2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured five rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 3 February and concluding with the Kyalami 9 Hours on 23 November. Tristan Vautier was the defending Drivers' champion and Audi was the defending Manufacturers' champion.

2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. Kyalami was added to the schedule.[1] On 3 December, it was announced the nine-hour race in South Africa would be moved from 3 to 23 November to avoid a clash with the Rugby World Cup.[2] The date of the California 8 Hours was confirmed on 18 January. The race was moved from Sunday to the Saturday the day before in order to better accommodate live TV.[3]

Round Race Circuit Date Report
1 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 3 February Report
2 California 8 Hours WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States 30 March Report
3 Total 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 27–28 July Report
4 Suzuka 10 Hours Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 25 August Report
5 Kyalami 9 Hours Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa 23 November Report

Entry list

Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Audi Audi Sport Team Valvoline R8 LMS (2018) 2 Christopher Haase P 1
Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
22 Kelvin van der Linde P 1
Garth Tander
Frédéric Vervisch
Melbourne Performance Centre 3 Matt Neal PA 1
Gordon Shedden
Pete Storey
9 Marc Cini PA 1
Dean Fiore
Lee Holdsworth
Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS (2019) 1 Robin Frijns P 3
Nico Müller
René Rast
2 Alex Riberas P 3
Frank Stippler
Dries Vanthoor
10 Christopher Haase P 2
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
25 Kelvin van der Linde P 4–5
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 Richard Lyons P 4
Alessio Picariello
Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 25 Christopher Haase P 3
Frédéric Vervisch
Markus Winkelhock
Audi Sport Team Land[N 1]
Montaplast by Land Motorsport[N 1]
29 Christopher Mies P 2, 5
Markus Winkelhock
Kelvin van der Linde 2
Christopher Haase 5
129 Ricardo Feller P 3
Jamie Green
Christopher Mies
Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing 125 Christopher Haase P 4
Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
Bentley
Bentley Team M-Sport[N 2]
M-Sport Team Bentley[N 2]
Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P All
Jordan Pepper
Steven Kane 1–4
Maxime Soulet 5
108 Maxime Soulet P 1–4
Andy Soucek 1, 4–5
Vincent Abril 1
Markus Palttala 2–3
Lucas Ordóñez 2
Alex Buncombe 3
Seb Morris 4
Rodrigo Baptista 5
Steven Kane
109 Rodrigo Baptista P 3
Callum MacLeod
Seb Morris
110 Pipo Derani P 3
Lucas Ordóñez
Andy Soucek
BMW Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 9 Gennaro Bonafede Am 3
Erik Maris
Karim Ojjeh
Marc Rostan
Walkenhorst Motorsport 34 Nick Catsburg P All
Mikkel Jensen
Christian Krognes
36 Henry Walkenhorst Am 3, 5
Anders Buchardt 3
David Pittard
Don Yount
Gennaro Bonafede 5
Michael Von Rooyen
BMW Team Schnitzer 42 Augusto Farfus P All
Martin Tomczyk
Chaz Mostert 1–2
John Edwards 3
Nick Yelloly 4
Sheldon van der Linde 5
Ferrari apr with ARN Racing 488 GT3 8 Yuta Kamimura S 4
Hiroaki Nagai
Manabu Orido
Wochenspiegel Team Monschau by Rinaldi 22 Jochen Krumbach S 5
David Perel
Leonard Weiss
HubAuto Corsa 27 Nick Foster P 1–2, 4
Tim Slade 1–2
Nick Percat 1
Miguel Molina 2
Nick Cassidy 4
Heikki Kovalainen
227 Nick Cassidy P 3
Nick Foster
Daniel Serra
AF Corse[N 3]

Spirit of Race[N 3]

