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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 TBA Sabino de Castro TBA Sergiu Nicolae TBA Cosimo Papi TBA 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 TBA Reema Juffali TBA Salman Owega TBA Ivan Stanchin TBA Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 5 Sebastián Álvarez P TBA Frédéric Jousset TBA Lin Hodenius TBA Levente Révész TBA Thierry Vermeulen TBA 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 TBA Dennis Remenyako TBA Sergey Sirotkin TBA Kirill Smal TBA Alexandr Smolyar TBA Into Africa Racing by Dragon Racing Dragon Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 Jason Ambrose PA TBA Matt Griffin TBA Axcil Jefferies TBA "XO" TBA 88 Matthew Bell PA TBA Dustin Blattner TBA Patrick Liddy TBA Blake McDonald TBA 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 TBA Alexander Prinz TBA Chantal Prinz TBA Timo Rumpfkeil TBA Carsten Tilke TBA Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 15 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Gabriele Piana PA TBA Rinat Salikhov TBA Viktor Shaytar TBA Sergey Stolyarov TBA 87 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA MP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 19 Bert de Heus TBA Daniël de Jong TBA Henk de Jong TBA Jaap van Lagen TBA Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 20 Robert Mau TBA Jon Miller TBA Hans Wehrmann TBA HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 21 Alexander Bukhantsov Am TBA Peter Guelinckx TBA Bert Longin TBA James Winslow TBA Dinamic GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 24 Klaus Bachler TBA Anders Fjordbach TBA Loek Hartog TBA Thomas Kiefer TBA Stanislav Minsky TBA Dinamic GT by Tsunami RT 79 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 25 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 TBA Ian James TBA Gray Newell TBA Zacharie Robichon TBA Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 30 Alex Fontana P TBA Matej Knez TBA Roman Mavlanov TBA Victor Plekhanov TBA Damir Saitov TBA Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 31 Robert Huff TBA Max Lynn TBA Shaun Lynn TBA Joe Wheeler TBA Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 33 Benjamin Goethe TBA Tom Ikin TBA Mikey Porter TBA Morgan Tillbrook TBA Walkenhorst Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 34 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 36 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 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 TBA Mikhail Loboda TBA David Pogosyan TBA Andrey Solukovtsev TBA Vasily Vladykin TBA Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 40 Jamie Day TBA Matisse Lismont TBA Kobe Pauwels TBA Tom Van Rompuy TBA 41 Nicolas Baert TBA Viacheslav Gutak TBA Dante Rappange TBA 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 TBA Matúš Výboh TBA Miroslav Výboh TBA Dennis Waszek TBA 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] TBA Jani Käkelä TBA Bashar Mardini TBA Joel Monegro TBA Kalle Rovanperä TBA Earl Bamber Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 77 Earl Bamber PA TBA Setiawan Santoso TBA Munkong Sathienthirakul TBA Tanart Sathienthirakul TBA Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 80 Antares Au Am TBA Jonathan Hui TBA Kevin Tse TBA Frank Yu TBA 91 Kay van Berlo TBA Ralf Bohn TBA Jake Pedersen TBA Robert Renauer TBA 269 Christoph Breuer Am TBA Vincent Kolb TBA Max Moritz TBA Florian Spengler TBA Era Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 81 Oliver Bryant TBA Ryan Dalziel TBA Jake Hill TBA Dwight Merriman TBA Kyle Tilley TBA 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 TBA Alex Malykhin TBA Alexey Nesov TBA Thomas Preining TBA GWR Australia Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 96 Brett Hobson Am TBA Justin Mcmillan TBA Michael Sheargold TBA Garth Walden TBA Glen Wood TBA Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 99 Alex Aka TBA Yi Deng TBA Dennis Marschall TBA Mike Zhou TBA Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 777 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo V8 991 Ahmad Al Harthy TBA Darren Leung TBA Toby Sowery TBA GTX 111 Racing IRC GT GM LS3 6.2 L V8 111 Jake Camilleri TBA Darren Currie TBA Axle Donaldson TBA Mark Griffith TBA Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 701 Lionel Amrouche TBA Solenn Amrouche TBA Philippe Bonnel TBA Gilles Courtois TBA 702 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 710 "Takis" TBA Brendon Leitch TBA JJ Song TBA Gerhard Watzinger TBA Don Yount TBA 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 TBA Erwin Creed TBA Rodolphe Gillion TBA Hugo Mogica TBA Eric Mouez TBA Graff Racing Rossa LM GT TBA 797 Evgeny Kireev TBA Nikita Mazepin TBA Harrison Newey TBA Roman Rusinov TBA 992 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 