By RACER Staff - Feb 1, 2026, 12:30 PM ET

Crowdstrike doubles up in Dubai

The No. 4 Crowdstrike Racing by APR ORECA-Gibson completed a sweep of the two Asian Le Mans Series races in Dubai with a thrilling 4-hour battle in which all three classes had winning margins of less than two seconds.

Louis Deletraz took the checkered flag for the second time in two days 1.6s ahead of his Algarve Pro Racing teammate Tom Dillmann in the No. 25 ORECA, with Antonio Fuoco in the No. 47 Cetilar Racing entry taking another podium for the Italian team to maintain its LMP2 championship lead ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi next weekend.

"It was an awesome race. We were fast the whole weekend," said Deletraz. "I took the car over from Malthe [Jakobsen] in great shape. I think here, you know, it's all about tire management. George [Kurtz] started it and moved forward. We're having less deg than the others. Then Malthe gave me great tires. He moved to the front, I moved to the front, and in the end, we were in good shape. So just fighting like this with all the top drivers, it was really a lot of fun and to end up on top is great.”

Crowdstrike by APR wins opening Asian Le Mans race in Dubai

The LMP3 category was won by the No. 71 23Events Racing Ligier, with Matus Ryba taking the class lead only to lose it again when the car stopped with 15 minutes left. Ryba recycled the power and got going again and was able to once again pass the No. 17 CLX Motorsport car of Alexander Jacoby and then the No. 29 Forestier Racing by VPS entry of Luciano Morano on the penultimate lap. The three-car train took the checkered flag all covered by 1.9s.

After a DNF in Race 1, it was all smiles in the Team WRT garage when Dan Harper crossed the line in the No. 69 BMW M4 to secure victory in Race 2, holding off a determined challenge by Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Laurin Heinrich in the No. 87 Porsche. The two cars battled all the way to the checkered flag and were just 0.8s apart when they crossed the line for the final time. The No. 10 Manthey Porsche of Loek Hartog took the flag 21 seconds further back.

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