The 2019 Gulf 12 Hours was the 9th edition of the Gulf 12 Hours. The race was held at Yas Marina Circuit on 14 December 2019. It was contested with GT3-spec, GT4-spec, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Porsche Cup and LMP3 cars.
The race was won by Christopher Mies, Rinat Salikhov and Dries Vanthoor in the #66 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS.
Class winners denoted in bold.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap |
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1 | GT3 Pro | 66 | Attempto Racing | Christopher Mies Rinat Salikhov Dries Vanthoor | Audi R8 LMS | 158 | 5:59:54.141 |
2 | GT3 Pro | 55 | Attempto Racing | Murod Sultanov Nick Foster Mattia Drudi | Audi R8 LMS | 158 | +2:11.987 |
3 | GT3 Pro | 19 | GPX Racing | Stuart Hall Benji Goethe Jordan Grogor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 157 | +1 Lap |
4 | GT3 Pro | 83 | Iron Lynx | Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 157 | +1 Lap |
5 | GT3 Pro | 48 | HTP Motorsport | Abdulaziz Al Faisal Dominik Baumann Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 156 | +2 Laps |
6 | GT3 Pro-Am | 46 | Monster VR46 Kessel | Valentino Rossi Alessio Salucci Luca Marini | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 156 | +2 Laps |
7 | GT3 Pro-Am | 7 | Dinamic Motorsport | Roberto Pampanini Ivan Jacoma Mauro Calamia | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 156 | +2 Laps |
8 | GT3 Pro-Am | 77 | Barwell Motorsport | Adrian Amstutz Jordan Witt Miguel Ramos Patrick Kujala | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 155 | +3 Laps |
9 | GT3 Pro-Am | 5 | Spirit Race Team Uwe Alzen Automotive | Uwe Alzen Dietmar Haggenmueller Martin Konrad | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 155 | +3 Laps |
10 | GT3 Pro-Am | 8 | LP Racing | Alex Liang Jiatong Bashar Mardini Luca Pirri Stefano Costantini | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 155 | +3 Laps |
11 | GT3 Gent | 10 | SPS Automotive Performance | Valentin Pierburg Christian Hook Manuel Lauck | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 155 | +3 Laps |
12 DNF | GT3 Gent | 84 | AKKA ASP | Benjamin Ricci Mauro Ricci Jérôme Policand | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 154 | +4 Laps |
13 | GT Cup 1 | 12 | Art Line Team Georgia | Shota Abkhazava Stephen Liquorish Jack Butel Sergey Afanasyev | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 154 | +4 Laps |
14 | GT3 Gent | 65 | Kessel Racing | Alexis De Bernardi Loris Capirossi Nicola Cadei | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 153 | +5 Laps |
15 | GT Cup 1 | 88 | Dragon Racing | Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie Karim Al Azhari | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo | 152 | +6 Laps |
16 | GT3 Gent | 11 | AF Corse | Tani Hanna Christophe Ulrich Kriton Lentoudis Rui Aguas | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 152 | +6 Laps |
17 | GT3 Gent | 33 | Kessel Racing | John Hartshorne Marco Zanuttini David Perel Murat Cuhadaroglu | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 151 | +7 Laps |
18 | LMP3 | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konôpka Neale Muston Simon Murray | Ginetta-Juno P3-15 | 147 | +11 Laps |
19 | GT Cup 1 | 81 | GDL Racing | Gabriele Murroni Mario Cordoni Angelo Negro | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 147 | +11 Laps |
20 | GT3 Pro-Am | 20 | GPX Racing | Nico Pronk Stanislav Minsky Fredric Fatien Klaus Bachler | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 146 | +12 Laps |
21 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Jim Mcguire Richard Meins Shaun Lynn | Ligier JS P3 | 145 | +13 Laps |
22 | GT Cup 2 | 14 | MRS GT Racing | Glenn van Parijs JM Littmann Graeme Mundy | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 144 | +14 Laps |
23 | GT4 | 22 | Balfe Motorsport | Ollie Millroy James Pickford Brendan Iribe Nick Moss | McLaren 570S GT4 | 140 | +18 Laps |
24 | GT4 | 21 | Balfe Motorsport | Mia Flewitt Joshua Cook Euan Aiers-hankey Issam Charrouf | McLaren 570S GT4 | 140 | +18 Laps |
25 | GT4 | 90 | SVC Sport Management | Amedeo Pampanini Michele Camarlinghi Stefano Monaco Linus Diener | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 140 | +18 Laps |
26 | GT4 | 44 | DAE (David Appleby Engineering) | James Holder Matthew George Steve Tandy | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 140 | +18 Laps |
27 | GT Cup 2 | 87 | GDL Racing | Jim Michaelian Mohammed Hussain Risto Vukov | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 140 | +18 Laps |
28 | GT4 | 84 | Optimum Motorsport | David Whitmore Michael Dinan David Holloway Graham Johnson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 139 | +19 Laps |
29 | GT4 | 18 | 3Y Technology | Ahmad Almoosa Saif Alameri Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum Saeed Al Mehairi | BMW M4 GT4 | 138 | +20 Laps |
