Sepang 12 Hours entry list revealed
Sepang will host the final round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge
Organisers have confirmed a 26 car entry for next month’s Sepang 12 Hours which hosts the final round of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge.
The SRO Motorsports Group run event at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit (December 8-11) has attracted several high profile entries amongst its 13 car GT3 field.
McLaren will be represented by the American K-PAX Racing Team although its driver roster is yet-to-be revealed.
The British manufacturer has been chasing Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen for one of the seats with the Kiwi lying second in the Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers’ championship six points behind Laurens Vanthoor.
Audi Sport Team Phoenix will field two R8 GT3s featuring factory drivers Vanthoor, Robin Frijns, Christopher Hasse, Markus Winkelhock, Rene Rast and Pierre Kaffer.
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Porsche will be among the contenders for outright glory with the renowned Manthey Racing set to enter two professional entries.
New Zealand’s Earl Bamber will pilot the #911 car alongside factory drivers Nick Tandy and Patrick Pilet.
The sister #912 car will be shared between Frederic Makowiecki, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.
As previously reported, Australian interest will be headlined by former Garnet Patterson in the Nexus Infinity Ferrari 458 GT3.
The former Australian Formula 3 National Class champion will race alongside Adrian D’Silva and two-time Sepang 12 Hours winner, Dominic Ang.
Hong-Kong based Aussie Daniel Bilski will feature in an B-Quik Racing Audi R8 LMS Cup car.
An all-Australian Subaru Impreza entry from Jim Hunter Motorsport will contest the Touring class featuring Jim Hunter, Grant Johnson, Andrew MacPherson and Allan Letcher.
MARC Cars Australia will enter two of is Focus V8s for Keith Kassulke, Ryan McLeod, Jake Camilleri, Michael Benton and Hadrian Morral.
“We are happy to see the popularity of GT3 racing in the Asia-Pacific region,” said SRO boss Stephane Ratel.
“I am convinced that the Motul Sepang 12 Hours will again be a gruelling race, with some extreme weather conditions, and it will be a fitting finale of the inaugural season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.”
Organisers have confirmed the race will be shown live on Fox Sports in Australia and Sky Sport in New Zealand.
Entry List: Sepang 12 Hours
| Cls. | Car# | Team | Nat | Car Type | Driver 1 | Nat | Driver 2 | Nat | Driver 3 | Nat | Driver 4 | Nat |
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| TC | 7 | Team ST Powered | Civic Type R | Teh Kian Boon |  |
Ong Wai Kwong Darren | |
Toe Teow Heng | |
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| GT3-PRO | 9 | K-PAX Racing | McLaren 650 S GT3 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||||
| GT3-PAM | 11 | Singha Motorsports Team | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Piti Bhirom Bhakdi |  |
Carlo van Dam |  |
Frank Yu | HK | Tanart Sathienthirakul | |
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| GT3-PRO | 15 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi R8 LMS | Christopher Haase |  |
Robin Frijns |  |
Laurens Vanthoor |  |
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| GT3-PRO | 16 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi R8 LMS | Pierre Kaffer | |
Rene Rast | |
Markus Winkelhock | |
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| GTC-PAM | 26 | B-Quik Racing | Audi R8 LMS Cup | Henk Kiks | |
Daniel Bilski |  |
Peter Kox | |
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| GT3-PAM | 27 | Nexus Infinity | Ferrari 458 GT3 | Adrian Henry D’Silva |  |
Dominic Ang Ding Xiong | |
Garnet Patterson | |
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| GT3-PRO | 30 | APR | Toyota Prius (ZVW50) | Hiroaki Nagai |  |
Kota Sasaki | |
Koki Saga | |
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| GT3-PAM | 35 | HubAuto Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | |
Morris Chen |  |
Shinya Hosokawa | |
Hiroki Yoshida | |
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| GT4 | 39 | Muta Racing TWS RC350 | Lexus RC350 | Ryohei Sakaguch | |
Makoto Hotta | |
Ryuju Fujita | |
Teruhoko Hamano | |
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| GT3-PRO | 50 | Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Pasin Lathouras | |
Michele Rugolo |  |
Alessandro Pierguidi | |
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| GT3-PAM | 52 | SAITAMA TOYOPET Green Brave | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Taku Bamba | |
Takayuki Hiranuma | |
Naoki Hattori | |
Shogo Mitsuyama | |
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| GT4 | 59 | Simpson Motorsport | Ginetta G55 GT4 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||||
| TC1 | 65 | Vaper Niza Racing | Seat Leon TC | Douglas Khoo | |
TBA | TBA | |||||
| GTC-PAM | 67 | GDL Racing | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Huracan | Wee Lim Keong | |
Melvin Moh Chun Ho | |
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| GT4 | 69 | Ayelzo Ecotint Racing | Ginetta G55 GT4 | Zen Low | |
TBA | TBA | |||||
| GT3-AM | 75 | T2 Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Gregory Teo Bee Tat | |
David Tjiptobiantoro | IDN | Christian Colombo | |
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| TC | 77 | Jim Hunter Motorsport | Subaru STi Impreza 2.0 | Jim Hunter | |
Grant Johnson | |
Andrew MacPherson | |
Allan Letcher | |
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| GT3-PRO | 88 | J-Loc | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Manabu Orido | |
Kazuki Hiramine | |
Adrian Zaugg | SA | |||
| MARC | 91 | Marc Cars | MARC Focus V8 | Keith Kassulke | |
Ryan McLeod | |
Jake Camilleri | ||||
| MARC | 92 | Marc Cars | MARC Focus V8 | Michael Benton | |
Hadrian Morral | |
TBA | ||||
| TC | 100 | AMUSE & SPV Racing | Toyota FT86 | Takashi OI | |
Hitoshi Matsui | |
Takashi Ito | |
Kenny Lee | |
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| GTC-AM | 333 | SpeedLover | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | Pierre Yves Paque | |
Phillipe Richard |  |
Jean-Michelle Jerome | |
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| GTC | 334 | SpeedLover | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||||
| GT3-PRO | 911 | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3R | Nick Tandy |  |
Earl Bamber |  |
Patrick Pilet | |
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| GT3-PRO | 912 | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3R | Frederic Makowiecki | |
Richard Lietz |  |
Michael Christensen |  |
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