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OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMME
www.Gulf12Hours.com
Race Event Timetable Welcome to
Yas Marina Circuit
Thursday 12 December This year sees the ninth edition of
16:15 – 16:45 TRD 86 Cup Testing (30 m) the Gulf 12 Hours, an exciting and
17:00 – 20:00 Gulf 12 Hours Testing (3 h) entertaining endurance race and a
20:15 – 20:45 TRD 86 Cup Testing (30 m) firm favourite in the packed
on-track calendar here at the circuit.
Friday 13 December
08:40 – 09:00 TRD 86 Cup Sprint Qualifying (20 m)
This year’s event features more than 30 performance
09:15 – 10:05 Gulf 12 Hours Free practice 1 (50 m)
cars, and race fans have the added bonus of being able
10:15 – 11:05 Gulf 12 Hours Free practice 2 (50 m)
to watch Valentino Rossi, a seven-time MotoGP winner,
11:15 – 12:05 Gulf 12 Hours Free practice 3 (50 m)
in action for the Monster VR46 Kessel team, along with
12:10 – 12:30 Pit Lane walkabout
many other talented drivers from across the globe.
12:45 – 13:00 TRD 86 Cup Enduro Qualifying 1(15 m)
13:15 – 13:30 TRD 86 Cup Enduro Qualifying 2 (15 m)
13:45 – 15:15 Pirelli P Zero Experience
Enjoy your time on Yas Island and we hope you have a
16:20 – 16:40 TRD86 Cup Sprint Race (20 m)
fantastic weekend.
17:00 – 17:15 Gulf 12 Hours Qualifying, Driver 1 (15 m)
17:30 – 17:45 Gulf 12 Hours Qualifying, Driver 2 (15 m)
Al Tareq Al Ameri
18:00 – 18:15 Gulf 12 Hours Qualifying, Driver 3 (15 m)
Chief Executive Officer
18:50 – 19:35 TRD86 Cup Enduro Race 2 (45 m)
20:15 – 23:45 Pirelli P Zero Experience
Saturday 14 December
09:30 – 15:30 Gulf 12 Hours Race Part 1 (6 hours)
15:45 – 16:00 Supercars Festival (15 m)
Page Guide
16:05 – 16:45 Pit Lane walkabout (40 m) 8. Preview: 2019 Gulf 12 Hours
17:30 – 23:30 Gulf 12 Hours Race Part 2 (6 hours) 9. Event Timetable
23:55 Podium ceremony 11. How the Gulf 12 Hours Works
Please note the above times are subject to change on the day
14. Circuit Map and Access
16. Entry List and Spotters Guide
Gulf12Hours 20. Wall of Fame
@Gulf12Hours 22. 2019 Race Reviev
@Gulf12Hours 24. Facts and Figures
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Valentino switches to four wheels Goetz, Dominik Baumann and Al Zubair Al Faisal will challenge in a Mercedes AMG GT3.
Returning to challenge for the title with two GT3 Pro cars is Attempto Racing, which came close to
to headline the 2019 Gulf 12 Hours winning the 2018 race, eventually finishing in third place in its Audi R8 GT3. Factory drivers Christopher Mies
and Dries Vanthoor along with Rinat Salikhov will attempt to take to the top step of the podium this year in the
#66 machine.
The second Attempto-entered car will be raced by Murod Sultanov, Mattia Drudi and Australian driver
Nick Foster.
The 3Y Technology team will enter two cars
in this year’s Gulf 12 Hours. By fielding a M6 GT3
in the GT3 AM class, and an M4 in the GT4 class, it
will be the first time in the nine-year history of this
prestigious race that the BMW marque has been
represented.
It will be a Ferrari versus Mercedes dual in
the GT3 Am class, as the 2018 overall champion
team Kessel Racing will enter two Ferrari 488 cars
in the GT3 Am class. Italian team AF Corse will also
enter its 488 GT3, with Mercedes represented by
SPS Automotive Performance and AKKA ASP challenging in AMG GT3 machinery.
The GT Cup category will be divided into two separate classes for 2019, with Lamborghini Super Trofeo
cars challenging each other, while there will also be a battle between Porsche 911 Cup cars.
GDL Racing will compete in both classes, with Dubai-based Dragon Racing - host of the race week’s
Motorsport Wednesday test day - also racing in the GT Cup 1 class with their Lamborghini Super Trofeo.
