Herberth Motorsport take first win in Abu Dhabi.
Reigning GT Champions in the #91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R of Alfred Renauer, Robert Renauer and Ralf Bohn were able to survive an action packed day and hard battles in the GT class to take line honours, ahead of Brendan Iribe, Ollie Millroy and Ben Barnicoat in the #7 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3. The #17 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 of Louis Prette, Vincent Abril and Conrad Grunewald held on for third after they recovered from contact with the #77 D’Station Racing entry and a drive through penalty for contact with #20 SPS Automotive Performance.
A tough day for #96 Attempto Racing who were given a drive through for contact on lap 1 and another two for crossing the white line at pit exit and working on the car in the red flag period. There was contact between the #51 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 and #6 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes AMG, while the former also received a drive through for working on the car in the red flag. The #66 YC Panda entry was given a drive through for contact with the #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari, before a flurry of stop and go penalties were given for violation of pit stop times in the final moments of the race.
The #99 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Jurgen Haring, Tim Muller and Marco Seefried looked set to win GT Am, before a 3min45s penalty was handed to the German team late in the race for violation of the pass around procedure. This gave the lead to the #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 of Roman Ziemian, Francesco Zollo and Axcil Jefferies, ahead of Valentin Pierburg, Ian Loggie and Mikael Grenier in the #20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes AMG GT3.
The action continues tomorrow with Race 4 at 16:30 local (GMT+4) from Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.
Pole Position for the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi Race 4 – by class:
LMP2: #23 United Autosports Oreca 07 Gibson
LMP2 Am: #39 Graff Racing Oreca 07 Gibson
LMP3: #2 DKR Engineering Duqueine M30 D08 Nissan
GT: #33 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:50.670
GT Am: #20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes AMG GT3 1:51,237