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 during the third Sunday of December, except in 2021 when it was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in January. In 2012 and, for the decennial, in 2022, the race was held twice: in January and December. On 29 July 2022, it was announced that Gulf 12 Hours joined the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar both in 2022 and 2023. The race did not return as part of the IGTC calendar in 2024 after the two-year contract was not extended. __TOC__
Winners
Year Drivers Car Team Remarks2012 (Jan) Marco Cioci Matt Griffin Piergiuseppe PerazziniFerrari 458 Italia GT3 AF Corse 1299 Laps. First running of the event.2012 (Dec) Gaetano Ardagna Gianmaria Bruni Toni VilanderFerrari 458 Italia GT3 AF Corse 1309 Laps. 2013 Bernd Schneider Jeroen Bleekemolen Khaled Al Qubaisi Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon Racing 308 laps. 2014 Michele Rugolo Davide Rigon Stephen Wyatt Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 AF Corse 315 laps. 2015 Michał Broniszewski Davide Rigon Giacomo Piccini Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Kessel Racing 301 laps. 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. 2021 Isa Al-Khalifa Ben Barnicoat Martin Kodrić McLaren 720S GT3 2 Seas Motorsport 341 laps. This edition was relocated to the Bahrain International Circuit. 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. First Gulf 12 Hours to be a part of the SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge. 2023 Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing348 laps. Last Gulf 12 Hours to be a part of the SRO IGTC. 2024 Gilles Magnus Dennis Marschall Bihuang Zhou Audi R8 LMS Evo II Saintéloc Racing 353 laps. The No. 69 Optimum Motorsport McLaren driven by Todd Coleman, Frederik Schandorff and Aaron Telitz crossed the finish line first, but lost victory after receiving two 30 second penalties post-race for speeding in pit lane. 2025 Mikhail Aleshin Adam Christodoulou Denis Remenyako Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo CapitalRT by Motopark 346 Laps.
Multiple winners
By driver WinsDriverYears5 Davide Rigon2014–20184 Michał Broniszewski2015–20182 Giacomo Piccini2015–2016 Alessandro Pier Guidi2018, 2022 (Dec) Isa Al-Khalifa2021, 2022 (Jan) Ben Barnicoat2021, 2022 (Jan) Martin Kodrić2021, 2022 (Jan)
By manufacturer WinsManufacturerYears8 Ferrari2012 (Jan), 2012 (Dec), 2014–2018, 2022 (Dec)4 Mercedes-AMG2013, 2022 (Jan), 2023, 20252 Audi2019, 2024
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