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

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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 February 2 Report
2 Indianapolis 8 Hours   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States October 4 Report
3 24 Hours of Spa   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 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 GT World Challenge America
  Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe

Entry list

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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
  Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing 25   Dorian Boccolacci P 3
  Christopher Haase
  Markus Winkelhock
  Audi Sport Team Hardpoint WRT[N 1]
  Audi Sport Team WRT[N 1]
  ROFGO Racing with Team WRT[N 1]
30   Ferdinand Habsburg P 3
  Dennis Marschall
  Matthieu Vaxiviere
31   Mirko Bortolotti P 2
  Spencer Pumpelly
  Markus Winkelhock 2, 4
  Kelvin van der Linde 3–4
  Dries Vanthoor
  Christopher Mies 3
32   Mirko Bortolotti P 4
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Charles Weerts
33   Rik Breukers S 3
  Benjamin Goethe
  Stuart Hall
  Audi Sport Team Car Collection[N 2]
  Car Collection[N 2]
44   Mattia Drudi P 4
  Christopher Haase
  Patric Niederhauser
45   Milan Dontje S 4
  Martin Lechman
  Dennis Marschall
  Attempto Racing[N 3]
  Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing[N 3]
55   Alex Aka S 3
  Finlay Hutchison
  Nicolas Schöll
  Kim-Luis Schramm
66   Mattia Drudi P 3
  Patric Niederhauser
  Frédéric Vervisch
Bentley   K-PAX Racing Continental GT3 3   Jules Gounon P 3
  Jordan Pepper
  Maxime Soulet
7   Jules Gounon P 2
  Jordan Pepper
  Maxime Soulet
9   Rodrigo Baptista P 3
  Andy Soucek
  Álvaro Parente
  Bentley Team M-Sport 7   Jules Gounon P 1, 4
  Jordan Pepper
  Maxime Soulet
8   Alex Buncombe P 1, 4
  Oliver Jarvis
  Seb Morris
  Team Parker Racing 11   Frank Bird S 3
  Nicolai Kjærgaard
  Euan McKay
  CMR 107   Seb Morris P 3
  Pierre-Alexandre Jean
  Nelson Panciatici
108   Stéphane Lémeret Am 3
  Clement Mateu
  Romano Ricci
  Stéphane Tribaudini
BMW   Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 10   Jens Klingmann PA 3
  Benjamin Lessennes
  Karim Ojjeh
  Gilles Vannelet
  Walkenhorst Motorsport 34   Nicky Catsburg P All
  Augusto Farfus
  Chaz Mostert 1
  Connor De Phillippi 2
  Philipp Eng 3
  Sheldon van der Linde 4
35   David Pittard P 2–4
  Martin Tomczyk
  Nick Yelloly
Ferrari   Squadra Corse 488 GT3 1   Alessandro Balzan PA 2
  Martin Fuentes
  Mark Issa
  Vital Speed 6   Trevor Baek P 2
  Ryan Briscoe
  Jeff Westphal
  HubAuto Corsa 27   Marcos Gomes P 1, 3
  Daniel Serra 1
  Tim Slade
  Tom Blomqvist 3
  Kamui Kobayashi
  AF Corse 51   James Calado P 3
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Nicklas Nielsen
52   Andrea Bertolini PA 3
  Niek Hommerson
  Louis Machiels
  Daniel Serra
  SMP Racing 72   Miguel Molina P 3
  Davide Rigon
  Sergey Sirotkin
  Sky - Tempesta Racing 93   Eddie Cheever PA 3
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Chris Froggatt
  Jonathan Hui
  Rinaldi Racing 488   Pierre Ehret PA 3
  Daniel Keilwitz
  Rino Mastronardi
  David Perel
Honda   Team Honda Racing NSX GT3 Evo 29   Dane Cameron P 3
