# 2018 Gulf 12 Hours

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8th Gulf 12 Hours endurance race

2018 [Gulf 12 Hours](/source/Gulf_12_Hours)

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The **2018 Gulf 12 Hours** was the eighth edition of the [Gulf 12 Hours](/source/Gulf_12_Hours) held at [Yas Marina Circuit](/source/Yas_Marina_Circuit) on 15 December 2018. It was organized by Driving Force Events Ltd. and contested with [GT3-spec](/source/Group_GT3), [GT4-spec](/source/Group_GT4), [Lamborghini Super Trofeo](/source/Lamborghini_Super_Trofeo), [Porsche Cup](/source/Porsche_Carrera_Cup) and [LMP3](/source/LMP3) cars.

The race was won by Michał Broniszewski, [Davide Rigon](/source/Davide_Rigon) and [Alessandro Pier Guidi](/source/Alessandro_Pier_Guidi) in the #11 [Kessel Racing](/source/Loris_Kessel) [Ferrari 488 GT3](/source/Ferrari_488_GT3).[1][2]

## Race Results

### Part 1

Class winners denoted in **bold**.

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap 1 GT3 Pro 88 Car Collection Motorsport Dimitri Parhofer Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 153 6:01:26.024 2 GT3 Pro 5 McLaren Customer Racing Ben Barnicoat Álvaro Parente Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 720S GT3 153 +26.665 3 GT3 Pro 11 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski Davide Rigon Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GT3 153 +1:04.728 4 GT3 Pro 99 Attempto Racing Stanislav Minsky Klaus Bachler Nick Foster Audi R8 LMS 153 +1:18.630 5 GT3 Pro 44 Attempto Racing Sean Walkinshaw Giorgio Roda Clemens Schmid Audi R8 LMS 153 +2:00.536 6 GT3 Pro-Am 27 Daiko Lazarus Racing Miguel Ramos Nicola de Marco Fabio Onidi Lamborghini Huracán GT3 152 +1 Lap 7 GT3 Pro 97 Oman Racing with TF Sport Ahmad Al Harthy Jonathan Adam Darren Turner Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 152 +1 Lap 8 Proto 4 Graff James Winslow Neale Muston Jake Parsons Norma M30 151 +2 Laps 9 GT3 Pro-Am 83 Kessel Racing Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Ferrari 488 GT3 151 +2 Laps 10 GT3 Pro-Am 55 Attempto Racing Dietmar Haggenmüller Martin Konrad Uwe Alzen Audi R8 LMS 151 +2 Laps 11 GT3 Pro-Am 98 Beechdean AMR Andrew Howard Humaid Al Masaood Chris Dyson Ross Gunn Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 151 +2 Laps 12 GT3 Pro-Am 77 Kessel Racing Claudio Schiavoni Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Ferrari 488 GT3 150 +3 Laps 13 GT3 Pro-Am 24 GPX Racing Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Frederic Fatien Jordan Grogor Porsche 911 GT3 R 150 +3 Laps 14 Proto 7 Scuderia Villorba Corse Mauro Calamia Roberto Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger Stefano Monaco Ligier JS P3 148 +5 Laps 15 GT Cup 87 GDL Racing Mario Cordoni Stephen Liquorish Dimitris Deverikos Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 147 +6 Laps 16 GT Cup 89 GDL Racing Mohammed Hussain Bashar Mardini Christopher Zöchling Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 147 +6 Laps 17 Proto 70 Graff Esteban García Sébastien Page Luis San Juan Ligier JS P3 147 +6 Laps 18 GT3 Gent 33 Kessel Racing Fons Schelema Murat Cuhadaroglu Rick Lovat Niki Cadei Ferrari 488 GT3 147 +6 Laps 19 GT3 Gent 69 Stile F Squadra Corse Martin Grab Jonathan Hui "Dirk Diggler" Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 142 +11 Laps 20 GT Cup 80 GDL Racing Gabriele Murroni Jim Michaelian Roberto Rayneri Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 142 +11 Laps 21 GT Cup 57 PSC Motorsport Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Sarun Sereethoranakul Saravut Sereethoranakul Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 141 +12 Laps 22 GT4 3 Bullitt Racing Olli Caldwell Ian Loggie Oleg Kharuk Mercedes-AMG GT4 139 +14 Laps 23 GT4 50 Scuderia Villorba Corse Patrick Zamparini Piotr Chodzen Antoni Chodzen Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 139 +14 Laps 24 GT3 Pro 96 R-Motorsport Jake Dennis Marvin Kirchhöfer Ricky Collard Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 135 +18 Laps 25 GT4 90 Scuderia Villorba Corse Michele Camarlinghi Matteo Franceschetti Giuseppe Fascicolo Thomas Herpell Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 134 +19 Laps 26 Proto 39 Graff Sergio Pasian Eric Trouillet Kang Ling Thibault Mourgues Norma M30 131 +22 Laps 27 GT4 95 Aston Martin Racing Thomas Canning Mark Farmer Oliver Wilkinson Adrian Willmott Aston Martin Vantage GT4 110 +43 Laps 28 GT3 Gent 84 AKKA ASP Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci Christophe Bourret Jean-Luc Beaubelique Mercedes-AMG GT3 75 +78 Laps 29 DNF GT4 25 Ciceley Motorsport Issam Charrouf Frank Bird Jordan Witt Mercedes-AMG GT4 70 +83 Laps 30 DNF GT Cup 9 Slidesports David Fairbrother Colin Paton Nigel Armstrong Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 49 +104 Laps 31 DNF GT3 Gent 8 Car Collection Motorsport Dirg Parhofer Maximilian Paul Isaac Tutumlu Peter Schmidt Audi R8 LMS 28 +125 Laps 32 DNF GT3 Gent 51 Spirit of Race / AF Corse Christoph Ulrich Tani Hanna Kriton Lentoudis Rui Aguas Ferrari 488 GT3 28 +125 Laps 33 DNF GT4 66 Bullitt Racing Andy Meyrick Stephen Pattrick Micah Stanley Mercedes-AMG GT4 15 +138 Laps Source:[3][4]

