2025 4 Hours of Dubai

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The Grand Prix layout of the Dubai Autodrome

The 2025 4 Hours of Dubai was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 7 and 9 February 2025 at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was the third and fourth round of the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series season.

The initial entry list was published on 24 January and consisted of 47 entries across 3 categories – 10 in LMP2, 7 in LMP3, and 30 in GT.[1] A revised entry list was published on 30 January, which saw the removal of the No. 90 Blackthorn Aston Martin entry. This reduced the number of GT entries from 30 to 29 and the total number of entries from 47 to 46.[2]

Compared to the previous round at Sepang, Julien Andlauer replaced Louis Delétraz in the No. 91 Pure Rxcing Oreca in the LMP2 class.[3] In LMP3, Chris Short took over from James Dayson in the No. 15 RLR MSport Ligier, while Griffin Peebles replaced Dan Skočodople in the No. 26 Bretton Racing Ligier. The No. 35 Ultimate Ligier saw Leonardo Colavita and Louis Stern join the team, replacing Stéphane Lémeret and Bence Válint. Additionally, Thomas Kiefer took the place of Seth Lucas in the No. 49 High Class Racing Ligier.[3]

In the GT category, Dragon Racing fielded two Ferrari 296 GT3 entries. Todd Coleman, Lorcan Hanafin, and Aaron Telitz drove the No. 08 Ferrari, while Giacomo Altoè, Nicola Marinangeli, and Marco Pulcini competed in the No. 88 Ferrari.[4] Luca Stolz replaced Jules Gounon in the No. 81 Winward Racing Mercedes, and the No. 19 Blackthorn Aston Martin introduced a new driver line-up featuring Jonathan Adam, Charles Bateman, and Reema Juffali.[3][2] Marvin Kirchhöfer took over from Tom Gamble in the No. 77 Optimum Motorsport McLaren, while Takeshi Kimura and Casper Stevenson replaced Esteban Masson and Yudai Uchida in the No. 57 Car Guy Racing Ferrari.[3]

Herberth Motorsport entered the grid with two Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) cars. The No. 46 QMMF by Herberth Porsche was driven by Qatari trio Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani, Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi, and Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed, while the No. 99 Herberth Motorsport Porsche was shared by Ralf Bohn and Alfred and Robert Renauer. Lastly, Earl Bamber Motorsport introduced a new driver line-up, with Jamie Day, Mattia Drudi, and Gabriel Rindone replacing Brendon Leitch, Marco Sørensen, and Anderson Tanoto.[3]

After a crash during private testing on 6 February, the No. 21 Car Collection Motorsport was withdrawn from the event, reducing the amount of entries to 45 cars.[5]

Schedule

Date Time (local: GST) Event
Friday, 7 February 11:15 Free Practice 1
16:45 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 8 February 9:40 Qualifying – GT
10:05 Qualifying – LMP2 and LMP3
14:10 Race 1
Sunday, 9 February 10:00 Warm-up
14:10 Race 2
Source:[6]

Free practice

  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Alex Quinn 1:47.199
LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport Mexico Ian Aguilera 1:55.367
GT 14 China Climax Racing Austria Lucas Auer 1:58.789
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
LMP2 91 Lithuania Pure Rxcing France Julien Andlauer 1:48.790
LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Australia Griffin Peebles 1:55.387
GT 92 Germany Manthey EMA Italy Riccardo Pera 1:59.033
Source:[7][8]

