2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge is 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 22 November. Dennis Olsen is the defending Drivers' champion and Porsche is the defending Manufacturers' champion.

Calendar

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 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, primarily because of event permit restrictions at Laguna Seca (which is owned by the local government).^[1] The Indianapolis event will form a revival of the Speedway's Harvest Auto Racing Classic.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Report
1	Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia	2 February	Report
2	Indianapolis 8 Hours	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States	4 October	Report
3	Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	24–25 October	Report
4	Kyalami 9 Hours	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa	22 November	Report
5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

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

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Aston Martin	R-Motorsport	Vantage AMR GT3	62	Olli Caldwell	P	1
				Luca Ghiotto
				Marvin Kirchhöfer
			76	Jake Dennis	P	1
				Scott Dixon
				Rick Kelly
	Garage 59		159	Roman De Angelis	S	1
				Olivier Hart
				Andrew Watson
			188	Chris Goodwin	PA	1
				Côme Ledogar
				Maxime Martin
				Alexander West
Audi	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	R8 LMS Evo	2	Christopher Haase	P	1
				Dries Vanthoor
				Frédéric Vervisch
			22	Mirko Bortolotti	P	1
				Christopher Mies
				Garth Tander
			222	Mattia Drudi	P	1
				Kelvin van der Linde
				Markus Winkelhock
	Hallmarc		9	Marc Cini	PA	1
				Dean Fiore
				Lee Holdsworth
Bentley	Bentley Team M-Sport	Continental GT3	7	Jules Gounon	P	1
				Jordan Pepper
				Maxime Soulet
			8	Alex Buncombe	P	1
				Oliver Jarvis
				Seb Morris
BMW	Walkenhorst Motorsport	M6 GT3	34	Nicky Catsburg	P	1
				Augusto Farfus
				Chaz Mostert
Ferrari	HubAuto Corsa	488 GT3	27	Marcos Gomes	P	1
				Daniel Serra
				Tim Slade
Honda	Team Honda Racing	NSX GT3 Evo	30	Dane Cameron	P	1
				Mario Farnbacher
				Renger van der Zande
Lamborghini	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Huracán GT3 Evo	63	Andrea Caldarelli	P	1
				Dennis Lind
				Marco Mapelli
Mercedes-AMG	SunEnergy1 Racing	AMG GT3	75	Dominik Baumann	PA	1
				Kenny Habul
				Martin Konrad
				David Reynolds
	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon	AMG GT3 Evo	77	Yelmer Buurman	P	1
				Maro Engel
				Luca Stolz
	Triple Eight Race Engineering		888	Shane van Gisbergen	P	1
				Maximilian Götz
				Jamie Whincup
	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing		999	Maximilian Buhk	P	1
				Felipe Fraga
				Raffaele Marciello
Porsche	Earl Bamber Motorsport	911 GT3 R	1	Earl Bamber	P	1
				Craig Lowndes
				Laurens Vanthoor
			12	David Calvert-Jones	PA	1
				Romain Dumas
				Jaxon Evans
	Absolute Racing		911	Matt Campbell	P	1
				Mathieu Jaminet
				Patrick Pilet
			912	Matteo Cairoli	P	1
				Thomas Preining
				Dirk Werner
Sources:^[2]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Race results

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole position	IGTC Winners	Winning Manufacturer	Ref.
1	Bathurst	No. 911 Absolute Racing	No. 7 Bentley Team M-Sport	Mercedes-AMG	^[3]^[4]
1	Bathurst	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet	Mercedes-AMG	^[3]^[4]
2	Indianapolis
2	Indianapolis
3	Spa-Francorchamps
3	Spa-Francorchamps
4	Kyalami
4	Kyalami
5	TBA
5	TBA

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

Driver's championship

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

Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	TBA	Points
1	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet	Bentley	1					25
2	Shane van Gisbergen Maximilian Götz Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG	2					18
3	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet	Porsche	3					15
4	Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG	4					12
5	Maximilian Buhk Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG	5					10
6	Matteo Cairoli Thomas Preining Dirk Werner	Porsche	6					8
7	Earl Bamber Craig Lowndes Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche	7					6
8	David Calvert-Jones Romain Dumas Jaxon Evans	Porsche	8					4
9	Roman De Angelis Olivier Hart Andrew Watson	Aston Martin	9					2
10	Jake Dennis Scott Dixon Rick Kelly	Aston Martin	10					1
	Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth	Audi	11					0
	Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock	Audi	12					0
	Dominik Baumann Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds	Mercedes-AMG	13					0
	Alex Buncombe Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris	Bentley	Ret					0
	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini	Ret					0
	Dane Cameron Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande	Honda	Ret					0
	Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert	BMW	Ret					0
	Christopher Haase Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi	Ret					0
	Mirko Bortolotti Christopher Mies Garth Tander	Audi	Ret					0
	Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin	Ret					0
	Marcos Gomes Daniel Serra Tim Slade	Ferrari	WD
	Oliver Caldwell Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer	Aston Martin	WD
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	TBA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturer's championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	TBA	Points
1	Mercedes-AMG	AMG GT3 AMG GT3 Evo	2					30
1	Mercedes-AMG	AMG GT3 AMG GT3 Evo	4					30
2	Bentley	Continental GT3	1					25
2	Bentley	Continental GT3	Ret					25
3	Porsche	911 GT3 R	3					25
3	Porsche	911 GT3 R	6					25
4	Aston Martin	Vantage AMR GT3	9					14
4	Aston Martin	Vantage AMR GT3	10					14
5	Audi	R8 LMS Evo	11					6
5	Audi	R8 LMS Evo	12					6
	Lamborghini	Huracán GT3 Evo	Ret					0
	Lamborghini	Huracán GT3 Evo						0
	Honda	NSX GT3 Evo	Ret					0
	Honda	NSX GT3 Evo						0
	BMW	M6 GT3	Ret					0
	BMW	M6 GT3						0
	Ferrari	488 GT3	WD
	Ferrari	488 GT3
Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	TBA	Points

References

^ Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ "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.
^ 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.

External links

Official website

[1] Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[Bathurst-2] "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.

[BathurstPole-3] Zalavari, Michael (1 January 2020). "Campbell Claims Pole For Absolute Porsche". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[BathurstRace-4] Dagys, John (2 February 2020). "Bentley Breaks Through for Bathurst 12H Win". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

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