2022 12 Hours of Kuwait

The 2022 12 Hours of Kuwait (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Kuwait) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 2 December 2022, as the first of three rounds of the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy. This was the first running of the event.

2022 12 Hours of Kuwait

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The layout of the Kuwait Motor Town, where the race was held.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: AST)	Event	Duration
1 December	17:30 - 19:30	Free Practice	120 Minutes
	20:00 - 20:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
2 December	12:00 - 00:00	Race	12 Hours
Source:[1]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class GT3 (4 entries) Team GP-Elite Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 32 Lucas Groeneveld P Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 44 Miro Konôpka Am Matej Konôpka Zdeno Mikulasko Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 47 Ahmad Al Ghanem P Mohammed Al Kazemi Zaid Ashkanani CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 85 Charles Espenlaub Am Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman GTX (3 entries) Vortex V8 Vortex 1.0 GTX Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 Gregg Gorski Jean-Francois Brunot Kerong Li razoon-more than racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 714 Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer 992 (6 entries) Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers P Luc Breukers Rik Breukers HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 928 Gijs Bessem Am Harry Hilders QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar 929 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Am Ibrahim Al-Mannai Anders Fjordbach Hamad Saeed Al Asam QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar 930 Abdullah Al Abbasi Am Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Kim Andre Hauschild Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 955 Fabrizio Broggi P Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 979 Olivier Dons Am Saif Al Ameri Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi GT4 (3 entries) Century Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 429 Bradley Ellis Adam Hatfield David Holloway Piers Johnson RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century BMW M4 GT4 BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 450 Nathan Freke Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 491 Andreas Bakkerud José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller TCE (3 entries) Wolf-Power Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 116 Mohamed Al Sabah Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers BBR CUPRA León Competición TCR Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 159 Anusorn Asiralertsiri Kantadhee Kusiri Kantasak Kusiri Pasarit Promsombat Munkong Sathienthirakul AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 188 Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry James Kaye TC (2 entries) Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport BMW M2 ClubSport Racing BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6 331 Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl 332 Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl Source:[2]

GT3 entries Icon Class P GT3-Pro Am GT3-Am 992 entries Icon Class P 992-Pro Am 992-Am

Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Zaid Ashkanani	1:52.002
GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	Haytham Qarajouli	1:56.535
992	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi	1:56.532
GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	Nathan Freke	2:02.993
TCR	159	BBR	Kantasak Kusiri	2:00.849
TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock	2:15.859
Source:[3][4]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Avg
1	GT3 Pro	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	1:54.582	1:55.066	1:52.111	1:53.919
2	GT3 Pro	32	Team GP-Elite	1:55.150	1:53.215	1:54.827	1:54.397
3	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	1:58.098	1:52.721	1:52.468	1:54.429
4	GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	1:56.288	1:57.244	1:56.123	1:56.551
5	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	2:00.972	1:56.316	1:55.004	1:57.430
6	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	2:01.377	1:56.331	1:57.732	1:58.480
7	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	2:00.850	1:58.016	1:56.905	1:58.590
8	992 Am	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	2:03.340	1:59.556	1:55.517	1:59.471
9	992 Am	929	QMMF Racing by HRT Thuraya Qatar	1:58.354	1:57.614	2:03.485	1:59.817
10	TCR	159	BBR	2:02.192	2:00.940	2:00.449	2:01.193
11	GTX	701	Vortex V8	1:58.974	2:10.792	2:01.823	2:03.863
12	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	2:05.557	2:02.097	2:04.569	2:04.074
13	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	2:07.432	2:03.913	2:02.363	2:04.569
14	GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	2:08.164	2:02.977	2:02.991	2:04.710
15	GT4	491	Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	2:08.792	2:06.246	2:06.812	2:07.283
16	TCR	116	Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing	2:19.049	2:04.700	2:11.970	2:11.906
17	TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	2:13.278	2:16.005	2:26.215	2:18.499
18	TC	332	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	2:35.543	2:18.234	2:14.662	2:22.813
DNC	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Am	928	HRT Performance	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Am	930	QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar	No time	No time	No time	No time
Source:[5]

Race

Race Results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
					Engine
1	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	323	12:00:13.667
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
2	GT3 Pro	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Ahmad Al Ghanem Mohammed Al Kazemi Zaid Ashkanani	Porsche 911 GT3 R	321	+2 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	317	+6 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
4	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	315	+8 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5	992 Am	928	HRT Performance	Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	313	+10 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	992 Am	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Saif Al Ameri Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	310	+13 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Mannai Anders Fjordbach Hamad Saeed Al Asam	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	306	+17 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8 DNF	GT3 Pro	32	Team GP-Elite	Lucas Groeneveld Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk	Porsche 911 GT3 R	302	Drivetrain
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	992 Pro	930	QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar	Abdullah Al Abbasi Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Kim Andre Hauschild	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	302	+21 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Jean-Francois Brunot Kerong Li	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	300	+23 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
11	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Bradley Ellis Adam Hatfield David Holloway Piers Johnson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	298	+25 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
12	TCR	159	BBR	Anusorn Asiralertsiri Kantadhee Kusiri Kantasak Kusiri Pasarit Promsombat Munkong Sathienthirakul	CUPRA León Competición TCR	295	+28 Laps
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
13	GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	Nathan Freke Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom	BMW M4 GT4	295	+28 Laps
					BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
14 DNF	GT4	491	Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	Andreas Bakkerud José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport	289	+34 Laps
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
15	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs	Vortex 1.0 GTX	270	+53 Laps
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
16	TC	332	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl	BMW M2 ClubSport Racing	252	+71 Laps
					BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6
17	TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl	BMW M2 ClubSport Racing	247	+76 Laps
					BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6
18	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	219	+104 Laps
					Audi 2.5 L I5
19	TCR	116	Wolf-Power Racing	Mohamed Al Sabah Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	190	+133 Laps
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
20	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Matej Konôpka Zdeno Mikulasko	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	182	+141 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNC	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry James Kaye	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	142	Wheel hub failure
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
Source:[6][7]

External links

Official website