Radical race cars first took to the track on the 11th of December 2005, and twenty years later the owners of the Gulf Radical Cup, GulfSport Racing LLC, prepare for another season of racing in the UAE.
Despite all the noise and glamour of various local and international series coming and going over the years, the Gulf Radical Cup has ‘blazed a trail’ right up the middle and been the only series to run every one of these 20 years since 2005!
This season sees some exciting additions to the race schedule, with Round 3 being the ‘SuperPrix’ format. This endurance race format was trialled following the last round of last season; it was greatly received and now has been placed as a championship round.
20 Years after that first race, the ‘GRC’ pack roar in to T1 at the Dubai Autodrome 2025
The race format for the 2025/26 season will otherwise be the same. But now running 19 races over seven events, the other six rounds format is 2 x 25-minute Sprint Races on the Saturday and a 1 x 45-minute Enduro on the Sunday.
Drivers have the option to share the series (and cost) with a second driver by entering as a ‘Team’, changing drivers at the mandatory pit stop in Mini Enduro, and doing a Sprint Race each. With a slight change to the regulations this year, it allows two drivers to enter, but if only one of the pairing can make a race weekend, the points gained that weekend go towards the Team entry, allowing for maximum flexibility.
This season, there will be two pre-season tests in October, one at Yas Marina Circuit and at the Dubai Autodrome, with Round 1 kicking off at the world-famous Yas Marina Circuit on the 8th of November.
