24h Dubai
12 - 14 January 2012
Dubai (UAE)

The Swedish pilot is starting the 2012 motorsports season early and with a debut. Nilsson will compete for team Heico Motorsport from Germany in his first 24h race from 12 - 14 January 2012.

The team will provide a Mercedes Benz SLS GT3 AMG, which he tested thoroughly during a few days in 2011. He will share the high torque car with the German pilots Bernd Schneider and Christian Buhk, Dutch Christiaan Frankenhout and Venezuelan Rodolfo Gonzalez for the 24h race.

Currently in intensive preparation, Max Nilsson is looking forward to the dessert race: “I am very excited because I have never competed in a 24h race before. However, the team is perfectly prepared; we have a competitive car and great pilots in the car. I intent to complete the 24h race without damages and with great lap times.
I am also looking forward to racing in the Emirates again. In the past two years I competed in the FIA GT1 in Abu Dhabi and I would not want to miss that experience.”

Schedule (local time in Dubai):

Thursday, 12 January 2012
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Free practice session 1
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Free practice session 2
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Qualifying session all classes
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Qualifying session, incl. A6 class
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Night practice session

Friday, 13 January 2012
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Warm-up
1:00 p.m. Starting grid formation
2:00 p.m. Start of the Dunlop 24h Dubai

Saturday, 14 January 2012
2:00 p.m. Finish of the Dunlop 24h Dubai
2:15 p.m. Podium ceremony

Highlights of the race will be broadcast live on sports channel Motors TV for 12 hours.