  Mario Farnbacher
  Renger van der Zande
30   Mario Farnbacher P 1–2, 4
  Renger van der Zande
  Dane Cameron 1–2
  Bertrand Baguette 4
  Racers Edge Motorsports 93   Shelby Blackstock P 2
  Trent Hindman
  Robert Megennis
Lamborghini   Emil Frey Racing Huracán GT3 Evo 14   Ricardo Feller P 3
  Mikaël Grenier
  Norbert Siedler
163   Giacomo Altoè P 3
  Albert Costa
  Franck Perera
  Orange1 FFF Racing Team 19   Raffaele Giammaria PA 3
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi
  Phil Keen
  Luigi Moccia
63   Andrea Caldarelli P 1, 3
  Dennis Lind
  Marco Mapelli
  Barwell Motorsport 77   Ricky Collard PA 3
  Rob Collard
  Leo Machitski
  Sandy Mitchell
78   Patrick Kujala S 3
  Alex MacDowall
  Frederik Schandorff
Mercedes-AMG   SunEnergy1 Racing AMG GT3 75   Dominik Baumann PA 1
  Kenny Habul
  Martin Konrad
  David Reynolds
  Mercedes-AMG Team HRT[N 4]
  Haupt Racing Team[N 4]
AMG GT3 Evo 4   Vincent Abril P 3
  Maro Engel
  Luca Stolz
5   Sergey Afanasiev PA 3
  Michele Beretta
  Hubert Haupt
  Gabriele Piana
  DXDT Racing 04   Colin Braun PA 2
  Ben Keating
  George Kurtz
63   David Askew PA 2
  Ryan Dalziel
  Richard Heistand
  CrowdStrike Racing with SPS 20   Dominic Baumann PA 3
  Colin Braun
  George Kurtz
  Valentin Pierburg
  SunEnergy1 Racing 75   Mikaël Grenier PA 2
  Kenny Habul
  Martin Konrad
  Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon 77   Yelmer Buurman P 1
  Maro Engel
  Luca Stolz
  HTP Motorsport 84   Indy Dontje S 3
  Philip Ellis
  Russell Ward
  Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP[N 5]
  AKKA ASP[N 5]
88   Timur Boguslavskiy P 3
  Felipe Fraga
  Raffaele Marciello
89   Alex Fontana S 3
  Benjamin Hites
  Lucas Légeret
  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
  Lechner Racing 9   Andre Bezuidenhout PA 4
  Saul Hack
  Dylan Pereira
  GPX Racing 12   Matt Campbell P 3–4
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Patrick Pilet
  Wright Motorsports 20   Jan Heylen PA 2
  Fred Poordad
  Max Root
  Frikadelli Racing Team 22   Timo Bernhard P 3
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Dennis Olsen
  KCMG 47   Michael Christensen P 3
  Kévin Estre
  Richard Lietz
  Dinamic Motorsport 54   Earl Bamber P 4
  Kévin Estre
  Laurens Vanthoor
56   Adrien de Leener S 3
  Mikkel O. Pedersen
  Andrea Rizzoli
  Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
  Rowe Racing 98   Earl Bamber P 3
  Nick Tandy
  Laurens Vanthoor
  Absolute Racing 911   Matt Campbell P 1
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Patrick Pilet
912   Matteo Cairoli P 1
  Thomas Preining
  Dirk Werner
  Herberth Motorsport 991   Daniel Allemann PA 3
  Ralf Bohn
  Alfred Renauer
  Robert Renauer
Sources:[3][4]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Notes
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 44 entered as Audi Sport Team Car Collection and Car No. 45 entered as Car Collection.
  3. ^ a b Car No. 55 entered as Attempto Racing and Car No. 66 entered as Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing.
  4. ^ a b Car No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, Car No. 5 entered as Haupt Racing Team.
  5. ^ a b Car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP, and Car No. 89 entered as AKKA ASP

