Dubai 24 Hours 2011 - Updated Entry List

There's a huge 88 car provisional entry for the 2011 Dunlop Dubai 24 Hours, the first major race meeting of the new year will take place from 13-15 January and there are plenty of familiar teams, cars and drivers on the list.  The combination of winter sunshine, a clubby atmosphere and Dunlop tyres clearly drawing plenty of interest again.

The Porsche 997 class includes entries from JetAlliance and Besaplast racing with Lukas Lichtner Hoyer, Roland Asch, Sebastian Asch, Kurt Thiim, Martin Rich, Jarek JanisGabrio Rosa, Mauro Casadei and Allan Simonsen amongst the class contenders.

Christopher Haase shows up in an A2 Class Mini Cooper whilst the A3T class is numerically dominated by Seat Leon Super Copas, two of which feature Phil Quaife and Stuart Hall amongst their driver line-ups. 

The quirky diesel engined Saker is a class contender here.

A6 sees a mix of GT2 and GT3 spec machinery - A trio of AF Corse Ferrari 430 GT2 are on the provisional entry with Marco Cioci anchoring one car and Rui Aguas and Matt Griffin bolstering Michael Waltrip and Robert Kauffmann in another.

There are a trio of the new AMG Mercedes SLS GT3 cars, a pair from Black Falcon with the lead car featuring Sean Paul Breslin, Kenneth Heyer, Thomas Jäger and Jan Seyffarth, Tim Pappas joins the second car and there's a singleton entry from Heico Motorsport - Bernd Schneider is the most notable name on their roster.

Lamborghini is represented by a trio of Gallardos - One apiece from Reiter (with Peter Kox leading the line-up), Rhino's team Leipert and Gulf team First, Fabien Giroix again in the van.

A dozen Porsches bolster Class A6 very considerably indeed including cars from Land Motorsport and Muelhner Motorsport.  Damien Faulkner and Michael Vergers team up with some of the locals aboard on car.  Likely to be the class of the Porsches though is the Tomilit entry - Sean Edwards, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Sascha Maassen will be a tough trio to beat.  Martin Ragginger though is another late addition in the #1 de Lorenzi car.

They'll be up against a strong pair of BMW Z4 GT3s though - Need for Speed Motorsport with Schubert Racing bring  Edward Sandström, Tommy Milner, Claudia Hürtgen, Boris Said and Bill Auberlen to bear on the task ahead.  Patrick Soderland steps down through injury but his replacement, Augusto Farfus, should ensure an even more competitive run.

SP2 is a mixed bag of silhouette tourers and GT machinery, Meganes competing side by side with a Corvette, Mosler, Mustang, Audi R8 and the quirky Porsche powered Brokernet Silver Sting.  Stephane Lemeret joins the Mustang crew, Vincent Radermeker and Tomas Enge the Gravity Mosler mob and Wolfgang Kaufmann the Brokernet boys.

SP3 is for GT4(ish) machinery - 9 cars, 5 marques and plenty of familiar names.  Craig Wilkins, Andy Ruhan and Aaron Scott lead the Ginetta charge. CRS Racing regular Klaas Hummell swaps his usual Ferrari for A Corvette.  Steven Kane is probably the most recognisable name amongst a trio of Aston Vantage crews.  Denis Donkervoort brings one of his eponymous cars to bear on proceedings and there are a pair of Loti too - a 2-11 that includes Julian Griffin and Rob Barff on the roster and an Evora with Johnny Mowlem, Greg and Leo mansell entering the fray.

Provisional Entry

997 31 Förch Racing Team 2 Pawel Kowalski Rafal Mikrut Bartek Opiola Bernd Kleinbach Porsche 996 Cup (3600)
997 32 Jetalliance Racing Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitkus Eckert Oskar Slingerland martin Rich Jarek Janis Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 33 De Lorenzi Racing 2 Guido Formilli Fendi Sergio Parato Roberto Fecchio Giorgio Piodi Rino Mastronardi Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 34 Ulivieri Racing Team Phlippe Ulivieri Eric Vaissiere Gilbert Duconget Pierre Perret Jean Charles Battut Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 37 Besaplast Racing Team 1 Franjo Kovac Martin Tschornia Roland Asch Sebastian Asch Kurt Thiim Christopher Haase Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 38 autoweiland.de/MW Sportive GmbH Matthias Weiland Andreas Weiland Jörg Viebahn Valentin Hummel Stefan Müller Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 39 Car Collection Autohandels GmbH 1 Peter Schmidt Kersten Jodexnis Mirco Schultis Marco Schelp Martin Dechent Porsche 997 Cup (3600)
997 66 Level Racing Giorgio Rosa Gabrio Rosa Stefano Crotti Mauro Casedei Allan Simonsen Porsche 997 Cup (3600)

