# 2024 Gulf 12 Hours

The 2024 Gulf 12 Hours (officially titled 2024 Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours) was the 14th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 13–15 December 2024. For the first time since the 12th edition of the race, it was not part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Therefore, the race reverted to a split format, with a break after 8 Hours, as opposed to earlier editions that had the break after 6 Hours. Also returning this year is the 992 Cup class reserved for Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars.

## Entry list

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class |
| GT3 |||||
| HAAS RT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2 | John Corbett | Am |
| HAAS RT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2 | Xavier Knauf | Am |
| HAAS RT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2 | Grégory Servais | Am |
| HAAS RT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2 | Casper Stevenson | Am |
| 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 4 | Jules Gounon | P |
| 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 4 | Brenton Grove | P |
| 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 4 | Stephen Grove | P |
| Racing One | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | Giacomo Altoè | PA |
| Racing One | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | Ernst Kirchmayr | PA |
| Racing One | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | Roberto Merhi | PA |
| Racing One | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | Mark Rosser | PA |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | Dustin Blattner | Am |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | Ralf Bohn | Am |
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 7 | Alfred Renauer | Am |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 8 | Louis Prette | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 8 | Philippe Prette | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 8 | Adam Smalley | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 8 | Alexander West | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 59 | James Jakes | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 59 | Miguel Ramos | PA |
| Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 59 | Mark Sansom | PA |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 11 | Murat Cuhadaroglu | PA |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 11 | David Fumanelli | PA |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 11 | Davide Rigon | PA |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 11 | Giorgio Roda | PA |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 74 | Andrew Gilbert | P |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 74 | Fran Rueda | P |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 74 | Tanart Sathienthirakul | P |
| Proton Huber Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 16 | Sergei Borisov | P |
| Proton Huber Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 16 | Sven Müller | P |
| Proton Huber Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 16 | Sergey Stolyarov | P |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 25 | Gilles Magnus | P |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 25 | Dennis Marschall | P |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 25 | Bihuang Zhou | P |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 26 | Michael Blanchemain | PA |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 26 | Paul Evrard | PA |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 26 | Jim Pla | PA |
| Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 26 | Benjamin Ricci | PA |
| ARC Bratislava | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 44 | Adam Konôpka | Am |
| ARC Bratislava | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 44 | Miro Konôpka | Am |
| ARC Bratislava | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 44 | Neale Muston | Am |
| ARC Bratislava | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 44 | Ameerth Naran | Am |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 51 | Alessandro Cozzi | PA |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 51 | Eliseo Donno | PA |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 51 | Marco Pulcini | PA |
| AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 51 | Giorgio Sernagiotto | PA |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 55 | Christian Hook | PA |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 55 | Felipe Fernández Laser | PA |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 55 | David Perel | PA |
| Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 55 | Rinat Salikhov | PA |
| MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 58 | Corinna Gostner | Am |
| MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 58 | David Gostner | Am |
| MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 58 | Manuela Gostner | Am |
| MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 58 | Thomas Gostner | Am |
| Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 69 | Todd Coleman | P |
| Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 69 | Frederik Schandorff | P |
| Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 69 | Aaron Telitz | P |
| Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 77 | Ramez Azzam | PA |
| Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 77 | Axcil Jefferies | PA |
| Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 77 | Xolile Letlaka | PA |
| Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 77 | Khaled Al Marzouq | PA |
| Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 88 | Matt Bell | P |
| Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 88 | Wayne Boyd | P |
| Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 88 | John Shauermann | P |
| Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 96 | Mikhail Loboda | PA |
| Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 96 | Denis Remenyako | PA |
| Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 96 | Vasily Vladykin | PA |
| Lionspeed GP | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 99 | Patrick Kolb | PA |
| Lionspeed GP | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 99 | Bashar Mardini | PA |
| Lionspeed GP | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 99 | Gabriel Rindone | PA |
| Lionspeed GP | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 99 | Kyle Tilley | PA |
| 992 |||||
| Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 17 | Enrico Fulgenzi | Enrico Fulgenzi |
| Alessandro Giannone ||
| Andrea Girondi ||
| Toro Verde GT | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 42 | Steve Laidlaw | Steve Laidlaw |
| Steven Liquorish ||
| Graeme Mundy ||
| Micah Stanley ||
| QMMF by HRT Performance | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 91 | Ibrahim Abdulghani | Ibrahim Abdulghani |
| Julian Hanses ||
| Abdulla Al-Khelaifi ||
| Ghanim Al Maadeed ||
| HRT Performance | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 92 | Ahmad Al Emadi | Ahmad Al Emadi |
| Liang Jiatong ||
| Axel Sartingen ||
| Jassim Al Thani ||
| Icon | Class |
| P | Pro Cup |
| PA | Pro-Am Cup |
| Am | Am Cup |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying results