888 Mathys Jaubert TBA Sebastien Lajoux TBA Alexandre Leroy TBA Lauris Nauroy TBA Louis Perrot TBA 992 TBA Alexandr Artemyev TBA Paul Meijer TBA Lauris Nauroy TBA Lucas Sugliano TBA Ajith Kumar Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 901 Fabian Duffieux TBA Mathieu Detry TBA Ajith Kumar TBA Cameron McLeod TBA Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 909 Ivo Breukers TBA Luc Breukers TBA Rik Breukers TBA Fabian Danz TBA TFT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 Jordan Boisson TBA Jérôme Boullery TBA Patrick Charlaix TBA Benjamin Paque TBA Tierra Outdoor Racing by Hans Weijs Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Huub van Eijndhoven TBA Lucas van Eijndhoven TBA Jop Rappange TBA Ralph Poppelaars TBA razoon – more than racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 914 Artur Chwist TBA Simon Birch TBA Daniel Drexel TBA Ivan Ekelchik TBA Fulgenzi Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 917 Enrico Fulgenzi Am TBA Alessandro Giannone TBA Andrea Girondi TBA RABDAN by Fulgenzi Racing 971 Saif Alameri TBA Salem Alketbi TBA Fahad Alzaabi TBA Gurunath Meiyappan TBA Christopher Zöchling TBA Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 918 Alexey Denisov TBA Bryan Sircely TBA TBA TBA HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 928 Stéphane Adler TBA Michael Blanchemain TBA Jérôme da Costa TBA Franck Eburderie TBA Franck Lavergne TBA 929 Sylvain Caroff TBA Julien Jacquel TBA Jean Michel Marie TBA Julien Piolin TBA Vincent Roche TBA 930 Holger Harmsen TBA Gregg Gorski TBA Marlon Menden TBA Silvain Pastoris TBA 931 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA QMMF by HRT Suhail Qatar 974 Ibrahim Al-Abdulghani TBA Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi TBA Ghanim Ali Al Maadheed TBA Julian Hanses TBA GP Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 938 Victor Bernier Am TBA Gabriel Pemeant TBA Loïc Teire TBA Duel Racing by Huber Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 950 Phil Keen TBA Nabil Moutran TBA Ramzi Moutran TBA Sami Moutran TBA Theo Oeverhaus TBA Speed Lover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 978 Stienes Longin TBA Wim Meulders TBA Gilles Renmans TBA Rik Renmans TBA John de Wilde TBA Seven × Seven Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 989 "Bankcy" TBA Kiyoto Fujinami TBA Tsubasa Kondo TBA Taichi Watarai TBA JBR 990 Yasutaka Ando Am TBA Taku Bamba TBA Kiwamu Katayama TBA Norikazu Shibata TBA David Tan TBA Toro Verde GT Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 995 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA GT4 razoon – more than racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 414 Denny Berndt TBA Damon Surzshyn TBA TBA TBA Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 427 Gero Bauknecht TBA Tommy Gråberg TBA TBA TBA AGMC Racing by Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 438 Ramez Azzam TBA Tim Docker TBA Tiger Tari TBA William Tewiah TBA Tudor Tudurachi TBA Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing BMW M4 GT4 Gen II BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 470 Jeroen Bleekemolen TBA Keith Gatehouse TBA Matthias Möller TBA Tim Pappas TBA Team CMR Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo GM LS3 6.2 L V8 495 Nico Prost TBA Mike Simpson TBA Freddie Tomlinson TBA Lawrence Tomlinson TBA TGR Team Continental Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo BMW B58B30 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 498 Viktor Agafonov TBA Marat Gubaydullin TBA Dimitry Levin TBA Konstantin Mandrikov TBA TCX asBest Racing SEAT León Cup Racer Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 101 Christian Ladurner TBA Lutz Obermann TBA Pia Ohlsson TBA Henrik Sandell TBA Junichi Umemoto TBA Cupra León TCR Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4 102 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Chazel Race Technology 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 TBA Yasuhiro Misashi TBA Yutaka Seki TBA Benito Tagle TBA 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

References

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Notes

1. 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. ^ Agafonov, Denisov Gubaydullin, Gutak, Kireev, 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 and Minsky, Smal, Solukovtsev and Stanchin under a Kyrgyz license for the same reason.
2. 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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Car No. 38 entered as WeBuyAnyPhone.com Racing by Simpson Motorsport and car No. 98 entered as Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport
5. One source lists the engine as a 5.2 L V10 by either Audi or Lamborghini.

External links

• Official website

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