2017 Gulf 12 Hours

Race details Date 14–16 December 2017 Official name Gulf 12 Hours Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE Course Permanent circuit Distance Race12 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 Hériau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 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 The official entry list consisted of 26 cars, including 7 in LMP3 prototype, 10 in GT3 and 8 in GTX.

LMP3 Team Car Engine 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 Hériau 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 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 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.

ClassTeam / EntrantDriversChassisTime/RetiredEngine 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 Hériau 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.

ClassTeam / EntrantDriversChassisTime/RetiredEngine 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 Hériau 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:

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