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Race details
Date 1 December 2018
Official name Bahrain GT Festival
Location Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent racing facility
5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Distance Qualifying Race 1
60 minutes
Qualifying Race 2
60 minutes
Main Race
60 minutes
Qualifying Race 1
Pole
Driver Belgium Mike den Tandt Belgium
Time 2:01.397
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Mike den Tandt Belgium
Time 2:02.538 (on lap 6)
Podium
First Belgium Mike den Tandt
Belgium Charles Weerts		 Belgium
Second Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Turkey Salih Yoluç		 Turkey
Third Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini		 Italy
Qualifying Race 2
Pole
Driver Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium
Time 2:00.136
Fastest lap
Driver France Jim Pla France
Time 2:03.816 (on lap 5)
Podium
First Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Turkey Salih Yoluç		 Turkey
Second United Kingdom Chris Buncombe
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt		 United Kingdom
Third Germany Nico Bastian
Germany Alexander Mattschull		 Germany
Main Race
Pole
Driver Turkey Salih Yoluç Turkey
Fastest lap
Driver Turkey Ayhancan Güven Turkey
Time 2:02.379 (on lap 18)
Podium
First Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Turkey Salih Yoluç		 Turkey
Second United Kingdom Chris Buncombe
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt		 United Kingdom
Third Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen		 Denmark

The 2018 FIA GT Nations Cup was the first edition of the pro–am FIA GT Nations Cup Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 1 December 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars entered by teams representing nations. Only Silver and Bronze-rated drivers were allowed to compete. The event promoters were the Bahrain Motorsport Federation (BMF) and the SRO Motorsports Group (SRO). For the following year the event was reformatted as the multi-discipline FIA Motorsport Games.

The duo representing Turkey Ayhancan Güven and Salih Yoluç won the main race sharing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by Ram Racing from pole position after scoring the fewest number of points in the two preceding qualification races. Turkey led the start of the race before being overtaken by the United Kingdom team of Chris Buncombe and Chris Froggatt. The nation was able to reclaim the lead from the United Kingdom and maintained it to win the FIA GT Nations Cup by three seconds. Denmark's pair of Johnny Larsen and Nicklas Nielsen completed the podium in third position.

Background and entry list

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An aerial view of the Bahrain International Circuit, where the race was held.

The SRO Motorsports Group (SRO) CEO Stéphane Ratel proposed the organisation of a pro–am GT3 Cup of Nations race for the global GT3 car category as a separate event from the FIA GT World Cup in Macau be held in October 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Russia to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; motor racing's governing body).[1][2] This followed amateur drivers being barred from competing in the race in Macau as a consequence of numerous crashes.[3] The FIA World Motor Sport Council approved the concept at a meeting in Geneva in March 2018,[4] and the FIA GT Nations Cup was organised by the SRO at the 15-turn 5.412 km (3.363 mi) Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain from 30 November to 1 December 2018,[5][6][7] the first SRO-sanctioned race in the country since the final round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship.[8] It was part of the Bahrain GT Festival that also included the GT4 International Cup and the Bahrain Classic Challenge racing series.[7] The event was scheduled to be held on a different race circuit every year but was reformatted into the multi-discipline FIA Motorsport Games in 2019.[3][9]

Drivers had to have competed in an FIA-regulated championship race based on GT3 regulations in the previous two seasons or have significant experience in Grand Touring (GT) cars to enter the race. Silver and Bronze-rated drivers were allowed into the race but not gold or platinum-rated competitors.[10] Drivers had to apply through their national sporting authority before they were accepted and each car were piloted by two drivers (one Bronze entrant and a Silver competitor) holding the same passport of the country they represented.[11][12] Although teams did not have to come from the same nation as their drivers, they were allowed to enter multiple cars though only one car per country was permitted.[3][11]

The final entry list composed of 18 car teams of two drivers each was published on 9 November 2018.[13] Teams fielded GT3 cars from Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Nissan, Mercedes-AMG, McLaren and Porsche and entrants came from countries in Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.[12][13] The race winners received a medal following the race's conclusion to be in line with other national sports events.[14] Pirelli was the race's official tyre supplier.[15] Each team received five sets of tyres for the event but were not allowed to perform tyre changes during the race unless a puncture was sustained or if it was necessary to switch to rain tyres.[14][16] All teams were required to switch drivers halfway through the main race.[17] The event was livestreamed on the FIA's website.[3]

