2025 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi

The 2025 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Michelin 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the 5th running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 19 January 2025. The race was the second and final round of the 2025 Middle East Trophy.
Schedule
| Date | Time (local: GST) | Event | Duration | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 18 January | 11:30 - 13:00 | Free Practice | 90 Minutes | 
| 17:40 - 18:35 | Qualifying | 3x15 Minutes | |
| Sunday, 19 January | 10:30 - 16:30 | Race | 6 Hours | 
| Source:[1] | |||
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Free Practice
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | 16 |  Winward Racing |  Gabriele Piana | 1:52.693 | |
| GTX | 750 |  Scott Sport |  Mikkel Mac | 1:54.051 | |
| 992 | 914 |  Razoon – More Than Racing |  Simon Birch | 1:56.585 | |
| GT4 | 470 |  WS Racing |  Jeroen Bleekemolen | 2:03.504 | |
| TCE | 193 |  Chazel Technologie Course |  Ivan Ovsienko | 2:09.151 | |
| Source:[3][4] | |||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Avg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT3 Pro/Am | 87 |  Winward Racing | 1:52.648 | 
| 2 | GT3 Pro | 7 |  SMP Racing | 1:53.195 | 
| 3 | GT3 Pro/Am | 8 |  Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing | 1:53.308 | 
| 4 | GT3 Pro | 33 |  Optimum Motorsport | 1:53.448 | 
| 5 | GT3 Pro | 99 |  Tresor Attempto Racing | 1:53.541 | 
| 6 | GT3 Pro/Am | 16 |  Winward Racing | 1:53.606 | 
| 7 | GT3 Am | 2 |  Climax Racing | 1:53.764 | 
| 8 | GT3 Pro | 32 | .svg.png) The Bend Team WRT | 1:53.933 | 
| 9 | GT3 Pro | 58 |  Garage 59 | 1:53.978 | 
| 10 | GT3 Pro | 80 |  Herberth Motorsport | 1:54.053 | 
| 11 | GT3 Pro | 5 |  Team Motopark | 1:54.149 | 
| 12 | GT3 Pro/Am | 1 |  Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors | 1:54.434 | 
| 13 | GT3 Pro/Am | 4 |  Haupt Racing Team | 1:54.470 | 
| 14 | GT3 Am | 69 |  Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport | 1:54.574 | 
| 15 | GT3 Am | 86 |  Baron Motorsport | 1:54.982 | 
| 16 | GT3 Am | 77 |  Earl Bamber Motorsport | 1:55.043 | 
| 17 | GT3 Pro/Am | 21 |  HAAS RT | 1:55.622 | 
| 18 | GT3 Am | 73 |  Proton Huber Competition | 1:55.798 | 
| 19 | GT3 Pro/Am | 98 |  Dragon Racing | 1:55.900 | 
| 20 | GT3 Pro/Am | 79 |  Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT | 1:56.014 | 
| 21 | GT3 Am | 11 | .svg.png) Hofor Racing | 1:56.096 | 
| 22 | GT3 Pro/Am | 81 |  Era Motorsport | 1:56.163 | 
| 23 | GTX | 750 |  Scott Sport | 1:56.344 | 
| 24 | GT3 Am | 96 | .svg.png) GWR Australia | 1:56.347 | 
| 25 | GT3 Am | 44 |  ARC Bratislava | 1:56.376 | 
| 26 | 992 Pro | 909 |  Red Camel-Jordans.nl | 1:56.939 | 
| 27 | GT3 Pro/Am | 56 |  Scuderia Praha | 1:57.406 | 
| 28 | 992 Pro | 918 | .svg.png) Mühlner Motorsport | 1: 57.426 | 
| 29 | 992 Am | 974 |  QMMF by HRT | 1:57.845 | 
| 30 | 992 Am | 888 |  SebLajoux Racing | 1:58.052 | 
| 31 | 992 Am | 971 |  RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing | 1:58.232 | 
| 32 | 992 Am | 917 |  Fulgenzi Racing | 1:58.283 | 
| 33 | 992 Pro | 914 |  Razoon – More Than Racing | 1:58.705 | 
| 34 | GTX | 748 |  Saalocin by Kox Racing | 1:58.951 | 
| 35 | 992 Am | 911 |  TFT Racing | 1:59.057 | 
| 36 | 992 Am | 928 |  HRT Performance | 1:59.650 | 
| 37 | GT3 Am | 38 |  WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport | 2:00.498 | 
| 38 | GTX | 111 | .svg.png) 111 Racing | 2:00.562 | 
| 39 | 992 Am | 992 |  SebLajoux Racing | 2:00.726 | 
| 40 | 992 Am | 978 | .svg.png) Speed Lover | 2:01.054 | 
| 41 | 992 Am | 930 |  HRT Performance | 2:01.518 | 
| 42 | 992 Am | 929 |  HRT Performance | 2:02.085 | 
| 43 | GTX | 701 |  Vortex V8 | 2:02.500 | 
| 44 | GT4 | 496 |  Continental TTR Racing | 2:03.226 | 
| 45 | GT4 | 470 |  WS Racing | 2:05.776 | 
| 46 | GT4 | 438 |  Simpson Motorsport | 2:07.461 | 
| 47 | GT4 | 427 |  SRS Team Sorg Rennsport | 2:07.529 | 
| 48 | TCE | 193 |  Chazel Technologie Course | 2:09.885 | 
| 49 | TCE | 102 |  AsBest Racing | 2:11.478 | 
| 50 | TCE | 110 |  Chazel Technologie Course | 2:11.770 | 
| 51 | GTX | 702 |  Vortex V8 | — | 
| 52 | 992 Am | 995 |  Toro Verde GT | — | 
