2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Hankook 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the third running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 21 January 2023. This race was the third and final round of the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy.

2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

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Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dubai

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event	Duration
21 January	9:00 - 11:30	Free Practice	90 Minutes
	13:00 - 13:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
	16:00 - 22:00	Race	6 Hours
Source:[1]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class GT3 (6 entries) Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 1 Michael Doppelmayr PA Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Sven Herberger JR Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 12 Ted van Vliet P Max Weering HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 21 Stéphane Perrin P Mathieu Detry Maxime Soulet ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 44 Miro Konôpka Am Andrzej Lewandowski Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 91 Felix Neuhofer P Markus Neuhofer Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 Harry King P Alex Malykhin[a] Joel Sturm GTX (5 entries) Vortex V8 Vortex 1.0 GTX Chevrolet 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche Julien Boillot Philippe Bonnel Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 Gregg Gorski Josh Hansen Jürgen Krebs razoon-more than racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 714 Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer P21 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 721 Chris Hillaby José Monroy Rui Miritta Tischner Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 763 Uwe Kleen Matthias Tischner Michael Tischner 992 (8 entries) Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers P Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz NKPP by HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 928 Miika Panu Am Jim Rautiainen QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar 929 Julian Hanses Am Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Ghanim Al Maadheed HRT Performance 930 Antti Buri P Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 931 Fidel Leib P Mikaeel Pitamber Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 955 Fabrizio Broggi P Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae RABDAN Motorsports Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 977 Saif Al Ameri P Salem Al Ketbi Helal Ali Mazrouei Saeed Al Mehairi Speed Lover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 979 Olivier Dons Am Jean-Michel Gerome Eric Mouez GT4 (3 entries) RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 405 Phil Keen Phil Quaife James Thorpe Buggyra ZM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 416 Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vršecký Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 438 David Holloway Vasily Vladykin Carl Cavers TCR (4 entries) Wolf-Power Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 121 Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers Nicolas Baert Ricky Coomber Sharky-Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 176 Artur Goroyan  Roman Mavlanov[b] AC Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 188 Marcos Costantini Jonas Karklys Niels Ulrich Nyboe Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 199 Mato Matosevic Victor Moutinho Paul Sieljes Source:[2]