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 | Am | 7 | Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1:52.896 | 1:52.229 | 1:52.854 | 1:53.607 | |
| 2 | PA | 11 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:53.027 | 1:51.163 | 1:51.271 | 1:53.525 | 1:56.152 |
| 3 | P | 16 | Proton Huber Competition | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1:53.220 | 1:54.527 | 1:52.950 | 1:52.185 | |
| 4 | P | 4 | 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:53.230 | 1:51.281 | 1:55.111 | 1:53.300 | |
| 5 | P | 74 | Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:53.395 | 1:51.822 | 1:52.839 | 1:55.524 | |
| 6 | PA | 51 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:53.448 | 1:54.142 | 1:53.627 | 1:53.418 | 1:52.608 |
| 7 | P | 25 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 1:53.663 | 1:51.587 | 1:51.960 | 1:57.444 | |
| 8 | P | 69 | Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 1:53.823 | 1:56.750 | 1:52.541 | 1:52.180 | |
| 9 | PA | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:53.842 | 1:52.103 | 1:52.761 | 1:54.548 | 1:55.956 |
| 10 | PA | 8 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 1:53.906 | 1:52.147 | 1:52.260 | 1:55.338 | 1:55.879 |
| 11 | P | 88 | Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:54.041 | 1:51.629 | 1:52.630 | 1:57.866 | |
| 12 | PA | 59 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 1:54.042 | 1:52.580 | 1:53.550 | 1:55.380 | 1:54.658 |
| 13 | PA | 6 | Racing One | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:54.195 | | | 1:55.434 | 1:52.956 |
| 14 | PA | 96 | Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 1:54.311 | 1:54.034 | 1:53.586 | 1:55.315 | |
| 15 | PA | 26 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 1:54.392 | | 1:55.218 | 1:53.821 | 1:54.137 |
| 16 | PA | 99 | Lionspeed GP | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 1:54.486 | 1:52.782 | 1:53.580 | 1:55.155 | 1:56.427 |
| 17 | Am | 2 | HAAS RT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 1:54.767 | 1:52.950 | 1:52.900 | 1:56.002 | 1:57.219 |
| 18 | PA | 77 | Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1:54.929 | 1:51.685 | 1:52.855 | 1:55.770 | 1:59.409 |
| 19 | 992 | 91 | QMMF by HRT Performance | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 1:57.840 | 1:57.450 | 1:58.265 | 1:59.963 | 1:55.684 |
| 20 | Am | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 1:57.972 | 1:56.464 | 1:56.056 | 1:58.216 | 2:01.152 |
| 21 | 992 | 17 | Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 1:58.294 | 1:56.053 | 1:58.544 | 2:00.285 | |
| 22 | Am | 58 | MP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:59.032 | 1:55.580 | 1:57.818 | 1:59.655 | 2:03.076 |
| 23 | 992 | 42 | Toro Verde GT | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 1:59.253 | 1:56.428 | 1:59.673 | 1:59.940 | 2:00.971 |
| 24 | 992 | 92 | HRT Performance | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 2:00.870 | 1:58.510 | 2:01.720 | 2:00.712 | 2:02.538 |
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## Race

Optimum Motorsport #69 crossed the line first however was given 2 drive-through penalties, which were converted to a 30 second post-race penalties each, due to being over the pit lane limit on exit on the last two stops (66.1 kph (41 mph) and 71.9 kph (44.7 mph) respectively, the limit was 60kph (37 mph)). This meant that the Saintéloc Racing #25 of Zhou Bihuang, Gilles Magnus and Dennis Marschall were promoted to the victory.

