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2018 FIA GT Nations Cup

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Race details
Date 1 December 2018
Official name Bahrain GT Festival
Location Sakhir, Bahrain
Course Permanent circuit
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 FIA GT Nations Cup held at Bahrain International Circuit on 1 December 2018. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars. Only Silver and Bronze drivers were allowed to compete. The event promoters were the Bahrain Motorsport Federation (BMF) and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). For the following year the event was reformatted as the multi-discipline FIA Motorsport Games.

Entry list

Team Operator Car No. Drivers
 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 8 Mike den Tandt
Charles Weerts
 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 11 Matteo Cressoni
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
 Japan 12 Tamotsu Kondo
Ken Seto
 United Kingdom 93 Chris Buncombe
Chris Froggatt
 Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia Ferrari 488 GT3 15 Martin Fuentes
Ricardo Pérez de Lara
 Denmark Formula Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 16 Johnny Laursen
Nicklas Nielsen
 Belarus AT Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 17 Alexander Talkanitsa Jr.
Alexander Talkanitsa Sr.
 Argentina HB Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 18 José Manuel Balbiani
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
 Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 20 Alex Au
Andy Yan
 Turkey Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 34 Ayhancan Güven
Salih Yoluç
 Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 Ferrari 488 GT3 39 Piti Bhirombhakdi
Pasin Lathouras
 Malaysia Axle Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 69 Mitchell Cheah
Zen Low
 France AKKA-ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Jim Pla
 Sweden Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 188 Victor Bouveng
Alexander West
 Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 Nico Bastian
Alexander Mattschull
 Russia 993 Denis Bulatov
Rinat Salikhov
 China Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 910 Chao Li
Leo Ye
 Australia 911 Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove

Results

Main race

Pos # Team Operator Drivers Car Laps Gap/Retired
1 34  Turkey Ram Racing Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Turkey Salih Yoluç 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 27 1:01:06.096
2 93  United Kingdom AF Corse United Kingdom Chris Buncombe
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt 		Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +3.311
3 16  Denmark Formula Racing Denmark Johnny Laursen
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +4.459
4 993  Russia Rinaldi Racing Russia Denis Bulatov
Russia Renat Salikhov 		Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +11.288
5 910  China Herberth Motorsport China Li Chao
China Ye Leo 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 27 +22.138
6 11  Italy AF Corse Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini 		Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +27.047
7 20  Hong Kong KCMG Hong Kong Alex Au
Hong Kong Andy Yan 		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 27 +35.142
8 69  Malaysia Axle Motorsport Malaysia Mitchell Cheah
Malaysia Zen Low 		Audi R8 LMS 27 +45.288
9 39  Thailand Kessel Racing TP12 Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
Thailand Pasin Lathouras 		Ferrari 488 GT3 27 +1:16.675
10 18  Argentina HB Racing Argentina José Manuel Balbiani
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 27 +1:35.798
11 12  Japan AF Corse Japan Tamotsu Kondo
Japan Ken Seto 		Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap
12 15  Mexico Squadra Corse Garage Italia Mexico Martin Fuentes
Mexico Ricardo Pérez de Lara 		Ferrari 488 GT3 26 +1 Lap
NC 87  France AKKA-ASP Team France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Jim Pla 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 19
NC 188  Sweden Garage 59 Sweden Victor Bouveng
Sweden Alexander West 		McLaren 650S GT3 2
NC 333  Germany Rinaldi Racing Germany Nico Bastian
Germany Alexander Mattschull 		Ferrari 488 GT3 1
NC 8  Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Belgium Mike den Tandt
Belgium Charles Weerts 		Audi R8 LMS 1
NC 911  Australia Herberth Motorsport Australia Brenton Grove
Australia Stephen Grove 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 1
NC 17  Belarus AT Racing Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Sr.
Belarus Alexander Talkanitsa, Jr. 		Ferrari 488 GT3 1
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See also

Notes

References

  1. "FIA GT Nations Cup – 2018 Sporting Regulations". FIA. WMSC. p. 5. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Belgian Audi Club Team WRT has announced its entry for the 2018 FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain from 30 Nov to Dec 1". @audisport. Audi Sport. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (25 October 2018). "Five Additional Entries Confirmed for GT Nations Cup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. ^ Goodwin, Graham (6 November 2018). "Five More Confirmed For FIA GT Nations Cup". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (9 November 2018). "18 Cars on FIA GT Nations Cup Entry List". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ^ Goodwin, Graham (18 October 2018). "More Teams Confirmed For Nations Cup". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (26 October 2018). "Turkey Joins FIA GT Nations Cup Grid". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (4 October 2018). "AKKA ASP Confirms FIA GT Nations Cup Entry". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (11 October 2018). "Rinaldi to Represent Germany, Russia in FIA GT Nations Cup". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  10. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (19 September 2018). "Groves Become First GT Nations Cup Entry". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  11. "Result of FIA GT Nations Cup - Main Race" (PDF). FIA GT Nations Cup. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 23, 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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