2023 Gulf 12 Hours

Race details
Date	10 December 2023
Official name	Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours
Location	Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course	Permanent circuit; 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance	Race; 12 hours
	Qualifying
Pole
Avg Time	1:51.272
	Race
Fastest lap
Time	1:51.291 (on lap 4)
Podium

The 2023 Gulf 12 Hours (officially titled 2023 Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours^[1]) was the 13th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 8–10 December 2023. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars.^[2] It was the final round of the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Entry list[edit]

No.	Entrant	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3	Driver 4
GT3 Pro (5 entries)
14	Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Maximilian Götz^[3]	Jules Gounon^[3]	Fabian Schiller^[3]	-
32	Team WRT^[4]	BMW M4 GT3	Philipp Eng^[4]	Sheldon van der Linde^[4]	Charles Weerts^[4]	-
46	Team WRT^[4]	BMW M4 GT3	Valentino Rossi^[4]	Dries Vanthoor^[4]	Nick Yelloly^[4]	-
77	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Lucas Auer^[3]	Frank Bird^[3]	Lorenzo Ferrari^[3]	-
99	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Maro Engel^[3]	Mikaël Grenier^[3]	Luca Stolz^[3]	-
GT3 Pro-Am (12 entries)
4	Grove Racing^[5]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Brenton Grove^[5]	Stephen Grove^[5]	Richie Stanaway^[5]	-
11	Kessel Racing^[6]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Scott Andrews^[6]	David Fumanelli^[6]	Anton Dias Perera^[6]	Giorgio Roda^[6]
12	Centri Porsche Ticino^[7]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Stefano Costantini^[7]	Alex Fontana^[7]	Yannick Mettler^[7]	Hash Patel^[7]
25	AF Corse^[8]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Alessandro Cozzi^[8]	Marco Pulcini^[8]	Alessio Rovera^[8]	Giorgio Sernagiotto^[8]
26	OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One^[9]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ramez Azzam^[9]	Omar Jackson^[9]	Zaamin Jaffer^[9]	Axcil Jefferies^[9]
27	Optimum Motorsport^[10]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Rob Bell^[10]	Ollie Millroy^[10]	Mark Radcliffe^[10]	-
33	Herberth Motorsport^[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Antares Au^[10]	Matteo Cairoli^[10]	Tim Heinemann^[10]	-
59	Garage 59^[11]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Shaun Balfe^[11]	Benjamin Goethe^[11]	Oliver Goethe^[11]	Mark Sansom^[11]
74	Kessel Racing^[6]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Michael Broniszewski^[6]	Davide Rigon^[6]	Niccolò Schirò^[6]	-
75	SunEnergy1 Racing^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Dominik Baumann^[3]	Philip Ellis^[3]	Kenny Habul^[3]	Martin Konrad^[3]
88	Garage 59^[12]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Marvin Kirchhöfer^[12]	Louis Prette^[12]	Alexander West^[12]	-
93	Sky – Tempesta Racing^[12]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Eddie Cheever III^[12]	Chris Froggatt^[12]	Jonathan Hui^[12]	Kevin Tse^[12]
GT3 Am (11 entries)
2	HAAS RT^[13]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Grégory Guilvert^[13]	Xavier Knauf^[13]	Miika Panu^[13]	Grégory Servais^[13]
3	2 Seas Motorsport^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Isa Al Khalifa^[3]	Ian Loggie^[3]	Al Faisal Al Zubair^[3]	-
7	Herberth Motorsport^[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Daniel Allemann^[10]	Ralf Bohn^[10]	Alfred Renauer^[10]	-
20	AF Corse^[8]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Christian Colombo^[8]	Stéphane Lemeret^[8]	David Tjiptobiantoro^[8]	Lilou Wadoux^[8]
21	Car Collection Motorsport^[14]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Dustin Blattner^[14]	Constantin Dressler^[14]	Joel Sturm^[14]	-
51	AF Corse^[8]	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Kriton Lendoudis^[8]	Nicola Marinangeli^[8]	Christoph Ulrich^[8]	Alex Fox^[10]
61	AF Corse^[8]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Conrad Grunewald^[8]	Laurent de Meeus^[8]	Miguel Ramos^[8]	Jean Claude Saada^[8]
73	MP Racing^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Corinna Gostner^[3]	David Gostner^[3]	Manuela Gostner^[3]	Thomas Gostner^[3]
76	7TSIX^[15]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Tom Jackson^[15]	Wayne Marrs^[15]	Ameerh Naran^[15]	Matt Topham^[15]
79	Tsunami RT^[10]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Stefano Borghi^[10]	Marco Cassará^[10]	Davide Scannicchio^[10]	Johannes Zelger^[10]
86	Baron Motorsport^[10]	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Daniele di Amato^[10]	Ernst Kirchmayr^[10]	Philippe Prette^[10]	Axel Sartingen^[10]
Source: ^[10]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying Results[edit]

