Bahraini trio set for Porsche GT3 Cup season

Manama : Three of Bahrain’s most successful racers will be flying the kingdom’s flag in front of their home fans in the upcoming first round of the 2016/2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East.

Shaikh Isa bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, and Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa are all included on the provisional entry list for the highly anticipated meeting.

The GT3 Cup season-opener takes place November 17-19 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir as part of the inaugural Bahrain Motorsport Festival and  one of two championships supporting the main events, which are the FIA World Endurance Championship’s (WEC) Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain and the CIK-FIA World Championship and CIK-FIA World Junior Championship.

The other support series is the India-based single-seater championship, the MRF Challenge.

Bahrain’s trio are part of a 19-driver line-up, all of whom will be competing in Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.

Others set to compete are former champion Zaid Ashkanani of Kuwait and some returning participants including Ryan Cullen or Ireland, Rob Frijns and Charlie Frijns of the Netherlands, Bandar Alesayi of Kuwait, Dennis Olsen of Norway, Wolfgang Triller of Germany and Magnus Ohman of Sweden.

The 2016/2017 season of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East is set to feature six rounds.  Round two will be held from December 9 to 12 and round three on January 27 and 28, both at Dubai Autodrome.

Round four will take place on February 10 and 11 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.