| Source:[5] | ||||
Race
Race results
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Time/Reason | Laps | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | GT3 Pro | 32 | .svg.png) The Bend Team WRT |  Timur Boguslavskiy .svg.png) Yasser Shahin .svg.png) Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | 6:01:39.284 | 160 | 
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 2 | GT3 Pro/Am | 16 |  Winward Racing |  Gabriele Piana  Sergei Borisov  Viktor Shaytar  Sergey Stolyarov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +12.111 | 160 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | GT3 Pro | 33 |  Optimum Motorsport |  Tom Ikin  Mikey Porter  Andrew Gilbert | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | +1:05.587 | 160 | 
| McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 4 | GT3 Pro | 5 |  Team Motopark |  Nigel Schoonderwoerd  Levente Révész  Yelmer Buurman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1:07.741 | 160 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | GT3 Am | 11 | .svg.png) Hofor Racing | .svg.png) Michael Kroll  Alexander Prinz .svg.png) Chantal Prinz  Timo Rumpfkeil | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | +1:54.293 | 160 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 DNF | GT3 Pro | 80 |  Herberth Motorsport |  Antares Au  Loek Hartog  Joel Sturm | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Collision damage | 159 | 
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 7 | GT3 Pro/Am | 87 |  Winward Racing |  Gabriele Piana  Sergei Borisov  Rinat Salikhov  Sergey Stolyarov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1 Lap | 159 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | GT3 Pro | 99 |  Tresor Attempto Racing |  Alex Aka  Yi Deng .svg.png) Jef Machiels | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1 Lap | 159 | 
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 9 | GT3 Pro/Am | 1 |  Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors |  Fabrizio Broggi  Sabino de Castro  Sergiu Nicolae  Cosimo Papi | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +1 Lap | 159 | 
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 10 | GT3 Pro/Am | 8 |  Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing |  Blake McDonald  Stuart White  Axcil Jefferies  Xollie Letlaka | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +1 Lap | 159 | 
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 11 | GT3 Pro | 58 |  Garage 59 |  Adam Smalley  Louis Prette  Zhou Yiran | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | +1 Lap | 159 | 
| McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT3 Pro/Am | 21 |  HAAS RT |  Alexander Bukhantsov .svg.png) Ramez Azzam  Omar Jackson | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +2 Laps | 158 | 
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 13 | GT3 Pro/Am | 4 |  Haupt Racing Team |  Finn Wiebelhaus  Reema Juffali  Salman Owega | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2 Laps | 158 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | GT3 Pro | 7 |  SMP Racing |  Vitaly Petrov  Dennis Remenyako  Sergey Sirotkin  Alexander Smolyar | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2 Laps | 158 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | GT3 Am | 69 |  Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport |  David Pogosyan  Andrey Solukovtsev  Vasily Vladykin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +2 Laps | 158 | 
| Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 16 | GT3 Am | 73 |  Proton Huber Competition |  Jörg Dreisow  Manuel Lauck  Gabriel Rindone | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +3 Laps | 157 | 
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | 992 Pro | 918 | .svg.png) Mühlner Motorsport |  Martin Rump  Valters Zviedris | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +3 Laps | 157 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | 992 Am | 974 |  QMMF by HRT |  Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani  Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi  Ghanim Al Ali  Julian Hanses | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +3 Laps | 157 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT3 Pro/Am | 98 |  Dragon Racing |  Glynn Geddie  Jim Geddie  Phil Keen | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +3 Laps | 157 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | GT3 Pro/Am | 56 |  Scuderia Praha |  Josef Král  Matúš Výboh  Miroslav Výboh | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +3 Laps | 157 | 
