MUSCAT: Al Manar Racing by Team WRT’s Al Faisal al Zubair has announced that he will tackle both the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups this season.
At an exclusive press reception and announcement at the Kempinski Hotel in Muscat on Sunday evening, the Omani confirmed that Al Manar Racing’s association with Team WRT will stretch to the 10-race programme and he will team up with Jens Klingmann and Ben Tuck this season.
The evening was held under the auspices of HH Sayyid Kamil bin Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, the Secretary-General of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
Al Zubair said: “I am excited to announce my programme for 2025. Al Manar Racing by Team WRT will be participating in the BMW M4 GT3 Evo for the full season of GT World Challenge Europe. The championship will consist of 10 rounds for both the Endurance and Sprint championships.
“I’ll be teaming up with Jens Klingmann and Ben Tuck for this season’s Gold Cup title assault and can’t wait to get it all started at Paul Ricard next month.”
The new chapter in Al Zubair’s career and the association with Team WRT kicked off in spectacular fashion with a stunning victory at the Dubai 24hr race with Dan Harper, Max Hesse, Ben Tuck and Darren Leung in January. Al Zubair became the first Omani driver ever to claim the overall win in the gruelling race at the Dubai Autodrome.
Last year, he enjoyed a valuable season competing under the Al Manar Racing banner and won the Gold Cup category and finished second overall at the prestigious Crowdstrike 24hr of Spa in Belgium.
British team-mate Tuck drove a Ferrari for Kessel Racing in last year’s GT World Challenge Europe’s Endurance Cup and is a full-time endurance driver and performance coach.
German racer Klingmann, 34, is a long-time BMW factory driver, who led Team WRT to a memorable win at Monza in September 2024.
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