The ninth edition of the Gulf 12 Hours will feature another stellar line-up of the best GT and sportscars in Four manufacturers will challenge for honours in the GT4 class, with BMW, Mercedes AMG, Aston Martin
the world around the glamorous setting of the 5.554-kilometer Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. and McLaren all represented. Three British teams will compete for the class title, as Balfe Motorsport enter
two McLaren 570S, while Optimum Motorsport and David Appleby Engineering will field a single Aston Martin
The headline class in 2019 will be GT3 Pro-Am, in which 28 drivers are split between eight cars, will Vantage apiece.
battle for honours. Competing within this class will be MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi with the #46 Monster
VR46 Kessel team. The Italian will race competitively on four wheels for the first time in seven years, and in
only the third circuit car race of his career.
Entertainment
Rossi will race alongside Luca Marini and Alessio Salucci in a Ferrari 488 GT3, competing with rivals
from Porsche, Lamborghini, and Audi. They will also go up against the all-female crew of #83 Iron Lynx in their Spectators may enter via the main Paddock Entrance outside the Race Control building and proceed up any
Ferrari 488. of the stairwells to the Public Lounge in Suite 6 at the other end of the grandstand. The Yas Fan Zone will be
located in Suite 5 with racing simulators for you to try to emulate your racing heroes. You can also visit the
The GT3 Pro class will be headed by four cars, with local UAE team GPX Racing fielding its 2019 Spa 24 Pirelli P Zero Experience in Garage 22, where you can get a prime position in pit lane to watch all the action as
Hours winning Porsche 911 GT3 R, against a twin German attack. The HTP Motorsport team of Maximillian the cars dash past you. Brunch packages will be available at the Yas Marina circuit.
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FOLLOW US Qualifying
How The Gulf 12 Hours Works
Driver 1: 15 minutes Driver 2: 15 minutes Driver 3: 15 minutes
Race Part 1 6 Hours Part 2 6 Hours
Live Broadcast Gulf 12 Hours The time in between parts 1 and 2 of the race is used to refresh and repair cars, to give them a better chance
in the remainder of the race. The second part of the race begins in the same order as part one ended.
Classes Each car will be placed into a different class depending on the FIA grading of the drivers
www.gulf12hours.com in the car, as well as the car’s performance. Platinum is the top driver grading, followed by Gold, Silver and
Bronze. With the exception of the GT3 PRO class, all Bronze-graded drivers must complete a minimum % of
the race.
@Gulf12Hours GT3 PRO This is the top class in the GT CUP 1/2 These classes are only
race, and will feature a maximum of four drivers open to cars permitted to race in the Porsche Cup,
@Gulf12Hours per car. In order to compete for the overall race win,
teams have a free choice of entering any driver
and Lamborghini Super Trofeo series.
Gulf12Hours combination of Platinum/Gold, Silver and/or Bronze. Prototypes These cars stand out
as being very different in design from a GT car, as
‘Le Mans Prototype’ machines. They are produced
in limited quantity and are also open to the LMP3
#Gulf12Hours category. This year, manufacturers Ligier and Norma
will be taking part, with both Scuderia Villorba Corse
and Graff sharing four cars in this class.
LIVE STREAM GT3 PRO-AM As with GT3 PRO, a
Saturday 14 December maximum of three drivers per car can compete in
this class. Each driver line-up must be made up of at
Race Part 1: 09:00 – 15:45 least one Platinum/Gold driver.
Race Part 2: 16:45 – Midnight GT3 AM This car is predominantly filled by
the Gentleman driver. Only one of the three or four-
driver line-up can be Silver-graded. The rest of the
Broadcast time is local UAE (GMT +4) drivers must be Bronze graded.
GT4 This is a less powerful version of a GT3 car,
and is more similar to a road-going version that you
will see in a car showroom.
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The Gulf 12 Hours is an Open
Paddock and prefers to welcome
the public and private guests to
view the beautiful cars that will
be racing at Yas Marina Circuit
this weekend.
Accessing the Paddock
1 VIP Car Parking A Team Services Office 3 Team Catering: 1st floor - Lounge 2
20 Car Park Entrance
Guests arriving by car should
Gulf 12 Hours Organization
enter at Gate 20 and park in the
Gold car parking behind the Main
P Car Parking B Villa n.11
4 Food & Drinks: 1st floor - Lounge 6
Grandstand. From this parking,
you can take the tunnel to the t Pedestrian Tunnel C Tyre & Fuel Compound 5 Media Center: 2nd floor - Lounge 1 Medical Center
front of the Paddock Entrance.
