Harry Hilders Daan Meijer	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	549
31	GT4	264	BLACK FALCON Team TMD Friction	Antares Au Jonathan Hui Frank Yu Kevin Tse	Mercedes-AMG GT R SP-X	548
32	991-PRO	63	race:pro motorsport	Stanislav Minsky Murad Sultanov Klaus Bachler Nick Foster David Jahn	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	547
33	GT4	233	Besagroup Racing	Franjo Kovac Cora Schumacher Roland Asch Sebastian Asch Fidel Leib	Mercedes-AMG GT R SP-X	546
34	TCR	115	Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Max Partl Rainer Partl Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer	Audi RS3 TCR	544
35 (DNF)	SPX	10	Leipert Motorsport	Tadas Volbikas Aleksander Schjerpen Melvin Moh Lim Keong Wee Oliver Webb	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	541
36	TCR	57	LAP57 Motorsports	Ashan Silva Nadir Zuhour Abdullah Al Hammadi Mohammed Al Owais	Audi RS3 TCR	538
37	GT4	252	Sorg Rennsport	Olaf Meyer Henry Littig Stefan Aust John Allen Max Braams	BMW M4 GT4	534
38	991-AM	69	MSG HRT Motorsport	Holger Harmsen Stanislav Sidoruk Andrey Mukovoz Kim André Hauschild Stepan Krumilov	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	533
39	GT4	269	3Y Technology	Eric Mouez David Loger Gregory Pain Michal Fabien	BMW M4 GT4	528
40	SPX	88	Speed Lover	Daniel Desbrueres Christian Kelders Jean-Michel Gerome Pierre-Yves Paque	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	527
41	SP2	201	CCS Racing	Charel Arendt Uwe Schmidt Tom Kieffer Holger Baumgartner	KTM X-Bow	525
42	TCR	308	Team Altran Peugeot	Kim Holmgaard Michael Carlsen Olivier Baron Guillaume Roman	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	522
43	SP2	78	Speed Lover	Dominique Bastien Jesus Diez Bob Wilwert Carlos Rivas	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	519
44	SP3	178	CWS Engineering	Colin White Jac Constable Simon Murray Bradley Liebenberg	Ginetta G55	519
45	CUP1	131	Hofor Racing powered by Bonk Motorsport	Martin Kroll Michael Schrey Michael Fischer Bernd Küpper Gustav Engljähringer	BMW M235i Racing Cup	519
46	CUP1	151	Sorg Rennsport	Stephan Epp Fabian Danz Josh Caygill Yannick Mettler Kris Richard	BMW M235i Racing Cup	516
47	CUP1	154	QSR Racingschool	Simon Klemund Tom Boonen Rodrigue Gillion Mario Timmers Jimmy de Breucker	BMW M235i Racing Cup	515
48	CUP1	235	DUWO Racing	Jean-Marie Dumont Frederic Schmit Nicolas Schmit Thierry Chkondali Bruno Derossi	BMW M235i Racing Cup	511
49	A6-AM	85	PROsport Performance	Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Adam Christodoulou	Mercedes-AMG GT3	510
50	A2	162	Ciceley Motorsport	Adam Morgan Frank Bird Max Bird Jake Giddings	Renault Clio Cup IV	509
51	TCR	908	Team Altran Peugeot	Aram Martroussian Henrik Sørensen Cyril Calmon Lionel Amrouche	Peugeot 308 Racing Cup	509
52 (DNF)	SPX	87	GDL Racing Middle East	Franck Pelle Vic Rice Massimo Vignali Rory Penttinen	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	508
53	TCR	55	Atech - DXB	Julian Griffin Will Morrison Colin Boyle Jonathan Simmonds	SEAT León TCR	506
54 (DNF)	A6-PRO	3	Black Falcon	Manuel Metzger Luca Stolz Jeroen Bleekemolen Khaled Al Qubaisi	Mercedes-AMG GT3	502
55	CUP1	152	Sorg Rennsport	Stephen Gu Li Fei Stefan Beyer Christoph Hewer Cameron Lawrence	BMW M235i Racing Cup	502
56 (DNF)	TCR	216	Modena Motorsports	Wayne Shen John Shen Francis Tjia Benny Simonsen Mathias Beche	SEAT León TCR	500
57	A6-AM	7	Black Falcon	Saeed Al Mouri Saud Al Faisal Rui Águas Kriton Lendoudis	Mercedes-AMG GT3	499
58	SP2	60	LAMERA-CUP	Philippe Marie Christophe Bouchut Pierre Couasnon Wilfried Merafina	Lamera Cup	499
59	SP3	238	LAMERA-CUP	Nicolas Beraud Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet Stephane Pasquet	Lamera Cup	498
60 (DNF)	991-AM	90	MRS GT-Racing	Alex Welch Thierry Blaise Olivier Baharian Manuel Nicolaidis	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	491
61	TCR	125	Bas Koeten Racing	Anthony Lambert Mathijs Bakker Ronny Jost J.M. Littman	Audi RS 3 TCR	491
