2023 12 Hours of Kuwait

The 2023 12 Hours of Kuwait (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Kuwait) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 9 December 2023, as the first of three rounds of the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy. This was the second running of the event.

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

Background

The event was announced on 11 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2023–24 Middle East Trophy calendar.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: AST)	Event	Duration
Friday, 8 December	10:00 - 11:30	Free Practice	90 Minutes
	15:00 - 15:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
	17:00 - 18:30	Night Practice	90 Minutes
Saturday, 9 December	10:00 - 22:00	Race	12 Hours
Source:[2]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 7 December 2023, and featured 14 cars: 3 GT3 cars, 4 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 3 GTX cars, 2 GT4 cars, and 2 TCX cars.^[3]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5 GT3 (3 entries) 22 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 PA Jack Barlow Carl Cavers Lewis Plato 85 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Cosimo Papi GTX (3 entries) 701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez 714 Razoon – More than Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Arthur Chwist Daniel Drexel Haytham Qarajouli Dominik Olbert 795 Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 Cup Mike Simpson Freddie Tomlinson Lawrence Tomlinson 992 (4 entries) 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz 936 KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Michele di Martino Karsten Krämer "Selv" Moritz Kranz Tobias Müller 937 KKrämer Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Michele di Martino Karsten Krämer "Selv" 971 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Saif Alameri Christopher Zöchling Enrico Fulgenzi GT4 (2 entries) 429 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Ravi Ramyead Charlie Robertson David Holloway Nathan Freke 438 AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Fabian Duffieux Andrey Solukovtsev[N 1] Vasily Vladykin TCR/TCX (2 entries) 138 Simpson Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Ricky Coomber James Kaye Jack Lemmer Henry Neal Vasily Vladykin 278 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Colin White Christian Broberg Neale Muston Source:[4]

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

Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	85	CP Racing	Charles Espenlaub	1:43.729
GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Haytham Qarajouli	1:47.380
992	971	RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing	Christopher Zöchling	1:47.509
GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Charlie Robertson	1:53.171
TCE	138	Simpson Motorsport	Henry Neal	1:54.938
Source:[5][6]

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

Night Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	22	Century Motorsport	Lewis Plato	1:43.449
GTX	795	Toro Verde GT	Mike Simpson	1:48.082
992	971	RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing	Christopher Zöchling	1:47.016
GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Charlie Robertson	1:53.132
TCE	278	CWS Engineering	Colin White	1:56.736
Source:[7][8]

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

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Avg
1	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	1:45.251	1:43.968	1:44.013	1:44.410
2	GT3 Pro/Am	22	Century Motorsport	1:45.182	1:44.522	1:45.196	1:44.966
3	GT3 Pro	95	Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors	1:47.595	1:43.836	1:44.043	1:45.158
4	GTX	701	Vortex V8	1:49.623	1:46.844	1:45.465	1:47.310
5	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	1:48.520	1:48.275	1:47.306	1:48.033
6	GTX	795	Toro Verde GT	1:50.188	1:48.237	1:46.954	1:48.459
7	992 Pro	971	RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing	1:50.383	1:47.816	1:47.233	1:48.477
8	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	1:50.058	1:48.192	1:47.461	1:48.570
9	992 Pro	936	KKrämer Racing	1:49.860	1:48.095	1:48.768	1:48.907
10	992 Am	937	KKrämer Racing	1:52.601	1:49.268	1:51.732	1:51.200
11	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	1:53.796	1:53.774	1:52.923	1:53.497
12	GT4	438	AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport	1:54.342	1:54.907	1:55.324	1:54.857
13	TCX	278	CWS Racing	1:56.064	1:55.978	1:55.013	1:55.685
14	TCR	138	Simpson Motorsport	1:59.698	–	1:57.930	1:58.814
Source:[9]

Race

Race results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Time/Reason	Laps
					Engine
1	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	12:01:07.588	363
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
2	GT3 Pro	95	Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae Cosimo Papi	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	+0.537	363
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
3	GT3 Pro/Am	22	Century Motorsport	Jack Barlow Carl Cavers Lewis Plato	BMW M4 GT3	+55.508	363
					BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8
4	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+10 Laps	353
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5	992 Pro	971	RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing	Saif Alameri Christopher Zöchling Enrico Fulgenzi	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+13 Laps	350
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	992 Pro	936	KKrämer Racing	Michele di Martino Karsten Krämer "Selv" Moritz Kranz Tobias Müller	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+22 Laps	341
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	GTX	795	Toro Verde GT	Mike Simpson Freddie Tomlinson Lawrence Tomlinson	Ginetta G56 Cup	+28 Laps	335
					GM LS3 6.2 L V8
8	GT4	438	AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport	Fabian Duffieux Andrey Solukovtsev Vasily Vladykin	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	+32 Laps	331
					BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
9	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Ravi Ramyead Charlie Robertson David Holloway Nathan Freke	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	+41 Laps	322
					BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
10	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Arthur Chwist Daniel Drexel Haytham Qarajouli Dominik Olbert	KTM X-Bow GT2	+43 Laps	320
					Audi 2.5 L I5
11	TCR	138	Simpson Motorsport	Ricky Coomber James Kaye Jack Lemmer Henry Neal Vasily Vladykin	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	+43 Laps	320
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
12	TCX	278	CWS Engineering	Colin White Christian Broberg Neale Muston	Ginetta G55 Supercup	+50 Laps	313
					Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
13	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez	Vortex 2.0	+106 Laps	257
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
14	992 Am	937	KKrämer Racing	Karsten Krämer Michele di Martino "Selv"	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+177 Laps	186
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[10]

Notes

1. Solukovtsev, a Russian, competes under a Kyrgyz license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.