A2 35 Besaplast Racing Team 2 Martin Tschornia Franjo Kovac Cora Schumacher Christopher Haase Rainald Mattes BMW Mini Cooper S (1600)
A2 57 LAP57 Racing Team Mohammed Al Owais Umair Ahmed Khan Saeed Al Mehairi Honda Civic (2000)
A2 80 Team Premier Hannes Waimer Bernhard Schnell Armin Schmid Hans Hotfiel Renault Clio Cup (2000)
A2 81 Auto Sport GP 1 Buccella Bruno Chifflet Emanuel Quilez Laurent Reicher Fabrice Renault Clio Cup (2000)
A2 82 Jet Black Racing Anders Majgaard Dan Träger Brian Borger Ronnie Bremer Renault Clio III (2000)
A2 84 Team First 2 Renault Clio Cup (980)
A2 85 Team First 3 Cyndie Allemann Amandine Foulard Jade Handi Corentine Quiniou Renault Clio Cup (980)
A2 86 Lotus Elise Trophy James Knight Pete Storey Ken Savage Simon Phillips Lotus Elise S1 Sport 160 (1800)
A2 87 Auto Sport GP 2 Mulot Thierry Grifnee Caroline Vericel  Clio Cup (2000)
A2 89 WRC Developments LTD James Kaye James Nash Mike Brown Jason O'Keefe Honda Integra DC5 (2000)
A2 90 Team Sally Racing Martin Sally Peter Obel Kennie frydkjær Christian Daluiso Andreas Schrøder Renault Clio 3 (2000)

A3T 44 MSW Racing Jonathan Simmonds Phil Quaife Andre Ramdhanny Raed Hassan Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 60 SUNRED 1 Javier Ibrán Michal Matejovsky Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 61 SUNRED 2 Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 62 Team Jordans.nl Monny Krant Ton Verkoelen Herbert Boender Henk Thijssen Saker Sportscar GT TDI (3000)
A3T 63 Duel Racing Team 1 Ramzi Moutran Nabil Moutran Sami Moutran Salman Bin Rashid Al Khalifa Stuart Hall Seat Cupra (2000)
A3T 64 Strategic Transport Racing 1 Malcolm Niall Brett Niall Clint Harvey Nathan Callaghan Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 65 Stragegic Transport Racing 2 Mark Pilatti Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 67 Racer Industries-Australia Ryan McLeod Jake Camilleri Brett Holdsworth Scott Nicholas Opel Astra VX-R (2000)
A3T 70 Zengö Motorsport Tama's horvath Ga'bor Kismarty-lechner György Kontra Zoltan Zengö István Gáspár Seat Leon Super Copa (2000)
A3T 71 JR Motorsport Richard van den Bos Bert van der Zweer Andre de Vries Harry Hilders Marco Poland BMW E46 GTR (3200)

A4 50 K&K Racing Team Valek Motorsport Marcel Kusin Petr Vallek Karolina Czapka Michaela Peskova BMW 130i (3000)
A4 51 Brunswick Automotive Giles Groombridge Keong Liam Lim Gerard Tan Gunther Deutsch Marco Deutsch BMW 130i (3000)
A4 52 Kuepper Racing Bernd Küpper Jack Crow Frank Miller Markus Alber BMW M3 (3000)
A4 53 Duwo Racing Jean Marie Dumont Frédéric Schmit Nicolas Schmit Antoine Orel Daniel Jones BMW 130i Challange (3000)
A4 55 Dolate Motorsport Frank Unverhau Jörg Hatscher Marco Petry Uli Baumert Jürgen Dolate BMW E46 325i (2500)