Race results

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Rnd. Circuit Pole position IGTC Winners Winning Manufacturer Ref.
1   Bathurst   No. 911 Absolute Racing   No. 7 Bentley Team M-Sport   Mercedes-AMG [5][6]
  Matt Campbell
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Patrick Pilet
  Jules Gounon
  Jordan Pepper
  Maxime Soulet
2   Indianapolis   No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport   No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport   BMW [7][8]
  Nicky Catsburg
  Connor De Phillippi
  Augusto Farfus
  Nicky Catsburg
  Connor De Phillippi
  Augusto Farfus
3   Spa-Francorchamps   No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP   No. 98 Rowe Racing   Porsche [9][10]
  Timur Boguslavskiy
  Felipe Fraga
  Raffaele Marciello
  Earl Bamber
  Nick Tandy
  Laurens Vanthoor
4   Kyalami   No. 30 Team Honda Racing   No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport   BMW [11][12]
  Bertrand Baguette
  Mario Farnbacher
  Renger van der Zande
  Nicky Catsburg
  Augusto Farfus
  Sheldon van der Linde

Championship standings

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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

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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
 
Points
1   Nicky Catsburg
  Augusto Farfus
BMW Ret 1 Ret 1 50
2   Matt Campbell
  Mathieu Jaminet
  Patrick Pilet
Porsche 3 3 3 45
3   Earl Bamber
  Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 7 1 7 37
4   Frédéric Vervisch Audi Ret 2 2 36
5   Mario Farnbacher
  Renger van der Zande
Honda Ret 3 8 4 31
6   Mirko Bortolotti Audi Ret 4 2 30
7   Jules Gounon
  Jordan Pepper
  Maxime Soulet
Bentley 1 10 9 Ret 28
8   Mattia Drudi Audi 12 2 5 28
8   Patric Niederhauser Audi 2 5 28
9   David Pittard
  Martin Tomczyk
  Nick Yelloly
BMW 2 Ret 6 26
9   Markus Winkelhock Audi 12 4 5 8 26
10   Connor De Phillippi BMW 1 25
10   Nick Tandy Porsche 1 25
10   Sheldon van der Linde BMW 1 25
11   Maro Engel
  Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG 4 6 20
11   Christopher Haase Audi Ret 5 5 20
12   Dane Cameron Honda Ret 3 8 19
13   Shane van Gisbergen
  Maximilian Götz
  Jamie Whincup
Mercedes-AMG 2 18
14   Charles Weerts Audi 2 18
15   Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-AMG 4 12
15   Spencer Pumpelly Audi 4 12
15   James Calado
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 4 12
15   Bertrand Baguette Honda 4 12
16   Felipe Fraga
  Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG 5 Ret 10
16   Maximilian Buhk Mercedes-AMG 5 10
16   Colin Braun
  George Kurtz
Mercedes-AMG 5 22 10
16   Ben Keating Mercedes-AMG 5 10
16   Dorian Boccolacci Audi 5 10
17   Matteo Cairoli
  Thomas Preining
  Dirk Werner
Porsche 6 8
17   Jan Heylen
  Fred Poordad
  Max Root
Porsche 6 8
17   Vincent Abril Mercedes-AMG 6 8
18   Craig Lowndes Porsche 7 6
18   Shelby Blackstock
  Trent Hindman
  Robert Megennis
Honda 7 6
18   Jörg Bergmeister
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Dennis Olsen
Porsche 7 6
18   Kévin Estre Porsche 11 7 6
19   David Calvert-Jones
  Romain Dumas
  Jaxon Evans
Porsche 8 4
19   Alessandro Balzan
  Martin Fuentes
  Mark Issa
Ferrari 8 4
19   Kelvin van der Linde Audi 12 Ret 8 4
19   Dries Vanthoor Audi Ret Ret 8 4
20   Roman De Angelis
  Olivier Hart
  Andrew Watson
Aston Martin 9 2
20   Kenny Habul
  Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG 13 9 2
20   Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG 9 2
Lamborghini 14
20   Seb Morris Bentley Ret 27 9 2
20   Alex Buncombe
  Oliver Jarvis
Bentley Ret 9 2
21   Jake Dennis
  Scott Dixon
  Rick Kelly
Aston Martin 10 1
21   Rodrigo Baptista
  Álvaro Parente
  Andy Soucek
Bentley 10 1
21   Andre Bezuidenhout
  Saul Hack
  Dylan Pereira