### Part 2

Class winners denoted in **bold.**

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Gap 1 GT3 Pro 11 Kessel Racing Michał Broniszewski Davide Rigon Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GT3 313 6:00:50.406 2 GT3 Pro 88 Car Collection Motorsport Dimitri Parhofer Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 313 +27.714 3 GT3 Pro 44 Attempto Racing Sean Walkinshaw Giorgio Roda Clemens Schmid Audi R8 LMS 313 +1:55.215 4 GT3 Pro 97 Oman Racing with TF Sport Ahmad Al Harthy Jonathan Adam Darren Turner Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 312 +1 Lap 5 GT3 Pro-Am 27 Daiko Lazarus Racing Miguel Ramos Nicola de Marco Fabio Onidi Lamborghini Huracán GT3 310 +3 Laps 6 GT3 Pro-Am 83 Kessel Racing Manuela Gostner Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Ferrari 488 GT3 309 +4 Laps 7 GT3 Pro-Am 98 Beechdean AMR Andrew Howard Humaid Al Masaood Chris Dyson Ross Gunn Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 309 +4 Laps 8 GT3 Pro 5 McLaren Customer Racing Ben Barnicoat Álvaro Parente Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 720S GT3 309 +4 Laps 9 Proto 4 Graff James Winslow Neale Muston Jake Parsons Norma M30 308 +5 Laps 10 GT3 Pro-Am 55 Attempto Racing Dietmar Haggenmüller Martin Konrad Uwe Alzen Audi R8 LMS 308 +5 Laps 11 GT3 Pro-Am 24 GPX Racing Roald Goethe Stuart Hall Frederic Fatien Jordan Grogor Porsche 911 GT3 R 303 +10 Laps 12 Proto 7 Scuderia Villorba Corse Mauro Calamia Roberto Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger Stefano Monaco Ligier JS P3 303 +10 Laps 13 Proto 70 Graff Esteban García Sébastien Page Luis San Juan Ligier JS P3 302 +11 Laps 14 GT3 Pro-Am 77 Kessel Racing Claudio Schiavoni Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Ferrari 488 GT3 301 +12 Laps 15 GT Cup 87 GDL Racing Mario Cordoni Stephen Liquorish Dimitris Deverikos Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 300 +13 Laps 16 GT3 Gent 33 Kessel Racing Fons Schelema Murat Cuhadaroglu Rick Lovat Niki Cadei Ferrari 488 GT3 298 +15 Laps 17 GT Cup 89 GDL Racing Mohammed Hussain Bashar Mardini Christopher Zöchling Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 298 +15 Laps 18 GT3 Pro 96 R-Motorsport Jake Dennis Marvin Kirchhöfer Ricky Collard Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 295 +18 Laps 19 GT3 Gent 69 Stile F Squadra Corse Martin Grab Jonathan Hui "Dirk Diggler" Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 294 +19 Laps 20 GT4 3 Bullitt Racing Olli Caldwell Ian Loggie Oleg Kharuk Mercedes-AMG GT4 283 +30 Laps 21 GT4 50 Scuderia Villorba Corse Patrick Zamparini Piotr Chodzen Antoni Chodzen Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 282 +31 Laps 22 GT4 90 Scuderia Villorba Corse Michele Camarlinghi Matteo Franceschetti Giuseppe Fascicolo Thomas Herpell Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 