2017 Gulf 12 Hours

2017 Gulf 12 Hours

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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.

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	Davide Rigon	Kessel Racing
Time	2:09.450
Race After 6 Hours
Fastest lap
Driver	Josh Burdon	Graff
Time	2:08.161 (on lap 71)
Podium
First	Michał Broniszewski Miguel Molina Davide Rigon	Kessel Racing
Second	Rinat Salikhov Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler	Rinaldi Racing
Third	Ahmad Al Harthy Tom Jackson Euan McKay	Oman Racing Team
Race After 12 Hours
Fastest lap
Driver	Josh Burdon	Graff
Time	2:06.422 (on lap 89)
Podium
First	Michał Broniszewski Miguel Molina Davide Rigon	Kessel Racing
Second	Rinat Salikhov Marco Seefried Norbert Siedler	Rinaldi Racing
Third	François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Ultimate

Entry list

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

Icon Class P Pro PA Pro-Am G Gentleman GTX GTX 1 GTX GTX 2 GTX GTX 3

Results

Results after 6 hours

Class winners denoted in bold.

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

Final results

Class winners denoted in bold.

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

External links

• Official website