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2017 Gulf 12 Hours

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Race details
Date 14–16 December 2017
Official name Gulf 12 Hours
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Course Permanent circuit
5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Distance Race
12 hours
Qualifying
Pole
Driver Italy Davide Rigon Kessel Racing
Time 2:09.450
Race After 6 Hours
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Josh Burdon Graff
Time 2:08.161 (on lap 71)
Podium
First Poland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Kessel Racing
Second Russia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Rinaldi Racing
Third Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Oman Racing Team
Race After 12 Hours
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Josh Burdon Graff
Time 2:06.422 (on lap 89)
Podium
First Poland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Kessel Racing
Second Russia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Rinaldi Racing
Third France François Heriau
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Ultimate

The 2017 Gulf 12 Hours was the seventh edition of the Gulf 12 Hours held at Yas Marina Circuit on 14–16 December 2017. The race was contested with LMP3 prototypes, GT3-spec cars, GTX cars and GT4-spec cars.

Entry list

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The official entry list consisted of 26 cars, including 7 in LMP3 prototype, 10 in GT3 and 8 in GTX.

LMP3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
France Graff Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 1 Australia John Corbet PA
Australia Neale Muston
Australia James Winslow
6 Australia Josh Burdon PA
Australia Ricky Capo
France Franck Gauvin
China Chao Yin Wei
9 Australia Scott Andrews PA
France Adrien Chila
France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Eric Trouillet
France Ultimate Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 17 France François Heriau PA
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 21 United Kingdom Bonamy Grimes PA
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United Kingdom Tony Wells
22 United Kingdom Shaun Lynn G
United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Richard Meins
23 United Kingdom Mike Benham PA
United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo
Turkey Salih Yoluç
GT3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 11 Poland Michał Broniszewski P
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
77 Italy Sergio Pianezzola PA
Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 HubAuto 39 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi PA
Taiwan Morris Chen
Australia Nick Foster
Italy Giorgio Roda
Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 20 Switzerland Iradj Alexander PA
France Antonin Borga
France Alexandre Coigny
United Arab Emirates GP Extreme Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6 27 Ivory Coast Frederic Fatien PA
Germany Roald Goethe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
28 South Africa Jordan Grogor P
Belgium Jurgen Smet
France Jean-Pierre Valentini
Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 33 Russia Rinat Salikhov P
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
France AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 87 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA
France Jérôme Policand
France Benjamin Ricci
France Mauro Ricci
United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 88 United Kingdom Greg Caton G
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
South Africa David Perel
Oman Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 97 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy PA
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Germany Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 99 Turkey Ali Capan P
Austria Clemens Schmid
Spain Isaac Tutumlu
GTX
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Germany MRS GT-Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 Argentina Norberto Fontana GTX
Argentina Esteban Gini
Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell
15 Germany Georg Braun GTX
Belgium Glenn van Parijs
Australia Max Twigg
Germany Siegfried Venema
United Kingdom Generation AMR Super Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7 L V8 44 United Kingdom Matthew George GTX
United Kingdom James Holder
United Kingdom Steve Tandy
Italy Target Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 46 United Arab Emirates Karim Al Azhari GTX
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul
United Kingdom Slidesports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 56 United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong GTX
United Kingdom David Fairbrother
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy
San Marino GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 70 Italy Mario Cordoni GTX
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish
South Korea Rick Yoon
71 New Zealand Andrew Higgins GTX
United States Jim Michaelian
Italy Roberto Rayneri
Italy Villorba Corse Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 Maserati 4.7 L V8 93 Spain Jon Aizpurua GTX
Italy Manuela Gostner
Sweden Christian Kinch
Sweden Tommy Lindroth
Source:[1]
Icon Class
P Pro
PA Pro-Am
G Gentleman
GTX GTX 1
GTX GTX 2
GTX GTX 3