62	SP3	278	CWS	Adam Hayes Steven Wells Paul May James May	Ginetta G55	484
63 (DNF)	A6-AM	1	Hofor-Racing	Christiaan Frankenhout Kenneth Heyer Roland Eggimann Chantal Kroll Michael Kroll	Mercedes-AMG GT3	483
64 (DNF)	A6-AM	24	SPS automotive performance	Antonin Borga Richard Feller Iradj Alexander Alexandre Coigny	Mercedes-AMG GT3	481
65	A2	171	Jönsson Consulting	Søren Jönsson Lars Mogensen Niels Nyboe Kasper Bruun Christian Hansen	Peugeot RCZ	476
66	SP3	229	Century Motorsport	Dominic Paul Mark Farmer Jon Barnes Nathan Freke	Ginetta G55	475
67 (DNF)	SP2	246	KTM M Motorsport Australia	Justin McMillan Glen Wood Peter Kox Nico Pronk	KTM X-Bow GT4 (SP2)	470
68	A6-AM	991	Gulf Racing Japan	Bashar Mardini Philipp Sager Hisashi Kunie Kimihiro Yashiro Nicolas Saelens	Porsche 911 GT3 R	468
69	GT4	268	3Y Technology	Nyls Stievenart Michael Petit Philippe Chatelet Éric Cayrolle	BMW M4 GT4	451
70	A2	164	Ciceley Motorsport	Max Coates Harald Rettich Adam Hatfield Steffan Jusjong	Renault Clio Cup IV	436
71	GT4	239	Perfection Racing Europe	Claus Klostermann Michael Klostermann René Rasmussen Tommy Laugesen	Ginetta G55 GT4	421
72 (DNF)	TCR	212	Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon	Rudolf Rhyn Cody Hill Marlon Menden Adrian Spescha Stefan Tanner	SEAT León TCR	411
73 (DNF)	A6-PRO	66	Attempto Racing	Clemens Schmid Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Alex Riberas Edward Lewis Brauner	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	403
74	SP3	237	LAMERA-CUP	Herve Dumas Gaël Penelon Eric Darne Thomas Merafina Giboudeaux	Lamera Cup	396
75 (DNF)	TCR	303	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Dirk Vorländer Ivo Breukers Maxim Aronov Lev Fridman	SEAT León TCR	388
76 (DNF)	SPX	77	GDL Racing Team Asia	Richard Verburg Gerald Tan Nigel Farmer Lim Keong Liam	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	376
77	991-PRO	82	RScar Motorsport	Artem Soloviev Vadim Meshcheriakov Denis Gromov Roman Rusinov	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	364
78 (DNF)	GT4	84	Team RACE SCOUT by Winward / HTP Motorsport	Russell Ward Bryce Ward Christian Gebhardt Norberto Fontana Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-AMG GT R SPX	342
79 (DNF)	GT4	40	Brookspeed International Motorsport	James McGuire Ian James Matt Bell John Schauerman Pierre Kleinubing	Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR	339
80	SP3	71	Cor Euser Racing	Cor Euser Einar Thorsen McKay Snow Klaus Dieter Frommer	BMW M3 (E46)	327
Not classified in A6-PRO
DNF	A6-PRO	5	Ram Racing	Euan Hankey Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Leonard Vos	Mercedes-AMG GT3	101
DNS	A6-PRO	96	Optimum Motorsport	Oliver Wilkinson Bradley Ellis Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS
Not classified in A6-AM
DNF	A6-AM	28	GP Extreme	Jean-Pierre Valentini Axcil Jefferies Nicky Pastorelli Alban Varutti Bassam Kronfli	Renault RS01 GT3	19
Not classified in 991-AM
DNF	991-AM	111	track-club	Ryan Ratcliffe Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke Marcus Jewell Adam Balon	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	142
Not classified in GT4
DNF	GT4	111	ALFAB Racing	Erik Behrens Daniel Ros Fredrik Ros Anders Lewin	McLaren 570S GT4	197
Not classified in TCR
DNF	TCR	112	Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon	Stefan Tanner Luigi Stanco Ralf Henggeler Andrew Mollison Rudolf Rhyn	Audi RS 3 TCR	282
DNF	TCR	99	RKC/TGM Motorsport	Ricky Coomber Thomas Gannon David Drinkwater Umair Ahmed Khan	Honda Civic Type R TCR	260
DNF	TCR	888	AC Motorsport	Stephane Perrin Alexandre Renneteau Vincent Radermecker Reinis Nitišs	Audi RS 3 TCR	158
DNS	TCR	127	Bonk Motorsport	Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer Axel Burghardt Simon Wirth	Audi RS 3 TCR
Not classified in SP3
DNF	SP3	786	Scangrip Racing	Niels Borum Anders Lund Sune Marcussen Michael Nielsen	BMW 335i Coupe (E92)	146
DNF	SP3	232	Optimum Motorsport	Adrian Barwick William Moore Marc Brough Charlie Hollings	Ginetta G55 GT4	118