A6 1 De Lorenzi Racing 1 Gianluca de Lorenzi Stefano Borghi Dario Paletto Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S (3600)
A6 4 AF Corse SRL 1 Eppe Perazzini Michal Broniszewski Lorenzo Case Marco Cioci Ferrari F430 GT2 (4000)
A6 5 AF Corse SRL 2 Michael Waltrip Robert Kauffmann Rui Aguas Matt Griffin Ferrari F430 GT2 (4000)
A6 6 AF Corse SRL 3 Ferrari F430 GT2 Alexander Talkanitsa, Alexander Talkanitsa Jr Alessandro Garofano (4000)
A6 7 Black Falcon Sean Paul Breslin Kenneth Heyer Thomas Jäger Jan Seyffarth Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 (6200)
A6 8 Black Falcon Ralf Schall Timm Pappas Bret Curtis David Horn Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 (6200)
A6 9 Heico Motorsport Bernd Schneider Brice Bosi Lance David Arnold Christiaan Frankenhout Andreas Wirth Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 (6200)
A6 12 Fach Auto Tech Thomas Gruber Carlo Lusser Swen Dolenc Heinz Arnold Heinz Bruder Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R (4000)
A6 14 Fach Auto Tech Otto Klohs Raffi Bader Heinz Bruder Thomas Gruber Frank Spautz Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R (4000)
A6 15 Blancpain Reiter Peter Kox Marc Hayek Nico Pronk Bernhard Müller Lamborghini Gallardo (5200)
A6 16 MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg 1 Yadel Oskan William Langhorne Francesco Castellaci Porsche GT3 997 R (4000)
A6 17 Ligui Moly Team Engstler Franz Engstler Kristian Poulsen Florian Spengler Dominik Kraihamer BMW Z4 (4400)
A6 18 Tolimit Arabia Khaled Abdula Al Qubaisi Sascha Maassen Sean Edwards Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche 911 GT3 R (997) (4000)
A6 20 Car Collection Autohandels 2 Heinz Schmersal Christoph Koslowski Stephan Rösler Thomas Schmid Mike Stursburg Porsche 997GT3 Cup S (3600)
A6 21 Förch Racing Team 1 Robert Lukas Stefan Bilinskiv Adam Kornacki Mariusz Miekos Philipp Wlazik Porsche 997 Cup (2010) (3800)
A6 24 Team rhino's Leipert Dominik Baumann Gerhard Tweraser Petr Charouz Jan Stovicek Jakub Knoll Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 (5000)
A6 26 Saudi Falcons by Lechner Racing Faisal Binladen Abdulaziz Al Faisal Damien Faulkner Michael Vergers Porsche 997 Cup (3800)
A6 27 Muehlner Motorsport Mark J. Thomas Henri Moser Jerome Thiry Armand Fumal Gilles Vannelet Porsche Cup S (3600)
A6 41 Land Motorsport 1 Ricky Abresch Danny Werkman Alex van't Hoff Francesco Pastorelli Porsche GT3 RSR (3800)
A6 43 Land Motorsport 2 Carsten Tilke René Münnich Manuel Lauck Christian Land Porsche GT3 R (4000)
A6 76 Need for Speed Schubert 1 Augusto Farfus Edward Sandström Tommy Milner Claudia Hürtgen BMW Z4 GT3 (4000)
A6 77 Need for Speed Schubert 2 Paul Dalla Lana Boris Said Bill Auberlen Will Turner BMW Z4 GT3 (4000)
A6 83 Gulf Team First Frederic Fatien Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe Mike Wainwright Lamborghini LP560 (5200)
A6 99 Hermes Attempto Racing Jürgen Häring Taki Konstantinou Sven Heyrowsky Nicolas Armindo Arkin Aka Porsche GT3 R (4000)

