Race details Date 10 December 2016 Location Sepang, Malaysia Course Weather Qualifying: SunnyRace: 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 2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours was the seventeenth Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 10 December 2016. 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). The race was also the third and final round of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge.
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 teammates Pierre Kaffer, René Rast and Markus Winkelhock, Audi won the manufacturers championship.
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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:
Race results Class winners in bold. Class 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:
See also Sepang 12 Hours Sepang International Circuit
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