Porsche 10 1
  Dennis Marschall Audi 12 11 0
  Marc Cini
  Dean Fiore
  Lee Holdsworth
Audi 11 0
  Michael Christensen
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 11 0
  Milan Dontje
  Martin Lechman
Audi 11 0
  Ferdinand Habsburg
  Mathieu Vaxivierè
Audi 12 0
  Dominik Baumann Mercedes-AMG 13 22 0
  David Reynolds Mercedes-AMG 13 0
  Ricky Collard
  Rob Collard
  Leo Machitski
  Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini 13 0
  Ricardo Feller
  Norbert Siedler
Lamborghini 14 0
  Eddie Cheever
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Chris Froggatt
  Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 15 0
  Sergey Afanasyev
  Michele Beretta
  Hubert Haupt
  Gabriele Piana
Mercedes-AMG 16 0
  Miguel Molina
  Davide Rigon
  Sergey Sirotkin
Ferrari 17 0
  Indy Dontje
  Philip Ellis
  Russel Ward
Mercedes-AMG 18 0
  Pierre Ehret
  Daniel Keilwitz
  David Perel
  Rino Mastronardi
Ferrari 19 0
  Marcos Gomes Ferrari WD 20 0
  Tom Blomqvist
  Kamui Kobayashi
Ferrari 20 0
  Jens Klingmann
  Benjamin Lessennes
  Karim Ojjeh
  Gilles Vannelet
BMW 21 0
  Valentin Pierburg Mercedes-AMG 22 0
  Frank Bird
  Nicolai Kjærgaard
  Euan McKay
Bentley 23 0
  Alex Fontana
  Benjamin Hites
  Lucas Légeret
Mercedes-AMG 24 0
  Stéphane Lémeret
  Clement Mateu
  Romano Ricci
  Stéphane Tribaudini
Bentley 25 0
  Giacomo Altoè
  Albert Costa
  Franck Perera
Lamborghini 26 0
  Pierre-Alexandre Jean
  Nelson Panciatici
Bentley 27 0
  Rik Breukers
  Benjamin Goethe
  Stuart Hall
Audi 28 0
  Daniel Serra Ferrari WD 29 0
  Andrea Bertolini
  Niek Hommerson
  Louis Machiels
Ferrari 29 0
  Patrick Kujala
  Alex MacDowall
  Frederik Schandorff
Lamborghini 30 0
  Daniel Allemann
  Ralf Bohn
  Alfred Renauer
  Robert Renauer
Porsche 31 0
  Andrea Caldarelli
  Dennis Lind
  Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Ret 32 0
  Christopher Mies Audi Ret Ret 0
  Chaz Mostert BMW Ret 0
  Garth Tander Audi Ret 0
  Chris Goodwin
  Côme Ledogar
  Maxime Martin
  Alexander West
Aston Martin Ret 0
  David Askew
  Ryan Dalziel
  Richard Heistand
Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
  Trevor Baek
  Ryan Briscoe
  Jeff Westphal
Ferrari Ret 0
  Timur Boguslavskiy Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
  Adrien de Leener
  Mikkel O. Pedersen
  Andrea Rizzoli
  Cedric Sbirrazuoli
Porsche Ret 0
  Philipp Eng BMW Ret 0
  Raffaele Giammaria
  Hiroshi Hamaguchi
  Phil Keen
  Luigi Moccia
Lamborghini Ret 0
  Alex Aka
  Simon Gachet
  Finlay Hutchison
  Nicolas Schöll
Audi Ret 0
  Tim Slade Ferrari WD
  Olli Caldwell
  Luca Ghiotto
  Marvin Kirchhöfer
Aston Martin WD
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 
IND
 
SPA
 
KYA
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
 
IND
 
SPA
 
KYA
 
Points
1   Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 6 1 3 100
6 3 7
7
2   BMW M6 GT3 Ret 1 21 1 76
2 Ret 6
Ret
3   Audi R8 LMS Evo 11 4 2 2 74
12 5 5
12
4   Mercedes-AMG AMG GT3
AMG GT3 Evo
2 5 6 50
4 9 16
18
5   Honda NSX GT3 Evo Ret 3 8 4 37
7
6   Bentley Continental GT3 1 10 9 9 33
Ret 10 Ret
23
7   Ferrari 488 GT3
488 GT3 Evo 2020
WD 8 4 16
Ret 15
17
8   Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 9 14
10
  Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Ret 13 0
14
26
Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
 
IND
 
SPA
 
KYA
 
Points

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Once-in-a-lifetime 25-hour edition for the Total 24 Hours of Spa". SRO Motorsports Group. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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  7. ^ Dagys, John (3 October 2020). "De Phillippi Puts Walkenhorst BMW on Pole for Indy 8H". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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