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	911	Pure Rxcing	Harry King	1:54.3 02
GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	Haytham Qarajouli	1:58.738
992	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Julian Hanses	1:56.808
GT4	405	RAM Racing	Phil Quaife	2:05.572
TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	Roman Mavlanov	2:07.939
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	911	Pure Rxcing	1:55.650	1:54.891	1:55.133	1:55.224
2	GT3 Pro	21	HAAS RT	1:58.683	1:54.492	1:55.246	1:56.140
3	GT3 Pro	12	JR Motorsport	2:00.672	1:55.594	1:56.082	1:57.449
4	GT3 Pro/Am	1	Phoenix Racing	2:03.028	1:55.007	1:56.328	1:58.121
5	992 Pro	930	HRT Performance	2:00.664	1:57.889	1:57.797	1:58.783
6	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	1:58.891	1:59.247	1:58.274	1:58.804
7	GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	1:58.173	1:59.152	1:59.437	1:58.920
8	992 Am	928	NKPP by HRT Performance	1:58.295	2:00.0 89	1:58.977	1:59.120
9	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	2:00.115	1:59.217	1:58.180	1:59.170
10	992 Am	929	QMMF Racing by HRT Thuraya Qatar	1:58.991	1:57.625	2:01.663	1:59.426
11	992 Pro	931	HRT Performance	2:00.856	1:58.792	1:59.655	1:59.767
12	GTX	701	Vortex V8	2:00.909	2:04.117	2:03.434	2:02.820
13	GTX	763	Tischner Motorsport	2:00.328	2:07.492	2:03.252	2:03.690
14	992 Am	979	Speed Lover	2:02.969	2:03.683	2:04.590	2:03.747
15	GTX	721	P21 Motorsport	2:05.379	2:05.790	2:01.786	2:04.318
16	GT4	405	RAM Racing	2:05.594	2:04.618	2:04.948	2:05.053
17	GT4	438	Simpson Motorsport	2:06.471	2:05.664	2:06.706	2:06.280
18	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	2:06.522	2:06.713	2:06.013	2:06.416
19	TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	2:12.339	2:08.348	2:08.592	2:09.759
20	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	2:22.676	2:09.322	2:59.834	2:30.610
21	GT3 Pro	91	Herberth Motorsport	—	1:54.541	1:56.050	1:55.295
22	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	1:58.170	1:57.231	—	1:57.700
23	TCR	121	Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing	2:10.157	2:09.066	—	2:09.611
24	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	—	2:07.051	—	2:07.051
DNC	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Pro	977	RABDAN Motorsports	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 Pro	911	Pure Rxcing	Harry King Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R	165	6:00:34.723
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
2	GT3 Pro	91	Herberth Motorsport	Felix Neuhofer Markus Neuhofer Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	165	+7.226
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3	GT3 Pro	21	HAAS RT	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry Maxime Soulet	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	165	+10.032
					Audi 5.2 L V10
4	GT3 Pro/Am	1	Phoenix Racing	Michael Doppelmayr Pierre Kaffer Elia Erhart Sven Herberger	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	165	+21.860
					Audi 5.2 L V10
5	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	163	+2 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	992 Am	928	NKPP by HRT Performance	Miika Panu Jim Rautiainen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	163	+2 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	992 Pro	931	HRT Performance	Fidel Leib Mikaeel Pitamber	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	992 Pro	930	HRT Performance	Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	162	+3 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Andrzej Lewandowski	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	161	+4 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
11	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	159	+6 Laps
					Audi 2.5 L I5
12	GTX	763	Tischner Motorsport	Uwe Kleen Matthias Tischner Michael Tischner	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	159	+6 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	GTX	721	P21 Motorsport	Chris Hillaby José Monroy Rui Miritta	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	153	+12 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	GT4	416	Buggyra ZM Racing	Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vršecký	Mercedes-AMG GT4	153	+12 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
15	GT4	405	RAM Racing	Phil Keen Phil Quaife James Thorpe	Mercedes-AMG GT4	152	+13 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
16	GT3 Pro	12	JR Motorsport	Ted van Vliet Max Weering	BMW M6 GT3	160	+5 Laps
					BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
17	TCR	176	Sharky-Racing	Artur Goroyan  Roman Mavlanov	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	150	+15 Laps
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
18	TCR	121	Wolf-Power Racing	Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers Nicolas Baert Ricky Coomber	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	150	+15 Laps
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
19	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Julian Hanses Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Ghanim Al Maadheed	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	146	+19 Laps
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 DNF	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Julien Boillot Philippe Bonnel	Vortex 1.0 GTX	138	Stopped
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
21	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Marcos Costantini Jonas Karklys Niels Ulrich Nyboe	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	116	+49 Laps
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
22 DNF	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	Mato Matosevic Victor Moutinho Paul Sieljes	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	88	Gearbox
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
DNC	GT4	438	Simpson Motorsport	David Holloway Vasily Vladykin Carl Cavers	BMW M4 GT4 Gen II	47	Alternator belt
					BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
DNC	992 Am	979	Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Jean-Michel Gerome Eric Mouez	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	30	Did not finish
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNS	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Josh Hansen Jürgen Krebs	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	0	Did not start
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNS	992 Pro	977	RABDAN Motorsports	Saif Al Ameri Salem Al Ketbi Helal Ali Mazrouei Saeed Al Mehairi	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	0	Did not start
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:[6]

Notes

1. Alex Malykhin is a Belarusian driver competing with a British license due to the FIA ban on the use of the Belarusian flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2. Roman Mavlanov is Russian, but competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Belarusian and Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

External links

Official website