Those parking at the Yas Hotel
may walk over the bridge Track Action To see the track action, move to After the opening 6 hours of There will then be a Grid Walk You will be able to access
towards the Paddock Entrance. Level 1 of the Grandstand from the race ends, there will be a shortly before the start of the the Pit Walkabout and Grid
As you pass the P Zero all Staircase Towers. Pit Walkabout where public second half of the race, so that Walk freely, but as directed
Public Tickets will be available Experience, you can walk and guests can view the teams spectators can take some close- by event officials.
to purchase at the Paddock behind the garages and catch Access Lounge No. 6 where a working on their cars ahead of the up photographs of their favourite
Entrance on Friday and Saturday your favourite drivers as they Coffee Shop and other facilities second part of the race. cars.
pass between the cars and their are located. From this Lounge,
hospitality villa for a cool photo! you can access the seating areas
within the Grandstand.
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Entry List
GT3 PRO GT3 PRO GT3 PRO AM GT3 PRO AM
GPX Racing HTP Motorsport Iron Lynx Monster VR46 Kessel
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Porsche 911 GT3 R Mercedes AMG GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3
Stuart Hall Jordan Grogor Maximilian Goetz Al Zubair Al Faisal Manuela Gostner Michelle Gatting Valentino Rossi Alessio Salucci
Benji Goethe Dominik Baumann Rahel Frey Luca Marini
GT3 PRO GT3 PRO GT3 PRO AM GT3 PRO AM
Attempto Racing Attempto Racing GPX Racing Uwe Alzen Automotive
66 55 20 5
Audi R8 GT3 Audi R8 GT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R Audi R8 GT3 Evo
Rinat Salikhov Dries Vanthoor Murod Sultanov Nicolas Foster Nico Pronk Fred Fatien Uwe Alzen Dietmar Haggenmueller
Christopher Mies Mattia Drudi Stanislav Minsky Klaus Bachler Martin Konrad
GT3 PRO AM GT3 PRO AM GT3 AM GT3 AM
Dinamic Motorsport LP Racing 3Y Technology SPS Automotive Performance
7 8 9 10
Porsche 911 GT3 R Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo BMW M6 GT3 Mercedes AMG GT3
Ivan Jacoma Mauro Calamia Alex Liang Jiatong Luca Pirri Gilles Vannelet Oscar Lee Valentin Pierburg Manuel Lauck
Roberto Pampanini Bashar Mardini Stefano Constantini Philippe Bougois Christian Hook
GT3 PRO AM GT3 PRO AM GT3 AM GT3 AM
Barwell Motorsport Iron Lynx AKKA ASP AF Corse
77 60 84 11
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Ferrari 488 GT3 Mercedes AMG GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3
Adrian Amstutz Jordan Witt Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Mauro Ricci Jerome Policand Tani Hann Kriton Lentoudis
Miguel Amos Patrick Kujala Sergio Pianezzola Benjamin Ricci Christophe Ulrich Rui Aguas
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Entry List
GT3 AM GT3 AM GT CUP 1 GT CUP 1
Kessel Racing Kessel Racing Art Line Team Georgia Dragon Racing
33 65 12 88
Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Lamborghini Super Trofeo
David Perel Marco Zanuttini Alexis De Bernardi Nicola Cadei Sergey Afanasyev Steven Liquorish Jim Geddie Karim Al Azhari
Murat Cuhadaroglu John Hartshorne Loris Capirossi Jack Butel Shota Abkhazava Glynn Geddie
GT4 GT4 GT CUP 1 GT CUP 2
3Y Technology SVC Sport Management GDL Racing GDL Racing
18 90 81 87
BMW M4 GT4 Mercedes AMG GT4 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Porsche 911 Cup
Ahmad Almoosa Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum Amedeo Pamanini Stefano Monaco Gabriele Murroni Angelo Negro Jim Michaelian Risto Vukov
Saif Alameri Saeed Al Mehairi Michele Camarlinghi Linus Diener Mario Cordoni Mohammed Hussain
GT4 GT4 GT CUP 2 PROTOTYPES
Optimum Motorsport Balfe Motorsport MRS GT Racing ARC Bratislava
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Aston Martin Vantage GT4 McLaren 570S GT4 Porsche 911 Cup Ginetta P3
Michael Dinan David Holloway Mia Flewitt Josh Cook Glenn van Parjis Miro Konopka Simon Murray
David Whitmore Issam Charrouf Euan Hankey Ariel Pacho Neale Muston
GT4 GT4 PROTOTYPES
Balfe Motorsport David Appleby Engineering United Autosports
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McLaren 570S GT4 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Ligier JSP3
Nick Moss Brendan Iribe James Holder Steve Tandy Jim McGuire Shaun Lynn
James Pickford Ollie Millroy Matthew George Richard Meins
18 192015
1 Kessel Racing 2 Abu Dhabi Racing 3 Oman Racing Team
Ferrari 458 GT3 by Black Falcon Aston Martin Vantage GT3
Michaeł Broniszewski Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Darren Turner
