# 2018 Dubai 24 Hour

The 2018 Dubai 24 Hour was the 13th running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. It took place at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and ran between 11–13 January 2018. Drive time for a drivers stint was capped at 2 hours before a driver change must take place. A driver must also be out of the car for half of their drive time. Darkness lasted for 13 hours & 18 minutes of the race. Sunrise was at 7:06am local time.

## Race result

Class Winners in bold.
This was the first year where two different series raced at the same time. The GT Series & the TCE Series.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps |
| 1 | A6-PRO | 2 | Black Falcon | Abdulaziz Al Faisal Hubert Haupt Yelmer Buurman Gabriele Piana | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 606 |
| 2 | A6-PRO | 12 | Manthey Racing | Lars Kern Sven Müller Otto Klohs Mathieu Jaminet | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 604 |
| 3 | A6-PRO | 964 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Mark Ineichen Rolf Ineichen Christian Engelhart Mirko Bortolotti | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 604 |
| 4 | A6-AM | 16 | SPS automotive performance | Dominik Baumann Lance David Arnold Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 597 |
| 5 | A6-PRO | 9 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | Markus Winkelhock Mike David Ortmann Andreas Weishaupt Ricardo Feller Christer Jöns | Audi R8 LMS | 597 |
| 6 | SPX | 37 | Tsunami R.T. | Andrii Kruglyk Côme Ledogar Oleksandr Gaidai Alessio Rovera | Porsche 911 GT3 MR II | 593 |
| 7 | A6-PRO | 777 | MS7 by WRT | Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Michael Vergers Mohammed Bin Saud Al Saud | Audi R8 LMS | 592 |
| 8 | A6-AM | 18 | V8 Racing | Luc Braams Duncan Huisman Alex van t'Hoff Rick Abresch Finlay Hutchison | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1 | 592 |
| 9 | A6-AM | 25 | HTP Motorsport | Alexander Hrachowina Indy Dontje Bernd Schneider Brice Bosi Martin Konrad | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 592 |
| 10 | A6-AM | 911 | Herberth Motorsport | Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Robert Renauer Alfred Renauer Dennis Olsen | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 590 |
| 11 | A6-AM | 34 | Car Collection Motorsport | Johannes Kirchhoff Gustav Edelhoff Elmar Grimm Ingo Vogler Wiggo Dalmo | Audi R8 LMS | 589 |
| 12 | A6-AM | 963 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Rik Breukers Mauro Calamia Christoph Lenz Roberto Pampanini Mark Ineichen | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 589 |
| 13 | A6-PRO | 20 | D'station Racing | Tsubasa Kondo Tomonobu Fujii Seiji Ara Satoshi Hoshino | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 588 |
| 14 | 991-PRO | 62 | FACH AUTO TECH | Jens Richter Thomas Preining Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | '585 |
| 15 | A6-PRO | 8 | Lambda Performance | Daniel Keilwitz Csaba Walter Frank Kechele Nico Verdonck | Ford GT3 Lambda | 584 |
| 16 | A6-AM | 27 | GP Extreme | Frédéric Fatien Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Jordan Grogor Bassam Kronfli | Renault RS01 GT3 | 581 |
| 17 | 991-AM | 67 | race:pro motorsport | James Thorpe Claudio Cappelli Sean McInerney Phil Quaife | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 578 |
| 18 | 991-AM | 26 | MRS GT-Racing | Stephen Grove Bertram Hornung Matthias Jeserich Glenn van Parijs | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 577 |
