Al Zubair to compete in Dubai 24H race for Getspeed Mercedes team
Oman’s Al Faisal Al Zubair will team up with Austria’s Dominik Baumann and Martin Konrad, Germany’s Fabian Schiller and American racer Anthony Bartone to drive the Getspeed Mercedes-amg GT3 Evo at this weekend’s 19th Hankook 24H Dubai at the Dubai Autodrome.
The Omani ace has been invited by Getspeed Mercedes team to participate in the challenging endurance race.
Al Zubair said: “I am very excited to be doing Dubai 24H again this year. We have a lineup of Dominik Baumann, Fabian Schiller, myself, Anthony Bartone and Martin Konrad. We are really looking forward to the race.
“Looking at the bigger picture, I will be joining Antony Bartone’s car so it will not be Al-manar
Racing on this occasion. I was invited by Anthony to participate in his team, so I am happy and honoured to be able to race with their team. We have a decent line-up to fight for the overall podium.”
Fierce competition comes from the likes of Grove Racing’s Mercedes, HAAS RT’S Audi R8 and the Eastalent Racing Team Audi in the hands of Christopher Haase, Simon Reicher, Markus Winkelhock, Mike Zhou and Gilles Magnus.
Al Zubair will also lock horns with former Porsche Super Cup rival Dylan Pereira and his crew in the Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS, the French Sainteloc Junior Team, Britain’s Century Motorsport, Dragon Racing’s Ferrari 296 GT3 and the 7Tsix Mclaren.
I am very excited to be doing Dubai 24H again this year. We have a line-up of Dominik Baumann, Fabian Schiller, myself, Anthony Bartone and Martin Konrad AL FAISAL AL ZUBAIR