Giacomo Piccini Abdulaziz Al Faisal Jonny Adam
Davide Rigon Hubert Haupt Ahmad Al Harthy
Wall of Fame Yelmer Buurman
2014
1 AF Corse 2 Abu Dhabi Racing 3 McLaren GT
Ferrari 458 GT3 by Black Falcon McLaren 650S GT3
Steve Wyatt Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Alvaro Parente
Michele Rugolo Khaled Al Qubaisi Kevin Estre
Davide Rigon Jeroen Bleekemolen Rob Bell
Bernd Schneider
2018 2013
1 Kessel Racing 2 Car Collection 3 Attempto Racing 1 Abu Dhabi Racing 2 AF Corse 3 Kessel Racing
Ferrari 488 GT3 Motorsport Audi R8 GT3 by Black Falcon Ferrari 458 GT3 Ferrari 458 GT3
Michaeł Broniszewski Audi R8 LMS GT3 Sean Walkinshaw Mercedes AMG SLS GT3 Marco Cioci Daniel Zampieri
Davide Rigon Dimitri Parhofer Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi Steve Wyatt Michael Broniszewski
Alessandro Pier Guidi Christopher Haase Clemens Schmid Jeroen Bleekemolen Michele Rugolo Cesar Ramos
Markus Winkelhock Bernd Schneider
2017 December 2012
1 Kessel Racing 2 Rinaldi Racing 3 Ultimate 1 AF Corse 2 AF Waltrip 3 Autorlando
Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 Ligier JSP3 Ferrari 458 GT3 Ferrari 458 GT3 Porsche 997 GT3 R
Michaeł Broniszewski Rinat Salikhov Matthieu Lahaye Gianmaria Bruni Pierre Kaffer Jeroen Bleekemolen
Davide Rigon Marco Seefried Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Toni Vilander Alexander Popow Emilio Di Guida
Miguel Molina Norbert Siedler François Hériau Gateano Ardagna Ryan Dalziel Sebastian Bleekemolen
2016 January 2012
1 Kessel Racing 2 Dragon Racing 3 GP Extreme 1 AF Corse 2 Kessel Racing 3 United Autosports
Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 Renault RS 01 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Audi R8 LMS
Michaeł Broniszewski Nic Minassian Jordan Grogor Marco Cioci Michaeł Broniszewski Ryan Dalziel
Giacomo Piccini Matt Griffin Nicky Pastorelli Piergiuseppe Perazzini Antonio Coimbra Alexander Popow
Davide Rigon Rob Bell Stuart Hall Matthew Griffin Miguel Ramos Vicente Potolicchio
Peter Philipp
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its lead of the Prototype
class, finishing 10th
in 2018 to defend its crown overall, ahead of the #7
Scuderia Vittoria Corse
in 12th overall, a single
2018 REVIEW: The eighth running of the Gulf 12 With the front-running cars dwindling in the final place in front of the
Hours looked set to turn into a dream for one of the hours, including the #88 Car Collection Audi R8 #70 Graff Ligier JS P3.
world’s most prestigious sportscar manufacturers, LMS GT3 in its brand new ‘Evo’ spec, that took the
around the fitting surroundings of the glamorous Yas chequered flag in the opening half of the race, it GDL Racing
Marina Circuit. opened the door for the dogged #11 Kessel Racing dominate
Ferrari 488 GT3. in GT Cup
On its world competitive debut, the McLaren 720S The GT Cup class
GT3 was in control at the front of the field throughout Despite suffering its own problems during the race, was filled by the GDL
the second half of the race. But with under two hours including a contact-induced puncture for factory Racing squad. As in the
remaining, in the hands of Australian Shane Van driver Davide Rigon which put the car off the leading in fifth place overall. It was followed by the #83 first half of the race, the battle for the class win
Gisbergen, disaster struck. Damage to the right front lap, the Italian and team-mates Alessandro Pier Guidi all-female driver line-up of Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 continued to be between the #87 and #89 cars,
wheel suspension prompted a lengthy pit stop and and Michael Broniszewski battled back. Combined GT3, and the #98 Beechdean Aston Martin Vantage with the former prevailing as they exchanged
the car fell down the order, returning five laps behind with the misfortune for the McLaren and Audi, the GT3. places early on, but from there surged ahead. The
and out of contention. #11 Ferrari took to the front as Pier Guidi passed the #80 GDL Racing Lamborghini Supertrofeo Evo
#44 Attempto Racing Audi of Giorgio Kessel ease to Am honours took third place despite its earlier contact and
Roda. The GT3 Gentleman class was led from the start repairs in the garage.
by the #33 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 of Fons
A response was mounted by the Audi Scheltema, Rick Lovat, Murat Cuhadaroglu and Niki Youth beats experience in GT4
crews, particularly the #88 R8 LMS Cadei. The car finished four laps ahead of the #69 The GT4 class also featured another world
GT3 in the hands of German duo Stile F Squadra Corse Ferrari 458 of Martin Grab, competitive debut, for the Aston Martin Vantage.
