The 2022 Gulf 12 Hours was the 12th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 9–11 December 2022. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars and Porsche 992 Cup spec cars. It was the final round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge, replacing the Kyalami 9 Hours. This was the first of a trio of Gulf-based events promoted by the Driving Force Events (DFE).
Entry list EntrantCarDriver 1Driver 2Driver 3Driver 4 GT3 Pro (10 entries) 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS Evo II Erwan Bastard Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser - 26 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Simon Gachet Lucas Légeret Gilles Magnus - 43 MDK Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Mark Kvamme Jan Magnussen Kevin Magnussen - 50 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Nicklas Nielsen Davide Rigon Alessio Rovera - 66 Audi Sport Team Tresor Audi R8 LMS Evo II Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Dennis Marschall - 71 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 James Calado Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Pier Guidi - 77 Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Al Faisal Al Zubair Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz - 89 Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello - 98 Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lucas Auer Maro Engel Maximilian Götz - 99 Tresor by Attempto Audi R8 LMS Evo II Alex Aka Pietro Delli Guanti Finlay Hutchison - GT3 Pro-Am (12 entries) 1 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Hunter Abbott Isa Al Khalifa Martin Kodrić - 7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy - 20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Dominik Baumann Martin Berry Valentin Pierburg - 33 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Murat Cuhadaroglu David Fumanelli Axcil Jefferies Giorgio Roda 42 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Eduardo Coseteng Daniel Harper Darren Leung - 44 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Daniel Allemann Klaus Bachler Alfred Renauer - 48 S’Aalocin by Kox Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Tom Boonen Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk 51 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo James Cottingham Aaron Walker Lewis Williamson - 69 Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Ralf Bohn Patrick Kolb Robert Renauer - 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Kenny Habul Martin Konrad - 88 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Benjamin Goethe Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West - 93 Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Eddie Cheever Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Kevin Tse GT3 Am (8 entries) 8 D2 Privat with RAM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Morgan Tillbrook - 11 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Marco Pulcini Nicolò Rosi Niccolò Schirò Emanuele Tabacchi 16 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Adrian D'Silva Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Carlos Rivas 52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Alessandro Cozzi Tani Hanna Gabriele Lancieri Giorgio Sernagiotto 55 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Stefano Costantini Alex Fox Laurent De Meeus Jamie Stanley 58 MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas Gostner 61 AF Corse/APM Monaco Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette Philippe Prette Jean Claude Saada 91 Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Daniele Di Amato Ernst Kirchmayr Axel Sartingen Matúš Výboh Porsche 992 (4 entries) 49 Racevent Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Pablo Biolghini Marco Cassarà Davide Scannicchio Johannes Zelger 92 Centri Porsche Ticino Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Alex Fontana Ivan Jacoma Ashish Patel - 95 Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran Sami Moutran - 96 Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Nigel Armstrong David Fairbrother Stephen Liquorish James TownsendSource:
Classification
Race result Class winners denoted in bold. ClassTeamDriversCarLapsTime/Gap/Retired1P71 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors James Calado Antonio Fuoco Alessandro Pier GuidiFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 202033512:01:41.6952P50 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors Nicklas Nielsen Davide Rigon Alessio RoveraFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020335 +14.3883P25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Erwan Bastard Christopher Haase Patric NiederhauserAudi R8 LMS Evo II335 +15.1394P77 Al Manar Racing by GetSpeed Al Faisal Al Zubair Luca Stolz Fabian SchillerMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo335 +29.7795PA75 SunEnergy1 Racing Philip Ellis Kenny Habul Martin KonradMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo334+1 Lap6PA88 Garage 59 Benjamin Goethe Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander WestMcLaren 720S GT3333 +2 Laps7P43 MDK Motorsports Mark Kvamme Jan Magnussen Kevin MagnussenFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020333 +2 Laps8PA93 Sky - Tempesta with Garage 59 Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Kevin TseMcLaren 720S GT3332 +3 Laps9P99 Tresor by Attempto Alex Aka Pietro Delli Guanti Finlay HutchinsonAudi R8 LMS Evo II332 +3 Laps10PA1 2 Seas Motorsport Hunter Abbott Isa Al Khalifa Martin KodrićMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo332 +3 Laps11PA69 Lionspeed by Herberth Motorsport Ralf Bohn Patrick Kolb Robert RenauerPorsche 911 GT3 R331 +4 Laps12Am61 AF Corse/APM Monaco Conrad Grunewald Louis Prette Philippe Prette Jean Claude SaadaFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020328+7 Laps13Am55 AF Corse Stefano Costantini Alex Fox Laurent De Meeus Jamie StanleyFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020325 +10 Laps14Am52 AF Corse Alessandro Cozzi Tani Hanna Gabriele Lancieri Giorgio SernagiottoFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020324 +11 Laps15Am8 D2 Privat with RAM Racing Mikaël Grenier Ian Loggie Morgan TillbrookMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo320 +15 Laps16PA48 S'Aalocin by Kox Racing Tom Boonen Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico PronkPorsche 911 GT3 R319 +16 Laps1799292 Centri Porsche Ticino Alex Fontana Ivan Tacoma Ashish PatelPorsche 992 GT3 Cup310+25 Laps1899295 Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Nabil Moutran Ramzi Moutran Sami MoutranPorsche 992 GT3 Cup308 +27 Laps19PA42 Century Motorsport Eduardo Coseteng Dan Harper Darren LeungBMW M4 GT3308 +27 Laps20Am91 Baron Motorsport Daniele Di Amato Ernst Kirchmayr Axel Sartingen Matúš VýbohFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020307 +28 Laps21PA44 Herberth Motorsport Daniel Allermann Klaus Bachler Alfred RenauerPorsche 911 GT3 R292 +43 Laps2299249 Racevent Pablo Biolghini Marco Cassarà Davide Scannicchio Johannes ZelgerPorsche 992 GT3 Cup291 +44 Laps23P26 Saintéloc Racing Simon Gachet Lucas Légeret Gilles MagnusAudi R8 LMS Evo II287 +48 Laps24PA51 2 Seas Motorsport James Cottingham Aaron Walker Lewis WilliamsonMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo282 +53 Laps25P66 Audi Sport Team Tresor Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Dennis MarschallAudi R8 LMS Evo II245 +90 Laps26Am58 MP Racing Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas GostnerMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo205 +130 Laps27PA20 SPS Automotive Performance Dominik Baumann Martin Berry Valentin PierburgMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo196 +139 Laps28Am11 Kessel Racing Marco Pulcini Nicolo Rosi Niccolò Schirò Emanuele TabacchiFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020149 +186 Laps29PA7 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie MillroyMcLaren 720S GT391 +244 Laps3099296 Duel Racing with Toro Verde GT Nigel Armstrong David Fairbrother Stephen Liquorish James TownsendPorsche 992 GT3 Cup77 +258 Laps31Am16 EBM Giga Racing Adrian D'Silva Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Carlos RivasPorsche 911 GT3 R67 +268 Laps32P89 Team GruppeM Racing Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele MarcielloMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo47 +288 Laps33PA33 Kessel Racing Murat Cuhadaroglu David Fumanelli Axcil Jefferies Giorgio RodaFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 202038 +297 Laps34P98 Team GruppeM Racing Lucas Auer Maro Engel Maximilian GötzMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo30 +305 LapsSource:
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