2016 Sepang 12 Hours

The 2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours was the seventeenth Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 10 December 2016.[1] The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GTC-spec cars, GT4 (Supersport)-spec cars, MARC cars and touring cars. This was the second Sepang 12 Hours race organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).[2] The race was also the third and final round of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Race details
Date 10 December 2016
Location Sepang, Malaysia
Course 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Weather Qualifying: Sunny
Race: Changeable
Race
Pole
Driver Frédéric Makowiecki Manthey Racing
Time 2:02.634
Podium
First Robin Frijns
Christopher Haase
Laurens Vanthoor
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Second Earl Bamber
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Manthey Racing
Third Pierre Kaffer
René Rast
Markus Winkelhock
Audi Sport Team Phoenix

The race was won by the Audi R8 LMS run by Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Driven by Robin Frijns, Christopher Haase and Laurens Vanthoor. The race victory saw Vanthoor win the inaugural drivers championship. Supported by third-placed team mates Pierre Kaffer, René Rast and Markus Winkelhock, Audi won the manufacturers championship.

Report

Event format

Day Session Time/distance
Thursday (8 December) Paid Practice (GT3/GTC) 120 minutes
Paid Practice (GT4/SP/TP/TC/MARC/Others) 120 minutes
Free Practice 1 120 minutes
Free Practice 2 120 minutes
Friday (9 December) Free Practice 3 120 minutes
Qualifying 60 minutes
Top 15 Shootout 15 minutes
Saturday (10 December) Race 12 hours
Source:[3]

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos. Class No. Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Retired
1 GT3 Pro 15 Robin Frijns
Christopher Haase
Laurens Vanthoor
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi R8 LMS 305 12:01:33.824
2 GT3 Pro 911 Earl Bamber
Patrick Pilet
Nick Tandy
Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 304 +1 Lap
3 GT3 Pro 16 Pierre Kaffer
René Rast
Markus Winkelhock
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi R8 LMS 304 +1 Lap
4 GT3 Pro 50 Pasin Lathouras
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Michele Rugolo
Spirit of Race SA Ferrari 488 GT3 303 +2 Laps
5 GT3 Pro 912 Michael Christensen
Richard Lietz
Frédéric Makowiecki
Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 302 +3 Laps
6 GT3 Pro-Am 35 Morris Chen
Shinya Hosokawa
Hiroki Yoshida
Hiroki Yoshimoto
HubAuto Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 297 +8 Laps
7 GT3 Pro-Am 11 Piti Bhirombhakdi
Carlo van Dam
Tanart Sathienthirakul
Frank Yu
Singha Motorsport Team Ferrari 488 GT3 297 +8 Laps
8 GT3 Pro 88 Kazuki Hiramine
Manabu Orido
Adrian Zaugg
JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 296 +9 Laps
9 GT3 Pro-Am 27 Dominic Ang
Adrian Henry D'Silva
Garnet Patterson
Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 296 +9 Laps
10 GT3 Pro 9 Shane van Gisbergen
Côme Ledogar
Álvaro Parente
K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 290 +15 Laps
11 GT3 Am 75 Stefano Colombo
Gregory Teo
David Tjiptobiantoro
T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 289 +16 Laps
12 GTC Pro-Am 26 Daniel Bilski
Henk Kiks
Peter Kox
B-Quick Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Cup 288 +17 Laps
13 GT3 Pro-Am 52 Taku Bamba
Naoki Hattori
Takayuki Hiranuma
Shogo Mitsuyama
SAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 286 +19 Laps
14 GTC Pro-Am 67 Rik Breukers
Wee Lim Keong
Melvin Moh
GDL Racing Team Asia Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 286 +19 Laps
15 MARC 93 Jake Camilleri
Morgan Haber
Rob Thomson
MARC Cars Australia MARC Mazda3 V8 281 +24 Laps
16 MARC 91 Keith Kassulke
Hadrian Morrall
Nicholas Rowe
MARC Cars Australia MARC Focus V8 279 +26 Laps
17 GT4 69 Darren Burke
Zen Low
Dan Wells
Ayelzo Ecotint Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 271 +34 Laps
18 GT4S 39 Teruhiko Hamano
Makoto Hotta
Ryohei Sakaguchi
Muta Racing TWS RC350 Lexus RC350 266 +39 Laps
19 GTC Pro-Am 333 Jean-Michel Gerome
Mitchell Gilbert
Philippe Richard
SpeedLover Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 265 +40 Laps
20 GT4 55 Tom Hibbert
Charlie Robertson
Colin White
Simpson Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 263 +42 Laps
21 Touring 100 Takashi Ito
Kenny Lee
Hitoshi Matsui
Takashi Oi
AMUSE & SPV Racing Toyota GT86 257 +48 Laps
22 Touring 77 Jim Hunter
Grant Johnson
Allan Letcher
Andrew Macpherson
Jim Hunter Motorsport Subaru Impreza STI 2.0 249 +56 Laps
23 Touring 7 Teh Kian Boon
Ong Wai Kwong Darren
Toe Teow Heng
Team ST Powered Honda Civic Type R 245 +60 Laps
24 GT3 Pro 30 Hiroaki Nagai
Koki Saga
Kota Sasaki
apr Toyota Prius (ZVW50) 222 +83 Laps
Ret TC 65 Ate Dirk de Jong
Douglas Khoo
Takuya Shirasaka
Naoto Takeda
Viper Niza Racing SEAT León TCR 201 +104 Laps
Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. Ramanujam, Mohan K (8 December 2016). "2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours happening this weekend". paultan.org. Driven Communications Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. Klein, Jamie (10 December 2016). "Sepang 12 Hours: Audi survives the rain for dominant win". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "2016 Motul 12 Hours of Sepang Official Timetable". sepang12hours.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. "2016 Motul 12 Hours of Sepang Race Classification". sepang12hours.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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