Gulf 12 Hours

The Gulf 12 Hours is a 12-hour annual GT endurance racing event that usually takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates except in January 2021 when it was held at the Bahrain International Circuit. It has been held since 2013. On 29 July 2022, it was announced that Gulf 12 Hours joined the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar both in 2022 and 2023.^[1]

Gulf 12 Hours

Intercontinental GT Challenge
Venue	Yas Marina Circuit
First race	2013
First race	2022 (IGTC)
Duration	12 Hours
Most wins (driver)	Davide Rigon (5)
Most wins (team)	Kessel Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ferrari (6)

Winners

 

Bahrain International Circuit hosted 2020 Gulf 12 Hours in January 2021

 

Yas Marina Circuit layout used from 2013 to 2019

Year	Drivers	Car	Team	Remarks
2013	Bernd Schneider   Jeroen Bleekemolen   Khaled Al Qubaisi	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon Racing	308 laps.^[2]
2014	Michele Rugolo   Davide Rigon   Stephen Wyatt	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	AF Corse	315 laps.^[3]
2015	Michał Broniszewski   Davide Rigon   Giacomo Piccini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Kessel Racing	301 laps.^[4]
2016	Michał Broniszewski   Davide Rigon   Giacomo Piccini	Ferrari 488 GT3	Kessel Racing	300 laps.
2017	Michał Broniszewski   Davide Rigon   Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GT3	Kessel Racing	302 laps completed. Kessel Racing scoring a Hat-trick of wins.
2018	Michał Broniszewski   Davide Rigon   Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GT3	Kessel Racing	313 laps completed. Kessel Racing scoring its record breaking 4th win in a row.
2019	Christopher Mies   Rinat Salikhov   Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Attempto Racing	316 laps.
2020	Race moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
2020-21	Isa Al-Khalifa   Ben Barnicoat   Martin Kodrić	McLaren 720S GT3	2 Seas Motorsport	341 laps. This edition was relocated to the Bahrain International Circuit.^[5]
2022 (Jan)	Isa Al-Khalifa   Ben Barnicoat   Martin Kodrić	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2 Seas Motorsport	359 laps. New distance record.
2022 (Dec)	Antonio Fuoco   James Calado   Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	335 laps.^[6] First Gulf 12 Hours to be a part of the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge.^[7]
2023	Maro Engel   Mikaël Grenier   Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	348 laps.^[8]

References

1. "Gulf 12 Hours replaces Kyalami as 2022 IGTC finale". motorsport.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
2. "Gulf 12 Hours win seals a dream season for Team Abu Dhaby by Black Falcon". www.gulf12hours.com. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "Victory for AF Corse in 2014 Gulf 12 Hours". www.gulf12hours.com. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
4. "Kessel Racing win the 5th Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina Circuit". www.gulf12hours.com. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
5. "Gulf 12 Hours January 2021 Edition relocates to Bahrain". www.gulf12hours.com. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
6. "IGTC / 12 Ore del Golfo: trionfo Ferrari, Juncadella campione del mondo". FormulaPassion.it (in Italian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
7. "Gulf 12 Hours joins Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
8. (PDF). 10 December 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links

• Official website