Middle East Trophy
| Category | Grand tourer Touring cars Endurance racing |
|---|---|
| Country | Middle East |
| Inaugural season | 2022–23 |
| Tyre suppliers | Hankook (2022–2024) Michelin (2025) |
| Current season | |
The Middle East Trophy is a sports car racing and touring car racing series developed by Creventic and with approval from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), based in the Middle East. The races in the series are contested with GT3-spec cars, GT4-spec cars, sports cars, 24H-Specials, like silhouette cars, TCR Touring Cars, TCX cars and TC cars. The calendar consists of rounds ranging from 6-hour to 24-hour races.
Creventic
[edit ]The Dutch agency Creventic is the organiser and promoter of the series. Their goals are to organise races with "low costs, a convivial atmosphere with teams and drivers from all over the world and fair competition on the track." In co-operation with the Dutch National Racing Team (DNRT) – one of the biggest motorsport organisations of the Benelux – they organised the inaugural Dubai 24 Hour in 2006.[1] Creventic is also the organiser of the 24H Series and the Touring Car Endurance Series.
History
[edit ]On 23 September 2022, Creventic announced the formation of the Middle East Trophy, a championship separate from the European leg of the 24H Series, with the first race taking place on 30 November.[2] [3] On 23 September 2023, it was announced that the series would return for the 2023–24 season.[4] [5]
Circuits
[edit ]- United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome (2023–present)
- Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town (2022–2023)
- United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit (2023–present)
Champions
[edit ]Drivers
[edit ]| Year | GT3 Pro | GT3 Pro/Am | GT3 Am | 992 Pro | 992 Am | GTX | GT4 | TCE | TCR | TCX | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Germany Alfred Renauer | Germany Pierre Kaffer Austria Michael Doppelmayr Germany Elia Erhart |
United States Charles Espenlaub United States Joe Foster United States Charles Putman United States Shane Lewis |
Italy Fabrizio Broggi Romania Sergiu Nicolae Italy Sabino de Castro |
Qatar Abdulla Ali Al Khelaifi | Austria Daniel Drexel | United Kingdom David Holloway | — | Switzerland Jasmin Preisig Latvia Ivars Vallers |
Germany Daniel Gregor Switzerland Patrick Grütter Germany Christoph Krombach Mexico Benito Tagle |
Germany Hermann Bock Germany Michael Bonk Switzerland Martin Kroll Germany Michael Mayer Germany Rainer Partl |
| 2023–24 | Italy Fabrizio Broggi Italy Sabino de Castro Romania Sergiu Nicolae Italy Cosimo Papi |
United Kingdom Jack Barlow United Kingdom Carl Cavers United Kingdom Lewis Plato |
United States Charles Espenlaub United States Joe Foster United States Charles Putman United States Shane Lewis |
Netherlands Ivo Breukers Netherlands Luc Breukers Netherlands Rik Breukers Switzerland Fabian Danz |
Qatar Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Qatar Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Qatar Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Germany Julian Hanses |
United Kingdom Mike Simpson United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson |
Kyrgyzstan Andrey Solukovtsev Cyprus Vasily Vladykin |
United Kingdom James Kaye | United Kingdom James Kaye | United Kingdom Colin White United Kingdom Owen Hizzey |
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| 2025 | Netherlands Loek Hartog | Sergey Stolyarov | Switzerland Michael Kroll Switzerland Alexander Prinz Switzerland Chantal Prinz Germany Timo Rumpfkeil |
Qatar Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Qatar Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Qatar Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Germany Julian Hanses |
Qatar Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani Qatar Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi Qatar Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed Germany Julian Hanses |
Australia Jake Camilleri Australia Darren Currie Australia Grant Donaldson |
Romania Tudor Tudurachi | — | — | — | — |
Teams
[edit ]| Year | GT3 Pro | GT3 Pro/Am | GT3 Am | 992 Pro | 992 Am | GTX | GT4 | TCE | TCR | TCX | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Germany No. 91 Herberth Motorsport | Germany No. 1 Phoenix Racing | United States No. 85 CP Racing | Romania No. 955 Willi Motorsport by Ebimotors | Germany No. 928 HRT Performance | Austria No. 714 razoon – more than racing | United Kingdom No. 429 Century Motorsport | — | Switzerland No. 121 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | — | — |
| 2023–24 | United Arab Emirates No. 95 Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors | United Kingdom No. 22 Century Motorsport | United States No. 85 CP Racing | Netherlands No. 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Qatar No. 931 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | United Kingdom No. 795 Toro Verde GT | United Kingdom No. 429 Century Motorsport | United Kingdom No. 138 Simpson Motorsport | United Kingdom No. 138 Simpson Motorsport | United Kingdom No. 278 CWS Engineering | — |
| 2025 | United States No. 16 Winward Racing | United States No. 16 Winward Racing | United States No. 11 Hofor Racing | Qatar No. 974 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | Qatar No. 974 QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar | Australia No. 111 111 Racing | United Kingdom No. 438 Simpson Motorsport | Germany No. 102 AsBest Racing | Germany No. 102 AsBest Racing | — | — |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Creventic, promoter 24H Series". Creventic. p. 6. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ "New Championship! Middle East Trophy Debut With Hankook 12H Kuwait". 24hseries.com. Creventic. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Creventic Introduce New 2022/2023 Middle East Trophy". Dailysportscar. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Creventic's Three Round Middle East Trophy Returns for 2023/2024". 24hseries.com. Creventic. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Middle East Trophy Returns For 2023/2024". Dailysportscar. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.