Race 1

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Driver Time Gap Grid
1 LMP2 22 Germany Proton Competition Italy Giorgio Roda 1:47.569 1
2 LMP2 50 Italy AF Corse United States Jeremy Clarke 1:48.154 +0.585 2
3 LMP2 91 Lithuania Pure Rxcing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin 1:48.398 +0.829 3
4 LMP2 11 Germany Proton Competition Germany Alexander Mattschull 1:48.878 +1.309 4
5 LMP2 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo 1:49.189 +1.620 5
6 LMP2 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Greece Georgios Kolovos 1:49.317 +1.748 6
7 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing United States Naveen Rao 1:49.424 +1.855 7
8 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Denmark Michael Jensen 1:49.431 +1.862 8
9 LMP2 30 France RD Limited United States Fred Poordad 1:50.902 +3.333 9
10 LMP2 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Greece Kriton Lendoudis 1:51.514 +3.945 10
11 LMP3 49 Denmark High Class Racing Germany Thomas Kiefer 1:54.906 +7.337 11
12 LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Denmark Jens Reno Møller 1:55.930 +8.361 12
13 LMP3 7 Switzerland Graff Racing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov 1:56.300 +8.731 13
14 LMP3 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition United Kingdom Tim Creswick 1:56.445 +8.876 14
15 LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport United Kingdom Nick Adcock 1:56.669 +9.100 15
16 LMP3 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition New Zealand Steve Brooks 1:57.236 +9.667 16
17 LMP3 35 France Ultimate France Louis Stern 1:57.975 +10.406 17
18 GT 74 Switzerland Kessel Racing United States Dustin Blattner 1:58.891 +11.322 18
19 GT 81 United States Winward Racing Rinat Salikhov 1:59.040 +11.471 19
20 GT 28 Italy AF Corse Italy Massimiliano Wiser 1:59.257 +11.688 20
21 GT 9 Germany GetSpeed Performance Luxembourg Steve Jans 1:59.276 +11.707 21
22 GT 87 China Origine Motorsport China Yuan Bo 1:59.295 +11.726 22
23 GT 19 United Kingdom Blackthorn Saudi Arabia Reema Juffali 1:59.300 +11.731 23
24 GT 16 United States Winward Racing Sergey Stolyarov 1:59.301 +11.732 24
25 GT 77 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook 1:59.466 +11.897 25
26 GT 10 Germany Manthey Racing Hong Kong Antares Au 1:59.472 +11.903 26
27 GT 96 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport United States Anthony McIntosh 1:59.619 +12.050 27
28 GT 85 Italy Iron Dames France Célia Martin 1:59.742 +12.173 28
29 GT 14 China Climax Racing China Lü Wei 1:59.850 +12.281 29
30 GT 99 Germany Herberth Motorsport Germany Ralf Bohn 1:59.964 +12.395 30
31 GT 2 China Climax Racing China Zhou Bihuang 2:00.174 +12.605 31
32 GT 46 Qatar QMMF by Herberth Qatar Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi 2:00.219 +12.650 32
33 GT 89 New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone 2:00.259 +12.690 33
34 GT 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert 2:00.385 +12.816 34
35 GT 92 Germany Manthey EMA United States Ryan Hardwick 2:00.517 +12.948 35
36 GT 51 Italy AF Corse Brazil Custodio Toledo 2:00.781 +13.212 36
37 GT 12 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Canada Bashar Mardini 2:00.926 +13.357 37
38 GT 82 Italy AF Corse France Charles-Henri Samani 2:01.006 +13.437 WD[Q 1]
39 GT 42 New Zealand Prime Speed Sport New Zealand René Heremana Malmezac 2:01.012 +13.443 38
40 GT 79 San Marino Tsunami RT Italy Johannes Zelger 2:01.235 +13.666 39
41 GT 88 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Italy Marco Pulcini 2:01.959 +14.390 40
42 GT 57 Japan Car Guy Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura 2:02.484 +14.915 44[Q 2]
43 GT 23 Hong Kong Absolute Racing United States Gregory Bennett 2:02.685 +15.116 41
44 GT 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Claudio Schiavoni 2:02.831 +15.262 42
45 GT 8 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing United States Todd Coleman 2:02.989 +15.420 43
Source:[10][11][12][13]