SMP Racing[N 3]
51 Paul Dalla Lana PA 1
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Sam Bird P 3
James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi
52 Andrea Bertolini PA 3
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
Toni Vilander
72 Mikhail Aleshin P 3
Miguel Molina
Davide Rigon
CarGuy Racing 777 James Calado P 4
Kei Cozzolino
Miguel Molina
Honda Modulo Drago Corse NSX GT3 034 Ryo Michigami P 4
Hiroki Otsu
Daisuke Nakajima
Team UpGarage 18 Takashi Kobayashi P 4
Kosuke Matsuura
Tadasuke Makino
Jenson Team Rocket RJN 22 Philipp Frommenwiler S 3
Matt McMurry
Struan Moore
Ricardo Sánchez
Honda Team Motul 30 Bertrand Baguette P 2–5
Mario Farnbacher 2–3
Renger van der Zande
Marco Bonanomi 4–5
Hideki Mutoh 4
Dane Cameron 5
Arrows Racing 98 Lic Ka Liu Am 4
Philip Ma
Jacky Yeung
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 4
Kamui Kobayashi
Nobuteru Taniguchi
Mercedes-AMG Team Black Flacon[N 4]
Black Falcon[N 4]
4 Yelmer Buurman P 3
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
6 Patrick Assenheimer S 3, 5
Hubert Haupt
Gabriele Piana 3
Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Sergei Afanasiev 5
Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance 10 Yelmer Buurman P 5
Maximilian Götz
Luca Stolz
Strakka Racing[N 5]
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing[N 5]
43 Dominik Baumann P 2
Adam Christodoulou
Christina Nielsen
44 Gary Paffett P 2–5
Tristan Vautier
Lewis Williamson
SunEnergy1 Racing 751 Kenny Habul PA 1, 4
Dominik Baumann 1
Thomas Jäger
Nico Bastian 4
Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Black Falcon[N 6]
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[N 6]
77 Luca Stolz P 1, 4
Gary Paffett 1
Maro Engel
Yelmer Buurman 4
Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 88 Vincent Abril P 3
Raffaele Marciello
Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG Team Vodafone 888 Shane van Gisbergen P 1
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 888 Yelmer Buurman P 2
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
999 Maximilian Buhk P All
Maximilian Götz 1–3
Raffaele Marciello 1–2, 4–5
Lucas Auer 3
Maro Engel 4–5
Nissan GTNET Motor Sports GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) 5 Teruhiko Hamano PA 4
Kazuki Hoshino
Eiji Yamada
MP Racing 9 Joe Shindo Am 4
Yusaku Shibata
Takumi Takata
KCMG GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) (0)18 Alexandre Imperatori P All
Oliver Jarvis
Edoardo Liberati
35 Josh Burdon P All
Katsumasa Chiyo
Tsugio Matsuda 1, 3–4
Alex Buncombe 2
Joao Paulo de Oliveira 5
Porsche Competition Motorsports / McElrea Racing 911 GT3 R (2018) 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1
Kévin Estre
Jaxon Evans
Black Swan Racing 540 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1
Marc Lieb
Tim Pappas
EBM 911 Romain Dumas P 1
Mathieu Jaminet
Sven Müller
912 Matt Campbell P 1
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner
Dinamic Motorsport 911 GT3 R (2019) 12 Earl Bamber P 5
Matt Campbell
Laurens Vanthoor
GPX Racing 20 Michael Christensen P 3, 5
Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
Frikadelli Racing Team 31 Mathieu Jaminet P 5
Dennis Olsen
Nick Tandy
LM corsa 60 Juichi Wakisaka PA 4
Shigekazu Wakisaka
Kei Nakanishi
Rowe Racing 98 Romain Dumas P 3
Mathieu Jaminet
Sven Müller
99 Matt Campbell P 3
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner
KÜS Team75 Bernhard 117 Earl Bamber P 3
Timo Bernhard
Laurens Vanthoor
911 Romain Dumas P 5
Sven Müller
Dirk Werner
Park Place Motorsports[N 7]
EBM[N 7]
911 Romain Dumas P 2, 4
Mathieu Jaminet
Sven Müller
Wright Motorsports[N 8]
Absolute Racing[N 8]
912 Matt Campbell P 2, 4
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner
AMAC Motorsport 997 GT3 R 51 Andrew Macpherson S 4
Ben Porter
Brad Shiels
Sources:[4][5]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
  Cars not nominated by a manufacturer and therefore not eligible for manufacturer or overall driver points
  Drivers participating in championship for Bronze-rated drivers

1 – Car No. 75 was nominated for manufacturer points at Round 1, but was not nominated for manufacturer points at Round 4.

Race results

Rnd. Circuit Pole position IGTC Winners Bronze Winners Winning Manufacturer
1 Bathurst No. 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[N 9] No. 912 EBM No finishers Mercedes-AMG
Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
Raffaele Marciello
Matt Campbell
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner
2 Laguna Seca No. 30 Honda Team Motul No. 27 HubAuto Corsa No entries Mercedes-AMG
Bertrand Baguette
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Nick Foster
Miguel Molina
Tim Slade
3 Spa-Francorchamps No. 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon No. 20 GPX Racing Porsche
Yelmer Buurman
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
4 Suzuka No. 42 BMW Team Schnitzer No. 25 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Audi
Augusto Farfus
Martin Tomczyk
Nick Yelloly
Kelvin van der Linde
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Kenny Habul
5 Kyalami No. 31 Frikadelli Racing No. 31 Frikadelli Racing No entries Porsche
Mathieu Jaminet
Dennis Olsen
Nick Tandy
Mathieu Jaminet
Dennis Olsen
Nick Tandy

