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]

Race details
Date 12 December 2015
Location Sepang, Malaysia
Course 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Weather Qualifying: Sunny
Race: Changeable
Race
Pole
Driver Italy Gianmaria Bruni Clearwater Racing
Time 2:02.768
Podium
First United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Second Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Enzo Ide
Germany Christopher Mies
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Third Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Phoenix Racing

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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
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

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Team Car No. Drivers Class Main series
Driver Car
  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
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

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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]

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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.
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