DUBAI, UAE – Oman’s Al-Faisal Al-Zubair joins Austria’s Dominik Baumann and Martin Konrad, Germany’s Fabian Schiller and American Anthony Bartone in the Getspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for this weekend’s 19th Hankook 24H Dubai at the Dubai Autodrome.
I am very excited to be doing Dubai 24H again this year. We have a line-up of Dominik Baumann, Fabian Schiller, myself, Anthony Bartone and Martin Konrad. We are really looking forward to the race. I’m sure it will be tough as usual with the amount of cars and the night stints and all.
Al-Faisal Al-Zubair
Looking at the bigger picture, I will be joining Antony Bartone’s car so it will not be Al-Manar Racing on this occasion. I was invited by Anthony to participate in his team, so I am happy and honoured to be able to race with their team, instead of me preparing the whole car. Nonetheless, we have a decent line-up to fight for the overall podium and the win. We will be prepping towards that.
Al-Faisal Al-Zubair
Strong opposition includes Grove Racing’s Mercedes, HAAS RT’s Audi R8 and the Eastalent Racing Team Audi of Christopher Haase, Simon Reicher, Markus Winkelhock, Mike Zhou and Gilles Magnus. Al-Zubair will also face former Porsche Supercup rival Dylan Pereira in the Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS, the Saintéloc Junior Team, Century Motorsport, Dragon Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 and the 7TSix McLaren.
First held in 2006, the Dubai race became a 24H Series event in 2015. GT3 practice starts on Friday, January 26, followed by three 15-minute qualifying sessions from 16:50 and a 90-minute night practice from 19:15. The race starts at 13:00 on Saturday, January 27, and finishes at 13:00 on Sunday.