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
Driver |  Gianmaria Bruni | Clearwater Racing
Time | 2:02.768
Podium
First |  Stuart Leonard
Stéphane Ortelli
Laurens Vanthoor | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Second |  Christopher Haase
Enzo Ide
Christopher Mies | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Third |  Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Nicki Thiim
Markus Winkelhock | Phoenix Racing

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

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### Paid Practice sessions

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### Free Practice sessions

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### Qualifying

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

### Race

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## Event format

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Day  | Session  | Time/distance

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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
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## Entry list

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| Team  | Car  | No. | Drivers  | Class  | Main series

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Clearwater Racing  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 1  |  Gianmaria Bruni[3] | P | GT3 | FIA WEC
James Calado[3]
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]
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]
9  |  Vincent Abril[3] | P | GT3 | Blancpain Endurance Series, Blancpain Sprint Series
Steven Kane[3] | Blancpain Endurance Series
Guy Smith[3]
Singha Motorsport  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 11  |  Piti Bhirombhakdi[3] | PA | GT3 | GT Asia Series
Carlo van Dam[3]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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P | Pro
PA | Pro-Am
Am | Am
Car
GT3 | GT3 Class
GTC | Cup Class
TC | Touring Car Class
Inv | Invitation Class

## Race result

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Class winners in bold.

Pos. | Class  | No. | Drivers  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Laps  | Time/Retired

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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
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## See also

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* Sepang 12 Hours
* Sepang International Circuit

## Notes

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

## References

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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.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce "2015 Sepang 12 Hours Entry List". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
4. ^ "2015 Sepang 12 Hours Results". sepang12hours.com. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

## External links

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* Official website