Al-Zubair and Al-Manar Racing by Getspeed to take part in 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Endurance Cup

Al-Zubair and Al-Manar Racing by Getspeed to take part in 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Endurance Cup

PAUL RICARD: Al-Faisal bin Khalid Al-Zubair and Al-Manar Racing by Getspeed have confirmed that the Omani driver will team up with Austrian Dominik Baumann and Canadian racer Mikaël Grenier to compete in the 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge powered by AWS Endurance Cup.

The team has been taking part in pre-season testing for the world’s premier endurance series with their Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, which will host the opening round of the five-race series on April 5-7. They have been gathering vital data and fine-tuning the car’s set-up before the season gets underway.

There are also five sprint races in the GTWC programme but the Al-Manar Racing by Getspeed Team will concentrate on the Endurance element, which sees them head from Paul Ricard to additional races at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium (June 27-30), the Nürburgring in Germany (July 27-28), Italy’s Monza circuit (September 21-22) and a new finale at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit (November 21-23).

Al-Faisal said: "I am happy to return to this championship, which is one of the most prominent global endurance championships. I will participate in five rounds, beginning at the Paul Ricard circuit and ending at the Jeddah Corniche circuit. Of course, our ultimate