2015 Sepang 12 Hours

Race details
Date	12 December 2015
Location	Sepang, Malaysia
Course	5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Weather	Qualifying: Sunny; Race: Changeable
	Race
Pole
Time	2:02.768
Podium

The 2015 Sepang 12 Hours was the 16th Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 12 December 2015. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GTC-spec cars, GT4-spec cars and touring cars. This was the first Sepang 12 Hours race organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).[1]

Report

Paid Practice sessions

Qualifying

Pole position was taken by car #1, Clearwater Racing, with a time of 2:02.768.

Event format

Day	Session	Time/distance
Thursday (10 December)	Paid Practice (GT3/GTC)	120 minutes
	Paid Practice (GT4/Touring Cars)	120 minutes
	Free Practice 1	120 minutes
	Free Practice 2	120 minutes
Friday (11 December)	Free Practice 3	90 minutes
	Qualifying	90 minutes
	Qualifying Shootout	15 minutes
Saturday (12 December)	Race	12 hours
Source: [2]

Entry list

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class		Main series
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Driver	Car	Main series
Clearwater Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	1	Gianmaria Bruni[3]	P	GT3	FIA WEC
			James Calado[3]			FIA WEC
			Matt Griffin[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, GT Asia Series
			Weng Sun Mok[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, GT Asia Series
Team NZ PTE LTD	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	7	Will Bamber[3]	PA	GTC	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
			John Curran[3]			GT Asia Series
			Graeme Dowsett[3]			GT Asia Series
			Alif Hamdan[3]			Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	8	Maximilian Buhk[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
			Andy Soucek[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series
			Maxime Soulet[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series
		9	Vincent Abril[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
			Steven Kane[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series
			Guy Smith[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series
Singha Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	11	Piti Bhirombhakdi[3]	PA	GT3	GT Asia Series
			Carlo van Dam[3]			GT Asia Series
			Alessandro Pier Guidi[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, GT Asia Series
			Davide Rizzo[3]			GT Asia Series, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
GTO Racing Team	Toyota GT86	14	Cheng Long Chan[3]	PA	TC	none
			Brian Lee Ching Hsin[3]			Macau Road Sport Challenge
			Hideto Yasuoka[3]			Super GT
			Shing Hung Wei[3]			none
Phoenix Racing[N 1]	Audi R8 LMS	15	Marchy Lee[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Endurance Series
			Shaun Thong[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, Audi Sport TT Cup, Blancpain Endurance Series
			Alex Yoong[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, Audi R8 LMS Cup
		16	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Sprint Series
			Nicki Thiim[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
			Markus Winkelhock[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	17	Stuart Leonard[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Endurance Series
			Stéphane Ortelli[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
			Laurens Vanthoor[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
		150	Christopher Haase[3]	P	GT3	Blancpain Endurance Series
			Enzo Ide[3]			Blancpain Sprint Series
			Christopher Mies[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
Top Speed Racing	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	23	James Munro[3]	PA	GTC	Asian Le Mans Series, Japanese F4, Toyota Racing Series
			Martin Rump[3]			Formula Masters China
			Afiq Yazid[3]			Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
			Yuan Bo[3]			Formula Masters China, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
B-Quik Racing	Audi R8 LMS Cup	26	Daniel Bilski[3]	PA	GTC	Audi R8 LMS Cup
			Henk Kiks[3]			none
			Peter Kox[3]			International GT Open, Supercar Challenge
Naza Nexus	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	27	Dominic Ang[3]	PA	GT3	GT Asia Series, Asian Le Mans Series
			Adrian D'Silva[3]			GT Asia Series
			Joshua Lee Hunt[3]			Asian Le Mans Series
CPK Racing	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	33	Mark Darwin[3]	PA	GTC	none
			Yeh Siang Lim[3]			none
			John Martin[3]			Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
			William Wang Wooi Meng[3]			none
Team AAI-HubAuto	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	35	Han-Chen Chen[3]	PA	GT3	Asian Le Mans Series
			Tatsuya Tanigawa[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, Super GT
			Nobuteru Taniguchi[3]
			Hiroki Yoshimoto[3]
Sport Garage	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	42	Romain Brandela[3]	Am	GT3	FFSA GT Championship
			Jean-Paul Buffin[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, FFSA GT Championship
			Georges Cabanne[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series
			Gerald Tan[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, GT Asia Series
AMAC Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3-R	51	Warren Luff[3]	PA	GT3	Australian GT Championship, GT Asia Series, V8 Supercars
			Andrew Macpherson[3]			Australian GT Championship
			James Winslow[3]			Asian Le Mans Series
FFF Racing Team by ACM	McLaren 650S GT3	55	Andrea Caldarelli[3]	PA	GT3	GT Asia Series, Super Formula, Super GT
			Hiroshi Hamaguchi[3]			GT Asia Series, Super GT
			Álvaro Parente[3]			Blancpain Endurance Series, GT Asia Series
			Andrew Watson[3]			British GT
67Motorsport GDL Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	67	Liam Lim Keong[3]	PA	GTC	none
			Bruce Lee[3]			GT Asia Series
			Andrew Tang[3]			none
	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	87	Gilbert Ang[3]	PA	GTC	none
			Wee Lim Keong[3]			none
			Melvin Moh[3]			GT Asia Series
Team Fydis Aylezo	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo	69	Mitchell Gilbert[3]	PA	GTC	GP3 Series
			Zen Low[3]			Asian Le Mans Series, GT Asia Series
			Matthew Swanepoel[3]			Formula Masters China
Team Proton Lotus	Lotus Exige V6 GT4	80	Anthony Chan[3]	–	Inv	none
			Chye Ao Hsiang[3]
			Robert Webb[3]
			Eric Wong[3]
Wing Hin Motorsports	Toyota GT86	86	Wong Yew Choong[3]	PA	TC	none
			William Ho[3]			none
			Kenny Lee[3]			TCR Asia Series
Jim Hunter Motorsport	Subaru Impreza STi 2.0	602	Jim Hunter[3]	PA	TC	NSW State Sports Sedan Series
			Grant Johnson[3]			V8 Ute Racing Series
			Douglas Khoo[3]			TCR Asia Series
			Allan Letcher[3]			none

