The Dubai 24 hours will mark the season debut for Isaac Tutumlu driving a new Audi R8 LMS ultra entered by Abt Racing, one of the official factory teams of Ingolstadt-based automaker. Finland´s Matias Henkola and Germans Andreas Weishaupt, Christer Jöns and Daniel Abt, the latter replacing Nicki Thiim, have been named as his teammates.

“For the third year running I will take part in Dubai 24-hour endurance race. It has become one of the most important endurance events and continues to get stronger every year. I finished second in class with the Lamborghini two years ago, unfortunately we couldn´t even start in 2015 following a massive crash in qualifying”, Tutumlu explains.

“I'm looking forward to driving the new Audi R8 LMS ultra in comparison with other GT3 cars. Abt Racing is a factory Audi team, so it is a guarantee of success. Regarding my teammates, GP2 and Formula E driver Daniel Abt will join us. Considering how experienced he is, I´m sure he will be very quick with a GT car."

About the race, Tutumlu says “we will have a hundred cars on track, which it is certainly tough for us but I love this track, I´m experienced and to be honest we should be in podium contention and, why not, we could have a shot at the win. But our rivals will be quite strong with factory drivers from Audi, Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche or Lamborghini.