D1 130 VW Racing 1 Gerd Beisel Markus Pranger Andreas Waldherr "Tessitore" Volkswagen Scirocco TDI (2000)
D1 131 VW Racing 2 Stefan Karrer Herbert Handlos Rudolf Ortner Dieter Svepes Gerd Beisel Volkswagen Scirocco TDI (2000)
D1 132 RSR Motorsport Ebenhard Rattunde Wayne Moore Maurice O 'Reilly  James Briody Volkswagen Golf V R-TDI (2000)
D1 133 A2B Racing Paul Denby Spencer van der Pal Chris Wishart BMW 120D (2000)
D1 134 Marcos Racing International 2 Hal Prewitt Don Salama Will Turner Toto Lassally BMW 120D (2000)
D1 135 Marcos Racing International 1 Jan Versluis Trevor Knight Kurt Thiel Frank Nebig BMW 120D (2000)
D2 140 Nooren Autosport 2 Sunny Wong Rich Pham Maurice Bol Liesette Braams BMW 123D (2000)
D2 141 Nooren Autosport 1 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen Henry Zumbrink Peter van der Kolk Max Braams Willy Welles BMW 135D (3000)
D2 142 Jordans.nl - Red Camel 2 Christian Dijkhof Adam Han Christian DIJkhof Ivo Breukers SEAT LEON 2.0 TDI (2000)

SP2 2 Gravity Racing International Loris de Sordi Vincent Radermeker Erik Lux Gerard Lopez Tomas Enge Mosler MT 900 GT3 (7000)
SP2 10 Gomez Competition 1 Jean-Marc Merlin Damien Kohler Jean-Jacques Renaut Florent Lenisa Gomez Competition GC10.2 (3500)
SP2 11 Gomez Competition 2 Eric Poitevineau Benjamin Roy Christophe Contre Yves Provins Gomez Competition GC10.2 (3500)
SP2 22 Equipe Verschuur 1 Luc braams Duncan Huisman Oliver Freymuth Pim van Riet Renault Megane (3500)
SP2 23 Bovi Motorsport 1 Kalman Bodis Istvan Racz Miro Konopka Wolfgang Kaufmann Brokernet Silversting (3600)
SP2 28 GMG equipe verschuur 2 Marco Saviozzi Javier Escobar Eugenio Martinez Pierre Renom David Terrien Renault Megane (3500)
SP2 36 Besaplast Racing Team 3 Franjo Kovac Jörg Hardt Sebastian Asch Frank Schmickler Kurt Thiim BMW M3 E46 (5000)
SP2 100 VDS Racing Adventures Raphaël van der Straten Stéphane Lémeret Karim Al Azhari Christian Kelders Ford Mustang (5000)
SP2 101 Gomez Competition 3 Michel Pulinx Cyril Calmon Bernard Salam Olivier Salam Gomez Competition GC10.2 (3500)
SP2 102 Gmaxx Corvette Racing Ed Nicelife Thomas Koll Boreslav Waczek Arno Klasen Chevrolet Corvette (6200)
SP2 888 Jordans.nl - Red Camel 1 Ivo Breukers Wolf Nathan Bert de Heus Audi R8 (4200)

SP3 110 Track Torque Ltd Nigel Farmer Matthew Perry Nicola Pantone Ginetta G50 (3700)
SP3 111 Birchwood Racing Ian Barrowman Mark Grifiths Mike Whatley Saif Hassan Ibrahim Salloum Aston Marin V8 Vantage N24 (4300)
SP3 112 GT3 Racing Craig Wilkins Tommy Dreelan Andy Ruhan Aaron Scott Leigh Smart Ginetta 650 Cup (3500)
SP3 114 Guttroff Motorsport Tobias Guttroff Klaas Hummel Andreas Möntmann Martin Gaus Einar Thorsen Corvette C6 GT4 (6200)
SP3 115 Aston Riviera  Mario Cordoni Jonathan Hartop Tommaso Rocca Gilberto Calleri Roberto Rayneri Aston Martin GT4 (4700)
SP3 116 HMR Motorsports Humaid Masaood Alex Kapadia Steven Kane Sam Hancock Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 (4800)
SP3 119 NFS Racing 1 Julian Griffin Rob Barff Frederic Gaillard Lotus 2-Eleven (2000)
SP3 120 NFS Racing 2 Johny Mowlen Stefano D'Aste Leo Mansell Greg Mansell Gianni Giudici Lotus Evora (4000)
SP3 123 Valspar Donkervoort Racing Nick de Bruijn Denis Donkervoort Stéphane Wintenberger Donkervoort D8 GT (1800)