Practice and qualifying

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Two 80-minute practice sessions were held in the morning and afternoon of 30 November.[6][10] The first practice session was led by Argentina with a time of 2:02.835 set by driver Ezequiel Pérez Companc in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 fielded by HB Racing. He was 0.078 seconds faster than the second-placed Jim Pla for France. Positions three to five were occupied by Italy, Belgium and the United Kingdom.[18] Belarus's Alexander Talkanitsa Sr caused the session to be stopped in the final minutes when he went off the circuit and sustained damage to his Ferrari at turn seven.[18][19] Germany and Russia's entries run by Rinaldi Racing did not participate in the session with their Ferrari 488 GT3s still in shipping containers because of delays clearing customs in Dubai.[16][20][21] Turkey's Ayhancan Güven was quickest in the second practice session with a lap time of 2:01.565 set 30 minutes in.[22] Denmark set the second-fastest time late in the session, ahead of France's Jean-Luc Beaubelique in third. Mexico and Belgium rounded out the top five.[23]

Charles Weerts (pictured in 2023) secured a qualifying sweep for Belgium by taking pole position in the second qualifying session.

Two 20-minute qualifying sessions were held in the afternoon.[6][21] All Bronze-rated drivers set lap times in the first session to set the starting order for the first qualifying race. Each squad's Silver-rated driver recorded lap times in the second session to determine the starting grid for the second qualifying race.[10][21] The first session was a duel between Belgium and the United Kingdom.[24] Mike den Tandt took pole position for the first qualifying event for Belgium with a lap time of 2:01.397.[25] Chris Buncombe qualified the United Kingdom squad 0.353 seconds down in second position and Argentina's José Manuel Balbiani secured third in the session's final minutes. Turkey's Salih Yoluç set a lap late in the session to qualify fourth. Yoluç demoted Thailand's Piti Bhirombhakdi to fifth. Positions six to ten were occupied by Belarus, Sweden, Italy, Hong Kong and Mexico.[25][26] The final starting positions were taken by Denmark, Germany. France, Russia, Australia, China, Malaysia and Japan.[27] The second session was led by Charles Weerts in his maiden GT race with a 2:00.136 lap to complete a qualifying sweep for Belgium.[24][25] Denmark's Nicklas Nielsen qualified in second, ahead of Güven of Turkey, France's Pla and Italy's Matteo Cressoni in the following three places. The United Kingdom, Argentina, China, Germany and Sweden completed the top ten.[25] The grid was completed by Russia, Belarus, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico and Japan.[28] Each of the 18 cars partook in the two qualifying sessions.[29]

Pole positions in each qualifying session are denoted in bold.

First qualifying session classification

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Final classification of the first qualifying session
Pos. No. Team Operator Qualifiying Grid
1 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2:01.397 1
2 93  United Kingdom AF Corse 2:01.750 2
3 18  Argentina HB Racing 2:02.120 3
4 34  Turkey Ram Racing 2:02.573 4
5 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 2:02.771 5
6 17  Belarus AT Racing 2:03.175 6
7 188  Sweden Garage 59 2:03.237 7
8 11  Italy AF Corse 2:03.411 8
9 20  Hong Kong KCMG 2:03.467 9
10 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia 2:03.483 10
11 16  Denmark Formula Racing 2:03.526 11
12 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing 2:03.559 12
13 87  France AKKA-ASP Team 2:03.977 13
14 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing 2:04.083 14
15 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport 2:04.980 15
16 910  China Herberth Motorsport 2:05.102 16
17 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport 2:05.441 17
18 12  Japan AF Corse 2:06.334 18
Sources:[27][30]

Second qualifying session classification

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Final classification of the second qualifying session
Pos. No. Team Operator Qualifiying Grid
1 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2:00.136 1
2 16  Denmark Formula Racing 2:00.646 2
3 34  Turkey Ram Racing 2:00.686 3
4 87  France AKKA-ASP Team 2:00.758 4
5 11  Italy AF Corse 2:00.957 5
6 93  United Kingdom AF Corse 2:01.077 6
7 18  Argentina HB Racing 2:01.207 7
8 910  China Herberth Motorsport 2:01.842 8
9 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing 2:01.860 9
10 188  Sweden Garage 59 2:01.928 10
11 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing 2:02.293 11
12 17  Belarus AT Racing 2:02.412 12
13 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport 2:02.599 13
14 20  Hong Kong KCMG 2:02.767 14
15 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport 2:02.776 15
16 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 2:02.977 16
17 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia 2:03.325 17
18 12  Japan AF Corse 2:07.747 18
Sources:[28][30]

