2022 12 Hours of Kuwait

The 2022 12 Hours of Kuwait (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Kuwait) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 2 December 2022, as the first of three rounds of the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy. This was the first running of the event.

Schedule


Date	Time (local: AST)	Event	Duration
1 December	17:30 - 19:30	Free Practice	120 Minutes
1 December	20:00 - 20:55	Qualifying	3x15 Minutes
2 December	12:00 - 00:00	Race	12 Hours
Source:^[1]

Entry list

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class
GT3 (4 entries)
Team GP-Elite	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	32	Lucas Groeneveld	P
				Daan van Kuijk
				Jesse van Kuijk
ARC Bratislava	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	44	Miro Konôpka	Am
				Matej Konôpka
				Zdeno Mikulasko
Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	47	Ahmad Al Ghanem	P
				Mohammed Al Kazemi
				Zaid Ashkanani
CP Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	85	Charles Espenlaub	Am
				Joe Foster
				Shane Lewis
				Charles Putman
GTX (3 entries)
Vortex V8	Vortex 1.0 GTX	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	701	Lionel Amrouche
				Philippe Bonnel
				Nicolas Nobs
Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	710	Gregg Gorski
				Jean-Francois Brunot
				Kerong Li
razoon-more than racing	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	Audi 2.5 L I5	714	Daniel Drexel
				Dominik Olbert
				Haytham Qarajouli
				Laura Kraihamer
992 (6 entries)
Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	909	Ivo Breukers	P
				Luc Breukers
				Rik Breukers
HRT Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	928	Gijs Bessem	Am
HRT Performance			928	Harry Hilders	Am
QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar			929	Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi	Am
				Ibrahim Al-Mannai
				Anders Fjordbach
				Hamad Saeed Al Asam
QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar			930	Abdullah Al Abbasi	Am
				Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed
				Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani
				Kim Andre Hauschild
Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	955	Fabrizio Broggi	P
				Sabino de Castro
				Sergiu Nicolae
Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	979	Olivier Dons	Am
				Saif Al Ameri
				Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi
GT4 (3 entries)
Century Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	429	Bradley Ellis
				Adam Hatfield
				David Holloway
				Piers Johnson
RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	BMW M4 GT4	BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	450	Nathan Freke
				Daren Jorgensen
				Brett Strom
Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	491	Andreas Bakkerud
				José Garcia
				Patrick Kolb
				Daniel Miller
TCE (3 entries)
Wolf-Power Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	116	Mohamed Al Sabah
				Jasmin Preisig
				Ivars Vallers
BBR	CUPRA León Competición TCR	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	159	Anusorn Asiralertsiri
				Kantadhee Kusiri
				Kantasak Kusiri
				Pasarit Promsombat
				Munkong Sathienthirakul
AC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	188	Stéphane Perrin
				Mathieu Detry
				James Kaye
TC (2 entries)
Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	BMW M2 ClubSport Racing	BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6	331	Hermann Bock
				Michael Bonk
				Martin Kroll
				Michael Mayer
				Rainer Partl
			332	Hermann Bock
				Michael Bonk
				Martin Kroll
				Michael Mayer
				Rainer Partl
Source:^[2]

GT3 entries
Icon	Class
P	GT3-Pro
Am	GT3-Am
992 entries
Icon	Class
P	992-Pro
Am	992-Am

Practice

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
GT3	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Zaid Ashkanani	1:52.002
GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	Haytham Qarajouli	1:56.535
992	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi	1:56.532
GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	Nathan Freke	2:02.993
TCR	159	BBR	Kantasak Kusiri	2:00.849
TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock	2:15.859
Source:^[3]^[4]

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Avg
1	GT3 Pro	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	1:54.582	1:55.066	1:52.111	1:53.919
2	GT3 Pro	32	Team GP-Elite	1:55.150	1:53.215	1:54.827	1:54.397
3	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	1:58.098	1:52.721	1:52.468	1:54.429
4	GTX	714	razoon-more than racing	1:56.288	1:57.244	1:56.123	1:56.551
5	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	2:00.972	1:56.316	1:55.004	1:57.430
6	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	2:01.377	1:56.331	1:57.732	1:58.480
7	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	2:00.850	1:58.016	1:56.905	1:58.590
8	992 Am	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	2:03.340	1:59.556	1:55.517	1:59.471
9	992 Am	929	QMMF Racing by HRT Thuraya Qatar	1:58.354	1:57.614	2:03.485	1:59.817
10	TCR	159	BBR	2:02.192	2:00.940	2:00.449	2:01.193
11	GTX	701	Vortex V8	1:58.974	2:10.792	2:01.823	2:03.863
12	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	2:05.557	2:02.097	2:04.569	2:04.074
13	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	2:07.432	2:03.913	2:02.363	2:04.569
14	GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	2:08.164	2:02.977	2:02.991	2:04.710
15	GT4	491	Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	2:08.792	2:06.246	2:06.812	2:07.283
16	TCR	116	Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing	2:19.049	2:04.700	2:11.970	2:11.906
17	TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	2:13.278	2:16.005	2:26.215	2:18.499
18	TC	332	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	2:35.543	2:18.234	2:14.662	2:22.813
DNC	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Am	928	HRT Performance	No time	No time	No time	No time
DNC	992 Am	930	QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar	No time	No time	No time	No time
Source:^[5]

