2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
The 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season again features five rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 2 February and concluding with the Kyalami 9 Hours on 12 December. Dennis Olsen is the defending Drivers' champion and Porsche is the defending Manufacturers' champion.
Calendar
[edit]At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar. The only change from 2019 was the North American round moving from Laguna Seca Raceway to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,[1] primarily because of event permit restrictions at Laguna Seca (which is owned by the local government).[citation needed] The Indianapolis event will form a revival of the Speedway's Harvest Auto Racing Classic. The schedule was further changed on 22 May 2020 when the BH Auction SMBC Suzuka 10 Hours on 23 August was canceled because of Japanese entry restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, on 22 June 2020, it was announced as a result of the rescheduled 24 Hours of Spa, the race would be extended to 25 hours. The new date falls on the weekend Europe leaves summertime, so clocks are turned back one hour, so the race will run 25 hours, with the original 24 hours name retained.[2] Finally the raced lasted for 24 hours and not for 25 hours.
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour |  Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia
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February 2 | Report |
| 2 | Indianapolis 8 Hours |  Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States
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October 4 | Report |
| 3 | 24 Hours of Spa |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
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October 24–25 | Report |
| 4 | Kyalami 9 Hours |  Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa
|
December 12 | Report |
| Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| Race | Circuit | Original Date | ||
| Suzuka 10 Hours |  Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
|
23 August | ||
Also part of the Australian Endurance Championship
Also part of the GT World Challenge America
Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe
Entry list
[edit]
- Notes
- ^ a b c Car No. 30 entered as Audi Sport Team WRT, Car No. 31 entered as Audi Sport Team Hardpoint WRT at round 2 and as Audi Sport Team WRT at rounds 3 & 4, Car No. 32 entered as Audi Sport Team WRT Car No. 33 entered as ROFGO Racing with Team WRT.
- ^ a b Car No. 44 entered as Audi Sport Team Car Collection and Car No. 45 entered as Car Collection.
- ^ a b Car No. 55 entered as Attempto Racing and Car No. 66 entered as Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing.
- ^ a b Car No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, Car No. 5 entered as Haupt Racing Team.
- ^ a b Car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP, and Car No. 89 entered as AKKA ASP
Race results
[edit]| Rnd. | Circuit | Pole position | IGTC Winners | Winning Manufacturer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bathurst
|
 No. 911 Absolute Racing
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 No. 7 Bentley Team M-Sport
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 Mercedes-AMG
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[5][6] |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet
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Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet
| ||||
| 2 | Indianapolis
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No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport
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No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport
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BMW
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[7][8] |
 Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus
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Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus
| ||||
| 3 | Spa-Francorchamps
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No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP
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No. 98 Rowe Racing
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Porsche
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[9][10] |
 Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello
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 Earl Bamber Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor
| ||||
| 4 | Kyalami
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No. 30 Team Honda Racing
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No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport
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BMW
|
[11][12] |
| Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande
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Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Sheldon van der Linde
|
Championship standings
[edit]- 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 |
Driver's championship
[edit]The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.
|
Bold – Pole |
Manufacturer's championship
[edit]| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT
|
IND
|
SPA
|
KYA
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche
|
911 GT3 R | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | |||||||
| 2 | BMW
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M6 GT3 | Ret | 1 | 21 | 1 | 76 |
| 2 | Ret | 6 | |||||
| Ret | |||||||
| 3 | Audi
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R8 LMS Evo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 74 |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | |||||||
| 4 | Mercedes-AMG
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AMG GT3 AMG GT3 Evo |
2 | 5 | 6 | 50 | |
| 4 | 9 | 16 | |||||
| 18 | |||||||
| 5 | Honda
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NSX GT3 Evo | Ret | 3 | 8 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | |||||||
| 6 | Bentley
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Continental GT3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 33 |
| Ret | 10 | Ret | |||||
| 23 | |||||||
| 7 | Ferrari
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488 GT3 488 GT3 Evo 2020 |
WD | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
| Ret | 15 | ||||||
| 17 | |||||||
| 8 | Aston Martin
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Vantage AMR GT3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | |||||||
| Lamborghini
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Huracán GT3 Evo | Ret | 13 | 0 | |||
| 14 | |||||||
| 26 | |||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Car | BAT
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IND
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SPA
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KYA
|
Points |
See also
[edit]- 2020 GT World Challenge Europe
- 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
- 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
- 2020 GT World Challenge Asia
- 2020 GT World Challenge America
References
[edit]- ^ Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Once-in-a-lifetime 25-hour edition for the Total 24 Hours of Spa". SRO Motorsports Group. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli's biggest-ever Bathurst entry to kick off 2020 Down Under". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (28 September 2020). "23 Car Entry For Indianapolis 8 Hour, 13 x GT3 & 10 x GT4". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Zalavari, Michael (1 January 2020). "Campbell Claims Pole For Absolute Porsche". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Dagys, John (2 February 2020). "Bentley Breaks Through for Bathurst 12H Win". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Dagys, John (3 October 2020). "De Phillippi Puts Walkenhorst BMW on Pole for Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (5 October 2020). "BMW Score 1-2 At Indy 8 Hours". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Lloyd, Dan (23 October 2020). "Marciello Takes 24H Spa Pole in AKKA-ASP Mercedes". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (26 October 2020). "Spa 24 Hours: Porsche wins after late charge from Tandy". motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (11 December 2020). "Farnbacher Grabs Second Consecutive 2020 IGTC Pole for Honda Racing At Kyalami". dailysportscar.com. Daily Sports Car. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (12 December 2020). "Catsburg, Farfus Champions as Walkenhorst Wins Kyalami 9H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 15 December 2020.