Qualifying races

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There were two one-hour qualifying races to set the starting order for the main race through a points-scoring system.[6][31] Each entry, including all retirements, tallied points based on its finishing position. The winner of each qualifying race earned one point and the second-place finisher received two points. The points total from both qualifying races were combined to set the starting order for the main race, with pole position being awarded to the entry with the fewest points scored. Should two cars have earned the same number of points, then the car that set the fastest race lap from either qualifying race would be ahead of the other. Cars that did not start one or two qualifying races were required to start at the rear of the grid.[31]

The first qualifying race commenced at 19:30 local time on 30 November.[6] At the first corner, Thailand's Bhirombhakdi braked late and collided with the United Kingdom car of Buncombe, who spun around. With Buncombe facing in the opposite direction, he was hit by Sweden's Alexander West and Denmark's Johnny Laursen. The Denmark car was forced to retire with front-end damage and the safety car was deployed.[32][33] The safety car was on track for ten minutes before racing resumed.[34] Belgium's Den Tandt pulled away from the rest of the field while the Thailand team was issued a drive through penalty and dropped to the rear of the field. Buncombe slalomed through the field to move the United Kingdom entry from 17th to fourth position on a new set of tyres the car started the race on during his stint.[32] Argentina's Manuel Balbiani moved forward slightly and crashed into the rear of the Hong Kong entry while attempting to exit his car because the car was still active and in first gear.[32][35] Yoluç moved the Turkey car to third after passing the Hong Kong and Mexico entries before being relieved by Güven during the pit stop phase. The Mexico team had a slow pit stop and dropped out of the top ten places. The United Kingdom's Chris Froggatt fell behind Güven and hit the Turkey entry at the first corner in an attempt at an overtaking manoevure while leaving the pit lane. Güven was now in second for Turkey and pulled away from Froggatt, who was passed for third by Italy's Cressoni with two minutes left.[32][33] Weerts took over the Belgium entry from Den Tandt and maintained the car's lead for the remainder of the race to win after leading every lap.[33][34] Turkey finished 24.855 seconds behind in second and the podium was completed by Italy in third. The United Kingdom, France, Argentina, Russia, Germany, Hong Kong, Belarus, Sweden, China, Australia, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan and Thailand were the final classified finishers.[36]

Salih Yoluç helped Turkey to win the second qualifying race and secure pole position for the main race.

The second qualifying race began at 13:15 local time on 1 December.[6] Turkey's Güven took the lead from the pole-sitting Belgium entry of Weerts at the first corner after the latter made a slow start. Weerts lost more positions on the drive into turn one and then lost control of his car in the turn and dropped to the rear of the field.[37][38] Güven was involved in a battle for the race lead with France's Pla in the first half of the race and also with Denmark's Larsen. The Belgium entry sustained a right-rear puncture in the second half of the race. This ended the team's challenge to gain positions and the safety car was deployed for ten minutes to clear debris from the circuit.[37][39] Den Tandt was required to make a pit stop to replace the puncture and fell one lap behind the race leader.[38] Just following the restart, Jean-Luc Beaubelique lost control of the France entry and dropped out of the top ten.[37] This promoted Germany's Alexander Mattschull to second and he maintained the position until Buncombe's United Kingdom entry overtook him with an aggressive pass late in the race.[38][39] The Italian Ferrari was the race's only retirement following a spin that burnt out the clutch.[37] Yoluç had relieved Güven and maintained Turkey's lead to win the second qualifying race.[39] The United Kingdom were 1.943 seconds behind in second and Germany completed the podium in third. Russia, Mexico, Denmark, Thailand, Belarus, China, Australia, Sweden, France, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Belgium, Japan and Italy were the final classified finishers.[40]

After the qualifying races, the grid for the main race lined up as Turkey on pole position, followed by the United Kingdom, Argentina, Germany, Russia, Belgium, France, Mexico, Italy, China. Sweden, Australia, Hong Kong, Belarus, Denmark, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.[41]

