Bamber Teams Up With Groves, De Pasquale for 24H Dubai

Earl Bamber will team with the father-and-son pairing of Stephen and Brenton Grove for a combined effort in the Hankook 24H Dubai.

The lineup for the No. 10 Porsche 911 GT3 R, a joint effort between Grove Racing and Earl Bamber Motorsport, will be completed by Repco Supercars Championship driver Anton De Pasquale.

For Bamber, who is set for a full return to the FIA WEC as part of the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac LMDh effort later in the year, it will be the first appearance in the Middle Eastern enduro event.

The partnership between the two squads will be a continuation from this year’s 24 Hours of Spa, where EBM provided the Australian father-and-son duo with technical and operational support.

“Obviously, as a team, to continue working with the Grove Group – Brenton and Steve – it’s fantastic,” said Bamber.

“We had a lot of success at Nations Cup, so now to continue that on to Dubai is super exciting.

“And as a driver, to rejoin Steve, Brenton and Anton, I think it’s going to be a fantastic week, and we’ve only got one goal – which is to aim high, and aim for the podium.

“We’re hoping for a good run in Dubai, to lead in with some success to the Bathurst 12 Hour.”

Brenton Grove added: “We’re itching to get back to Dubai.”

“We had quite a good run last year, however we’re definitely looking to go one step further.

“It’s an incredibly difficult race with the traffic and so many cars, so it’s mainly about surviving the first 18 hours.

“However, with Earl and Anton we’re excited to see where they can take us at the end of the race.

We’re all really good mates so it will be quite cool to share a car for the first time. We’ve all driven with each other individually but this will be the first time together.

“Hopefully it’s part of a bigger program for 2023.”

De Pasquale is set for a second consecutive Dubai outing with the Groves. For this year’s edition, the trio was joined by Sven Mueller in a Herberth Motorsport-run Porsche en route to sixth place overall.

“It’s awesome to be heading to Dubai 24 again with the Groves and Earl,” said the Supercars racer.

“We have the experience from last year and can hopefully use that to put us in good stead.”

It’s pretty cool race through the night and to be teaming up with a great bunch of people makes it and unreal week.

“Looking forward to heading over there and getting stuck in.”