2022 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi explained

The 2022 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi (formally known as the Relive Hankook 6 Hours Abu Dhabi), was the 2nd running of the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, an endurance race that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit on 22 January 2022. The race was a non-championship round, as part of the 24H Series.

Schedule

Date	Time (local: GST)	Event	Distance
Friday, 21 January	19:20	Free Practice (All cars)	-
Saturday, 22 January	09:50	Qualifying 1	-
	10:10	Qualifying 2	-
	14:25-20:45	Race	6 Hours
Source:^[1]

Teams and Drivers

The entry list consisted of 32 cars; 19 were entered in GT and 13 were entered in TCE.

	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3	Driver 4	Driver 5
GT3 (8 entries)
2	JR Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Ted van Viet	Max Weering	-	-	-
10	Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Jean-Francois Brunot	Kerong Li	-	-	-
44	ARC Bratislava	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Matej Konôpka	Miro Konôpka	-	-	-
48	Saalocin by KoxRacing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Peter Kox	Stéphane Kox	Nico Pronk	-	-
86	Baron Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Philipp Baron	Axcil Jefferies	Ernst Kirchmayr	Mikkel Mac	Roman Ziermian
88	LP Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Evan Chen	Thomas Yu Lee	Lorenzo Veglia	-	-
92	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Jürgen Häring	Markus Neuhofer	Alfred Renauer	-	-
710	Leipert Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2	Gregg Gorski	Gabriele Rindone	Gerhard Watzinger	-	-
992 (8 entries)
923	Huber Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Enrico Fulgenzi	Matthias Hoffsümmer	Gabriele Rindone	-	-
924	Huber Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Maciej Blazek	Clément Mateu	Mark Wallenwein	-	-
928	HRT Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Theo Koundouris	Sergio Pires	Marcel Zalloua	-	-
929	HRT Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Olli Kangas	Simo Kangas	-	-	-
930	HRT Performance	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen	Jari Ollila	-	-	-
944	ID Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Christof Langer	Steven Liquorish	Bas Schouten	-	-
977	RABDAN Motorsport by ID Racing	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	Saif Alameri	Salem Alketbi	Saeed Almheiri	-	-
979	Speed Lover	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	?	?	?	?	?
991 (3 entries)
915	P21Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	Nuno Caetnovich	Afonso Vaz	-	-	-
921	P21Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	Jose Monroy	Rui Silva	-	-	-
960	TT Racing	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	John Murray	Phil Quaife	Jonathan Simmonds	-	-
TG (7 entries)
202	Les Deux Arbres	Ligier JS2 R	Christophe Bouchut	Hugo Valente	-	-	-
205	Valluga	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	Bradley Ellis	Charlie Hollings	Leo Loucas	Rhea Loucas	-
215	SK Racing	Ligier JS2 R	Jérôme Dacosta	Franck Eburderie	Franck Lavergne	Franco Lemma	-
217	PCR Sport	Ligier JS2 R	Juan Andújar	Harriet Arruabarrena	Jacobo García	-	-
223	LAMERA by Racetrack	Lamera GT	Frederic Delpit	Levet Louis-Marie	Laurent Ozkan	Tommy Rollinger	-
278	CWS Engineering	Ginetta G55 Supercup	Matthew Ibrahim	Kristian Prosser	-	-	-
478	CWS Engineering	Ginetta G56 GT4	Darren Leung	Robert Thomson	Colin White	-	-
TCR (6 entries)
117	PCR Sport	Cupra León Competición TCR	Vincente Dasi	Jacobo García	Josep Parera	-	-
133	Zengő Motorsport	Cupra León TCR	Szabolcs Gál	Tamás Horváth	KISMA	Csaba Tóth	Zoltán Zengő
188	AC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Luc Breukers	Patrick Sing	Ivars Vallers	-	-
199	AC Motorsport	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	Ricky Coomber	Charles Dawson	Arnaud Quede	Gustavo Xavier	-
218	Sally Racing	Cupra León TCR	Morten Eriksen	Mik Henriksen	Daniel Zefier	-	-
219	Sally Racing	Cupra León TCR	Ole Kiltgaard	Mikkel Obel	Lasse Poulsen	-	-
Source:^[2]