Qualifying race 1 classification

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Final classification of the first qualifying race
Pos No. Team Operator Licence[30] Drivers Car Laps Gap/Retired
1 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT B  Mike den Tandt (BEL) Audi R8 LMS 27 1:00:11.639
S  Charles Weerts (BEL)
2 34  Turkey Ram Racing S  Ayhancan Güven (TUR) Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 +24.855
B  Salih Yoluç (TUR)
3 11  Italy AF Corse S  Matteo Cressoni (ITA) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +37.023
B  Piergiuseppe Perazzini (ITA)
4 93  United Kingdom AF Corse B  Chris Buncombe (GBR) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +39.296
S  Chris Froggatt (GBR)
5 87  France AKKA-ASP Team B  Jean-Luc Beaubelique (FRA) Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 +43.945
S  Jim Pla (FRA)
6 18  Argentina HB Racing B  José Manuel Balbiani (ARG) Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 +52.410
S  Ezequiel Pérez Companc (ARG)
7 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing S  Denis Bulatov (RUS) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +57.252
B  Renat Salikhov (RUS)
8 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing S  Nico Bastian (DEU) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +58.790
B  Alexander Mattschull (DEU)
9 20  Hong Kong KCMG B  Alex Au (HKG) Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 27 +1:07.463
S  Andy Yan (HKG)
10 17  Belarus AT Racing B  Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. (BLR) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +1:13.132
S  Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. (BLR)
11 188  Sweden Garage 59 S  Victor Bouveng (SWE) McLaren 650S GT3 27 +1:23.008
B  Alexander West (SWE)
12 910  China Herberth Motorsport B  Li Chao (CHN) Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +1:25.797
S  Leo Ye (CHN)
13 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport S  Brenton Grove (AUS) Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +1:26.153
B  Stephen Grove (AUS)
14 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport S  Mitchell Cheah (MYS) Audi R8 LMS 27 +1:35.715
B  Zen Low (MYS)
15 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia B  Martin Fuentes (MEX) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1:39.068
S  Ricardo Pérez de Lara (MEX)
16 12  Japan AF Corse B  Tamotsu Kondo (JPN) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap
B  Ken Seto (JPN)
17 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 B  Piti Bhirombhakdi (THA) Ferrari 488 GT3 25 +2 Laps
S  Pasin Lathouras (THA)
Ret 16  Denmark Formula Racing B  Johnny Laursen (DNK) Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Retired
S  Nicklas Nielsen (DNK)
Sources:[36][42]
Categorisation
Icon Class
S Silver
B Bronze

Qualifying race 2 classification

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Final classification of the second qualifying race
Pos No. Team Operator Licence[30] Drivers Car Laps Gap/Retired
1 34  Turkey Ram Racing S  Ayhancan Güven (TUR) Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 1:00:33.755
B  Salih Yoluç (TUR)
2 93  United Kingdom AF Corse B  Chris Buncombe (GBR) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +1.943
S  Chris Froggatt (GBR)
3 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing S  Nico Bastian (DEU) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +5.291
B  Alexander Mattschull (DEU)
4 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing S  Denis Bulatov (RUS) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +6.329
B  Renat Salikhov (RUS)
5 18  Argentina HB Racing B  José Manuel Balbiani (ARG) Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 +8.410
S  Ezequiel Pérez Companc (ARG)
6 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia B  Martin Fuentes (MEX) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +16.463
S  Ricardo Pérez de Lara (MEX)
7 16  Denmark Formula Racing B  Johnny Laursen (DNK) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +18.139
S  Nicklas Nielsen (DNK)
8 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 B  Piti Bhirombhakdi (THA) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +20.819
S  Pasin Lathouras (THA)
9 17  Belarus AT Racing B  Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. (BLR) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +21.332
S  Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. (BLR)
10 910  China Herberth Motorsport B  Li Chao (CHN) Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +23.555
S  Leo Ye (CHN)
11 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport S  Brenton Grove (AUS) Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +24.320
B  Stephen Grove (AUS)
12 188  Sweden Garage 59 S  Victor Bouveng (SWE) McLaren 650S GT3 27 +25.322
B  Alexander West (SWE)
13 87  France AKKA-ASP Team B  Jean-Luc Beaubelique (FRA) Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 +29.118
S  Jim Pla (FRA)
14 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport S  Mitchell Cheah (MYS) Audi R8 LMS 27 +33.039
B  Zen Low (MYS)
15 20  Hong Kong KCMG B  Alex Au (HKG) Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 27 +37.443
S  Andy Yan (HKG)
16 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT B  Mike den Tandt (BEL) Audi R8 LMS 26 +1 Lap
S  Charles Weerts (BEL)
17 12  Japan AF Corse B  Tamotsu Kondo (JPN) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap
B  Ken Seto (JPN)
18 11  Italy AF Corse S  Matteo Cressoni (ITA) Ferrari 488 GT3 23 +4 Laps
B  Piergiuseppe Perazzini (ITA)
Sources:[40][42]

Main race

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Ayhancan Güven (pictured in 2019) passed the United Kingdom's Chris Buncombe in the main race to win the FIA GT Nations Cup for Turkey.

