MONZA, ITALY – Oman’s Al-Faisal Al-Zubair will share the Al-Manar by Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO with Germany’s Dennis Marschall at this weekend’s final round of the 2026 International GT Open, the Monza GT Open 500.
Al-Zubair has contested only two rounds of the series this season, at Misano with Italy’s David Fuminelli and at Paul Ricard with Britain’s Ben Tuck. The team finished sixth and seventh at the Italian circuit, and second and fifth in France.
Who is Dennis Marschall?
Marschall, 30, is a regular in the ADAC GT Masters. Earlier this year he joined Al-Manar Racing for the Michelin Dubai 24H at the Dubai Autodrome alongside Al-Zubair, Axcil Jeffries and Dustin Blattner. He has also been racing recently with Kessel Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.
Really looking forward to this Monza round. It feels like it’s been quite a while since I have been in the car, since July. I am excited to getting back in the car, especially with Dennis Marschall who I have raced with before in Dubai. He is someone I rate very highly and, hopefully, I think with a strong package from Dragon Racing, I hope we can achieve a solid result this weekend and fight for the win.
Al-Faisal Al-Zubair
It’s also very positive that it’s an endurance race this weekend, as opposed to two shorter races. I personally prefer this type of racing and hope we can bring a strong result.
Al-Faisal Al-Zubair
A packed Pro field
The endurance finale on the iconic 5.793km Italian circuit has drawn a dozen teams in the Pro class, plus 21 teams in the ProAm and Amateur categories.
Dubai-based Al-Manar by Dragon Racing faces the series-leading Elite Motorsport Ferrari, three Team Motopark Mercedes, the Greystone GT McLaren, two AF Corse Ferraris, a Scuderia Villorba Corse Lamborghini, the debuting Faems Team by Nova Race BMW, Leipert Motorsport’s Lamborghini and the ZRS Motorsport Porsche.
The GT Open shares the circuit with Euroformula Open, GT Cup Europe and TCR Europe.
One race, 500km
Unlike the other International GT Open endurance rounds, the season finale is decided over a single race. The Monza GT Open 500 starts at 12.30hrs and runs for 500km or 2hr 55min plus one lap.
Weekend schedule
- Thursday, September 24th: Private testing
- Friday, September 25th: Free practice at 11.20hrs and 15.50hrs (one hour each)
- Saturday, September 26th: Qualifying 1 (25 minutes) at 11.20hrs, Qualifying 2 at 14.45hrs
- Race: Monza GT Open 500 at 12.30hrs, 500km or 2hr 55min plus one lap