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 63 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP2 25 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Denmark Michael Jensen
Italy Valerio Rinicella
Oreca 07 M 90 4:01:35.856
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2 LMP2 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Laurents Hörr
Greece Georgios Kolovos
Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 M 90 +11.342
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3 LMP2 20 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Alex Quinn
Oreca 07 M 90 +25.188
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4 LMP2 83 Italy AF Corse France François Perrodo
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 M 90 +27.309
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 22 Germany Proton Competition France Tom Dillmann
Vladislav Lomko
Italy Giorgio Roda
Oreca 07 M 90 +31.766
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 30 France RD Limited Australia James Allen
United States Fred Poordad
France Tristan Vautier
Oreca 07 M 90 +40.427[R1 1]
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 24 United Kingdom Nielsen Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United Kingdom Matt Bell
United States Naveen Rao
Oreca 07 M 90 +1:00.979
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 91 Lithuania Pure Rxcing France Julien Andlauer
United Kingdom Harry King
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
Oreca 07 M 90 +1:11.159
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 11 Germany Proton Competition Switzerland Mathias Beche
Germany Jonas Ried
Germany Alexander Mattschull
Oreca 07 M 89 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 50 Italy AF Corse United States Patrick Byrne
United States Jeremy Clarke
France Olivier Pla
Oreca 07 M 89 +1 Lap
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Denmark Theodor Jensen
Denmark Jens Reno Møller
Australia Griffin Peebles
Ligier JS P320 M 85 +5 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
12 LMP3 35 France Ultimate Italy Leonardo Colavita
France Louis Stern
United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli
Ligier JS P320 M 85 +5 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
13 GT 96 Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United States Anthony McIntosh
Canada Parker Thompson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 85 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
14 GT 92 Germany Manthey EMA United States Ryan Hardwick
Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 85 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
15 GT 74 Switzerland Kessel Racing United States Dustin Blattner
Germany Dennis Marschall
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 85 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
16 GT 87 China Origine Motorsport China Yuan Bo
Germany Laurin Heinrich
China Leo Ye Hongli
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 85 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
17 GT 10 Germany Manthey Racing Hong Kong Antares Au
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Joel Sturm
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 85 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
18 GT 16 United States Winward Racing Germany Maro Engel
Viktor Shaytar
Sergey Stolyarov
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 85 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
19 GT 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Riccardo Agostini
Monaco Cédric Sbirrazzuoli
Brazil Custodio Toledo
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 85 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
20 GT 60 Germany Proton Competition Italy Matteo Cressoni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 85 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
21 GT 2 China Climax Racing Estonia Ralf Aron
Finland Elias Seppänen
China Zhou Bihuang
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 85 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
22 GT 14 China Climax Racing Austria Lucas Auer
China Ling Kang
China Lü Wei
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 85 +5 Laps[R1 2]
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
23 GT 57 Japan Car Guy Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
Brazil Daniel Serra
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 84 +6 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
24 GT 12 Germany Car Collection Motorsport United Kingdom James Kell
Canada Bashar Mardini
Germany Nico Menzel
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 84 +6 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
25 LMP3 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Canada Daniel Ali
United Kingdom Tim Creswick
Belgium Douwe Dedecker
Ligier JS P320 M 84 +6 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
26 GT 27 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert
Germany Benjamin Goethe
Spain Fran Rueda
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo M 84 +6 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMP3 49 Denmark High Class Racing Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Germany Thomas Kiefer
United States Mark Patterson
Ligier JS P320 M 84 +6 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
28 GT 19 United Kingdom Blackthorn United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
United Kingdom Charles Bateman
Saudi Arabia Reema Juffali
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo M 84 +6 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 GT 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Célia Martin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 84 +6 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
30 GT 28 Italy AF Corse United States Manny Franco
Italy Davide Rigon
Italy Massimiliano Wiser
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 84 +6 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
31 GT 46 Qatar QMMF by Herberth Qatar Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
Qatar Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi
Qatar Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 83 +7 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
32 GT 23 Hong Kong Absolute Racing Thailand Carl Bennett
United States Gregory Bennett
New Zealand Chris van der Drift
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 83 +7 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
33 GT 88 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Italy Giacomo Altoè
Italy Nicola Marinangeli
Italy Marco Pulcini
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 83 +7 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
34 GT 89 New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport United Kingdom Jamie Day
Italy Mattia Drudi
Luxembourg Gabriel Rindone
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo M 83 +7 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
35 GT 42 New Zealand Prime Speed Sport Australia Nick Foster
New Zealand Jono Lester
New Zealand René Heremana Malmezac
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 M 83 +7 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
36 GT 79 San Marino Tsunami RT Italy Fabio Babini
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Italy Johannes Zelger
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 83 +7 Laps[R1 3]
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
37 LMP3 43 Poland Inter Europol Competition New Zealand Steve Brooks
Denmark Mikkel Kristensen
Switzerland Kévin Rabin
Ligier JS P320 M 82 +8 Laps
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
38 GT 99 Germany Herberth Motorsport Germany Ralf Bohn
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) M 81 +9 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
39 LMP3 7 Switzerland Graff Racing Saint Kitts and Nevis Alexander Bukhantsov
Singapore Danial Frost
United Kingdom James Winslow
Ligier JS P320 M 71 +19 Laps[R1 4]
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
40 GT 9 Germany GetSpeed Performance United States Anthony Bartone
Luxembourg Steve Jans
Germany Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 66 +24 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
Not classified
GT 77 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Tom Ikin
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
United Kingdom Morgan Tillbrook
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo M 39 Not classified[R1 5]
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
GT 81 United States Winward Racing Italy Gabriele Piana
Rinat Salikhov
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo M 33 Did not finish
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
LMP3 15 United Kingdom RLR MSport United Kingdom Nick Adcock
Mexico Ian Aguilera
United Kingdom Chris Short
Ligier JS P320 M 28 Did not finish
Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8
GT 8 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing United States Todd Coleman
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
United States Aaron Telitz
Ferrari 296 GT3 M 24 Did not finish
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Source:[18]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class No. Entrant Driver Time Lap
LMP2 3 Luxembourg DKR Engineering Germany Laurents Hörr 1:47.697 64
LMP3 26 Czech Republic Bretton Racing Australia Griffin Peebles 1:56.181 40
GT 92 Germany Manthey EMA Austria Richard Lietz 1:59.162 65
Source:[19]

Race 2

Notes

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