2026 Dubai 24 Hour

The layout of the Dubai Autodrome.

The 2026 Michelin Dubai 24 Hour will be the 21st running of the Dubai 24 Hour, a motorsport endurance race at the Dubai Autodrome. The race will be held from 16 to 18 January 2026. It will be the third and final round of the 2025–26 24H Series Middle East.[1]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event Distance
Friday, 16 January 10:30–12:30 Free practice 120 mins
13:45–14:40 Qualifying sessions – class GT3 3 × 15 mins
14:50–15:45 Qualifying sessions – class 992 3 × 15 mins
15:55–16:50 Qualifying sessions – classes TCE, GT4 & GTX 3 × 15 mins
17:20-17:45 Top 10 Shoot-Out 25 mins
19:30–21:00 Night practice – All cars 90 mins
Saturday, 17 January 13:00 Race 24 hours
Sunday, 18 January 13:00
Source:[2]

Entries

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (13 entries)
4 Australia Grove Racing by GetSpeed[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Australia Kai Allen[3] Andorra Jules Gounon[3] Australia Brenton Grove[3] Australia Stephen Grove[3] United Kingdom Chris Lulham[3]
14 Austria razoon - more than racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Simon Birch France Vladislav Lomko[a] Austria Leo Pichler Netherlands Jop Rappange Austria Luca Rettenbacher
16 Germany Winward Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Netherlands "Daan Arrow"[4] Germany Maro Engel[4] Sergey Stolyarov[4][b] Germany Luca Stolz[4]
27 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Kyrgyzstan Stanislav Minsky[a] Belgium Mathieu Detry Germany Christopher Haase Germany Julian Hanses Germany Thomas Kiefer
61 New Zealand EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) France Dorian Boccolacci Malaysia Adrian D'Silva France Alessandro Ghiretti Italy Enzo Trulli
74 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert United Kingdom Tom Fleming Denmark Benjamin Goethe United Kingdom Michael Porter
77 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Harry George United States Tanner Harvey United States Patrick Liddy Netherlands Dante Rappange
81 Germany Winward Racing[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Italy Matteo Cairoli[4] Germany Marvin Dienst[4] Italy Gabriele Piana[4] Rinat Salikhov[4][b]
87 Germany Origine powered by CC Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) China Deng Yi Armenia Artur Goroyan[a] China Leo Ye Hongli Roman Mavlanov[b] China Yuan Bo
92 Lithuania Pure Rxcing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Denmark Michelle Gatting[5] Austria Max Hofer[5] United Kingdom Alex Malykhin[5][c] Alexey Nesov[5][b]
669 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo South Africa Kelvin van der Linde United States Anthony McIntosh South Africa Jordan Pepper[6] Spain Fran Rueda United Kingdom Ben Tuck
777 Oman AlManar Racing by Dragon[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair[7] United States Dustin Blattner[7] Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies[7] Germany Dennis Marschall[7]
991 United Kingdom Paradine Competition[8] BMW M4 GT3 Evo United Arab Emirates Jamie Day[8] Brazil Pedro Ebrahim[8] Brazil Augusto Farfus[8] United Kingdom James Kellett[8] United Kingdom Darren Leung[8]
GT3 Pro-Am (13 entries)
8 New Zealand EBM Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo China Kerong Li Indonesia Setiawan Santoso Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul Finland Elias Seppänen China Zhou Bihuang
10 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Hong Kong Antares Au Germany Ralf Bohn Netherlands Loek Hartog Germany Joel Sturm
13 Germany Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Canada Mikaël Grenier Australia Christian Mansell Mexico Marcelo A. Ramirez Denis Remenyako[b]
17 Italy Enrico Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Italy Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi Italy Alessandro Giannone Italy Andrea Girondi United Kingdom Harley Haughton
18 France Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Austria Michael Doppelmayr Germany Elia Erhart Germany Swen Herberger Germany Pierre Kaffer France Stephane Tribaudini
28 France TFT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo France Jordan Boisson France Patrick Charlaix France Marvin Klein Belgium Benjamin Paque
