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The 2025 Middle East Trophy will be the third season of the Middle East Trophy, presented by Creventic. The races are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars, 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars, TCR Touring Cars, TCX cars and TC cars.

Calendar

The 12 Hours of Kuwait was provisionally included in the calendar as the opening round in December of 2024, however it was dropped later, meaning the season will start in 2025 with the Dubai 24 Hour.

Round	Event	Circuit	Location	Date	Map of circuit locations
1	Michelin Dubai 24 Hour	Dubai Autodrome	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	10–12 January 2025	Yas MarinaDubai
2	Michelin 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina Circuit	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	17–19 January 2025

Teams and drivers

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds GT3 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 1 Fabrizio Broggi PA 1 Sabino de Castro 1 Sergiu Nicolae 1 Cosimo Papi 1 Climax Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 2 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Romain Andriolo PA 1 Reema Juffali 1 Salman Owega 1 Ivan Stanchin 1 Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 5 Sebastián Álvarez PA 1 Frédéric Jousset 1 Lin Hodenius 1 Levente Révész 1 Thierry Vermeulen 1 racing one Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA SMP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 7 Vitaly Petrov P 1 Dennis Remenyako 1 Sergey Sirotkin 1 Kirill Smal 1 Alexander Smolyar[b]] 1 Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 Jason Ambrose PA 1 Matt Griffin 1 Axcil Jefferies 1 "XO" 1 88 Matthew Bell PA 1 Dustin Blattner 1 Patrick Liddy 1 Blake McDonald 1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 98 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 11 Michael Kroll Am 1 Alexander Prinz 1 Chantal Prinz 1 Timo Rumpfkeil 1 Carsten Tilke 1 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Gabriele Piana PA 1 Rinat Salikhov 1 Viktor Shaytar 1 Sergey Stolyarov 1 87 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA MP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 19 Bert de Heus PA 1 Daniël de Jong 1 Henk de Jong 1 Jaap van Lagen 1 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 20 Jiatong Liang Am 1 Robert Mau 1 Jon Miller 1 Hans Wehrmann 1 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Alexander Bukhantsov Am 1 Peter Guelinckx 1 Bert Longin 1 James Winslow 1 Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 24 Klaus Bachler P 1 Anders Fjordbach 1 Loek Hartog 1 Thomas Kiefer 1 Stanislav Minsky 1 Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT 79 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 Hannah Grisham Am 1 Ian James 1 Gray Newell 1 Zacharie Robichon 1 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Alex Fontana PA 1 Matej Knez 1 Roman Mavlanov 1 Victor Plekhanov 1 Damir Saitov 1 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 31 Robert Huff PA 1 Max Lynn 1 Shaun Lynn 1 Joe Wheeler 1 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 33 Benjamin Goethe P 1 Tom Ikin 1 Mikey Porter 1 Morgan Tillbrook 1 WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 38 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 69 Alim Geshev P 1 Mikhail Loboda 1 David Pogosyan 1 Andrey Solukovtsev 1 Vasily Vladykin 1 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 40 Jamie Day PA 1 Matisse Lismont 1 Kobe Pauwels 1 Tom Van Rompuy 1 41 Nicolas Baert P 1 Viacheslav Gutak 1 Mex Jensen 1 Dante Rappange 1 ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 44 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Scuderia Praha Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 56 Josef Král PA 1 Matúš Výboh 1 Miroslav Výboh 1 Dennis Waszek 1 Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 73 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 969 Jukka Honkavuori [fi] PA 1 Jani Käkelä 1 Bashar Mardini 1 Joel Monegro 1 Kalle Rovanperä 1 Earl Bamber Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 77 Earl Bamber PA 1 Setiawan Santoso 1 Munkong Sathienthirakul 1 Tanart Sathienthirakul 1 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 80 Antares Au Am 1 Jonathan Hui 1 Kevin Tse 1 Frank Yu 1 91 Kay van Berlo P 1 Ralf Bohn 1 Jake Pedersen 1 Robert Renauer 1 269 Christoph Breuer Am 1 Vincent Kolb 1 Max Moritz 1 Florian Spengler 1 Era Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 81 Oliver Bryant PA 1 Ryan Dalziel 1 Jake Hill 1 Dwight Merriman 1 Kyle Tilley 1 Baron Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 86 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 92 Harry King P 1 Alex Malykhin 1 Alexey Nesov 1 Thomas Preining 1 GWR Australia Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 96 Brett Hobson Am 1 Justin Mcmillan 1 Michael Sheargold 1 Garth Walden 1 Glen Wood 1 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 99 Alex Aka P 1 Yi Deng 1 Dennis Marschall 1 Lorenzo