Race

Race Results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Laps	Time/Reason
1	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	323	12:00:13.667
1	GT3 Am	85	CP Racing	Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	323	12:00:13.667
2	GT3 Pro	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Ahmad Al Ghanem Mohammed Al Kazemi Zaid Ashkanani	Porsche 911 GT3 R	321	+2 Laps
2	GT3 Pro	47	Team Kuwait by MRS GT-Racing	Ahmad Al Ghanem Mohammed Al Kazemi Zaid Ashkanani	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	321	+2 Laps
3	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	317	+6 Laps
3	992 Pro	909	Red Camel-Jordans.nl	Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	317	+6 Laps
4	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	315	+8 Laps
4	992 Pro	955	Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors	Fabrizio Broggi Sabino de Castro Sergiu Nicolae	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	315	+8 Laps
5	992 Am	928	HRT Performance	Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	313	+10 Laps
5	992 Am	928	HRT Performance	Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	313	+10 Laps
6	992 Am	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Saif Al Ameri Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	310	+13 Laps
6	992 Am	979	Rabdan Motorsport by Speed Lover	Olivier Dons Saif Al Ameri Enrico Fernando Fulgenzi	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	310	+13 Laps
7	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar	Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Ibrahim Al-Mannai Anders Fjordbach Hamad Saeed Al Asam	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	306	+17 Laps
7	992 Am	929	QMMF by HRT Thuraya Qatar		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	306	+17 Laps
8 DNF	GT3 Pro	32	Team GP-Elite	Lucas Groeneveld Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk	Porsche 911 GT3 R	302	Drivetrain
8 DNF	GT3 Pro	32	Team GP-Elite	Lucas Groeneveld Daan van Kuijk Jesse van Kuijk	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	302	Drivetrain
9	992 Pro	930	QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar	Abdullah Al Abbasi Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Kim Andre Hauschild	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	302	+21 Laps
9	992 Pro	930	QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar		Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	302	+21 Laps
10	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Jean-Francois Brunot Kerong Li	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	300	+23 Laps
10	GTX	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Jean-Francois Brunot Kerong Li	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	300	+23 Laps
11	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Bradley Ellis Adam Hatfield David Holloway Piers Johnson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	298	+25 Laps
11	GT4	429	Century Motorsport	Bradley Ellis Adam Hatfield David Holloway Piers Johnson	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	298	+25 Laps
12	TCR	159	BBR	Anusorn Asiralertsiri Kantadhee Kusiri Kantasak Kusiri Pasarit Promsombat Munkong Sathienthirakul	CUPRA León Competición TCR	295	+28 Laps
12	TCR	159	BBR		Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	295	+28 Laps
13	GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	Nathan Freke Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom	BMW M4 GT4	295	+28 Laps
13	GT4	450	RHC Jorgensen-Strom by Century	Nathan Freke Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom	BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	295	+28 Laps
14 DNF	GT4	491	Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	Andreas Bakkerud José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport	289	+34 Laps
14 DNF	GT4	491	Lionspeed Racing by Herberth Motorsport	Andreas Bakkerud José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	289	+34 Laps
15	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs	Vortex 1.0 GTX	270	+53 Laps
15	GTX	701	Vortex V8	Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Nicolas Nobs	Chevrolet 6.2 L V8	270	+53 Laps
16	TC	332	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl	BMW M2 ClubSport Racing	252	+71 Laps
16	TC	332	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport		BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6	252	+71 Laps
17	TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	Hermann Bock Michael Bonk Martin Kroll Michael Mayer Rainer Partl	BMW M2 ClubSport Racing	247	+76 Laps
17	TC	331	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport		BMW S55B30T0 3.0 L I6	247	+76 Laps
18	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing	Daniel Drexel Dominik Olbert Haytham Qarajouli Laura Kraihamer	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	219	+104 Laps
18	GTX	714	Razoon – More than Racing		Audi 2.5 L I5	219	+104 Laps
19	TCR	116	Wolf-Power Racing	Mohamed Al Sabah Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	190	+133 Laps
19	TCR	116	Wolf-Power Racing	Mohamed Al Sabah Jasmin Preisig Ivars Vallers	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	190	+133 Laps
20	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Matej Konôpka Zdeno Mikulasko	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	182	+141 Laps
20	GT3 Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konôpka Matej Konôpka Zdeno Mikulasko	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	182	+141 Laps
DNC	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry James Kaye	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021)	142	Wheel hub failure
DNC	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Stéphane Perrin Mathieu Detry James Kaye	Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4	142	Wheel hub failure
Source:^[6]^[7]

External Links

Official website

References

^ "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022". 24hseries.com. November 30, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST HANKOOK 12H KUWAIT 2022". 24hseries.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Free Practice Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Combined Qualification Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 2, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ Goodwin, Graham (December 3, 2022). "CP Racing Take Win At 12H Kuwait & Clinch Series Title". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

[1] "TIME SCHEDULE Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022". 24hseries.com. November 30, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[2] "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST HANKOOK 12H KUWAIT 2022". 24hseries.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[3] "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Free Practice Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[4] "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Free Practice Fastest Lap times of all drivers" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[5] "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Combined Qualification Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 1, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[6] "1st Hankook 12H KUWAIT 2022 Race Final Result" (PDF). getraceresults.com. December 2, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[7] Goodwin, Graham (December 3, 2022). "CP Racing Take Win At 12H Kuwait & Clinch Series Title". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

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