Fastest times for each car are denoted in bold.
Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Car	Avg. Time	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3	Driver 4
1	P	99	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:51.272	1:51.075	1:51.364	1:51.378
2	P	14	Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:51.504	1:51.733	1:51.106	1:51.675
3	PA	33	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:51.731	1:50.592	1:51.187	1:53.414
4	P	46	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:51.756	1:52.259	1:51.614	1:51.396
5	P	77	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:51.762	1:52.082	1:51.806	1:51.400
6	PA	88	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	1:51.911	1:51.162	1:53.212	1:51.361
7	PA	27	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	1:52.021	1:51.769	1:52.885	1:51.409
8	P	32	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	1:52.025	1:52.347	1:52.030	1:51.699
9	Am	21	Car Collection Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:52.173	1:52.284	1:53.036	1:51.199
10	PA	59	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	1:52.255	1:51.426	1:50.549	1:52.768	1:54.279
11	PA	11	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:52.442	1:50.705	1:51.981	1:51.324	1:55.760
12	Am	7	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:52.615	1:51.254	1:52.226	1:54.367
13	PA	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:52.637	1:53.115	1:53.919	1:51.726	1:51.789
14	PA	93	Sky – Tempesta Racing	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	1:52.657	1:52.843	1:52.725	1:53.521	1:51.540
15	PA	26	OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:53.040	1:51.728	1:55.357	1:53.706	1:51.370
16	PA	4	Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:53.187	1:51.550	1:52.221	1:55.792
17	Am	3	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:53.208	1:54.406	1:52.991	1:52.227
18	PA	25	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:53.271	1:54.460	1:51.477	1:56.413	1:50.734
19	Am	2	HAAS RT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	1:53.570	1:52.848	1:52.698	1:52.641	1:56.093
20	Am	61	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:53.796	1:51.693	1:53.118	1:54.778	1:55.597
21	Am	20	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	1:53.853	1:52.463	1:53.602	1:51.878	1:57.471
22	Am	51	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	1:55.160	1:51.822	1:53.842	1:55.998	1:58.979
23	Am	79	Tsunami RT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:55.529	1:54.521	1:55.018	1:57.059	1:55.519
24	PA	12	Centri Porsche Ticino	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	1:57.150				1:57.150
25	Am	76	7TSIX	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:57.512		1:55.165	1:59.544	1:57.829
26	Am	73	MP Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:57.750	1:55.305	1:56.017	2:01.835	1:57.844
WD	PA	74	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3
WD	Am	86	Baron Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020
Source:^[16]

Race[edit]

Race classification[edit]

Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos.	Class	#	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Gap/Retired
1	P	99	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	348	12:01:18.056
2	P	46	Team WRT	Valentino Rossi Dries Vanthoor Nick Yelloly	BMW M4 GT3	348	+12.811
3	P	14	Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas	Maximilian Götz Jules Gounon Fabian Schiller	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	347	+1 Lap
4	P	77	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Lucas Auer Frank Bird Lorenzo Ferrari	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	346	+2 Laps
5	Am	21	Car Collection Motorsport	Dustin Blattner Constantin Dressler Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	346	+2 Laps
6	PA	27	Optimum Motorsport	Rob Bell Ollie Millroy Mark Radcliffe	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	345	+3 Laps
7	PA	11	Kessel Racing	Scott Andrews David Fumanelli Anton Dias Perera Giorgio Roda	Ferrari 296 GT3	344	+4 Laps
8	PA	33	Herberth Motorsport	Antares Au Matteo Cairoli Tim Heinemann	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	343	+5 Laps
9	Am	3	2 Seas Motorsport	Isa Al Khalifa Ian Loggie Al Faisal Al Zubair	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	343	+5 Laps
10	Am	7	Herberth Motorsport	Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	343	+5 Laps
11	PA	25	AF Corse	Alessandro Cozzi Marco Pulcini Alessio Rovera Giorgio Sernagiotto	Ferrari 296 GT3	343	+5 Laps
12	PA	88	Garage 59	Marvin Kirchhöfer Louis Prette Alexander West	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	342	+6 Laps
13	PA	93	Sky – Tempesta Racing	Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Kevin Tse	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	342	+6 Laps
14	P	32	Team WRT	Philipp Eng Sheldon van der Linde Charles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3	342	+6 Laps
15	Am	20	AF Corse	Christian Colombo Stéphane Lemeret David Tjiptobiantoro Lilou Wadoux	Ferrari 296 GT3	340	+8 Laps
16	PA	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Dominik Baumann Philip Ellis Kenny Habul Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	338	+10 Laps
17	Am	2	HAAS RT	Grégory Guilvert Xavier Knauf Miika Panu Grégory Servais	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	330	+18 Laps
18	Am	73	MP Racing	Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas Gostner	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	308	+40 Laps
19	Am	61	AF Corse	Conrad Grunewald Laurent de Meeus Miguel Ramos Jean Claude Saada	Ferrari 296 GT3	304	+44 Laps
20	PA	26	OJ Lifestyle Racing by Racing One	Ramez Azzam Omar Jackson Zaamin Jaffer Axcil Jefferies	Ferrari 296 GT3	291	+57 Laps
21	Am	51	AF Corse	Kriton Lendoudis Nicola Marinangeli Christoph Ulrich Alex Fox	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	244	+104 Laps
22	Am	79	Tsunami RT	Stefano Borghi Marco Cassará Davide Scannicchio Johannes Zelger	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	199	+149 Laps
23	PA	4	Grove Racing	Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Richie Stanaway	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	34	+314 Laps
24	PA	59	Garage 59	Shaun Balfe Benjamin Goethe Oliver Goethe Mark Sansom	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	24	+324 Laps
DNS	PA	12	Centri Porsche Ticino	Stefano Costantini Alex Fontana Yannick Mettler Hash Patel	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)		Qualifying crash
DNS	Am	76	7TSIX	Tom Jackson Wayne Marrs Ameerh Naran Matt Topham	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo		Qualifying crash
Source:^[17]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Lenovo Becomes Title Partner of Gulf 12 Hours". gulf12hours.com. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "All-GT3 Gulf 12 Hours in 2023, additional race announced". www.gulf12hours.com. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Plümer, Jonas (29 November 2023). "Sieben Mercedes-AMG GT3 bei Gulf 12 Hours". GT-Place.com (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Goodwin, Graham (8 November 2023). "Rossi Confirmed For Gulf 12 Hours". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Herrero, Daniel (27 November 2023). "Groves to blood Stanaway at Gulf 12 Hours". Speedcafe. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Goodwin, Graham (4 December 2023). "Kessel Reveal Gulf 12 Hours Line-ups". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Centri Porsche Ticino ready for Pro-Am challenge". www.gulf12hours.com. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Goodwin, Graham (16 November 2023). "Four-Car Gulf 12 Hours Assault For AF Corse". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Local crew gears up for Gulf 12 Hours". www.gulf12hours.com. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "ENTRY LIST GULF 12 HOURS". www.gulf12hours.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Euwema, Davey (1 December 2023). "Goethe Brothers to Share Garage 59 McLaren at Gulf 12H". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Les brèves du jeudi 30 novembre". Endurance-Info (in French). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "HAAS Racing team unveils its driver line up for the coming GULF 12H". Endurance-Info. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Car Collection with two Porsche at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi". Endurance-Info. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "7TSIX ready for Gulf 12 Hours Debut". www.gulf12hours.com. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ "Gulf 12 Hours – Qualifying Driver 1 – combined" (PDF). 9 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ "Gulf 12 Hours – Race" (PDF). 10 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Lenovo Becomes Title Partner of Gulf 12 Hours". gulf12hours.com. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[2] "All-GT3 Gulf 12 Hours in 2023, additional race announced". www.gulf12hours.com. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[Gulf12HAMG-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Plümer, Jonas (29 November 2023). "Sieben Mercedes-AMG GT3 bei Gulf 12 Hours". GT-Place.com (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[TeamWRTBMW-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Goodwin, Graham (8 November 2023). "Rossi Confirmed For Gulf 12 Hours". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[GrovePorsche-5] Herrero, Daniel (27 November 2023). "Groves to blood Stanaway at Gulf 12 Hours". Speedcafe. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

[KeselFerrari-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Goodwin, Graham (4 December 2023). "Kessel Reveal Gulf 12 Hours Line-ups". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[CPTCarCollection-7] "Centri Porsche Ticino ready for Pro-Am challenge". www.gulf12hours.com. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[AFCFerrari-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Goodwin, Graham (16 November 2023). "Four-Car Gulf 12 Hours Assault For AF Corse". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[OJRacingOne-9] "Local crew gears up for Gulf 12 Hours". www.gulf12hours.com. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[EntryList-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "ENTRY LIST GULF 12 HOURS". www.gulf12hours.com.

[Garage59McLaren-11] Euwema, Davey (1 December 2023). "Goethe Brothers to Share Garage 59 McLaren at Gulf 12H". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[Garage59Lineups-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Les brèves du jeudi 30 novembre". Endurance-Info (in French). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[HAASRTAudi-13] "HAAS Racing team unveils its driver line up for the coming GULF 12H". Endurance-Info. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[CarCollectionPorsche-14] "Car Collection with two Porsche at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi". Endurance-Info. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[7TSIXAMG-15] "7TSIX ready for Gulf 12 Hours Debut". www.gulf12hours.com. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

[16] "Gulf 12 Hours – Qualifying Driver 1 – combined" (PDF). 9 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[17] "Gulf 12 Hours – Race" (PDF). 10 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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