31 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo United Kingdom Dario Franchitti[9] United Kingdom Robert Huff[9] United Kingdom Max Lynn[9] United Kingdom Shaun Lynn[9]
56 Czech Republic Scuderia Praha Ferrari 296 GT3 Czech Republic Josef Král Slovakia Matúš Výboh Slovakia Miroslav Výboh Czech Republic Dennis Waszek Italy Matteo Malucelli
67 Austria SVC Sport Management Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Switzerland Mauro Calamia Switzerland Jean-Luc D'Auria Italy Roberto Pampanini Italy Amedeo Pampanini
79 San Marino Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Italy Fabio Babini Switzerland Alex Fontana New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Italy Johannes Zelger
88 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Giacomo Altoè[7] Canada Ramez Azzam[7] Kuwait Khaled Al Marzouq[7] United Kingdom Oscar Ryndziewcz[7] Germany Oliver Goethe
93 India Ajith RedAnt Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Belgium Kobe de Breucker India Ajith Kumar Belgium Ayrton Redant Belgium Yannick Redant
269 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Germany Vincent Kolb Germany Max Moritz Germany Sven Müller Germany Florian Spengler
GT3 Am (8 entries)
2 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov[a] Poland Damian Ciosek Montenegro Alim Geshev[a] United Kingdom George King United Kingdom James Winslow
11 Switzerland HOFOR Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Germany Torsten Kratz Germany Manuel Metzger Germany Maximilian Partl Switzerland Chantal Prinz Switzerland Alexander Prinz
21 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Belgium Fabian Duffieux Belgium Peter Guelinckx Belgium Nicolas Guelinckx Belgium Matisse Lismont
24 Italy Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Spain Rafael Duran Canada Reinhold Krahn Sri Lanka Eshan Pieris Austria Philipp Sager United Kingdom Angus Whiteside
25 South Africa Into Africa by Dragon Racing[7] Ferrari 296 GT3 United Kingdom Glynn Geddie[7] United Kingdom Jim Geddie[7] South Africa Xolile Letlaka[7] South Africa Arnold Neveling[7] South Africa Stuart White[7]
69 United Arab Emirates Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Germany Alex Aka Malta Paul Scheuschner Mikhail Simonov[b] Kyrgyzstan Andrey Solukovtsev[a] Cyprus Vasily Vladykin
89 Germany Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Belgium Xavier Knauf Australia Andres Latorre Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone Belgium Gregory Servais
992 United Kingdom Paradine Competition[10] BMW M4 GT3 Evo Oman Ahmad Al Harthy[11] United Kingdom James Kellett[11] United Kingdom Darren Leung[11] United States Anthony McIntosh[11]
GTX (6 entries)
701 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Lionel Amrouche France Philippe Bonnel France Thierry Chkondali Belgium Johan Caeldries
710 Germany Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 New Zealand Brendon Leitch Canada Fred Roberts Sweden Månz Thalin United States Gerhard Watzinger United States Don Yount
763 Poland GT3 Poland Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Latvia Konstantīns Calko Poland Pawel Kowalski Poland Adrian Lewandowski Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Poland Seweryn Mazur
794 France Team CMR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Belgium Rodrigue Gillion France Hugo Mogica France Eric Mouez Belgium Erwin Creed France Ethan Gialdini
795 France Team CMR[12] Ginetta G56 GT2 France Nico Prost[12] United Kingdom Michael Simpson[12] United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson[12]
797 France Rossa Racing[13] Rossa LM GT Uzbekistan Ismail Ahmedkhodjaev[13] United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[13] Viacheslav Gutak[13][b] Cyprus Evgeny Kireev[13] Roman Rusinov[13][b]
992 (14 entries)
216 Hong Kong Modena Motorsports Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Canada Christian Chia France Philippe Descombes Canada John Shen Denmark Benny Simonsen Netherlands Francis Tjia
888 France SebLajoux Racing Kazakhstan Alexandr Artemyev France Sebastien Lajoux France Stephane Perrin France Louis Perrot United Kingdom Anthony Vince
909 Netherlands RedCamel-Jordans.nl Netherlands Ivo Breukers Netherlands Luc Breukers Netherlands Rik Breukers Switzerland Fabian Danz
910 France SebLajoux Racing France Solenn Amrouche France Enzo Joulié France Sebastien Lajoux France Mathys Jaubert
