2019 Kyalami 9 Hours

The 2019 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 23 November 2019 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. This event served as a revival to the Kyalami 9 Hours event which was last held in 2000, and also served as the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

2019 Kyalami 9 Hours
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The race was won from pole by Frikadelli Racing Team and drivers Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Frikadelli's #31 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished 6.745 seconds ahead of Walkenhorst Motorsport and their #34 BMW M6 GT3 shared by Mikkel Jensen, Nicky Catsburg and Christian Krognes. GPX Racing secured third place a further 2.290 seconds down, in their #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.

Entry list

[1]

Team Vehicle No Driver Class
Team Perfect Circle Porsche 997 GT3 R 09 Andre Bezuidenhout Am
Franco Scribante
Silvio Scribante
Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Sergei Afanasiev S
Patrick Assenheimer
Hubert Haupt
Lechner Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Saul Hack S
Lars Kern
Dylan Pereira
Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 10 Yelmer Buurman P
Maximilian Götz
Luca Stolz
40 Tim Müller Am
Valentin Pierburg
Miguel Ramos
Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Earl Bamber P
Matt Campbell
Laurens Vanthoor
Stradale Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13 Charl Arangies PA
Craig Jarvis
Dawie Joubert
Pablo Clark Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Kishoor Pitamber PA
Michael Stephen
Leonard Charles Thompson
KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Alexandre Imperatori P
Oliver Jarvis
Edoardo Liberati
35 Josh Burdon P
Katsumasa Chiyo
João Paulo de Oliveira
GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 Michael Christensen P
Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Jochen Krumbach S
David Perel
Leonard Weiss
Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 25 Kelvin van der Linde P
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS 29 Christopher Haase P
Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Bertrand Baguette P
Marco Bonanomi
Dane Cameron
Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 31 Mathieu Jaminet P
Dennis Olsen
Nick Tandy
Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Nicky Catsburg P
Mikkel Jensen
Christian Krognes
36 Gennaro Bonafede Am
Michael Von Rooyen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Augusto Farfus P
Sheldon van der Linde
Martin Tomczyk
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 Dominik Baumann PA
Christina Nielsen
Adrian Henry D'Sliva
44 Gary Paffett P
Tristan Vautier
Lewis Williamson
R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Ricky Collard P
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Hugo de Sadeleer
76 Enaam Ahmed P
Jake Dennis
Maxime Martin
Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P
Jordan Pepper
Maxime Soulet
108 Rodrigo Baptista P
Steven Kane
Andy Soucek
Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 188 Chris Goodwin PA
Côme Ledogar
Alexander West
KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Romain Dumas P
Sven Müller
Dirk Werner
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Maximilian Buhk P
Maro Engel
Raffaele Marciello

Qualifying

Pole Shootout

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[2]

Pos Driver Team Car Time Dif
1 31 Nick Tandy Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:52.825
2 29 Christopher Haase Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:52.870 +0.045
3 999 Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:53.086 +0.261
4 20 Richard Lietz GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:53.569 +0.744
5 12 Matt Campbell Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:53.787 +0.962
6 42 Sheldon van der Linde BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 1:53.833 +1.008
7 76 Jake Dennis R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1:53.942 +1.117
8 30 Bertrand Baguette Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 1:54.034 +1.209
9 10 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:54.174 +1.349
10 35 Joshua Burdon KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1:54.303 +1.478

Race

Race Results

[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 P 31 Frikadelli Racing Team Nick Tandy
Dennis Olsen
Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 9:00:06.106
2 P 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Mikkel Jensen
Nicky Catsburg
Christian Krognes
BMW M6 GT3 259 +6.745
3 P 20 GPX Racing Kevin Estre
Richard Lietz
Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +9.035
4 P 29 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Haase
Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS 259 +15.325
5 P 10 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Maximilian Götz
Yelmer Buurman
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 259 +17.162
6 P 18 KCMG Edoardo Liberati
Oliver Jarvis
Alexandre Imperatori
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 259 +30.731
7 P 42 BMW Team Schnitzer Sheldon van der Linde
Augusto Farfus
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 259 +40.556
8 P 12 Dinamic Motorsport Laurens Vanthoor
Earl Bamber
Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +41.1651
9 P 911 KÜS Team75 Bernhard Sven Müller
Romain Dumas
Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +44.188
10 P 62 R-Motorsport Ricky Collard
Hugo de Sadeleer
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 259 +44.729
11 P 25 Audi Sport Team WRT Kelvin van der Linde
Frederic Vervisch
Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS 258 +1 Lap
12 P 107 Bentley Team M-Sport Jordan Pepper
Jules Gounon
Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 258 +1 Lap
13 S 9 Lechner Racing Saul Hack
Lars Kern
Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 257 +2 Laps
14 P 76 R-Motorsport Enaam Ahmed
Jake Dennis
Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 256 +3 Laps
15 S 6 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Patrick Assenheimer
Sergei Afanasiev
Hubert Haupt
Mercedes-AMG GT3 256 +3 Laps
16 S 22 Rinaldi Racing Jochen Krumbach
David Perel
Leonard Weiss
Ferrari 488 GT3 256 +3 Laps
17 Am 36 Walkenhorst Motorsport Gennaro Bonafede
Michael Von Rooyen
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 253 +6 Laps
18 Am 40 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Tim Müller
Valentin Pierburg
Miguel Ramos
Mercedes-AMG GT3 253 +6 Laps
19 P 35 KCMG Katsumasa Chiyo
João Paulo de Oliveira
Josh Burdon
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 251 +8 Laps
20 PA 43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Christina Nielsen
Adrian Henry D'Sliva
Dominik Baumann
Mercedes-AMG GT3 251 +8 Laps
21 S 17 Pablo Clark Racing Leonard Charles Thompson
Michael Stephen
Kishoor Pitamber
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 246 +13 Laps
22 P 108 Bentley Team M-Sport Rodrigo Baptista
Andy Soucek
Steven Kane
Bentley Continental GT3 206 Accident
DNF PA 188 Garage 59 Chris Goodwin
Côme Ledogar
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 130 Mechanical
DNF P 44 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Gary Paffett
Lewis Williamson
Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 98 Accident
DNF Am 09 Team Perfect Circle André Bezuidenhout
Franco Scribante
Silvio Scribante
Porsche 997 GT3 R 85 Mechanical
DNF S 13 Stradale Motorsport Charl Arangies
Craig Jarvis
Dawie Joubert
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 81 Accident
DNF P 30 Honda Team Motul Dane Cameron
Bertrand Baguette
Marco Bonanomi
Honda NSX GT3 55 Mechanical
DNF P 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Maximilian Buhk
Raffaele Marciello
Maro Engel
Mercedes-AMG GT3 0 Broken Cylinder Coil
Notes
  • ^1 - The #12 Dinamic Motorsport car was awarded a 10-second time penalty after the race.

References

  1. "KYALAMI 9 HOUR / ENTRY LIST". Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "Pole Shoot Out - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. "Kyalami 9 Hours Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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