Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai Wrapup

This year's 24 Hours of Dubai was, with an almost 100 car grid that made sure there was very little clean air, possibly the most action-packed endurance race, albeit not a very clean one, in history.  Nearly six hours of the race were run under code 60, but when the cars were racing, it sure made for some exciting action.

A6 Pro

A6 Pro once again provided the overall winner, with Porsche taking a 1-2 with Herberth Motorsport and Manthey Racing, who will be now crossing the pond for their Daytona GTD campaign.  The #3 Black Falcon Mercedes rounded out the podium in class.  Teams that saw trouble included the #4 Belgian Audi Club Audi R8 and the #21 Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan, both of whom were among my favorites to win the race.  DNFs from the class included the #2 Black Falcon Mercedes, who wrecked out with the #963 Grasser Lamborghini, the Forch Racing Porsche, who I am sure would've pushed for a Porsche podium sweep had they not retired, the #28 GP Extreme Renault RS01 that featured Jean-Eric Vergne in their lineup, and the #964 Grasser Lamborghini.

A6 Am

A6 Am saw a dominating performance from Hofor-Racing that saw them finish sixth overall to take the class win.  Second was the #27 GP Extreme Renault, and rounding out the podium was the #34 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8.  Only one car from the class was not classified, that being the #33 Car Collection Audi, in what was a relatively clean race from a class generally considered less experienced than A6 Pro.

991

991 also featured a nice race, with the lead in class being exchanged several times in the early hours.  It ended up being the #68 Black Falcon car that took the class win.  It was joined on the podium by the #85 PROsport Performance car and the #63 race:pro motorsport car.  DNFs in the class consisted of the #80 APO Sport car, the #95 Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing car, the #90 MRS GT-Racing car, the #93 MSG Motorsport car, the #73 HRT Performance car, and the #81 Olimp Racing car.

SPX

SPX was, as I expected, a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo showcase, with a Lambo in the lead in class pretty much from flag to flag.  The GDL Racing Middle East Lambo took top honors, followed by the Leipert Motorsport Lambo that came from the back of the grid to finish 19th overall, and the FACH Auto Tech Porsche 991.  DNF'ing in the class was the #204 Vortex V8 Vortex, the #24 Cool Racing Vortex, and the #19 Eurotrac Dodge Viper.

SP2

SP2 was won by the Bovi Motorsport Silver Sting.  The class podium was rounded out by the #247 Reiter Engineering KTM X-Bow and the #58 VDS Racing Adventures MARC Focus.  

SP3-GT4

SP3-GT4 saw a Ginetta-dominated race, with the examples from Century Motorsport and Optimum Motorsport running away in the race.  

Podium:

1. #231 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55

2. #229 Century Motorsport Ginetta G55

3. #267 GDL Racing Team Asia Porsche Cayman

TCR

TCR was most notable for its winner, the Cadspeed Audi RS3 LMS in its first race.  An impressive debut from Audi's latest in its successful line of racers.

Podium:

1. #108 Cadspeed Racing Audi RS3 LMS

2. #216 Modena Motorsports Seat Leon

3. #105 Zest Racecar Engineering Seat Leon

A3

Podium:

1. #308 Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 208

2. #908 Team Altran Peugeot Peugeot 208

3. #133 PB Racing Lotus Elise

CUP1

Podium:

1. #151 Sorg Rennsport

2. #152 Sorg Rennsport

3. #146 Bonk Motorsport

A2

Podium:

1. #171 Team Eva Solo Peugeot RCZ

2. #172 Team Cooksport Renault Clio Cup

3. #52 Team Sally Racing Renault Clio Cup