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points, with the exception of Bathurst where a car simply had to cross the finish line to be classified. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race. A manufacturer only received points for its two highest placed cars in each round.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championships

The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points
1 Dennis Olsen Porsche 1 Ret 6 3 1 73
2 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG 2 2 8 4 5 62
3 Maximilian Buhk Mercedes-AMG 2 2 8 2 Ret 58
4 Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG 2 2 10 2 Ret 55
5 Frédéric Vervisch Audi Ret 4 3 1 10 53
6 Mathieu Jaminet Porsche Ret 3 4 13 1 52
7 Matt Campbell Porsche 1 Ret 6 3 8 52
8 Dirk Werner Porsche 1 Ret 6 3 9 50
9 Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Ret 6 2 4 5 48
9 Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-AMG 6 2 4 5 48
9 Christopher Haase Audi 10 4 3 7 4 46
10 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Ret 6 2 2 Ret 44
11 Kévin Estre Porsche Ret 1 3 40
11 Michael Christensen
Richard Lietz
Porsche 1 3 40
11 Markus Winkelhock Audi 10 7 3 7 4 40
12 Dries Vanthoor Audi 4 15 1 10 38
12 Augusto Farfus
Martin Tomczyk
BMW 4 5 Ret 5 7 38
13 Kelvin van der Linde Audi Ret 7 1 10 32
14 Romain Dumas
Sven Müller
Porsche Ret 3 4 13 9 29
15 Miguel Molina Ferrari 1 Ret 11 25
15 Nick Foster Ferrari 12 1 Ret 24 25
15 Tim Slade Ferrari 12 1 25
15 Nick Tandy Porsche 1 25
15 Christopher Mies Audi 10 7 11 7 4 25
16 Nick Catsburg
Mikkel Jensen
Christian Krognes
BMW Ret 8 9 Ret 2 24
17 Chaz Mostert BMW 4 5 22
18 Alexandre Imperatori
Oliver Jarvis
Edoardo Liberati
Nissan 6 9 12 18 6 18
19 Shane van Gisbergen
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Mercedes-AMG 3 15
20 Maxime Soulet Bentley 5 11 Ret 11 10
20 Andy Soucek Bentley 5 16 21 16 10
20 Vincent Abril Bentley 5 10
Mercedes-AMG 10
20 Bertrand Baguette Honda 13 5 15 Ret 10
20 Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Honda 13 5 10
20 Nick Yelloly BMW 5 10
20 Jules Gounon
Jordan Pepper
Bentley 7 Ret 20 8 11 10
20 Steven Kane Bentley 7 Ret 20 8 16 10
20 Earl Bamber
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 7 8 10
21 Josh Burdon
Katsumasa Chiyo
Nissan 11 12 18 6 15 8
21 Tsugio Matsuda Nissan 11 18 6 8
22 Timo Bernhard Porsche 7 6
22 Sheldon van der Linde BMW 7 6
23 Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Ferrari 8 4
23 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG 8 4
24 Marc Cini
Dean Fiore
Lee Holdsworth
Audi 9 2
24 Gary Paffett Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret 13 9 Ret 2
24 Tristan Vautier
Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG Ret 13 9 Ret 2
25 Dominik Baumann Mercedes-AMG Ret 10 1
25 Adam Christodoulou Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Christina Nielsen Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Tatsuya Kataoka
Kamui Kobayashi
Nobuteru Taniguchi
Mercedes-AMG 10 1
Lucas Ordóñez Bentley 11 16 0
Markus Palttala Bentley 11 Ret 0
Ricardo Feller
Jamie Green
Audi 11 0
James Calado Ferrari Ret 11 0
Kei Cozzolino Ferrari 11 0
Nick Percat Ferrari 12 0
Alex Buncombe Nissan 12 0
Bentley Ret 21
Sergei Afanasiev
Patrick Assenheimer
Hubert Haupt
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
Jochen Krumbach
David Perel
Leonard Weiss
Ferrari 13 0
Gennaro Bonafede BMW 19 14 0
Robin Frijns
Nico Müller
René Rast
Audi 14 0
Takashi Kobayashi
Kosuke Matsuura
Tadasuke Makino
Honda 14 0
Michael Van Rooyen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW 14 0
Alex Riberas
Frank Stippler
Audi 15 0
Marco Bonanomi Honda 15 Ret 0
Hideki Mutoh Honda 15 0
Joao Paulo de Oliveira Nissan 15 0
Rodrigo Baptista Bentley Ret 16 0
Pipo Derani Bentley 16 0
Richard Lyons
Alessio Picariello
Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi 16 0
Philipp Frommenwiler
Matt McMurry
Struan Moore
Ricardo Sánchez
Honda 17 0
Ryo Michigami
Hiroki Otsu
Daisuke Nakajima
Honda 17 0
Erik Maris
Karim Ojjeh
Marc Rostan
BMW 19 0
Juichi Wakisaka
Shigekazu Wakisaka
Kei Nakanishi
Porsche 19 0
Joe Shindo
Yusaku Shibata
Takumi Takata
Nissan 20 0
Mikhail Aleshin
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 21 0
Seb Morris Bentley Ret 21 0
Teruhiko Hamano
Kazuki Hoshino
Eiji Yamada
Nissan 22 0
Andrea Macpherson
Ben Porter
Brad Shiels
Porsche 23 0
Nick Cassidy Ferrari Ret 24 0
Heikki Kovalainen Ferrari 24 0
Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG Ret 12 0
Thomas Jäger Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
Garth Tander Audi Ret 0
David Calvert-Jones
Jaxon Evans
Porsche Ret 0
John Edwards BMW Ret 0
Sam Bird
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari Ret 0
Andrea Bertolini
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
Toni Vilander
Ferrari Ret 0
Daniel Serra Ferrari Ret 0
Anders Buchardt
David Pittard
Henry Walkenhorst
Don Yount
BMW Ret 0
Callum MacLeod Bentley Ret 0
Yuta Kamimura
Hiroaki Nagai
Manabu Orido
Ferrari Ret 0
Lic Ka Liu
Philip Ma
Jacky Yeung
Honda Ret 0
Dane Cameron Honda Ret 0
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Marc Lieb
Tim Pappas
Porsche WD
Matt Neal
Gordon Shedden
Pete Storey
Audi WD
Drivers ineligible to score points
Nico Bastian
Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG 12
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Bronze Drivers

