The 7^th running of the ‘Dunlop 24hrs of Dubai’ race takes place on 13/14 January 2012. The event is now established as one of the most important endurance racing events in the world, attracting top teams from many different categories of international motorsport.

Dunlop supplies over 6000 tyres for this event, supported by a fitting and service operation for teams running supercars such as the Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911GT3, BMW Z4GT3, Audi R8, Nissan GT-R, Lotus Evora, Aston Martin Vantage and Corvette doing battle for outright victory, running right through the spectrum of cars to Minis and Honda Civics fighting equally competitive battles for glory in their classes.

24 HOUR GT RACES

Racing through the night is not confined to exotic Le Mans Series specials. A loose-knit series of other major 24-hour races across the world – Dubai, Nürburgring, Silverstone, Barcelona with all but the Nürburgring 24 featuring exclusively Dunlop rubber.

The year-opening Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai is one of Dunlop’s biggest events of the year, with 6000 tyres taken to the event to supply a field comprising of a diverse mix of 70 different models of car.

If Dubai is about quantity of tyres, then the Nürburgring 24 Hours is about the quality of the competition in the open tyre event. Dunlop won in 2010 and is eager to return to the top step with one of its partner teams at the venue nicknamed the ‘green hell’.

Over 200 cars and 700 drivers contest the event on the 25 km Nürburgring Nordschleife.