Icon	Class
Drivers
P	Pro
PA	Pro-Am
Am	Am
Car
GT3	GT3 Class
GTC	Cup Class
TC	Touring Car Class
Inv	Invitation Class

Race result

Class winners in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Drivers	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired
1	GT3 Pro	17	Stuart Leonard Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	228
2	GT3 Pro	150	Christopher Haase Enzo Ide Christopher Mies	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi	228	+8.330
3	GT3 Pro	16	Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Nicki Thiim Markus Winkelhock	Phoenix Racing	Audi	228	+1:00.400
4	GT3 Pro-Am	55	Andrea Caldarelli Hiroshi Hamaguchi Álvaro Parente Andrew Watson	FFF Racing Team by ACM	McLaren	227	+1 Lap
5	GT3 Pro	8	Maximilian Buhk Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley	226	+2 Laps
6	GT3 Pro	15	Marchy Lee Shaun Thong Alex Yoong	Audi Hong Kong powered by Phoenix Racing Asia	Audi	225	+3 Laps
7	GT3 Pro-Am	35	Han-Chen Chen Tatsuya Tanigawa Nobuteru Taniguchi Hiroki Yoshimoto	Team AAI-HubAuto	Mercedes-Benz	224	+4 Laps
8	GT3 Pro-Am	11	Piti Bhirombhakdi Carlo van Dam Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rizzo	Singha Motorsport	Ferrari	223	+5 Laps
9	GT3 Pro-Am	27	Dominic Ang Adrian D'Silva Joshua Lee Hunt	Naza Nexus	Ferrari	220	+8 Laps
10	GT3 Pro	9	Vincent Abril Steven Kane Guy Smith	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley	218	+10 Laps
11	GTC Pro-Am	23	James Munro Martin Rump Afiq Yazid Yuan Bo	Top Speed Racing	Lamborghini	211	+17 Laps
12	GTC Pro-Am	7	Will Bamber John Curran Graeme Dowswett Alif Hamdan	Team NZ PTE LTD	Porsche	206	+22 Laps
13	GTC Pro-Am	26	Daniel Bilski Henk Kiks Peter Kox	B-Quik Racing	Audi	206	+22 Laps
14	GTC Pro-Am	67	Liam Lim Keong Bruce Lee Andrew Tang	67Motorsport GDL Racing	Porsche	205	+23 Laps
15	GT3 Pro-Am	51	Warren Luff Andrew Macpherson James Winslow	AMAC Motorsport	Porsche	204	+24 Laps
16	GTC Pro-Am	87	Gilbert Ang Wee Lim Keong Melvin Moh	67Motorsport GDL Racing	Porsche	195	+33 Laps
17	TC Pro-Am	86	Wong Yew Choong William Ho Kenny Lee	Wing Hin Motorsports	Toyota	189	+39 Laps
18	GTC Pro-Am	69	Mitchell Gilbert Zen Low Matthew Swanepoel	Team Fydis Aylezo	Lamborghini	187	+41 Laps
19	GT3 Am	42	Romain Brandela Jean-Paul Buffin Georges Cabanne Gerald Tan	Sport Garage	Ferrari	186	+42 Laps
20	GTC Pro-Am	33	Mark Darwin Yeh Siang Lim John Martin William Wang Wooi Meng	CPK Racing	Porsche	174	+54 Laps
21	TC Pro-Am	14	Cheng Long Chan Brian Lee Ching Hsin Hideto Yasuoka Shing Hung Wei	GTO Racing Team	Toyota	167	+61 Laps
22	TC Pro-Am	602	Jim Hunter Grant Johnson Douglas Khoo Allan Letcher	Jim Hunter Motorsport	Subaru	149	+79 Laps
Ret	GT3 Pro	1	Gianmaria Bruni James Calado Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok	Clearwater Racing	Ferrari	77	Accident Damage
Ret	Inv	80	Anthony Chan Chye Ao Hsiang Robert Webb Eric Wong	Team Proton Lotus	Lotus	7	Accident Damage
Source: [4]

Notes

Entered as Audi Hong Kong powered by Phoenix Racing Asia with car No. 15.

References

"SRO enters partnership to promote Sepang 12 hours". motorsport.com. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
"2015 Sepang 12 Hours Timetable" (PDF). sepang12hours.com. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
"2015 Sepang 12 Hours Entry List". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
"2015 Sepang 12 Hours Results". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

External links

Official website

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[PhoenixRacing-4] Entered as Audi Hong Kong powered by Phoenix Racing Asia with car No. 15.

[1] "SRO enters partnership to promote Sepang 12 hours". motorsport.com. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[2] "2015 Sepang 12 Hours Timetable" (PDF). sepang12hours.com. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

[EntryList-3] "2015 Sepang 12 Hours Entry List". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[5] "2015 Sepang 12 Hours Results". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.