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points
1 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG Ret 12 25
Tim Pappas Porsche WD
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points

Manufacturers' championship

Only the top two cars of each specific manufacturer is eligible for points.

Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points
1 Porsche 911 GT3 R (2018)
911 GT3 R (2019)
1 3 1 3 1 133
Ret Ret 4 13 3
2 Mercedes-AMG AMG GT3 2 2 2 2 5 126
3 6 8 4 12
3 Audi R8 LMS (2018)
R8 LMS (2019)
9 4 3 1 4 85
10 7 14 7 10
4 BMW M6 GT3 4 5 9 5 2 66
Ret 8 17 Ret 7
5 Ferrari 488 GT3 8 1 19 11 13 31
12 Ret 23
6 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 6 9 12 6 6 30
11 12 16 17 15
7 Bentley Continental GT3 5 11 16 8 11 24
7 Ret 18 20 16
8 Honda NSX GT3 13 5 14 Ret 10
15 15
Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
LGA
SPA
SUZ
KYA
Points

See also

Notes

  1. Car No. 29 entered as Audi Sport Team Land and car No. 129 as Montaplast by Land Motorsport.
  2. Car Nos. 107 and 108 entered as Bentley Team M-Sport and car Nos. 109 and 110 entered as M-Sport Team Bentley.
  3. Car No. 51 entered as Spirit of Race under a Swiss license at Round 1 and as AF Corse under an Italian license at Round 3, car No. 52 entered as AF Corse under an Italian License and car No. 72 entered as SMP Racing under a Russian license.
  4. Car No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon and car No. 6 entered as Black Falcon.
  5. Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
  6. Car No. 77 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Black Falcon at Round 1 and as Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing at Round 4.
  7. Car entered as Park Place Motorsports at Round 2 and as Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) at Round 4.
  8. Car entered as Wright Motorsports at Round 2 and as Absolute Racing at Round 4.
  9. Jake Dennis took Pole position in the No. 62 R-Motorsport car, but Raffaele Marciello was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver. The R-Motorsport team was later excluded from the results due to a technical breach related to the mandated rev limit threshold of the Aston Martin Vantage GT3's V12 engine.

References

  1. "Stephane Ratel presents exciting new global vision for SRO Motorsports Group". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. "New date for the inaugural Kyalami 9 Hour completes 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. "California 8 Hours switches to Saturday 30 March". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. "Full Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour entry list confirmed". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "Record eight full-season manufacturers all set for California 8 Hours". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
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