Results

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Results after 6 hours

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Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GT Pro 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Poland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 145 6:00:31.302
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
2 GT Pro 33 Germany Rinaldi Racing Russia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Ferrari 488 GT3 145 +15.029
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
3 GT Pro-Am 97 Oman Oman Racing Team Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 145 +23.478
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4 LMP3 Pro-Am 17 France Ultimate France François Heriau
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P3 145 +37.674
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
5 LMP3 Pro-Am 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Bonamy Grimes
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United Kingdom Tony Wells
Ligier JS P3 145 +43.628
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
6 GT Pro-Am 77 Switzerland Kessel Racing Italy Sergio Pianezzola
Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Ferrari 488 GT3 144 +1 lap
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
7 LMP3 Pro-Am 24 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Mike Benham
United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Ligier JS P3 144 +1 lap
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
8 GT Pro-Am 39 Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 HubAuto Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Taiwan Morris Chen
Australia Nick Foster
Italy Giorgio Roda
Ferrari 488 GT3 143 +2 laps
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
9 GT Pro-Am 20 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Switzerland Iradj Alexander
France Antonin Borga
France Alexandre Coigny
Mercedes-AMG GT3 143 +2 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
10 LMP3 Pro-Am 6 France Graff Australia Josh Burdon
Australia Ricky Capo
France Franck Gauvin
China Chao Yin Wei
Ligier JS P3 143 +2 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
11 GT Pro 99 Germany Attempto Racing Turkey Ali Capan
Austria Clemens Schmid
Spain Isaac Tutumlu
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 143 +2 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
12 GTX 1 46 Italy Target Racing United Arab Emirates Karim Al Azhari
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 142 +3 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
13 LMP3 Gentleman 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Shaun Lynn
United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Richard Meins
Ligier JS P3 142 +3 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
14 GT Pro-Am 27 United Arab Emirates GP Extreme Ivory Coast Frederic Fatien
Germany Roald Goethe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 142 +3 laps
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6
15 GT Gentleman 88 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing United Kingdom Greg Caton
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 142 +3 laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16 GT Pro 28 United Arab Emirates GP Extreme South Africa Jordan Grogor
Belgium Jurgen Smet
France Jean-Pierre Valentini
Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 142 +3 laps
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6
17 GTX 2 14 Germany MRS GT-Racing Argentina Norberto Fontana
Argentina Esteban Gini
Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 142 +5 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 GTX 2 15 Germany MRS GT-Racing Germany Georg Braun
Belgium Glenn van Parijs
Australia Max Twigg
Germany Siegfried Venema
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 141 +6 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 LMP3 Pro-Am 9 France Graff Australia Scott Andrews
France Adrien Chila
France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Eric Trouillet
Ligier JS P3 141 +6 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
20 GTX 1 71 San Marino GDL Racing New Zealand Andrew Higgins
United States Jim Michaelian
Italy Roberto Rayneri
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 134 +11 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTX 2 56 United Kingdom Slidesports United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong
United Kingdom David Fairbrother
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 133 +12 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 GTX 3 44 United Kingdom Generation AMR Super Racing United Kingdom Matthew George
United Kingdom James Holder
United Kingdom Steve Tandy
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 132 +13 laps
Aston Martin 4.7 L V8
23 GTX 3 93 Italy Villorba Corse Spain Jon Aizpurua
Italy Manuela Gostner
Sweden Christian Kinch
Sweden Tommy Lindroth
Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 129 +16 laps
Maserati 4.7 L V8
24 GTX 1 70 San Marino GDL Racing Italy Mario Cordoni
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish
South Korea Rick Yoon
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 128 +17 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
25 GT Pro-Am 87 France AKKA ASP Team France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Jérôme Policand
France Benjamin Ricci
France Mauro Ricci
Mercedes-AMG GT3 122 +23 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
26 LMP3 Pro-Am 1 France Graff Australia John Corbet
Australia Neale Muston
Australia James Winslow
Ligier JS P3 103 Did not finish
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Source:[2]

Final results

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Class winners denoted in bold.

