A field of 21 cars has been revealed for next weekend’s 12H Malaysia at the Sepang International Circuit, the opening round of the 2025/26 24H Series Middle East Trophy.
10 cars are entered in GT3, headlined by the #63 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 of brothers Marcus and Hampus Ericsson, as well as Axel Bengtsson and Thomas Karlsson.
Home outfit Viper Niza Racing is fielding its #65 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Douglas Khoo, Melvin Moh, and Dominic Ang, whilst Climax Racing has entered the #999 Mercedes-AMG for Mike Zhou, Li Lichao, Elias Seppänen and Tanart Sathienthirakul.
A third Mercedes-AMG comes courtesy of Ajith Red Ant Racing, which features Ajith Kumar, Kobe de Breucker, and Ayrton and Yannick Redant in the #93 AMG GT3 Evo.
Hong Kong-based Absolute Racing has entered a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 Rs (992). Antares Au, defending drivers’ champion Loek Hartog, and Patric Niederhauser share the #10 911 GT3 R, whilst Henk Kiks, Andy Deng and Alessandro Ghiretti feature in the B-Quik branded #26 entry.
2025 GT World Challenge Asia Teams’ champion Origine has entered the #87 Porsche for Liu Hangcheng, Lu Wei, Bo Yuan, and Leo Ye Hongli, whilst Ralf Bohn, Constantin Dressler, and Alfred and Robert Renauer will compete aboard the #91 Porsche of 2022/23 champion Herberth Motorsport.
The sole Ferrari in the field comes courtesy of LM Corsa, with Kei Nakanishi, Shigekazu Wakisaka, and Dominik Schwager set to pilot the #60 296 GT3.
Also represented by a single car is Audi, courtesy of the 2025 GT3-Am 24H Series Europe champion Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport. Vasily Vladykin, Alexander Bukhantsov, Damian Closek, and James Winslow will drive its #69 R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.
The 992 class for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars has attracted five entries.
Mühlner Motorsports is the only multi-car team in the class. Valter Zviedris, Eric Kwong, Jiatong Liang, and Bayley Hall will line-up in the #921, with only Paul Mesjer named for the #918 so far.
2023/24 champion Red Camel-Jordans.nl features Luc, Rik, and Ivo Breukers in its #909 Porsche, whilst Francis Tjia, Benny Simonsen and John Shen, and Christian Chia will compete in the #216 Modena Motorsports 992, and 610 Racing fields the all-Chinese quintet of Cao QiKuan, Zhang Yaqi, Lu Zhiwei, Li Lin, and Yang Haojie in its #666 entry.
Two cars are entered in GT4. Alec Udell, Spencer Propper, Damien John Hamilton, and Bryce Fullwood will pilot Cerny Motorsport’s #445 BMW M4 GT4 (G82), whilst Ivan Stanchin, Ivan Krapivtsev and Benito Tagle compete aboard Team Sorg Rennsport’s #427 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.
Team Sorg Rennsport is also present in the three-car TCE-TCX class, with its #127 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, which is yet to have any drivers named.
Its competition comes in the form of a two-car entry from reigning champion asBest Racing, which has entered the #102 Cupra TCR DSG for Lutz Obermann, Pia Ohlsson, and Junichi Umemoto, and the #101 SEAT Leon Cup Racer for an unconfirmed line-up.
The field is completed by the fan favourite Vortex 2.0, with Lionel Amrouche, Philippe Bonnel, and Victor Moutinho the sole entrant in the GTX class.
The 2025 12H Malaysia will take place on the 5th and 6th December 2025. Qualifying and Night Practice will be held on Friday, 5th, with the race starting at 10:00 MST the following day.
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