2017 Gulf 12 Hours

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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
FirstPoland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Kessel Racing
SecondRussia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Rinaldi Racing
ThirdOman 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
FirstPoland Michał Broniszewski
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Kessel Racing
SecondRussia Rinat Salikhov
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
Rinaldi Racing
ThirdFrance François Hériau
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France 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.

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
France Graff Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 1 Australia John Corbet PA
Australia Neale Muston
Australia James Winslow
6 Australia Josh Burdon PA
Australia Ricky Capo
France Franck Gauvin
China Chao Yin Wei
9 Australia Scott Andrews PA
France Adrien Chila
France Alexandre Cougnaud
France Eric Trouillet
France Ultimate Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 17 France François Hériau PA
France Jean-Baptiste Lahaye
France Matthieu Lahaye
United Kingdom United Autosports Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 21 United Kingdom Bonamy Grimes PA
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United Kingdom Tony Wells
22 United Kingdom Shaun Lynn G
United States James McGuire
United Kingdom Richard Meins
23 United Kingdom Mike Benham PA
United States Patrick Byrne
United States Guy Cosmo
Turkey Salih Yoluç
GT3
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 11 Poland Michał Broniszewski P
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
77 Italy Sergio Pianezzola PA
Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 HubAuto 39 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi PA
Taiwan Morris Chen
Australia Nick Foster
Italy Giorgio Roda
Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 20 Switzerland Iradj Alexander PA
France Antonin Borga
France Alexandre Coigny
United Arab Emirates GP Extreme Renault R.S. 01 F GT3 Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L V6 27 Ivory Coast Frederic Fatien PA
Germany Roald Goethe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
28 South Africa Jordan Grogor P
Belgium Jurgen Smet
France Jean-Pierre Valentini
Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari 3.9 L Twin-Turbo V8 33 Russia Rinat Salikhov P
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Norbert Siedler
France AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 87 France Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA
France Jérôme Policand
France Benjamin Ricci
France Mauro Ricci
United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 88 United Kingdom Greg Caton G
United Kingdom Ollie Hancock
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
South Africa David Perel
Oman Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 97 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy PA
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Germany Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 99 Turkey Ali Capan P
Austria Clemens Schmid
Spain Isaac Tutumlu
GTX
Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Germany MRS GT-Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 Argentina Norberto Fontana GTX
Argentina Esteban Gini
Argentina Lucas Colombo Russell
15 Germany Georg Braun GTX
Belgium Glenn van Parijs
Australia Max Twigg
Germany Siegfried Venema
United Kingdom Generation AMR Super Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Aston Martin 4.7 L V8 44 United Kingdom Matthew George GTX
United Kingdom James Holder
United Kingdom Steve Tandy
Italy Target Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 46 United Arab Emirates Karim Al Azhari GTX
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Thailand Sarun Sereethoranakul
United Kingdom Slidesports Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 56 United Kingdom Nigel Armstrong GTX
United Kingdom David Fairbrother
United Kingdom Graeme Mundy
San Marino GDL Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 70 Italy Mario Cordoni GTX
United Kingdom Stephen Liquorish
South Korea Rick Yoon
71 New Zealand Andrew Higgins GTX
United States Jim Michaelian
Italy Roberto Rayneri
Italy Villorba Corse Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 Maserati 4.7 L V8 93 Spain Jon Aizpurua GTX
Italy Manuela Gostner
Sweden Christian Kinch
Sweden Tommy Lindroth
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Icon Class
P Pro
PA Pro-Am
G Gentleman
GTX GTX 1
GTX GTX 2
GTX GTX 3

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