### Results after 8 hours

Class leaders denoted in bold.
| Pos. | Class | # | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap/Retired |
| 1 | P | 25 | Saintéloc Racing | Gilles Magnus Dennis Marschall Bihuang Zhou | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 232 | 8:00:08.052 |
| 2 | P | 69 | Optimum Motorsport | Todd Coleman Frederik Schandorff Aaron Telitz | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 232 | +01:27.050 |
| 3 | P | 16 | Proton Huber Competition | Sergei Borisov Sven Müller Sergey Stolyarov | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 231 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | Am | 7 | Herberth Motorsport | Dustin Blattner Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 231 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | PA | 59 | Garage 59 | James Jakes Miguel Ramos Mark Sansom | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 230 | +2 Laps |
| 6 | PA | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Cozzi Eliseo Donno Marco Pulcini Giorgio Sernagiotto | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 230 | +2 Laps |
| 7 | PA | 8 | Garage 59 | Louis Prette Philippe Prette Adam Smalley Alexander West | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 230 | +2 Laps |
| 8 | PA | 26 | Saintéloc Racing | Michael Blanchemain Paul Evrard Jim Pla Benjamin Ricci | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 230 | +2 Laps |
| 9 | PA | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Felipe Fernández Laser David Perel Rinat Salikhov | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 230 | +2 Laps |
| 10 | PA | 11 | Kessel Racing | Murat Cuhadaroglu David Fumanelli Davide Rigon Giorgio Roda | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 229 | +3 Laps |
| 11 | Am | 2 | HAAS RT | John Corbett Xavier Knauf Grégory Servais Casper Stevenson | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 228 | +4 Laps |
| 12 | P | 88 | Dragon Racing | Matt Bell Wayne Boyd John Shauermann | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 228 | +4 Laps |
| 13 | PA | 96 | Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Mikhail Loboda Denis Remenyako Vasily Vladykin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 227 | +5 Laps |
| 14 | PA | 99 | Lionspeed GP | Patrick Kolb Bashar Mardini Gabriel Rindone Kyle Tilley | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 227 | +5 Laps |
| 15 | PA | 6 | Racing One | Giacomo Altoè Ernst Kirchmayr Roberto Merhi Mark Rosser | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 225 | +7 Laps |
| 16 | P | 74 | Kessel Racing | Andrew Gilbert Fran Rueda Tanart Sathienthirakul | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 224 | +8 Laps |
| 17 | 992 | 91 | QMMF by HRT Performance | Ibrahim Abdulghani Julian Hanses Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Al Maadeed | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 222 | +10 Laps |
| 18 | Am | 58 | MP Racing | Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas Gostner | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 219 | +13 Laps |
| 19 | 992 | 92 | HRT Performance | Ahmad Al Emadi Liang Jiatong Axel Sartingen Jassim Al Thani | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 216 | +16 Laps |
| 20 | 992 | 17 | Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | Enrico Fulgenzi Alessandro Giannone Andrea Girondi | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 215 | +17 Laps |
| 21 | P | 4 | 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Jules Gounon Brenton Grove Stephen Grove | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 211 | +21 Laps |
| 22 | 992 | 42 | Toro Verde GT | Steve Laidlaw Steven Liquorish Graeme Mundy Micah Stanley | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 186 | +46 Laps |
| 23 | PA | 77 | Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ramez Azzam Axcil Jefferies Xolile Letlaka Khaled Al Marzouq | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 180 | Retired |
| 24 | Am | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Adam Konôpka Miro Konôpka Neale Muston Ameerth Naran | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 120 | Retired |
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### Final results