Patrese 1 Mike Zhou 1 Al Manar Racing by Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 777 Al Faisal Al Zubair P 1 Dan Harper 1 Max Hesse 1 Darren Leung 1 Ben Tuck 1 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 991 Ahmad Al Harthy Am 1 Darren Leung 1 Toby Sowery 1 Simon Traves 1 GTX 111 Racing IRC GT GM LS3 6.2 L V8 111 Jake Camilleri 1 Darren Currie 1 Axle Donaldson 1 Mark Griffith 1 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche 1 Solenn Amrouche 1 Philippe Bonnel 1 Gilles Courtois 1 702 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 "Takis" 1 Brendon Leitch 1 JJ Song 1 Gerhard Watzinger 1 Don Yount 1 Saalocin by Kox Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 Audi 2.5 L I5 748 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Scott Sport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 750 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Team CMR Ginetta G56 GTX GM LS3 6.2 L V8 795 Hugo Bac 1 Erwin Creed 1 Rodolphe Gillion 1 Hugo Mogica 1 Eric Mouez 1 Graff Racing Rossa LM GT Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 797 Evgeny Kireev 1 Nikita Mazepin 1 Harrison Newey 1 Roman Rusinov 1 992 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 888 Mathys Jaubert Am 1 Sebastien Lajoux 1 Alexandre Leroy 1 Lauris Nauroy 1 Louis Perrot 1 992 Alexandr Artemyev P 1 Paul Meijer 1 Lauris Nauroy 1 Louis Perrot 1 Lucas Sugliano 1 Ajith Kumar Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 901 Fabian Duffieux P 1 Mathieu Detry 1 Ajith Kumar 1 Cameron McLeod 1 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers P 1 Luc Breukers 1 Rik Breukers 1 Fabian Danz 1 TFT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 Jordan Boisson Am 1 Jérôme Boullery 1 Patrick Charlaix 1 Benjamin Paque 1 Tierra Outdoor Racing by Hans Weijs Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Huub van Eijndhoven P 1 Lucas van Eijndhoven 1 Jop Rappange 1 Ralph Poppelaars 1 razoon – more than racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 914 Artur Chwist P 1 Simon Birch 1 Daniel Drexel 1 Ivan Ekelchik 1 Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 917 Enrico Fulgenzi P 1 Alessandro Giannone 1 Andrea Girondi 1 Sam Jongejan 1 RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing 971 Saif Alameri Am 1 Salem Alketbi 1 Fahad Alzaabi 1 Gurunath Meiyappan 1 Christopher Zöchling 1 Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 918 Alexey Denisov P 1 Bryan Sircely 1 TBA TBA HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 928 Stéphane Adler Am 1 Michael Blanchemain 1 Jérôme da Costa 1 Franck Eburderie 1 Franck Lavergne 1 929 Sylvain Caroff Am 1 Julien Jacquel 1 Jean Michel Marie 1 Julien Piolin 1 Vincent Roche 1 930 Holger Harmsen Am 1 Gregg Gorski 1 Marlon Menden 1 Silvain Pastoris 1 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar 974 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Am 1 Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi 1 Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed 1 Julian Hanses 1 GP Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 938 Victor Bernier Am 1 Enzo Joulié 1 Gabriel Pemeant 1 Loïc Teire 1 Duel Racing by Huber Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 950 Phil Keen P 1 Nabil Moutran 1 Ramzi Moutran 1 Sami Moutran 1 Theo Oeverhaus 1 Speed Lover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 978 Stienes Longin P 1 Wim Meulders 1 Gilles Renmans 1 Rik Renmans 1 John de Wilde 1 Seven × Seven Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 989 "Bankcy" P 1 Kiyoto Fujinami 1 Tsubasa Kondo 1 Taichi Watarai 1 JBR 990 Yasutaka Ando Am 1 Taku Bamba 1 Kiwamu Katayama 1 Norikazu Shibata 1 David Tan 1 Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 995 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA GT4 Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 427 Gero Bauknecht 1 Tommy Gråberg 1 TBA TBA AGMC Racing by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 438 Ramez Azzam 1 Tim Docker 1 Tiger Tari 1 William Tewiah 1 Tudor Tudurachi 1 Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 470 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1 Keith Gatehouse 1 Tim Pappas 1 TBA TBA Team CMR Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo GM LS3 6.2 L V8 495 Nico Prost 1 Mike Simpson 1 Freddie Tomlinson 1 Lawrence Tomlinson 1 TGR Team Continental Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 496 Viktor Agafonov 1 Marat Gubaydullin 1 Dimitry Levin 1 Konstantin Mandrikov 1 TCX asBest Racing SEAT León Cup Racer Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 101 Christian Ladurner 1 Lutz Obermann 1 Pia Ohlsson 1 Henrik Sandell 1 Junichi Umemoto 1 Cupra León TCR Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 102 Nadir Zuhour 1 TBA TBA TBA TBA Chazel Technologie Course Alpine A110 Cup Alpine Renault TCe M5Pt 1.8 L Turbo I4 110 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 193 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 127 Thierry Chkondali 1 Yasuhiro Misashi 1 Yutaka Seki 1 Benito Tagle 1 Source:

