One - two for Herberth Motorsports
A one - two for our 2021 GT Champions Herberth Motorsport saw the #91 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Alfred Renauer, Robert Renauer and Ralf Bohn take victory ahead of Antares Au, Yifei YE and Klaus Bachler in the #33 Porsche despite a 10s-time penalty for a pit stop infringement for the latter. Garage 59 rounded out the podium positions in class with the #88 McLaren 720S GT3 of Alexander West, Frank Bird and Marvin Kirchofer in third.
The day wasn’t as smooth for much of the class. #96 Attempto Racing received a drive through for track limits, along with #12 Dinamic Motorsport, #95 TF Sport and #59 Garage 59, while the #6 Haupt Racing Tean was given stop and go for dangerous release. The #77 D’Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMG stopped on the main straight after a loss of drive and caused a FCY. It was a hard day for the #17 AF Corse Ferrari who received a drive through for track limits, before being hit by the #44 ARC Bratislava entry, which caused the Ferrari 488 GT3 to hit the barrier and stop at T3 to bring out a Safety Car. The last penalty was for #42 Optimum Motorsport who received a drive through for pit exit under red light.
GT Am winner #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 had a spin early on, to recover and win the class for Roman Ziemian, Francesco Zollo and Axcil Jefferies. The #20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes AMG GT3 had a drive through penalty for overtaking #69 Oman Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 before race start but recovered for Valentin Pierburg, Ian Loggie and Mikael Grenier to finish second ahead of the #99 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 of Jurgen Haring, Tim Mller and Marco Seefried who rounded out the podium positions.
Both the #35 Walkenhorst Motorsport and #66 YC Panda entries received a 3min51s stop and hold penalty for pass around violations.
This was the final race of the 2022 Asian Le Mans Series and saw the Champions crowned!
Championship Class winners:
LMP2: #4 Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 Gibson
LMP2 Am: #39 Graff Racing Oreca 07 Gibson
LMP3: #27 CD Sport Ligier JS P320 – Nissan
GT: #7 Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3
GT Am: #20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes AMG GT3