The main race commenced at 19:30 local time on 30 November.[6] Yoluç maintained the race lead for Turkey going into the first corner.[43] Belgium's Den Tandy was separated by the entries representing Mexico (Ricardo Pérez de Lara) and Russia (Renat Salikhov) on the drive to the first corner and collided with both of them.[43][44] The Belgian Audi went through grass before stopping in the gravel trap.[45] Australia's Stephen Grove collided with the rear of Alexander Talkanitsa Sr's Belarus entry in turn one, sending Takanitsa into the outside trackside barriers.[43][46] Both cars were forced to retire from the race.[45] Further around the lap, the Argentina car of Manuel Balbiani was spun following a collision with France's Beaubelique. Other teams that retired on the first lap were Germany and Sweden's West.[43][45] This meant the safety car was deployed before the first lap was completed.[45] Six laps and 15 minutes passed by under safety car conditions as the circuit was cleared of the stricken vehicles.[43][47]

When the race resumed, Turkey's Yoluç held the lead from the United Kingdom's Froggatt until Froggatt made minor contact with the Turkey car and overtook Yoluç for the position at turn seven.[45][46] Salikhov then overtook Turkey's Yoluç to take second for Russia and was involved in a battle for the position with Yoluç. Froggatt pulled away from the rest of the field and led for the United Kingdom by more than ten seconds by the time of the pit stop phase while Russia was holding off Turkey and Hong Kong.[43][46] The pit stop cycle did not change the race order at first as Buncombe maintained the race lead but his advantage over Güven was reduced because the United Kingdom's car was unbalanced that meant he was unable to extract the same pace as he was able to do in the two qualifying races.[46][48] Güven passed the Russia entry for second and then closed up and overtook Buncombe with 12 minutes remaining to reclaim the race lead for Turkey after a duel. Güven maintained the race lead for the rest of the main to claim the FIA GT Nations Cup for Turkey.[45][46] The United Kingdom finished 3.311 seconds behind in second.[48] Denmark's Johnny Laursen avoided the first lap incidents and Nielsen overtaking Hong Kong into turn one and then Russia's Denis Bulatov in the final minutes secured Denmark third place.[45][46] Russia, China, Italy, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Argentina, Japan and Mexico were the final finishing nations.[49] France retired after completing 19 laps following driver Beaubelique serving a drive-through penalty for the earlier collision with the Argentine entry.[43][47]

Main race classification

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Final classification of the main race
Pos No. Team Operator Licence[30] Drivers Car Laps Gap/Retired Grid[41]
1 34  Turkey Ram Racing S  Ayhancan Güven (TUR) Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 1:01:06.096 1
B  Salih Yoluç (TUR)
2 93  United Kingdom AF Corse B  Chris Buncombe (GBR) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +3.311 2
S  Chris Froggatt (GBR)
3 16  Denmark Formula Racing B  Johnny Laursen (DNK) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +4.459 15
S  Nicklas Nielsen (DNK)
4 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing S  Denis Bulatov (RUS) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +11.288 5
B  Renat Salikhov (RUS)
5 910  China Herberth Motorsport B  Li Chao (CHN) Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +22.138 10
S  Leo Ye (CHN)
6 11  Italy AF Corse S  Matteo Cressoni (ITA) Ferrari 488 GT3 23 +27.047 9
B  Piergiuseppe Perazzini (ITA)
7 20  Hong Kong KCMG B  Alex Au (HKG) Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 27 +35.142 13
S  Andy Yan (HKG)
8 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport S  Mitchell Cheah (MYS) Audi R8 LMS 27 +45.288 17
B  Zen Low (MYS)
9 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 B  Piti Bhirombhakdi (THA) Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +1:16.675 16
S  Pasin Lathouras (THA)
10 18  Argentina HB Racing B  José Manuel Balbiani (ARG) Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 +1:35.798 3
S  Ezequiel Pérez Companc (ARG)
11 12  Japan AF Corse B  Tamotsu Kondo (JPN) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap 18
B  Ken Seto (JPN)
12 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia B  Martin Fuentes (MEX) Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap 8
S  Ricardo Pérez de Lara (MEX)
Ret 87  France AKKA-ASP Team B  Jean-Luc Beaubelique (FRA) Mercedes-AMG GT3 19 Retired 7
S  Jim Pla (FRA)
Ret 188  Sweden Garage 59 S  Victor Bouveng (SWE) McLaren 650S GT3 2 Retired 11
B  Alexander West (SWE)
Ret 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing S  Nico Bastian (DEU) Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Retired 4
B  Alexander Mattschull (DEU)
Ret 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT B  Mike den Tandt (BEL) Audi R8 LMS 1 Retired 6
S  Charles Weerts (BEL)
Ret 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport S  Brenton Grove (AUS) Porsche 911 GT3 R 1 Retired 12
B  Stephen Grove (AUS)
Ret 17  Belarus AT Racing B  Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. (BLR) Ferrari 488 GT3 1 Retired 14
S  Alexander Talkanitsa Jr. (BLR)
Sources:[42][49]

See also

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