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THE NEW BMW M4 GT3 PASSES ENDURANCE TEST AT ITS FIRST OFFICIAL RACE APPEARANCE
The new flagship from BMW M Motorsport has passed the endurance test in the desert. Following test races last season and successful FIA homologation, the 24H Dubai (UAE) from Friday to Saturday marked the first race appearance for the new BMW M4 GT3 in the hands of BMW M Motorsport teams. ST Racing and Schubert … Continue reading
TEAM HONG KONG CRAFT-BAMBOO RACING FINISHES P5 IN SHORTENED, RAIN-HIT DUBAI 24 HOURS
Team Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing’s line-up made up of Hong Kong athletes Jonathan Hui, Antares Au, Frank Yu and Kevin Tse had high expectations going into the 2020 Dubai 24 Hours, given their previous successes at the desert endurance race. Running a historic black and gold Mercedes-AMG livery, the team started the weekend from a … Continue reading
BLACK FALCON MERCEDES-AMG WINS RAIN-SHORTENED 24H DUBAI
The Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 with starting number 4 and drivers Khaled Al Qubaisi from the UAE, Ben Barker from the UK, Hubert Haupt and Manuel Metzger from Germany and Jeroen Bleekemolen from The Netherlands was confirmed as the winner of the 15th edition of the Hankook 24H DUBAI. For the first time in the … Continue reading
SPECTACULAR RACING IN THE OPENING HOURS OF THE 24H DUBAI
At 15.00 hrs local time, His Highness Sheikh Juma Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum waved the flag of the United Arab Emirates to send the 65-car field underway for the 15th running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI. Once again, the original endurance race in the Gulf region serves as the season opener of the 24H SERIES … Continue reading
MARO ENGEL AND TOKSPORT WRT GIVE MERCEDES-AMG 24H DUBAI POLE
German Maro Engel, a former winner of the FIA GT World Cup, hadn’t raced at Dubai Autodrome since 2017, but that didn’t prevent him from claiming the outright pole position for this week’s 15th running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI. A lap time of 1m57.490s at the 5.390km long Dubai Autodrome was enough for Engel … Continue reading
2020 CIRCUIT RACING SEASON GETS UNDERWAY WITH 15th RUNNING OF 24H DUBAI
Gradually, it has become a tradition like the New Year’s Concert in Vienna or the ski jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: for the 15th consecutive year, Dubai Autodrome will be hosting the Hankook 24H DUBAI, the opening round of the 2020 24H SERIES Continents powered by Hankook. From 7 until 11 January, the state-of-the-art circuit in the … Continue reading
CLOSE TO 80 ENTRIES ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR THE 15th ANNUAL 24H DUBAI
There’s less than three weeks to go before the 15th edition of the Hankook 24H DUBAI gets underway, and more than 70 entries are already confirmed for the event. The top tier GT3 category, renamed from ‘A6’ for 2020 and onwards, already boasts 20-plus cars representing five high-end marques and more than a dozen different … Continue reading
24H SERIES PRESENTS 2020 CALENDAR
Four current Formula 1-circuits, one former Grand Prix circuit, an exciting new addition with a lot of prestige and another highly popular venue: these are the ingredients of the spectacular calendar of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook for 2020. While the series keeps its successful events at Dubai Autodrome, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit de … Continue reading
24H SERIES GEARING UP FOR 2020
With the Hankook 24H PORTIMAO in the books, teams and drivers in the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook are enjoying a well-deserved summer break before the action continues with the Hankook 24H BARCELONA (30 August-1 September). A good opportunity therefore to have a look at the upcoming season that gets underway with the Hankook 24H … Continue reading
TOP SIX FINISH FOR BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT IN 24H DUBAI
Second top-ten finish for BWT Mücke Motorsport in the 24 Hours of Dubai at second attempt. The team’s Audi R8 LMS #9 took P6 in the prestigious 24-hour race at the Dubai Autodrome last weekend (10th – 12th January 2019). The five drivers – Audi Sport’s Markus Winkelhock, Ford works driver Stefan Mücke, Mike David … Continue reading
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