Pos Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GT Pro 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Poland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 302 6:00:39.272
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
2 GT Pro 33 Germany Rinaldi Racing Russia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Ferrari 488 GT3 302 +55.737
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
3 LMP3 Pro-Am 17 France Ultimate France François Heriau
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
Ligier JS P3 302 +1:37.812
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
4 LMP3 Pro-Am 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Bonamy Grimes
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United Kingdom Tony Wells
Ligier JS P3 301 +1 lap
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
5 LMP3 Pro-Am 24 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Mike Benham
United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Ligier JS P3 301 +1 lap
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
6 LMP3 Pro-Am 6 France Graff Australia Josh Burdon
Australia Ricky Capo
France Franck Gauvin
China Chao Yin Wei
Ligier JS P3 300 +2 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
7 GT Pro-Am 77 Switzerland Kessel Racing Italy Sergio Pianezzola
Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Ferrari 488 GT3 299 +3 laps
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
8 GT Pro-Am 97 Oman Oman Racing Team Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 299 +3 laps
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
9 GT Pro-Am 39 Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 HubAuto Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Taiwan Morris Chen
Australia Nick Foster
Italy Giorgio Roda
Ferrari 488 GT3 298 +4 laps
Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8
10 GT Pro 99 Germany Attempto Racing Turkey Ali Capan
Austria Clemens Schmid
Spain Isaac Tutumlu
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 297 +5 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
11 GT Pro-Am 20 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Switzerland Iradj Alexander
France Antonin Borga
France Alexandre Coigny
Mercedes-AMG GT3 297 +5 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
12 LMP3 Pro-Am 9 France Graff Australia Scott Andrews
France Adrien Chila
France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Eric Trouillet
Ligier JS P3 296 +6 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
13 GT Pro 28 United Arab Emirates GP Extreme South Africa Jordan Grogor
Belgium Jurgen Smet
France Jean-Pierre Valentini
Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 296 +6 laps
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6
14 GTX 1 46 Italy Target Racing United Arab Emirates Karim Al Azhari
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 295 +7 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
15 LMP3 Gentleman 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Shaun Lynn
United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Richard Meins
Ligier JS P3 295 +7 laps
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
16 GT Pro-Am 27 United Arab Emirates GP Extreme Ivory Coast Frederic Fatien
Germany Roald Goethe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 294 +8 laps
Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6
17 GT Gentleman 88 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing United Kingdom Greg Caton
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 292 +10 laps
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 GTX 2 14 Germany MRS GT-Racing Argentina Norberto Fontana
Argentina Esteban Gini
Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 290 +12 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 GTX 2 15 Germany MRS GT-Racing Germany Georg Braun
Belgium Glenn van Parijs
Australia Max Twigg
Germany Siegfried Venema
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 287 +13 laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 GTX 1 70 San Marino GDL Racing Italy Mario Cordoni
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish
South Korea Rick Yoon
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 278 +22 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GTX 1 71 San Marino GDL Racing New Zealand Andrew Higgins
United States Jim Michaelian
Italy Roberto Rayneri
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 277 +23 laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
22 GTX 3 44 United Kingdom Generation AMR Super Racing United Kingdom Matthew George
United Kingdom James Holder
United Kingdom Steve Tandy
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 271 +29 laps
Aston Martin 4.7 L V8
23 GT Pro-Am 87 France AKKA ASP Team France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Jérôme Policand
France Benjamin Ricci
France Mauro Ricci
Mercedes-AMG GT3 270 +30 laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
24 GTX 3 93 Italy Villorba Corse Spain Jon Aizpurua
Italy Manuela Gostner
Sweden Christian Kinch
Sweden Tommy Lindroth
Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 260 +40 laps
Maserati 4.7 L V8
25 GTX 2 56 United Kingdom Slidesports United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong
United Kingdom David Fairbrother
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 160 Did not finish
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMP3 Pro-Am 1 France Graff Australia John Corbet
Australia Neale Muston
Australia James Winslow
Ligier JS P3 103 Did not finish
Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "ENTRY LIST 2017" (PDF). gulf12hours.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Race 1 2017" (PDF). gulf12hours.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Race 2 2017" (PDF). gulf12hours.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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