Results

Qualifying

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Q1	Q2	Avg
1	GT3	86	Baron Motorsport	1:53.706	1:55.961	1:54.833
2	GT3	48	Saalocin by KoxRacing	1:54.366	1:56.232	1:55.299
3	GT3	88	LP Racing	1:56.790	1:54.480	1:55.635
4	GT3	92	Herberth Motorsport	1:59.341	1:54.016	1:56.678
5	GT3	710	Leipert Motorsport	1:57.031	1:56.712	1:56.871
6	GT3	44	ARC Bratislava	1:58.554	1:56.456	1:57.505
7	GT3	2	JR Motorsport	2:00.924	1:54.356	1:57.640
8	992	923	Huber Racing	1:59.127	1:56.294	1:57.710
9	992	924	Huber Racing	1:59.750	1:57.544	1:58.647
10	992	977	RABDAN Motorsport by ID Racing	2:00.403	1:58.042	1:59.222
11	992	944	ID Racing	2:00.312	1:59.654	1:59.983
12	991	960	TT Racing	1:58.016	2:02.366	2:00.191
13	992	979	Speed Lover	2:01.329	2:00.629	2:00.979
14	992	929	HRT Performance	1:59.825	2:03.935	2:01.880
15	GT3	10	Leipert Motorsport	2:07.939	1:58.892	2:03.415
16	TG	478	CWS Engineering	2:02.767	2:04.532	2:03.649
17	992	930	HRT Performance	2:01.605	2:06.564	2:04.084
18	992	928	HRT Performance	2:10.735	2:00.044	2:05.389
19	TG	278	CWS Engineering	2:06.992	2:05.811	2:06.401
20	991	921	P21Motorsport	2:06.100	2:09.682	2:07.896
21	TCR	133	Zengő Motorsport	2:07.906	2:09.372	2:08.639
22	TG	217	PCR Sport	2:08.814	2:08.854	2:08.834
23	TG	223	LAMERA by Racetrack	2:09.522	2:10.873	2:10.197
24	TG	205	Valluga	2:08.615	2:12.230	2:10.422
25	TCR	219	Sally Racing	2:12.308	2:09.024	2:10.666
26	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	2:09.440	2:12.662	2:11.051
27	TCR	117	PCR Sport	2:16.099	2:10.021	2:13.060
28	TCR	218	Sally Racing	2:12.117	2:14.042	2:13.079
29	TG	202	Les Deux Arbres	No Time	2:03.906	2:03.906
30	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	No Time	2:09.014	2:09.014
31	TG	215	SK Racing	No Time	No Time	No Time
DNS	991	915	P21Motorsport	No Time	No Time	No Time
Source:^[3]

Race

Class winners are denoted in bold.