30 | GT3 Gent | 9 | 3Y Technology | Philippe Bourgois Oscar Lee Gilles Vannelet | BMW M6 GT3 | 136 | +22 Laps |
Source: [1] [2] |
Class winners denoted in bold.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GT3 Pro | 66 | Attempto Racing | Christopher Mies Rinat Salikhov Dries Vanthoor | Audi R8 LMS | 316 | 6:02:07.348 |
2 | GT3 Pro | 55 | Attempto Racing | Murod Sultanov Nick Foster Mattia Drudi | Audi R8 LMS | 316 | +1:33.331 |
3 | GT3 Pro-Am | 46 | Monster VR46 Kessel | Valentino Rossi Alessio Salucci Luca Marini | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 312 | +4 Laps |
4 | GT3 Pro-Am | 5 | Spirit Race Team Uwe Alzen Automotive | Uwe Alzen Dietmar Haggenmueller Martin Konrad | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 311 | +5 Laps |
5 | GT3 Gent | 10 | SPS Automotive Performance | Valentin Pierburg Christian Hook Manuel Lauck | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 311 | +5 Laps |
6 | GT3 Pro | 19 | GPX Racing | Stuart Hall Benji Goethe Jordan Grogor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 311 | +5 Laps |
7 | GT3 Gent | 65 | Kessel Racing | Alexis De Bernardi Loris Capirossi Nicola Cadei | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 308 | +8 Laps |
8 | GT Cup 1 | 12 | Art Line Team Georgia | Shota Abkhazava Stephen Liquorish Jack Butel Sergey Afanasyev | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 308 | +8 Laps |
9 | GT Cup 1 | 88 | Dragon Racing | Glynn Geddie Jim Geddie Karim Al Azhari | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo | 307 | +9 Laps |
10 | GT3 Gent | 11 | AF Corse | Tani Hanna Christophe Ulrich Kriton Lentoudis Rui Aguas | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 305 | +11 Laps |
11 | GT3 Gent | 33 | Kessel Racing | John Hartshorne Marco Zanuttini David Perel Murat Cuhadaroglu | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 303 | +13 Laps |
12 | GT3 Pro | 48 | HTP Motorsport | Abdulaziz Al Faisal Dominik Baumann Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 301 | +15 Laps |
13 | GT3 Pro-Am | 8 | LP Racing | Alex Liang Jiatong Bashar Mardini Luca Pirri Stefano Costantini | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 300 | +16 Laps |
14 | LMP3 | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konôpka Neale Muston Simon Murray | Ginetta-Juno P3-15 | 298 | +18 Laps |
15 | LMP3 | 2 | United Autosports | Jim Mcguire Richard Meins Shaun Lynn | Ligier JS P3 | 297 | +19 Laps |
16 | GT3 Pro-Am | 20 | GPX Racing | Nico Pronk Stanislav Minsky Fredric Fatien Klaus Bachler | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 296 | +20 Laps |
17 | GT3 Gent | 9 | 3Y Technology | Philippe Bourgois Oscar Lee Gilles Vannelet | BMW M6 GT3 | 287 | +29 Laps |
18 | GT4 | 22 | Balfe Motorsport | Ollie Millroy James Pickford Brendan Iribe Nick Moss | McLaren 570S GT4 | 282 | +34 Laps |
19 | GT4 | 21 | Balfe Motorsport | Mia Flewitt Joshua Cook Euan Aiers-hankey Issam Charrouf | McLaren 570S GT4 | 282 | +34 Laps |
20 | GT4 | 90 | SVC Sport Management | Amedeo Pampanini Michele Camarlinghi Stefano Monaco Linus Diener | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 281 | +35 Laps |
21 | GT Cup 1 | 81 | GDL Racing | Gabriele Murroni Mario Cordoni Angelo Negro | Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo | 281 | +35 Laps |
22 | GT4 | 18 | 3Y Technology | Ahmad Almoosa Saif Alameri Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum Saeed Al Mehairi | BMW M4 GT4 | 278 | +38 Laps |
23 | GT4 | 15 | Optimum Motorsport | David Whitmore Michael Dinan David Holloway Graham Johnson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 275 | +41 Laps |
24 | GT Cup 2 | 14 | MRS GT Racing | Glenn van Parijs JM Littmann Graeme Mundy | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 292 | +24 Laps |
25 DNF | GT3 Pro-Am | 7 | Dinamic Motorsport | Roberto Pampanini Ivan Jacoma Mauro Calamia | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 265 | +51 Laps |
26 DNF | GT3 Gent | 84 | AKKA ASP | Benjamin Ricci Mauro Ricci Jérôme Policand | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 256 | +60 Laps |
27 | GT Cup 2 | 87 | GDL Racing | Jim Michaelian Mohammed Hussain Risto Vukov | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 255 | +61 Laps |
28 DNF | GT3 Pro-Am | 77 | Barwell Motorsport | Adrian Amstutz Jordan Witt Miguel Ramos Patrick Kujala | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 186 | +130 Laps |
29 DNF | GT3 Pro | 83 | Iron Lynx | Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 174 | +142 Laps |
30 DNF | GT4 | 44 | DAE (David Appleby Engineering) | James Holder Matthew George Steve Tandy | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 149 | +167 Laps |
Source: [3] [2] |
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