274 +39 Laps 23 GT Cup 80 GDL Racing Gabriele Murroni Jim Michaelian Roberto Rayneri Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 254 +59 Laps 24 GT4 95 Aston Martin Racing Thomas Canning Mark Farmer Oliver Wilkinson Adrian Willmott Aston Martin Vantage GT4 239 +74 Laps 25 Proto 39 Graff Sergio Pasian Eric Trouillet Kang Ling Thibault Mourgues Norma M30 238 +75 Laps 26 DNF GT3 Pro 99 Attempto Racing Stanislav Minsky Klaus Bachler Nick Foster Audi R8 LMS 234 +79 Laps 27 GT3 Gent 84 AKKA ASP Mauro Ricci Benjamin Ricci Christophe Bourret Jean-Luc Beaubelique Mercedes-AMG GT3 223 +90 Laps 28 GT Cup 57 PSC Motorsport Afiq Ikhwan Yazid Sarun Sereethoranakul Saravut Sereethoranakul Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 223 +90 Laps 29 DNF GT4 25 Ciceley Motorsport Issam Charrouf Frank Bird Jordan Witt Mercedes-AMG GT4 101 +212 Laps 30 DNS GT Cup 9 Slidesports David Fairbrother Colin Paton Nigel Armstrong Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 49 31 DNS GT3 Gent 8 Car Collection Motorsport Dirg Parhofer Maximilian Paul Isaac Tutumlu Peter Schmidt Audi R8 LMS 28 32 DNS GT3 Gent 51 Spirit of Race / AF Corse Christoph Ulrich Tani Hanna Kriton Lentoudis Rui Aguas Ferrari 488 GT3 28 33 DNS GT4 66 Bullitt Racing Andy Meyrick Stephen Pattrick Micah Stanley Mercedes-AMG GT4 15 Source:[4][5]

## Notes

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kilbey, Stephen (15 December 2018). ["Kessel Wins Gulf 12 Hours After Late Drama Robs McLaren"](https://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/12/15/kessel-wins-gulf-12-hours-after-late-drama-robs-mclaren.html). *Dailysportscar*. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lloyd, Daniel (15 December 2018). ["Kessel Racing Wins After Leading McLaren Hits Trouble"](https://sportscar365.com/other-series/gulf12h/kessel-racing-wins-after-leading-mclaren-hits-trouble/). *Sportscar365*. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Result of Gulf 12 Hours - Race 1 Provisional Result Race 1"](https://resultscdn.getraceresults.com/2018/YAS%20Marina%20Circuit/8th%20Gulf%2012%20Hours%20-%202018/Gulf%2012%20Hours%20-%20Race%201.pdf) (PDF). *getraceresults.com*. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_4-1) ["Gulf 12 Hours 2018 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars"](https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Yas_Marina-2018-12-15.html). *www.racingsportscars.com*. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Result of Gulf 12 Hours - Race 2 Final results Race 2"](https://resultscdn.getraceresults.com/2018/YAS%20Marina%20Circuit/8th%20Gulf%2012%20Hours%20-%202018/Gulf%2012%20Hours%20-%20Race%202.pdf) (PDF). *getraceresults.com*. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.gulf12hours.com/)

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