	Class		Team	Drivers	Chassis	Time/Reason
					Engine
1	GT3	86	Baron Motorsport	Philipp Baron Axcil Jefferies Ernst Kirchmayr Mikkel Mac Roman Ziermian	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	6:04:16.725	166
					Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
2	GT3	2	JR Motorsport	Ted van Viet Max Weering	BMW M6 GT3	+1 Lap	165
					BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8
3	GT3	48	Saalocin by KoxRacing	Peter Kox Stéphane Kox Nico Pronk	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	+1 Lap	165
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
4	GT3	92	Herberth Motorsport	Jürgen Häring Markus Neuhofer Alfred Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	+1 Lap	165
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
5	GT3	10	Leipert Motorsport	Jean-Francois Brunot Kerong Li	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	+2 Laps	164
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
6	GT3	44	ARC Bratislava	Matej Konôpka Miro Konôpka	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	+2 Laps	164
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
7	992	923	Huber Racing	Enrico Fulgenzi Matthias Hoffsümmer Gabriele Rindone	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+3 Laps	163
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	992	977	RABDAN Motorsport by ID Racing	Saif Alameri Salem Alketbi Saeed Almheiri	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+4 Laps	162
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	GT3	710	Leipert Motorsport	Gregg Gorski Gabriele Rindone Gerhard Watzinger	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 2	+6 Laps	160
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
10	992	928	HRT Performance	Theo Koundouris Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+8 Laps	158
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11	TG	202	Les Deux Arbres	Christophe Bouchut Hugo Valente	Ligier JS2 R	+8 Laps	158
					Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
12DNF	992	944	ID Racing	Christof Langer Steven Liquorish Bas Schouten	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+9 Laps	157
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	992	929	HRT Performance	Olli Kangas Simo Kangas	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+9 Laps	157
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14	992	979	Speed Lover		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+10 Laps	156
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	TCR	188	AC Motorsport	Luc Breukers Patrick Sing Ivars Vallers	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	+13 Laps	153
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
16	992	930	HRT Performance	Kari-Pekka Laaksonen Jari Ollila	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+14 Laps	152
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	TG	278	CWS Engineering	Matthew Ibrahim Kristian Prosser	Ginetta G55 Supercup	+15 Laps	151
					Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
18	TG	223	LAMERA by Racetrack	Frederic Delpit Levet Louis-Marie Laurent Ozkan Tommy Rollinger	Lamera GT	+15 Laps	151
					Volvo 2.5 L I5
19	TG	205	Valluga	Bradley Ellis Charlie Hollings Leo Loucas Rhea Loucas	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport	+16 Laps	150
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20	TCR	133	Zengő Motorsport	Szabolcs Gál Tamás Horváth KISMA Csaba Tóth Zoltán Zengő	Cupra León TCR	+17 Laps	149
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
21	TCR	117	PCR Sport	Vincente Dasi Jacobo García Josep Parera	Cupra León Competición TCR	+17 Laps	149
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
22	TCR	219	Sally Racing	Ole Kiltgaard Mikkel Obel Lasse Poulsen	Cupra León TCR	+18 Laps	148
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
23	TG	478	CWS Engineering	Darren Leung Robert Thomson Colin White	Ginetta G56 GT4	+18 Laps	148
					Ginetta 6.2 L V8
24	TCR	199	AC Motorsport	Ricky Coomber Charles Dawson Arnaud Quede Gustavo Xavier	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017)	+21 Laps	145
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
25DNF	991	921	P21Motorsport	Jose Monroy Rui Silva	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	+33 Laps	133
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26DNF	TCR	218	Sally Racing	Morten Eriksen Mik Henriksen Daniel Zefier	Cupra León TCR	+34 Laps	132
					Volkswagen EA888 2.0 L I4
27	TG	215	SK Racing	Jérôme Dacosta Franck Eburderie Franck Lavergne Franco Lemma	Ligier JS2 R	+34 Laps	132
					Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
28DNF	991	960	TT Racing	John Murray Phil Quaife Jonathan Simmonds	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	+51 Laps	115
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
29DNF	TG	217	PCR Sport	Juan Andújar Harriet Arruabarrena Jacobo García	Ligier JS2 R	+83 Laps	83
					Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6
30DNF	992	924	Huber Racing	Maciej Blazek Clément Mateu Mark Wallenwein	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	+115 Laps	51
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
31DNF	GT3	88	LP Racing	Evan Chen Thomas Yu Lee Lorenzo Veglia	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	+118 Laps	48
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNS	991	915	P21Motorsport	Nuno Caetnovich Afonso Vaz	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	+166 Laps	0
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
Source:^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: 6H Abu Dhabi . 24hseries.com . Creventic.
2. Web site: 21 January 2022 . PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST HANKOOK 6H ABU DHABI 2022 . 12 January 2024.
3. Web site: 21 January 2022 . Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2022 - Combined Qualification Result . 12 January 2024.
4. Web site: 22 January 2023 . Hankook 6H ABU DHABI 2022 - Race Final Result . 12 January 2024.