This week, more than 250 drivers across 54 cars representing 12 brands and 33 nationalities will kick off 24H SERIES powered by Hankook endurance racing action in 2021 with the 16th running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI.

The Hankook 24H DUBAI, the oldest and most celebrated event of Dutch promoter CREVENTIC, has been held at the state-of-the-art Dubai Autodrome since 2006, and is traditionally among the first circuit-based endurance events of every New Year. 2021 will be no different, with teams and drivers already on-site at the Dubai Motorcity-based venue ahead of the event on 14-15-16 January.

In the sure-to-be hotly contested GT3 category, 17 cars have already been confirmed representing Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi, Dodge and McLaren. Among them are five former outright GT winners of the Hankook 24H DUBAI.

2017 Hankook 24H DUBAI winner Herberth Motorsport has confirmed three Porsche 911 GT3 R’s for the Hankook 24H DUBAI for the very first time. 2018 winner Car Collection Motorsport, which finished last year’s race as runner-up, will contest Dubai with two examples of the Audi R8 LMS’. 2016 winner WRT will also represent Ingolstadt in the UAE.

Combined, these five teams have taken victory at every running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI, bar one, since 2012.

HRT Performance (not to be confused with Haupt Racing Team) is one of three teams with multiple Porsche 911-II Cup entries, the others being MRS GT-Racing and Speed Lover. The two-car entry from MRS GT-Racing is particularly noteworthy: the German team has taken multiple class wins at the Hankook 24H DUBAI over the years, and in 2021 will field three-time overall event winner Jeroen Bleekemolen on its driver line-up.

Representing the United Arab Emirates at their home event, GPX Racing, which made history last October by winning the first official Coppa Florio since 1981, will challenge for the overall win with its Porsche 911 GT3 R. Last year’s GT4-class winner Dragon Racing returns to the class with a Mercedes-

Following two Unofficial Private Test sessions for competitors on Wednesday 13 January, teams and drivers will celebrate the return of 24H SERIES competition in 2021 with the annual Welcome BBQ from 18.15 hrs local time that evening. On Thursday 14 January, official Free Practice for TCE and GT competitors at the 2021 Hankook 24H DUBAI will begin at 09.45 hrs and 11.50 hrs local time respectively. Both sessions will be followed later that afternoon by Qualifying and Night Practice at 14.30 hrs and 18.00 hrs local time respectively. The green flag for the 16th annual running of the Hankook 24H DUBAI will drop at 15.00 hrs on Friday 15th January with the 24-hour event race set to run uninterrupted until 15.00 hrs on Saturday 16th January. Motor racing action will be further bolstered in Dubai with four F4UAE sprint races.

Full coverage of the two 30-minute Qualifying sessions, the 90-minute Night Practice, and the full 24-hour race proper will be available via live stream on the 24H SERIES’ official YouTube channel. Full commentary will be provided by radiolemans.com, which begins its 10th partnership year with CREVENTIC in 2021.