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 21 | GT3 Pro/Am | 77 | .svg.png) Earl Bamber Motorsport |  Setiawan Santoso  Jamie Day  Tanart Sathienthirakul | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | +4 Laps | 156 | 
| Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 22 | GT3 Pro/Am | 79 |  Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT |  Fabio Babini  Giuseppe Ghezzi  Johannes Zelger | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +5 Laps | 155 | 
| Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 23 | 992 Pro | 914 |  Razoon – More Than Racing |  Artur Chwist  Simon Birch  Daniel Drexel | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +5 Laps | 155 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | 992 Am | 917 |  Fulgenzi Racing |  Enrico Fulgenzi  Alessandro Giannone  Andrea Girondi | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +5 Laps | 155 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 25 | GT3 Pro/Am | 81 |  Era Motorsport |  Jake Hill  Dwight Merriman  Kyle Tilley | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +7 Laps | 153 | 
| Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 26 | 992 Am | 928 |  HRT Performance |  Alexey Denisov  Sergey Titarenko  Victor Titarenko | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +7 Laps | 153 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 27 | 992 Am | 888 |  SebLajoux Racing |  Stephane Perrin  Sebastien Lajoux  Liu Kaishun  Paul Meijer | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +7 Laps | 153 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 28 | GTX | 748 |  Saalocin by Kox Racing |  Peter Kox  Nico Pronk  Dennis Retera | KTM X-Bow GT2 | +8 Laps | 152 | 
| Audi 2.5 L I5 | |||||||
| 29 | 992 Am | 978 | .svg.png) Speed Lover | .svg.png) Wim Meulders .svg.png) Gilles Renmans .svg.png) Rik Renmans | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +8 Laps | 152 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 | 992 Am | 992 |  SebLajoux Rac ing by Climax |  Ling Kang  Lu Zhiwei  Cao QiKuan | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +8 Laps | 152 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 31 DNF | GT3 Am | 44 |  ARC Bratislava |  Adam Konôpka  Miro Konôpka  Matej Konôpka | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | +9 Laps | 151 | 
| Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| 32 | GT3 Am | 38 |  WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport |  James Kaye  Ameerh Naran  Darren Ridge | BMW M4 GT3 | +11 Laps | 149 | 
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 33 | 992 Am | 930 |  HRT Performance |  Gregg Gorski  Alex Renner  Jonathan Simmonds | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +11 Laps | 149 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 34 | GT3 Am | 2 |  Climax Racing |  Lu Wei  Zhang Yaqi  Mike Zhou | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +12 Laps | 148 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 35 DNF | GTX | 111 | .svg.png) 111 Racing | .svg.png) Jake Camilleri .svg.png) Darren Currie .svg.png) Grant Donaldson | IRC GT | Suspension arm | 146 | 
| GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 36 | GT4 | 438 |  AGMC Racing by Simpson Motorsport |  Takashi Hata  Taiyo Ida  Kenji Suzuki | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +16 Laps | 144 | 
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 37 | 992 Am | 929 |  HRT Performance |  Jassim Al-Thani  Ahmed Al-emadi .svg.png) Gilles Thiers | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +18 Laps | 142 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 38 | GT3 Am | 86 |  Baron Motorsport |  Edoardo Bacci  Angelo Nero  Philippe Prette  Masoud Jaberian | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | +21 Laps | 139 | 
