2016 Sepang 12 Hours

Race details
Date 10 December 2016
Location Sepang, Malaysia
Course 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Weather Qualifying: Sunny
Race: Changeable
Race
Pole
Driver France Frédéric Makowiecki Germany Manthey Racing
Time 2:02.634
Podium
First Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Second New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Germany Manthey Racing
Third Germany Pierre Kaffer
Germany René Rast
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Germany 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.[1] 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).[2] 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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Free Practice sessions

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Qualifying

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Race

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Event format

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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
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Race results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos. Class No. Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Retired
1 GT3 Pro 15 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi R8 LMS 305 12:01:33.824
2 GT3 Pro 911 New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 304 +1 Lap
3 GT3 Pro 16 Germany Pierre Kaffer
Germany René Rast
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi R8 LMS 304 +1 Lap
4 GT3 Pro 50 Thailand Pasin Lathouras
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Michele Rugolo
Switzerland Spirit of Race SA Ferrari 488 GT3 303 +2 Laps
5 GT3 Pro 912 Denmark Michael Christensen
Austria Richard Lietz
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 302 +3 Laps
6 GT3 Pro-Am 35 Taiwan Morris Chen
Japan Shinya Hosokawa
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto
Taiwan HubAuto Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 297 +8 Laps
7 GT3 Pro-Am 11 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Netherlands Carlo van Dam
Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul
Hong Kong Frank Yu
Thailand Singha Motorsport Team Ferrari 488 GT3 297 +8 Laps
8 GT3 Pro 88 Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Japan Manabu Orido
South Africa Adrian Zaugg
Japan JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 296 +9 Laps
9 GT3 Pro-Am 27 Malaysia Dominic Ang
Malaysia Adrian Henry D'Silva
Australia Garnet Patterson
Malaysia Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 296 +9 Laps
10 GT3 Pro 9 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
France Côme Ledogar
Portugal Álvaro Parente
United States K-PAX Racing McLaren 650S GT3 290 +15 Laps
11 GT3 Am 75 Italy Stefano Colombo
Singapore Gregory Teo
Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro
Singapore T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 289 +16 Laps
12 GTC Pro-Am 26 Australia Daniel Bilski
Netherlands Henk Kiks
Netherlands Peter Kox
Thailand B-Quick Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Cup 288 +17 Laps
13 GT3 Pro-Am 52 Japan Taku Bamba
Japan Naoki Hattori
Japan Takayuki Hiranuma
Japan Shogo Mitsuyama
Japan SAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 286 +19 Laps
14 GTC Pro-Am 67 Netherlands Rik Breukers
Singapore Wee Lim Keong
Malaysia Melvin Moh
San Marino GDL Racing Team Asia Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 286 +19 Laps
15 MARC 93 Australia Jake Camilleri
Australia Morgan Haber
Australia Rob Thomson
Australia MARC Cars Australia MARC Mazda3 V8 281 +24 Laps
16 MARC 91 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke
Australia Hadrian Morrall
Australia Nicholas Rowe
Australia MARC Cars Australia MARC Focus V8 279 +26 Laps
17 GT4 69 United Kingdom Darren Burke
Malaysia Zen Low
United Kingdom Dan Wells
Malaysia Ayelzo Ecotint Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 271 +34 Laps
18 GT4S 39 Japan Teruhiko Hamano
Japan Makoto Hotta
Japan Ryohei Sakaguchi
Japan Muta Racing TWS RC350 Lexus RC350 266 +39 Laps
19 GTC Pro-Am 333 Belgium Jean-Michel Gerome
Malaysia Mitchell Gilbert
France Philippe Richard
Belgium SpeedLover Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 265 +40 Laps
20 GT4 55 United Kingdom Tom Hibbert
United Kingdom Charlie Robertson
United Kingdom Colin White
United Kingdom Simpson Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 263 +42 Laps
21 Touring 100 Japan Takashi Ito
Malaysia Kenny Lee
Japan Hitoshi Matsui
Japan Takashi Oi
Japan AMUSE & SPV Racing Toyota GT86 257 +48 Laps
22 Touring 77 Australia Jim Hunter
Australia Grant Johnson
Australia Allan Letcher
Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia Jim Hunter Motorsport Subaru Impreza STI 2.0 249 +56 Laps
23 Touring 7 Singapore Teh Kian Boon
Singapore Ong Wai Kwong Darren
Singapore Toe Teow Heng
Singapore Team ST Powered Honda Civic Type R 245 +60 Laps
24 GT3 Pro 30 Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Koki Saga
Japan Kota Sasaki
Japan apr Toyota Prius (ZVW50) 222 +83 Laps
Ret TC 65 Netherlands Ate Dirk de Jong
Malaysia Douglas Khoo
Japan Takuya Shirasaka
Malaysia Naoto Takeda
Malaysia Viper Niza Racing SEAT León TCR 201 +104 Laps
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ramanujam, Mohan K (8 December 2016). "2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours happening this weekend". paultan.org. Driven Communications Sdn Bhd. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ Klein, Jamie (10 December 2016). "Sepang 12 Hours: Audi survives the rain for dominant win". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2016 Motul 12 Hours of Sepang Official Timetable". sepang12hours.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 Motul 12 Hours of Sepang Race Classification". sepang12hours.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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