| 19 | 991-AM | 95 | Duel Racing | Jules Westwood Sami Moutran Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 575 |
| 20 | SPX | 89 | MRS GT-Racing | Christopher Zöchling Altfrid Heger Georg Bernsteiner Helmut Rödig | Porsche 991-II (Modified) | 572 |
| 21 | A6-AM | 19 | MP Motorsport | Daniël de Jong Henk de Jong Bert de Heus | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 572 |
| 22 | 991-AM | 61 | FACH AUTO TECH | Marcel Wagner Heinz Bruder Peter Hegglin Philipp Frommenwiler Michael Hirschmann | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 567 |
| 23 | A6-AM | 33 | Car Collection Motorsport | Dirg Parhofer Dimitri Parhofer Rémi Terrail Frank Stippler Isaac Tutumlu Lopez | Audi R8 LMS | 558 |
| 24 | TCR | 130 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Luca Engstler Jean-Karl Vernay Benjamin Leuchter Florian Thoma | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 556 |
| 25 | TCR | 129 | LMS Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Olli Kangas Kari-Pekka Laaksonen Antti Buri Willem Meijer | SEAT León TCR | 554 |
| 26 | GT4 | 248 | Phoenix Racing | Gosia Rdest Joonas Lappalainen John-Louis Jasper Philip Ellis | Audi R8 LMS GT | 551 |
| 27 | 991-AM | 187 | Raceunion | Alex Autumn Felipe Fernández Laser Andreas Gülden Henric Skoog Wolfgang Triller | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 550 |
| 28 | GT4 | 247 | Phoenix Racing | Charles Kwan Darryl O'Young Shaun Thong Marchy Lee Adderly Fong | Audi R8 LMS GT | 550 |
| 29 | SP2 | 58 | VDS Racing Adventures | Raphaël van der Straten Grégory Paisse Wolfgang Haugg José Close Karim Al Azari | MARC Focus V8 | 549 |
| 30 | 991-AM | 79 | Speed Lover | Marcel van Berlo Bob Herber Harry Hilders Daan Meijer | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 549 |
| 31 | GT4 | 264 | BLACK FALCON Team TMD Friction | Antares Au Jonathan Hui Frank Yu Kevin Tse | Mercedes-AMG GT R SP-X | 548 |
| 32 | 991-PRO | 63 | race:pro motorsport | Stanislav Minsky Murad Sultanov Klaus Bachler Nick Foster David Jahn | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 547 |
| 33 | GT4 | 233 | Besagroup Racing | Franjo Kovac Cora Schumacher Roland Asch Sebastian Asch Fidel Leib | Mercedes-AMG GT R SP-X | 546 |
| 34 | TCR | 115 | Bonk Motorsport | Hermann Bock Max Partl Rainer Partl Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer | Audi RS3 TCR | 544 |
| 35 (DNF) | SPX | 10 | Leipert Motorsport | Tadas Volbikas Aleksander Schjerpen Melvin Moh Lim Keong Wee Oliver Webb | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 541 |
| 36 | TCR | 57 | LAP57 Motorsports | Ashan Silva Nadir Zuhour Abdullah Al Hammadi Mohammed Al Owais | Audi RS3 TCR | 538 |
| 37 | GT4 | 252 | Sorg Rennsport | Olaf Meyer Henry Littig Stefan Aust John Allen Max Braams | BMW M4 GT4 | 534 |
| 38 | 991-AM | 69 | MSG HRT Motorsport | Holger Harmsen Stanislav Sidoruk Andrey Mukovoz Kim André Hauschild Stepan Krumilov | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 533 |
| 39 | GT4 | 269 | 3Y Technology | Eric Mouez David Loger Gregory Pain Michal Fabien | BMW M4 GT4 | 528 |
| 40 | SPX | 88 | Speed Lover | Daniel Desbrueres Christian Kelders Jean-Michel Gerome Pierre-Yves Paque | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 527 |
| 41 | SP2 | 201 | CCS Racing | Charel Arendt Uwe Schmidt Tom Kieffer Holger Baumgartner | KTM X-Bow | 525 |
| 42 | TCR | 308 | Team Altran Peugeot | Kim Holmgaard Michael Carlsen Olivier Baron Guillaume Roman | Peugeot 308 Racing Cup | 522 |
| 43 | SP2 | 78 | Speed Lover | Dominique Bastien Jesus Diez Bob Wilwert Carlos Rivas | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 519 |
