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.
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
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3 February | Report |
| 2 | California 8 Hours |  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States
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30 March | Report |
| 3 | Total 24 Hours of Spa |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
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27–28 July | Report |
| 4 | Suzuka 10 Hours |  Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
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25 August | Report |
| 5 | Kyalami 9 Hours |  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa
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23 November | Report |
Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Entry list
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 |
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| 1 | Bathurst
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 No. 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[N 9]
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 No. 912 EBM
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No finishers | Mercedes-AMG |
 Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello
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Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner
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| 2 | Laguna Seca
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No. 30 Honda Team Motul
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 No. 27 HubAuto Corsa
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No entries | Mercedes-AMG |
Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande
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Nick Foster Miguel Molina Tim Slade
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| 3 | Spa-Francorchamps
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No. 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon
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 No. 20 GPX Racing
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Porsche | |
| Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz
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 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Richard Lietz
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| 4 | Suzuka
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No. 42 BMW Team Schnitzer
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No. 25 Audi Sport Team WRT
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No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing
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Audi |
 Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk Nick Yelloly
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Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch
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Kenny Habul
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| 5 | Kyalami
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No. 31 Frikadelli Racing
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No. 31 Frikadelli Racing
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No entries | Porsche |
| Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy
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Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy
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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.
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Bronze Drivers
| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT
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LGA
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SPA
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SUZ
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KYA
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Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Habul
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Mercedes-AMG | Ret | 12 | 25 | |||
| Tim Pappas
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Porsche | WD | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Manufacturer | BAT
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LGA
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SPA
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SUZ
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KYA
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Points |
Manufacturers' championship
Only the top two cars of each specific manufacturer is eligible for points.
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT
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LGA
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SPA
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SUZ
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KYA
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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
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LGA
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SPA
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SUZ
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KYA
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Points |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Car No. 29 entered as Audi Sport Team Land and car No. 129 as Montaplast by Land Motorsport.
- ^ a b Car Nos. 107 and 108 entered as Bentley Team M-Sport and car Nos. 109 and 110 entered as M-Sport Team Bentley.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Car No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon and car No. 6 entered as Black Falcon.
- ^ a b Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Car entered as Park Place Motorsports at Round 2 and as Earl Bamber Motorsport (EBM) at Round 4.
- ^ a b Car entered as Wright Motorsports at Round 2 and as Absolute Racing at Round 4.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Stephane Ratel presents exciting new global vision for SRO Motorsports Group". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "California 8 Hours switches to Saturday 30 March". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Full Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour entry list confirmed". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Record eight full-season manufacturers all set for California 8 Hours". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.