- Gulf 12 Hours conclude 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge season
- Seven customer sport teams running nine Mercedes-AMG GT3s at Yas Marina Circuit
- Mercedes-AMG drivers decide battle for the drivers’ title between them
Affalterbach. With the Gulf 12 Hours on 11th December, a successful Intercontinental GT Challenge season is coming to an end for Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing. The twelve-hour race at the 5.281 kilometres long Yas Marina Circuit is part of the IGTC calendar for the first time this year. Moreover, with 34 participating cars, it is also the biggest GT3 race in the Middle East.
Following the historic lock-out of the top three in the Bathurst 12 Hour, the 1-2 in the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa and another first place in the Indianapolis 8 Hour, the goal for the customer sport teams is obvious: in the fourth and final round of the season, Mercedes-AMG again aims at victory. Across two seasons, it would already be the fifth consecutive one, an unparalleled streak of success in the high-quality intercontinental endurance championship.
For this consistency, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach rewarded itself with the early manufacturers’ title win in Indianapolis. Moreover, Kenny Habul (AUS) and Martin Konrad (AUT) have already secured themselves the Pro-Am drivers’ titles. In the endurance race at the track that underwent reconstruction last year, the battle for the overall drivers’ title will be decided. With Daniel Juncadella (ESP/68 points), Jules Gounon (FRA/65 points), Raffele Marciello (SUI/50 points) and Luca Stolz (GER/43 points), four Mercedes-AMG drivers have chances to win the title. However, as a result of the driver combinations that have been entered, one point is already sufficient for Juncadella to seal the champion’s crown.
Line-up for Gulf 12 Hours includes seven teams and nine Mercedes-AMG GT3s
The line-up for the IGTC finale consists of seven Customer Racing Teams. A total of 28 drivers, male and female, will be in action across the nine participating Mercedes-AMG GT3. As a Performance Team, Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM gets extended works support for the two Mercedes-AMG GT3 it is running. The #89 car will have Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello as its drivers, the three of them having won the