Christopher Haase and finally Markus Jonathan Hui and Dirk Diggler. The #84 AKKA ASP But it was the #3 Bullitt Racing Mercedes AMG
Winkelhock, who attempted to cut the Mercedes AMG of Mauro Ricci, Benjamin Ricci, crew that stole the show. Included within its
margin to the #11 Ferrari. Jean-Luc Beaublique and Christophe Bourret, was a ranks was 16-year-old British driver Olli Caldwell,
But Rigon, piloting the 488 GT3 for the distant yet podium-finishing third. the youngest driver in the race on his GT racing
final stages, used his vast experience debut. The car remained ahead of the #50 and
around the track to claim his fifth Graff scores pole and class win #90 Scuderia Villorba Corse machines throughout
successive Gulf 12 Hours victory, The #4 Graff Racing car, which started from overall the second part of the race.
crowning him as the most successful
driver in the race’s story and the
seventh win for Ferrari. Broniszewski
also completed his fourth successive
victory.
Lamborghini takes
Pro-Am spoils
The GT3 Pro-Am class was
impressively led throughout the race
by the #27 Daiko Lazarus Lamborghini
Huracan GT3 which finished the race
22 27Gulf 12 Hours Facts & Figures 2010-2018 Race Event Officials
Organising Committee Chief Pit Lane Media & Communications
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Andrea Ficarelli (Event Promoter) Andrea Skyring Filippa Guarna
Ali Al Bashr (YMRC) Russell Hayes
Chris Norman (MSOS) Chief Startline/Flag
Heba Live TV Production
Total Stewards of the Meeting Alessandro Dragosei
number of Peter Roberts (Senior Steward) Chief Scrutineer David Garcia
cars Mohammed Al Hashmi (EMSO) Keith Auld Jesus Garcia
Rod Smith (YMRC/G12H & TRD 86) Scrutineers
Alqassim Hamidaddin (TRD 86) Race Commentators
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Alan Clancy
Sean Murphy (Trainee) Ronald Humphreys Alan Hyde
Christopher Milbourne
Race Director/Clerk of the Course GT Technical Consultant Mark Werrell
Chris Norman Jon Crook
Media Centre
Deputy Race Director Data Logger Guy Guerts
Michael Schriefl Matthias Holle Cornelis Koning
Glenn Van Immissen
EMSO Clerk of the Course
drivers
Technical Delegate TRD 86 Dylan Vandenbroeck
Total Gordon Mellis Gianluca Pilot
number of YMRC Deputy Clerk of the Course Race Control Comms
ENG TV Crew
Andrea Arienti
94
Stuart Latham David Cooper Cristiano Beretta
Total number of Muhammed Raheel
teams
Assistant Clerk of the Course Official Photographers
Leigh Harrison Race Control Logistics Andrea Sciarra (FotoSpeedy)
Total number of John Mitchel Ross Gianluca Sciarra (FotoSpeedy)
team
Secretary of Meeting Stefano Maruzzi
Ceri Norman Recovery Chief
Alan Rook, Graphic Design
nationalities Assistant Secretary of Meeting
Denise Clancy
Event Management
Jim Tatler
Safety Car Drivers
Andrew Crabtree
Stefano Barrati
Marinella Galletti
Beatriz Neto Edoardo Bacci
Alessandro Roca
Giulia Brunelli Safety Car Observer
Jonni Forbes James Young This meeting is organised by Yas
Janine Meyer Motor Racing Club (YMRC) on
Nikolett Natran behalf of the Promoter Driving
Verena Preslacher Force Events Limited.
Timekeeping Held under the FIA
Harold Roelse International Sporting Code
Rob Oude Luttikhis including Appendices and the
Faraz Ahmed (YMRC) Supplementary Regulations
50,428
issued for this event.
Chief Medical Officer
Michael O’Connor (National Ambulance) Event held on the Yas Marina
Total number Grand Prix Circuit.
of race EMSO Chief Marshal
Cesar Abou Chacra
Circuit Length 5.554 kms
ATC UAE Permit number
laps Deputy Chief Marshal
Feleo Furtado
(International)
ATC/UAE -2018- 097
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