24H SERIES Middle East Trophy returns for 2024/2025

CREVENTIC is pleased to announce that the 24H SERIES Middle East Trophy will return for a third consecutive season in 2024/2025, and does so with additional testing opportunities and a revised two-round format.

First introduced during the winter of 2022 / 2023, the 24H SERIES’ Middle East Trophy provides teams with an opportunity to extend their racing programs into the new year, simultaneously offering customers further on-track preparation time ahead of the European season.

Following positive feedback from 24H SERIES teams, drivers and fans alike, the Middle East Trophy will return for 2024/2025, and has now been streamlined to include only the 20th edition of the Michelin 24H DUBAI on 10-11-12 January and the Michelin 6H ABU DHABI one week later on 17-18-19 January.

Both the 24-hour and six-hour events will run uninterrupted, and will be preceded by extensive Free Practice and Qualifying sessions the day before the green flag drops.

Unlike previous years, teams are required to complete each round of the 24H SERIES Middle East Trophy for championship eligibility. As in 2022/2023 and 2023/2024, title honours will be awarded to teams and drivers per their respective categories.

As part of a new incentive for registered teams, CREVENTIC will also host two additional ‘Track Days’ at the Dubai Autodrome on 17-18 December in lieu of a third Middle East race. Offering up to seven hours of track time apiece, both Track Days present teams with an opportunity to test Michelin’s new compounds for 2025 as the multinational tyre manufacturer readies itself for its first official season as the 24H SERIES’ official title sponsor and exclusive tyre supplier.

Pricing for the Track Days in December start from €4,950 per day. This entry fee includes refueling as required, service and maintenance assistance from official Michelin engineers on the ground at the Autodrome, and shared use of a pitbox (exclusive use of a garage is available for an additional €500 per day). Grounding and loading of each team’s container at the Dubai Autodrome is also included.

24H SERIES Middle East Trophy
Reigning and former title winners

2017 Overall GT Teams’ ‘Continents’ champion Herberth Motorsport secured GT3 Teams’ honours in the 2022/2023 24H SERIES Middle East Trophy. 2022 GT European Trophy winner Phoenix Racing took GT3-PRO/AM honours that same winter, but was usurped one year later by Britain’s Century Motorsport, who came out on top of a very close fight, ironically, with 2023/2024 overall GT3 Teams’ winner – and 2022/2023 992 Teams’ winner – Manamauri Energy by Ebimotors. CP Racing meanwhile was victorious in GT3-AM in both 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.

Red Camel-Jordans.nl emulated Ebimotors to take 992 Teams’ garlands in 2023/2024, while HRT Performance was victorious in 992-AM both years: the first as a standalone entry in 2022/2023, and the second in collaboration with the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation in 2023/2024.

Britain’s Toro Verde GT overhauled 2022/2023 GTX Teams’ winner Razoon – More Than Racing to the category win in 2023/2024. One year before its move to GT3, Century Motorsport took the GT4 Teams’ title win in 2022/2023, and came very close to securing the double in 2023/2024, losing only on countback to AGMC Racing Team by Simpson Motorsport (the latter also finished at the top of the 2023/2024 TCR Teams’ standings). Three-time Overall TCE Teams’ champion Wolf-Power Racing took its most recent title win in the 24H SERIES in 2022/2023, and series mainstay CWS Engineering secured the TCX Teams’ title earlier this year.