MUSCAT, OMAN – Al-Manar Racing by Team WRT’s Al-Faisal Al-Zubair has announced that he will contest both the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.
At an exclusive reception at the Kempinski Hotel in Muscat on Sunday evening, the Omani confirmed that Al-Manar Racing’s partnership with Team WRT will cover the full 10-race programme, alongside Jens Klingmann and Ben Tuck. The evening was held under the patronage of His Highness Kamel Bin Fahad Bin Mahmoud Al-Saeed, Secretary-General of Oman’s General Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers.
I am excited to announce my programme for 2025. Al-Manar Racing Klingman by Team WRT will be participating in the BMW M4 GT3 Evo for the full season of GT World Challenge Europe. The championship will consist of 10 rounds for both the Endurance and Sprint championships. I’ll be teaming up with Jens Klingmann and Ben Tuck for this season’s Gold Cup title assault and can’t wait to get it all started at Paul Ricard next month.
Al-Faisal Al-Zubair
A flying start in Dubai
The new chapter began in spectacular fashion with victory at the Dubai 24 Hours in January alongside Dan Harper, Max Hesse, Ben Tuck and Darren Leung. Al-Zubair became the first Omani driver to win the race outright at the Dubai Autodrome.
Last year, racing under the Al-Manar Racing banner, he won the Gold Cup category and finished second overall at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa.
The team-mates
Britain’s Ben Tuck drove a Ferrari for Kessel Racing in last year’s GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and is a full-time endurance driver and performance coach. Germany’s Jens Klingmann, 34, is a long-time BMW factory driver who led Team WRT to a memorable win at Monza in September 2024.
The season opens with the first round of the Endurance Cup at Paul Ricard in France on 11–13 April.