| 44 | SP3 | 178 | CWS Engineering | Colin White Jac Constable Simon Murray Bradley Liebenberg | Ginetta G55 | 519 |
| 45 | CUP1 | 131 | Hofor Racing powered by Bonk Motorsport | Martin Kroll Michael Schrey Michael Fischer Bernd Küpper Gustav Engljähringer | BMW M235i Racing Cup | 519 |
| 46 | CUP1 | 151 | Sorg Rennsport | Stephan Epp Fabian Danz Josh Caygill Yannick Mettler Kris Richard | BMW M235i Racing Cup | 516 |
| 47 | CUP1 | 154 | QSR Racingschool | Simon Klemund Tom Boonen Rodrigue Gillion Mario Timmers Jimmy de Breucker | BMW M235i Racing Cup | 515 |
| 48 | CUP1 | 235 | DUWO Racing | Jean-Marie Dumont Frederic Schmit Nicolas Schmit Thierry Chkondali Bruno Derossi | BMW M235i Racing Cup | 511 |
| 49 | A6-AM | 85 | PROsport Performance | Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Adam Christodoulou | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 510 |
| 50 | A2 | 162 | Ciceley Motorsport | Adam Morgan Frank Bird Max Bird Jake Giddings | Renault Clio Cup IV | 509 |
| 51 | TCR | 908 | Team Altran Peugeot | Aram Martroussian Henrik Sørensen Cyril Calmon Lionel Amrouche | Peugeot 308 Racing Cup | 509 |
| 52 (DNF) | SPX | 87 | GDL Racing Middle East | Franck Pelle Vic Rice Massimo Vignali Rory Penttinen | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 508 |
| 53 | TCR | 55 | Atech - DXB | Julian Griffin Will Morrison Colin Boyle Jonathan Simmonds | SEAT León TCR | 506 |
| 54 (DNF) | A6-PRO | 3 | Black Falcon | Manuel Metzger Luca Stolz Jeroen Bleekemolen Khaled Al Qubaisi | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 502 |
| 55 | CUP1 | 152 | Sorg Rennsport | Stephen Gu Li Fei Stefan Beyer Christoph Hewer Cameron Lawrence | BMW M235i Racing Cup | 502 |
| 56 (DNF) | TCR | 216 | Modena Motorsports | Wayne Shen John Shen Francis Tjia Benny Simonsen Mathias Beche | SEAT León TCR | 500 |
| 57 | A6-AM | 7 | Black Falcon | Saeed Al Mouri Saud Al Faisal Rui Águas Kriton Lendoudis | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 499 |
| 58 | SP2 | 60 | LAMERA-CUP | Philippe Marie Christophe Bouchut Pierre Couasnon Wilfried Merafina | Lamera Cup | 499 |
| 59 | SP3 | 238 | LAMERA-CUP | Nicolas Beraud Fabien Delaplace Laurent Piguet Stephane Pasquet | Lamera Cup | 498 |
| 60 (DNF) | 991-AM | 90 | MRS GT-Racing | Alex Welch Thierry Blaise Olivier Baharian Manuel Nicolaidis | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 491 |
| 61 | TCR | 125 | Bas Koeten Racing | Anthony Lambert Mathijs Bakker Ronny Jost J.M. Littman | Audi RS 3 TCR | 491 |
| 62 | SP3 | 278 | CWS | Adam Hayes Steven Wells Paul May James May | Ginetta G55 | 484 |
| 63 (DNF) | A6-AM | 1 | Hofor-Racing | Christiaan Frankenhout Kenneth Heyer Roland Eggimann Chantal Kroll Michael Kroll | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 483 |
| 64 (DNF) | A6-AM | 24 | SPS automotive performance | Antonin Borga Richard Feller Iradj Alexander Alexandre Coigny | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 481 |
| 65 | A2 | 171 | Jönsson Consulting | Søren Jönsson Lars Mogensen Niels Nyboe Kasper Bruun Christian Hansen | Peugeot RCZ | 476 |
| 66 | SP3 | 229 | Century Motorsport | Dominic Paul Mark Farmer Jon Barnes Nathan Freke | Ginetta G55 | 475 |
| 67 (DNF) | SP2 | 246 | KTM M Motorsport Australia | Justin McMillan Glen Wood Peter Kox Nico Pronk | KTM X-Bow GT4 (SP2) | 470 |
| 68 | A6-AM | 991 | Gulf Racing Japan | Bashar Mardini Philipp Sager Hisashi Kunie Kimihiro Yashiro Nicolas Saelens | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 468 |
