The 2017 4 Hours of Sepang was an auto race held on January 22, 2017, at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It served as the last race of the 2016-17 Asian Le Mans Series season. [1]
The 2017 4 Hours of Sepang was an auto race held on January 22, 2017, at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It served as the last race of the 2016-17 Asian Le Mans Series season. [1]
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Chassis | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 25 |  Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | 1:55.279 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 35 |  Jackie Chan DC Racing | Oreca 03R-Nissan | 1:55.287 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 8 |  Race Performance | Oreca 03R-Judd | 1:55.544 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 24 | Algarve Pro Racing | Ligier JS P2-Judd | 1:58.103 |
| 5 | LMP3 | 26 |  Tockwith Motorsports | Ligier JS P3 | 1:59.345 |
| 6 | LMP3 | 99 |  Wineurasia | Ligier JS P3 | 1:59.478 |
| 7 | LMP3 | 1 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:59.597 |
| 8 | LMP3 | 85 |  G-Print by Triple 1 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 1:59.621 |
| 9 | LMP3 | 67 |  PRT Racing | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 1:59.676 |
| 10 | LMP3 | 69 |  Aylezo Ecotint Racing | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 2:00.032 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 4 |  ARC Bratislava | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 2:00.199 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 7 | ARC Bratislava | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 2:00.486 |
| 13 | GT | 3 | DH Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:02.375 |
| 14 | GT | 37 | Team BBT | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:02.379 |
| 15 | GT | 31 |  Team Audi Korea | Audi R8 LMS | 2:02.540 |
| 16 | GT | 38 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:02.566 |
| 17 | GT | 91 | FIST-Team AAI | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:02.770 |
| 18 | GT | 61 |  Clearwater Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:02.900 |
| 19 | GT | 90 | FIST-Team AAI | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:02.904 |
| 20 | GT | 5 | DH Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:03.057 |
| 21 | GT | 86 | OD Racing Best Leader Team | Mclaren 650S GT3 | 2:03.293 |
| 22 | GT | 51 | KCMG | Audi R8 LMS | 2:03.848 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 93 | FIST-Team AAI | ADESS-03 | 2:04.607 |
| 24 | GTC | 96 |  TKS | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 2:12.071 |
| 25 | GTC | 77 |  Team NZ | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 2:12.287 |
| Source: [2] | |||||
Class winners are in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Drivers | Chassis | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 25 | Algarve Pro Racing |  Andrea Pizzitola  Aidan Read Andrea Roda | Ligier JS P2 | 115 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 8 | Race Performance | Giorgio Maggi Struan Moore Fabian Schiller | Oreca 03R | 115 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 24 | Algarve Pro Racing | Tacksung Kim Michael Munemann Mark Patterson | Ligier JS P2 | 115 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||
| 4 | LMP3 | 26 | Tockwith Motorsports | Phil Hanson Nigel Moore | Ligier JS P3 | 112 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 5 | LMP3 | 85 | G-Print by Triple 1 Racing | Hanss Lin Shaun Thong | Ligier JS P3 | 112 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | LMP3 | 1 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | David Cheng James Winslow Hiroki Yoshida | Ligier JS P3 | 112 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 7 | GT | 31 | Team Audi Korea | You Kyong-Ouk Marchy Lee Alex Yoong | Audi R8 LMS | 111 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||
| 8 | GT | 3 | DH Racing |  Olivier Beretta Rino Mastronardi  Alex Riberas | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 111 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 | ||||||
| 9 | GT | 37 | Team BBT | Anthony Liu Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rizzo | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 110 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 | ||||||
| 10 | GT | 61 | Clearwater Racing |  Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 110 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 | ||||||
| 11 | GT | 5 | DH Racing | Michele Rugolo  Stéphane Lémeret Matthieu Vaxivière | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 110 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 | ||||||
| 12 | GT | 90 | FIST-Team AAI | Tom Blomqvist Akira Iida Lam Yu | BMW M6 GT3 | 109 |
| BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | ||||||
| 13 | GT | 91 | FIST-Team AAI | Jun-San Chen Ollie Millroy Philipp Eng | BMW M6 GT3 | 109 |
| BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | ||||||
| 14 | LMP3 | 69 | Aylezo Ecotint Racing | Zen Low Weiron Tan Riki Christodoulou | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 109 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 15 | GT | 38 | Spirit of Race | Rui Águas Marco Cioci Nasrat Muzayyin | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 108 |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8 | ||||||
| 16 | LMP3 | 99 | Wineurasia | William Lok Scott Andrews Devon Modell | Ligier JS P3 | 108 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 17 | GT | 51 | KCMG | Go Max Tetsuya Tanaka Toru Tanaka | Audi R8 LMS | 102 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||
| 18 | GTC | 96 | TKS | Takuma Aoki Shinyo Sano Shigeto Nagashima | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 101 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 19 | GTC | 77 | Team NZ | John Curran Graeme Dowsett Will Bamber | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 101 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 20 | LMP3 | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Darren Burke Konstantīns Calko | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 95 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 21 | LMP3 | 7 | ARC Bratislava | Neale Muston Miroslav Konôpka Mike Simpson | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 95 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 67 | PRT Racing |  Ate de Jong Charlie Robertson | Ginetta-Juno LMP3 | 92 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 93 | FIST-Team AAI | Huang Chi Ryohei Sakaguchi Tatsuya Tanigawa | ADESS-03 | 9 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 35 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin Tung Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent | Oreca 03R | 8 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||
| Source: [3] | ||||||
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