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

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Event	Circuit	GT3-Pro Winners	GT3-Pro Am Winners	GT3-Am Winners	GTX Winners	992-Pro Winners	992-Am Winners	GT4 Winners		TCX Winners	Report
1	Dubai Autodrome										Report
2	Yas Marina Circuit										Report

References

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Notes

1. ^ All following drivers are Russian, but Bukhantsov competes under a Emirati licence, Ekelchik and Mavlanov under an Armenian license, Geshev under a Montenegrin license, Kireev under a Cypriot license and Minsky, Smal, Solukovtsev and Stanchin under a Kyrgyz license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2. ^ Agafonov, Denisov, Gubaydullin, Gutak, Konstantin, Levin, Loboda, Mazepin, Nesov, Petrov, Plekhanov, Pogosyan, Rusinov, Saitov, Salikhov, Shaytar, Sirotkin and Stolyarov are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
3. Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

1. SMP Racing is a Russian team, but they compete under a German flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2. ^ Car No. 8 entered as Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing and car No. 88 entered as Dragon Racing for round 1, and as Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing at round 2. Car No. 98 entered as Dragon Racing.
3. ^ Car No. 38 entered as WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport and car No. 98 entered as Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport
4. Agafonov, Denisov Gubaydullin, Gutak, Konstantin, Levin, Loboda, Mazepin, Nesov, Petrov, Plekhanov, Pogosyan, Rusinov, Saitov, Salikhov, Shaytar, Sirotkin and Stolyarov are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under a Emirati licence, Ekelchik and Mavlanov under an Armenian license, Geshev under a Montenegrin license, Kireev under a Cypriot license and Minsky, Smal, Solukovtsev and Stanchin under a Kyrgyz license for the same reason.

External links

• Official website

• 2025 in motorsport
• 2025 in 24H Series
• 2025 in Emirati motorsport
• Scheduled motorsport seasons