914 Austria razoon - more than racing Germany Colin Bönighausen Kyrgyzstan Ivan Stanchin[a] Austria Daniel Drexel Ivan Ovsienko[b]
921 Belgium Mühlner Motorsport Netherlands Jurriaan de Back China Liang Jiatong Netherlands Paul Meijer
928 Germany HRT Performance France Stéphane Adler France Michael Blanchemain France Jérôme Da Costa South Africa Ryan Naicker
929 Germany HRT Performance United Kingdom Steven Gambrell United States Gregg Gorski United Arab Emirates Giovanni Nucera Switzerland Silvain Pastoris
930 Germany X Motorsport by HRT Performance Ilya Gorin[b] Portugal Igor Sorokin[a] Sergey Titarenko[b] Victor Titarenko[b]
931 Germany ARMotors by HRT Performance Grigorii Burlutskii[b] United Kingdom Nick Halstead Germany Maya Hartge Germany Alex Renner Dmitriy Shishko[b]
939 Netherlands Team GP-Elite Finland Jukka Honkavuori Finland Jukka Honkavuori Finland Jani Käkelä Estonia Thomas Kangro Finland Henri Tuomaala
962 Switzerland Tierra Outdoor Racing by Fach Auto Tech Netherlands Wouter Boerekamps Netherlands Huub van Eijndhoven Netherlands Robert de Haan Netherlands Ralph Poppelaars
971 United Arab Emirates Rabdan by Fulgenzi United Arab Emirates Saif Alameri United Arab Emirates Salem Alketbi Switzerland Christopher Zöchling United States Arthur Simondet
985 Austria Neuhofer by Rennsport Austria Felix Neuhofer Austria Markus Neuhofer Austria Martin Ragginger Austria Helmut Roedig Germany Sebastian Schmitt
992 Am (2 entries)
924 Belgium Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Belgium Simon Balcaen Belgium Mathieu Castelein Belgium Pierre Castelein France Steven Palette
925 France Crubilé Sport France Sebastién Crubile France Pascal Duhamel France Anthony Plessis
GT4 (4 entries)
427 Germany Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Germany Nick von Essen Mexico Benito Tagle Germany Stephan Epp Roman Tishchenkov[b]
444 France Circuit Toys Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo2 United Kingdom Rhys Lloyd United Kingdom Will Powell
445 Germany Cerny Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) France Joshua Bednarski Ivan Krapivtsev[b] Germany Farin Megger United Kingdom Shiv Sapra
478 United Kingdom CWS Engineering Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo Australia Mark Griffith Australia Neale Muston United Kingdom Colin White
TCX (5 entries)
101 Germany asBest Racing SEAT León Cup Racer Switzerland Thomas Alpiger United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Khaja Bangladesh Hm Tauhid Anwar Avik India Fahad Nasir Khan Switzerland Michael Neuhauser
102 Germany asBest Racing Cupra León TCR Germany Pia Ohlsson Germany Lutz Obermann Brazil Silas Passos Germany Henrik Seibel Japan Junichi Umemoto
103 Germany asBest Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Melaihi United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Owais Poland Rafal Gieras United Arab Emirates Karim Zuhour United Arab Emirates Nadir Zuhour
111 Germany asBest Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Switzerland Marco Grillil India Zaamin Jaffer Germany Desirée Müller South Africa Dylan Pragji Lebanon Rawad Sarieddine
127 Germany Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Germany Darian Donkel Ivan Ekelchik[b] Azat Kalimullin[b] Nikita Kulkov[b] Germany Aaron Wenisch
TC (2 entries)
107 Japan TGRR Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo "B-Spec" Japan Miki Onaga Japan Aimi Saito Japan Rami Sasaki Japan Kokoro Sato Japan Rio Shimono
108 Hong Kong KCMG Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo "B-Spec" Hong Kong Paul Ip Hong Kong Marchy Lee Hong Kong Ho-Pin Tung Hong Kong Andy Yan
Source: [14]

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Race results

Class winner in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Time/Reason Laps Points
Engine
Source:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h All following drivers are Russian, but Lomko competes under a French licence, Bukhantsov competes under a Kittitian licence, Geshev under a Montenegrin license, Minsky, Solukovtsev and Stanchin under a Kyrgyz license and Sorokin under a Portuguese license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s All 19 drivers are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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