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 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

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
  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:[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   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:[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   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:[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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