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31 Oct 2016, 23:43 (Ref:3684417) | #1 | ||
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2016 Sepang 12 Hours
I'd say it's about time for a thread for this year's Sepang 12hrs, the finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.
No full entry list available yet, but several high quality entries have been announced. Pirelli World Challenge GT Champions K-Pax Racing & Flying Lizard Motorsports will be bringing one of their McLarens, with a yet to be announced driver lineup of three McLaren facory drivers. http://kpaxracing.com/news.php Sportscar365 expects at least two other Mclarens for the race. Porsche are also bringing out their big guns, with two 911 GT3-Rs from Manthey Racing featuring full factory lineups. Patrick Pilet and '15 Le Mans winners Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy will drive the #911, while Richard Lietz, Fred Makowiecki and Michael Christensen will drive the #912. http://sportscar365.com/gt/igtc/pors...or-sepang-12h/ There are three Ferrari Gt3s announced so far, two 488s and a 458s. Pasin Lathouras, Michele Rugolo and Alessandro Pier Guidi will be driving the AF Corse/Spirit of Race 488 GT3, while David Tjiptobiantoro, Greg Teo and Christian Columbo will pilot the T2 Motorsport entry. The 458 GT3 is entered by Naza Nexus with lineup TBA. There are a few non GT3 cars also entered, they are listed here: http://www.sepang12hours.com/newsitem.php?key=24 Yokohama has been announced as the sole tire supplier for the event: http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/0...-12-hours.html Sepang 12 Hours Website: http://www.sepang12hours.com/ |
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2016 Sepang 12 Hours
Awesome stuff!
MARC cars Aus have also said they will enter three cars in GTC. Although I thought they'd be in TC?? Anyway, here's an entry list for the moment Sepang 12 Hours 2016 GT3 CLASS K-Pax Racing - McLaren 650s GT3 - Alvaro Parente / TBA / TBA TBA (Tekno?) - McLaren 650s GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA TBA (Garage 59?) - McLaren 650s GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Manthey Racing - Porsche 911 GT3R - Patrick Pilet / Earl Bamber / Nick Tandy Manthey Racing - Porsche 911 GT3R - Richard Lietz / Fred Makowiecki / Michael Christensen AF Corse - Spirit of Race - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Pasin Lathouras / Michele Rugolo / Alessandro Pier Guidi T2 Motorsport - Ferrari 488 GT3 - Greg Teo / David Tjiptobiantoro / Christian Colombo Naza Nexus - Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia - Adrian D'Silva / TBA / TBA GT4/S CLASS Amuse & SPV Racing - Lexus RC 350 - TBA / TBA / TBA GT CUP CLASS B-Quik Racing - Audi R8 LMS Cup - Peter Kox / Henk Kiks / Daniel Bilski MARC Cars Australia - TBA - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - TBA - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - TBA - TBA / TBA / TBA TC CLASS Amuse & SPV Racing - Toyota GT86 - TBA / TBA / TBA Jim Hunter Motorsport - Subaru STi Impreza - Jim Hunter / Grant Jonhson / Andrew McPherson / Allan Letcher |
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1 Nov 2016, 06:52 (Ref:3684458) | #3 | ||
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Will there be a stream?
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Somebody asked if the McLaren F1 was going to be like the Ferrari F40, Gordon Murray replied, "I don't think so, there's no one at McLaren who can weld that badly." |
11 Nov 2016, 20:29 (Ref:3687259) | #6 | |
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http://sportscar365.com/gt/igtc/phoe...or-sepang-12h/
Another GT3 heavyweight team contesting the race. This is starting to get serious. |
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13 Nov 2016, 13:29 (Ref:3687606) | #7 | |
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According to Manabu Orido blog,
JLOC will participate in the pro class by Huracan GT3. Driver will be Orido and Hiramine http://ameblo.jp/blogorido/entry-12219181528.html |
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during today race live RLM commentators (sorry not noticed whether that's Johnny or Sam) revealed apr Racing expected to assign their Prius too |
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13 Nov 2016, 14:05 (Ref:3687609) | #9 | |
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Team apr competes with AF Corse and Manthey! Wow.
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13 Nov 2016, 15:14 (Ref:3687618) | #10 | |
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But the problem for Team apr is this race can only use Yokohama tires but not Bridgestone tires
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14 Nov 2016, 08:11 (Ref:3687919) | #11 | |
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Kota Sasaki revealed that he will participate in MME 12h race by Prius GT!
http://ameblo.jp/kouta339/entry-12219340386.html |
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Orido in a Jloc Huracan and the APR Prius? Fantastic. There better be a live stream for this.
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The problem is that the race last year was only watchable for the first 3 hours. After that it was ruined by the rain red flag period followed pitch black darkness which I will always proclaim is NOT TV freindly. The rain they can't control, but I hope this year's race is going to have more daylight racing. |
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21 Nov 2016, 18:33 (Ref:3690001) | #14 | ||
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Entry list has been released. No Bentley Team Absolute, sadly. Was hoping to see two PWC teams competing.
http://sportscar365.com/gt/igtc/motu...list-revealed/ |
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Seeing that it's the #30 Prius, not the #31... will it have a functioning hybrid system for this race, I wonder? (Li-ion GT300 Priuses lose their hybrid system for international rounds of Super GT, due to concerns about shipping their batteries. #30 is Li-ion, #31 is supercapacitor. I wonder if that restriction holds for this race, or if they'll even retrofit the supercapacitor system.)
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Maybe it's just the #31 renumbered?
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22 Nov 2016, 12:37 (Ref:3690196) | #17 | ||
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2x Manthey Porsche
1x APR Toyota 2x Phoenix Audi Where's Mercedes and Nissan? |
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Parente, Van Gisbergen and Ledogar for K-PAX/Lizards:
http://www.lizardms.com/news/releases/2016/nov-23.html |
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24 Nov 2016, 14:28 (Ref:3690733) | #19 | |
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How much of this race is daylight vs night. I hope the more daylight the better.
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Schedule says mid-day to midnight, and sunset is around 7pm all year round (it's close enough to the Equator). So with a bit of twilight it's a maximum of about 7 and a half hours of daylight.
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Sepang raceweek!
BTW looks like Motor Trend on Demand will be carrying a stream. Good news for those of us in the USA, as the SRO stream is geoblocked. |
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In that case let's get all excited!
Couple of points of interest for me: - This must be Vanthoor's final race in an Audi, curious to see both how he fairs against his future employer in the form of the Manthey Porsches, and also who is going to file his boots at Audi. - This will be the first time we will see a Prius running in the top class of a large enduros like this. I wonder how it'll run compared with the GT3 cars, in Super GT it is pretty handy. - This race marks the first international race for KPax, and the final McLaren race for the GIZ. - there's 8 Pro cars: 1 McLaren, 2 Audi's, 1 Prius, 1 Ferrari, 1 Lamborghini, and 2 Porsche's. I think it's a straight fight between Manthey and Phoenix though, with the Kpax swinging in for good measure. - it'll be interesting to see how the R8 Cup will stand up to the Super Trofeo in open battle, can't say I've seen those two race together before. We can assume they are a pretty similar base both being VAG machines. - big shame we only have 2 GT4 and a sparse Touring selection, but if anything they may cause a bit of concern for the GT3 guys Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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KPAX on top in FP1!
http://sportscar365.com/gt/igtc/k-pa...e-1-in-sepang/ |
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One could just check that thread opening post again, and find:
http://www.sepang12hours.com/ and http://www.tsl-timing.com/event/164991 (live timing) http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x3hc1aq (stream when on) http://www.sepang12hours.com/gallery.php (pictures) |
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