December 2022 Gulf 12 Hours

The 2022 Gulf 12 Hours was the 12th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 9–11 December 2022. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars and Porsche 992 Cup spec cars.[1] It was the final round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge, replacing the Kyalami 9 Hours.[2] This was the first of a trio of Gulf-based events promoted by the Driving Force Events (DFE).[3][4]

Race details
Date 11 December 2022
Official name Gulf 12 Hours
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course Permanent circuit
5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance Race
12 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Driver
Time
Race
Fastest lap
Driver
Time
Podium
First
Second
Third

Teams and drivers
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
GT3
Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 1 United Kingdom Hunter Abbott[5] PA
Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa[5]
Croatia Martin Kodrić[5]
51 United Kingdom James Cottingham PA
United Kingdom Aaron Walker[6]
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson[6]
United Kingdom Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport[7] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 7 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat[7] PA
United States Brendan Iribe[7]
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy[7]
Germany D2 Privat with RAM Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 Canada Mikaël Grenier[8] Am
United Kingdom Ian Loggie[8]
United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook[8]
Switzerland Kessel Racing[9][10] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 11 Italy Marco Pulcini[7] Am
Switzerland Nicolò Rosi[7]
Italy Niccolò Schirò[7]
Italy Emanuele Tabacchi[7]
33 Turkey Murat Cuhadaroglu[9][10] PA
Italy David Fumanelli[9][10]
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies[9][10]
Italy Giorgo Roda[9][10]
Malaysia EBM Giga Racing[9] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 Malaysia Adrian D'Silva[7] Am
Australia Brenton Grove[9]
Australia Stephen Grove[9]
Luxembourg Carlos Rivas[7]
Germany SPS Automotive Performance[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 20 Austria Dominik Baumann[11] PA
Australia Martin Berry[11]
Germany Valentin Pierburg[11]
Australia SunEnergy1 Racing[11] 75 United Kingdom Philip Ellis[11] PA
Australia Kenny Habul[11]
Austria Martin Konrad[11]
France Audi Sport Team Saintéloc[12][N 1]
Saintéloc Racing[12][N 1]
 Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 25 France Erwan Bastard[12] P
Germany Christopher Haase[12]
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[12]
26 France Simon Gachet[7] P
Switzerland Lucas Legeret[7]
Belgium Gilles Magnus[7]
United Kingdom Century Motorsport[7] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 42 Philippines Eduardo Coseteng[7] PA
United Kingdom Daniel Harper[7]
United Kingdom Darren Leung[7]
United States MDK Motorsports[13] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 43 United States Mark Kvamme[13] P
Denmark Jan Magnussen[13]
Denmark Kevin Magnussen[13]
Germany Herberth Motorsport[9] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 44 Switzerland Daniel Allemann[9] PA
Austria Klaus Bachler[9]
Germany Alfred Renauer[9]
Germany Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport[7] 69 Germany Ralf Bohn[9] PA
Germany Patrick Kolb[9]
Germany Robert Renauer[9]
United Arab Emirates S’Aalocin by Kox Racing[7] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 48 Belgium Tom Boonen[7] PA
Netherlands Peter Kox[7]
Netherlands Stéphane Kox[7]
Netherlands Nico Pronk[7]
Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors[9] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 50 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen[9] P
Italy Davide Rigon[9]
Italy Alessio Rovera[9]
71 United Kingdom James Calado[9] P
Italy Antonio Fuoco[9]
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi[9]
Italy AF Corse[9] 52 Italy Alessandro Cozzi[7] Am
Lebanon Tani Hanna[7]
Italy Gabriele Lancieri[7]
Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto[9]
55 Italy Stefano Costantini[7] Am
France Alex Fox[7]
Belgium Laurent De Meeus[7]
United Kingdom Jamie Stanley[9]
Monaco AF Corse/APM Monaco[9] 61 United States Conrad Grunewald[9] Am
Monaco Louis Prette[9]
Monaco Philippe Prette[9]
United States Jean Claude Saada[9]
Italy MP Racing[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 58 Italy Corinna Gostner[6] Am
Italy David Gostner[6]
Italy Manuela Gostner[6]
Italy Thomas Gostner[6]
Italy Audi Sport Team Tresor[14] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 66 San Marino Mattia Drudi[12][14] P
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[12][14]
Germany Dennis Marschall[15]
Italy Tresor by Attempto[14] 99 Germany Alex Aka[12][14] P
Italy Pietro Delli Guanti[12][14]
United Kingdom Finlay Hutchison[12][14]
Oman Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed[16] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair[16] P
Germany Fabian Schiller[16]
Germany Luca Stolz[16]
United Kingdom Garage 59[17] McLaren 720S GT3 McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 88 Denmark Benjamin Goethe[17] PA
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer[17]
Sweden Alexander West[17]
United Kingdom Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59[17] 93 Italy Eddie Cheever[17] PA
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt[17]
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui[17]
Macau Kevin Tse[17]
Hong Kong Team GruppeM Racing[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 89 France Jules Gounon[6] P
Spain Daniel Juncadella[6]
Italy Raffaele Marciello[6]
98 Austria Lucas Auer[6] P
Germany Maro Engel[6]
Germany Maximilian Götz[6]
Austria Baron Motorsport[7] Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 91 Italy Daniele Di Amato[7] Am
Austria Ernst Kirchmayr[7]
Germany Axel Sartingen[7]
Slovakia Matúš Výboh[7]
992
Italy Racevent[7] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 49 Italy Pablo Biolghini[7]
Italy Marco Cassarà[7]
Italy Davide Scannicchio[7]
Italy Johannes Zelger[7]
Switzerland Centri Porsche Ticino[7] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 92 Switzerland Alex Fontana[7]
Switzerland Ivan Jacoma[7]
United States Ashish Patel[7]
United Kingdom Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT[7] Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 95 United Arab Emirates Nabil Moutran[7]
United Arab Emirates Ramzi Moutran[7]
United Arab Emirates Sami Moutran[7]
96 United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong[7]
United Kingdom David Fairbrother[7]
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish[7]
United Kingdom James Townsend[7]
Source:[18][19][20]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup

Notes
    1. Car No. 25 entered as Audi Sport Team Saintéloc and car No. 26 entered as Saintéloc Racing.

    References
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