The 2024 Gulf 12 Hours (officially titled 2024
Lenovo Gulf 12 Hours) was the 14th edition of the
Gulf 12 Hours, and was held at
Yas Marina Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is a 5.281 km (3.281 mi) motorsport circuit situated on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke. It has hosted the season-ending Formula One ...
on 13–15 December 2024. For the first time since the
12th edition of the race, it was not part of the
Intercontinental GT Challenge
The Intercontinental GT Challenge is a sports car racing series developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group in 2016. It consists of international Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance races for grand tourer racing cars complying w ...
. Therefore, the race reverted to a split format, with a break after 8 Hours, as opposed to earlier editions that had the break after 6 Hours. Also returning this year is the 992 Cup class reserved for
Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars.
Entry list
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Fastest times for each car are denoted in bold.
Pole position
In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...
s in each class are denoted in bold.
Race
Optimum Motorsport #69 crossed the line first however was given 2 drive-through penalties, which were converted to a 30 second post-race penalties each, due to being over the pit lane limit on exit on the last two stops (66.1 kph (41 mph) and 71.9 kph (44.7 mph) respectively, the limit was 60kph (37 mph)). This meant that the
Saintéloc Racing #25 of Zhou Bihuang, Gilles Magnus and Dennis Marschall were promoted to the victory.
Results after 8 hours
Class leaders denoted in bold.
Final results
Class winners denoted in bold.
Notes
References
External links
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Gulf
A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean or their seas into a landmass, larger and typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay (geography), bay. The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of s ...
Gulf 12 Hours
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Gulf 12 Hours