| 69 | GT4 | 268 | 3Y Technology | Nyls Stievenart Michael Petit Philippe Chatelet Éric Cayrolle | BMW M4 GT4 | 451 |
| 70 | A2 | 164 | Ciceley Motorsport | Max Coates Harald Rettich Adam Hatfield Steffan Jusjong | Renault Clio Cup IV | 436 |
| 71 | GT4 | 239 | Perfection Racing Europe | Claus Klostermann Michael Klostermann René Rasmussen Tommy Laugesen | Ginetta G55 GT4 | 421 |
| 72 (DNF) | TCR | 212 | Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon | Rudolf Rhyn Cody Hill Marlon Menden Adrian Spescha Stefan Tanner | SEAT León TCR | 411 |
| 73 (DNF) | A6-PRO | 66 | Attempto Racing | Clemens Schmid Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Alex Riberas Edward Lewis Brauner | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 403 |
| 74 | SP3 | 237 | LAMERA-CUP | Herve Dumas Gaël Penelon Eric Darne Thomas Merafina Giboudeaux | Lamera Cup | 396 |
| 75 (DNF) | TCR | 303 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Dirk Vorländer Ivo Breukers Maxim Aronov Lev Fridman | SEAT León TCR | 388 |
| 76 (DNF) | SPX | 77 | GDL Racing Team Asia | Richard Verburg Gerald Tan Nigel Farmer Lim Keong Liam | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 376 |
| 77 | 991-PRO | 82 | RScar Motorsport | Artem Soloviev Vadim Meshcheriakov Denis Gromov Roman Rusinov | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 364 |
| 78 (DNF) | GT4 | 84 | Team RACE SCOUT by Winward / HTP Motorsport | Russell Ward Bryce Ward Christian Gebhardt Norberto Fontana Bernd Schneider | Mercedes-AMG GT R SPX | 342 |
| 79 (DNF) | GT4 | 40 | Brookspeed International Motorsport | James McGuire Ian James Matt Bell John Schauerman Pierre Kleinubing | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | 339 |
| 80 | SP3 | 71 | Cor Euser Racing | Cor Euser Einar Thorsen McKay Snow Klaus Dieter Frommer | BMW M3 (E46) | 327 |
| Not classified in A6-PRO |||||||
| DNF | A6-PRO | 5 | Ram Racing | Euan Hankey Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Leonard Vos | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 101 |
| DNS | A6-PRO | 96 | Optimum Motorsport | Oliver Wilkinson Bradley Ellis Christopher Haase | Audi R8 LMS | |
| Not classified in A6-AM |||||||
| DNF | A6-AM | 28 | GP Extreme | Jean-Pierre Valentini Axcil Jefferies Nicky Pastorelli Alban Varutti Bassam Kronfli | Renault RS01 GT3 | 19 |
| Not classified in 991-AM |||||||
| DNF | 991-AM | 111 | track-club | Ryan Ratcliffe Andrew Gordon-Colebrooke Marcus Jewell Adam Balon | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 142 |
| Not classified in GT4 |||||||
| DNF | GT4 | 111 | ALFAB Racing | Erik Behrens Daniel Ros Fredrik Ros Anders Lewin | McLaren 570S GT4 | 197 |
| Not classified in TCR |||||||
| DNF | TCR | 112 | Stanco and Tanner Motorsport by Autorama Wetzikon | Stefan Tanner Luigi Stanco Ralf Henggeler Andrew Mollison Rudolf Rhyn | Audi RS 3 TCR | 282 |
| DNF | TCR | 99 | RKC/TGM Motorsport | Ricky Coomber Thomas Gannon David Drinkwater Umair Ahmed Khan | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 260 |
| DNF | TCR | 888 | AC Motorsport | Stephane Perrin Alexandre Renneteau Vincent Radermecker Reinis Nitišs | Audi RS 3 TCR | 158 |
| DNS | TCR | 127 | Bonk Motorsport | Michael Bonk Volker Piepmeyer Axel Burghardt Simon Wirth | Audi RS 3 TCR | |
| Not classified in SP3 |||||||
| DNF | SP3 | 786 | Scangrip Racing | Niels Borum Anders Lund Sune Marcussen Michael Nielsen | BMW 335i Coupe (E92) | 146 |
| DNF | SP3 | 232 | Optimum Motorsport | Adrian Barwick William Moore Marc Brough Charlie Hollings | Ginetta G55 GT4 | 118 |