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Jan
10th

Endurance: Mercedes wins 24 Hours of Dubai

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From press release

The number 2 Black Falcon Mercedes SLS of Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Hubert Haupt, Yelmer Buurman and Oliver Webb defied the odds to claim a famous victory in the tenth edition of the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai.

Pole position winning Fach Auto Tech Porsche team took an early, but they were stalked by the Black Falcon team who remained at the sharp end of proceedings throughout the race. They began to stamp their authority on the race by claiming the lead on lap 22 and thereafter spent long stints at the front.

Black Falcon Mercedes crosses the line to win the 2015 Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai
Black Falcon Mercedes crosses the line to win the 2015 Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai. (Photo: Dubai Autodrome)

By lap 276 they were in command and remained in the lead until lap 604 when the chequered flag waved to end the race at Dubai Autodrome.

The Ram Racing Mercedes SLS finished in second place ahead of the  UAE based Dragon Racing Ferrari 458 Italia.

It was also big celebrations in the Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing pit garage as Phil Quaife and the Moutran brothers Nabil, Ramzi and Sami claimed victory in the A3T Class in their SEAT, after a dominant performance throughout the 24 hours.

On the other side of the coin it disappointment for the Abu Dhabi Racing Black Falcon Mercedes of Jeroen Bleekemolen, Bernd Schneider, Andreas Simonsen and local hero Khalid Al Qubaisi who took over the car for the third stint. He kept up the momentum in second place but bad luck struck on lap 88 when a slower car collided with the Mercedes.

In the pits the Black Falcon crew did everything possible to repair the Mercedes AMG SLS GT3, but the damage to the rear suspension and the chassis was too severe, thus the team decided to retire car number 3.

2015 Hankook 24H Dubai Top 5 results:


1 Black Falcon 2 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3
2 Ram Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3
3 Dragon Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
4 KPM Racing 1 Aston Martin Vantage GT3
5 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GTR GT3

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