Class winners denoted in bold.
| Pos. | Class | # | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap/Retired |
| 1 | P | 25 | Saintéloc Racing | Gilles Magnus Dennis Marschall Bihuang Zhou | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 353 | 12:01:01.083 |
| 2 | P | 69 | Optimum Motorsport | Todd Coleman Frederik Schandorff Aaron Telitz | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 353 | +55.873 |
| 3 | P | 16 | Proton Huber Competition | Sergei Borisov Sven Müller Sergey Stolyarov | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 352 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | PA | 8 | Garage 59 | Louis Prette Philippe Prette Adam Smalley Alexander West | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 351 | +2 Laps |
| 5 | PA | 26 | Saintéloc Racing | Michael Blanchemain Paul Evrard Jim Pla Benjamin Ricci | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 350 | +3 Laps |
| 6 | PA | 11 | Kessel Racing | Murat Cuhadaroglu David Fumanelli Davide Rigon Giorgio Roda | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 350 | +3 Laps |
| 7 | PA | 51 | AF Corse | Alessandro Cozzi Eliseo Donno Marco Pulcini Giorgio Sernagiotto | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 350 | +3 Laps |
| 8 | Am | 7 | Herberth Motorsport | Dustin Blattner Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 349 | +4 Laps |
| 9 | PA | 55 | Rinaldi Racing | Christian Hook Felipe Fernández Laser David Perel Rinat Salikhov | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 349 | +4 Laps |
| 10 | P | 88 | Dragon Racing | Matt Bell Wayne Boyd John Shauermann | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 348 | +5 Laps |
| 11 | Am | 2 | HAAS RT | John Corbett Xavier Knauf Grégory Servais Casper Stevenson | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 347 | +6 Laps |
| 12 | PA | 96 | Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | Mikhail Loboda Denis Remenyako Vasily Vladykin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 345 | +8 Laps |
| 13 | PA | 99 | Lionspeed GP | Patrick Kolb Bashar Mardini Gabriel Rindone Kyle Tilley | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 345 | +8 Laps |
| 14 | P | 74 | Kessel Racing | Andrew Gilbert Fran Rueda Tanart Sathienthirakul | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 342 | +11 Laps |
| 15 | 992 | 91 | QMMF by HRT Performance | Ibrahim Abdulghani Julian Hanses Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Ghanim Al Maadeed | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 337 | +16 Laps |
| 16 | PA | 6 | Racing One | Giacomo Altoè Ernst Kirchmayr Roberto Merhi Mark Rosser | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 337 | +16 Laps |
| 17 | P | 4 | 2 Seas - Grove Racing | Jules Gounon Brenton Grove Stephen Grove | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 331 | +22 Laps |
| 18 | Am | 58 | MP Racing | Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas Gostner | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 329 | +24 Laps |
| 19 | 992 | 92 | HRT Performance | Ahmad Al Emadi Liang Jiatong Axel Sartingen Jassim Al Thani | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 327 | +26 Laps |
| 20 | 992 | 42 | Toro Verde GT | Steve Laidlaw Steven Liquorish Graeme Mundy Micah Stanley | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 293 | +60 Laps |
| 21 | 992 | 17 | Enrico Fulgenzi Racing | Enrico Fulgenzi Alessandro Giannone Andrea Girondi | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | 255 | Retired |
| 22 | PA | 59 | Garage 59 | James Jakes Miguel Ramos Mark Sansom | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 253 | Retired |
| 23 | PA | 77 | Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | Ramez Azzam Axcil Jefferies Xolile Letlaka Khaled Al Marzouq | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 180 | Retired |
| 24 | Am | 44 | ARC Bratislava | Adam Konôpka Miro Konôpka Neale Muston Ameerth Naran | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 120 | Retired |
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