Entries Open for 2020 24H Dubai

Teams and drivers can now register to compete at the 15th annual Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai on Jan. 9-11, 2020.

First run in 2006 at the 5.39 km Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates, the 24-hour event was the original official endurance race organised by Creventic, and quickly established itself as a trendsetter.

So successful was the 2006 running in fact that the 24H Dubai remains among the most popular and celebrated motor racing events in the UAE every year, with grid sizes often nosing above 80-strong for the 24H Series headliner.

In the 14 events to-date, 49 drivers representing 10 different teams have claimed outright victory, while upwards of 30 different global manufacturers have been represented on the grid.

So unpredictable is the competition, only nine drivers have taken repeat overall victories at an event that has seen luminaries like Formula 1 alumni Robert Kubica, Jean-Eric Vergne, Jan Magnussen and Mika Salo, former World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff, former Le Mans winners Brendon Hartley and Hans Stuck, and even Mercedes-AMG F1 team principal Toto Wolff compete, and occasionally win.

History could once again be written during 24 unbroken hours of running on 10-11 January in 2020.

“It is incredible to see just how the 24H Dubai have evolved into one of the major endurance races on the sporting calendar,” commented Creventic’s Gerrie Willems.

“While we were smiled at for having the idea to host a 24-hour race in Dubai back when we first made plans in 2005, we couldn’t have imagined the importance the race would have 15 years later, in 2020.

“We can be proud of what we have built and achieved over the last one-and-a-half decades and thankful for anyone involved in making the 24H Dubai happen and growing them to nowadays size and value.”

Full coverage of the 15th annual Hankook 24H Dubai will be broadcast via live stream with commentary from radiolemans.com on the official 24H Series YouTube channel.

Continuing tradition, next year’s Hankook 24H Dubai will open the 2020 24H Series’ Championship of the Continents on 9-10-11 January, as has been the case since the trans-continental title chase was first inaugurated for 2017.

Set to be the first 24-hour endurance race of the New Year anywhere in the world once again in 2020, the Hankook 24H Dubai is oft-lauded for not only its relaxed, family-like atmosphere in the paddock – open to fans and competitors alike throughout the extended weekend in early January – but the level of competition across mixed categories.

In 2019, nearly 80 cars and more than 350 drivers competed across nine different categories welcoming GT3-spec machines, ‘Special Prototype’ SPX silhouettes, TCR cars, recently homologated GT4 cars, and Porsche 991 Cup cars of varying generations.

To further distinguish the Hankook 24H Dubai from ‘any other’ 24-hour motorsport event, the outright winners of both the GT and TCE divisions on Saturday, Jan. 11 will take a camel ride through the Autodrome pit lane to the podium. It’s a moment that’s truly not to be missed.

“The traditional camel ride is what sets the 24H Dubai on a different level than any other endurance race,” added Willems.

“I am certain being the one who rides the camel towards the podium, to receive the winners’ trophy of the 24H Dubai is something you can find on many peoples’ bucket list.”