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 39 | GT4 | 470 |  WS Racing |  Jeroen Bleekemolen  Tudor Tudurachi  Keith Gatehouse | BMW M4 GT4 Gen II | +21 Laps | 139 | 
| BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 40 | 992 Pro | 909 |  Red Camel-Jordans.nl |  Ivo Breukers  Luc Breukers  Rik Breukers .svg.png) Fabian Danz | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | +25 Laps | 135 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 41 | TCX | 110 |  Chazel Technologie Course |  Michel Abattu  Felix Crepet  Stephane Lipp  Guillaume Masset | Alpine A110 Cup | +25 Laps | 135 | 
| Alpine Renault TCe M5Pt 1.8 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 42 | TCX | 193 |  Chazel Technologie Course |  Frederic de Brabant  Louka Desgranges  Ivan Ovsienko | Alpine A110 Cup | +26 Laps | 134 | 
| Alpine Renault TCe M5Pt 1.8 L Turbo I4 | |||||||
| 43 DNF | GTX | 701 |  Vortex V8 |  Lionel Amrouche  Philippe Bonnel  Gilles Courtois | Vortex 2.0 | +36 Laps | 124 | 
| Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 44 | TCX | 102 |  asBest Racing |  Ahmed Al Khaja  Fahad Nasir Khan  Johny Khazzoum | Cupra León TCR | +36 Laps | 124 | 
| Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 45 | GT4 | 496 |  Continental TTR Racing |  Stanislav Nonikov  Ilya Sidorov .svg.png) Cameron Mcleod | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo | +38 Laps | 122 | 
| BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 | |||||||
| 46 DNF | GT4 | 427 |  SRS Team Sorg Rennsport |  Oleksiy Kikireshko  Jan-Niklas Stieler  Arthur Simondet | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | Accident damage | 119 | 
| Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 47 DNF | GT3 Am | 96 | .svg.png) GWR Australia | .svg.png) Brett Hobson .svg.png) Justin Mcmillan .svg.png) Michael Sheargold | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Oil leak | 109 | 
| Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 48 DNF | 992 Am | 911 |  TFT Racing |  Jordan Boisson  Patrick Charlaix .svg.png) Benjamin Paque | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Crash | 83 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNC | 992 Am | 971 |  RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing |  Saif Alameri  Salem Alketbi  Christopher Zöchling | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Fuel filler issues | 65 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNS | 992 Am | 995 |  Toro Verde GT |  Graeme Mundy  Steve Laidlaw  Callum Davis | Porsche 992 GT3 Cup | Did not start | 0 | 
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DNC | GTX | 750 |  Scott Sport | .svg.png) Keith Frieser  Mikkel Mac  Aaron Scott | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo | Tire blowout | 11 | 
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| DNS | GTX | 702 |  Vortex V8 |  Arnaud Gomez  Olivier Gomez | Vortex 2.0 | Did not start | 0 | 
| Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
Notes
- ^ SMP Racing is a Russian team, but they compete under a German flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ a b Car No. 8 entered as Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing. Car No. 98 entered as Dragon Racing.
- ^ a b Car No. 38 entered as WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport and car No. 69 entered as Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Borisov, Denisov, Loboda, Petrov, Pogosyan, Salikhov, Shaytar, Sirotkin, Nonikov, Sidorov, Stolyarov and Sergey & Victor Titarenko are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ a b Bukhantsov and Solukovtsev are Russian but compete under an Emirati licence and under a Kyrgyz license respectively, as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
- ^ "TIME SCHEDULE 6H ABU DHABI 2025". 24h Series. January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST MICHELIN 6H ABU DHABI 2025". getraceresults.com. January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Free Practice Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Combined Qualification Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 19, 2025.