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2019 California 8 Hours

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Race details
Date March 30, 2019
Location Monterey, United States
Course 3.602 km (2.238 mi)
Race
Drivers Germany Mario Farnbacher
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Italy Honda Team Motul
Time 1:23.156
Podium
First Spain Miguel Molina
Australia Nick Foster
Australia Tim Slade
Taiwan HubAuto Corsa
Second Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Third France Mathieu Jaminet
Germany Sven Müller
France Romain Dumas
United States Park Place Motorsports

The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, and GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).

The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was replaced on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar by the Indianapolis 8 Hour.

The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.

Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.

Entries

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No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
GT3 Entries
10 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo Germany Christopher Haase Belgium Dries Vanthoor Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
18 Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis Italy Edoardo Liberati
27 Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Australia Nick Foster Spain Miguel Molina Australia Tim Slade
29 Germany Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo Germany Christopher Mies South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Germany Markus Winkelhock
30 Italy Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 Belgium Bertrand Baguette Germany Mario Farnbacher Netherlands Renger van der Zande
34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg Denmark Mikkel Jensen Norway Christian Krognes
35 Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe Australia Josh Burdon Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
42 Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 Brazil Augusto Farfus Australia Chaz Mostert Germany Martin Tomczyk
43 United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Austria Dominik Baumann United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Denmark Christina Nielsen
44 United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 United Kingdom Gary Paffett France Tristan Vautier United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
107 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 France Jules Gounon United Kingdom Steven Kane South Africa Jordan Pepper
108 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 Spain Lucas Ordóñez Finland Markus Paltalla Belgium Maxime Soulet
888 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Netherlands Yelmur Buurman Germany Maro Engel Germany Luca Stolz
911 United States Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R France Romain Dumas France Mathieu Jaminet Germany Sven Müller
912 United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Australia Matt Campbell Norway Dennis Olsen Germany Dirk Werner
999 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Germany Maximilian Buhk Germany Maximilian Götz Italy Raffaele Marciello
GT Cup Entries
88 Slovakia ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Slovakia Miro Konopka Poland Andrzej Lewandowski Slovakia Zdeno Mikulasko
GT4 Entries
41 United States PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 United States Jade Buford United States Chad McCumbee United States James Pesek
67 United States TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR United States Jason Alexandridis United States Chris Bellomo United States Spencer Pumpelly
113 United States RHC-Lawrence/Strom by Storm Motorsport Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR United States Daren Jorgensen United States Jon Miller United States Brett Strom
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup

Qualifying

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Pole Shootout

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These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[1]

Pos Driver Team Car Time Dif
1 30 Germany Mario Farnbacher Italy Honda Team Motul Acura NSX GT3 1:23.156
2 35 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1:23.342 +0.186
3 10 Belgium Dries Vanthoor Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:23.420 +0.264
4 27 Australia Nick Foster Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 1:23.459 +0.303
5 912 Australia Matt Campbell United States Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:23.528 +0.372
6 34 Denmark Mikkel Jensen Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 1:23.533 +0.377
7 42 Brazil Augusto Farfus Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 1:23.544 +0.388
8 911 Germany Mathieu Jaminet United States Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:23.627 +0.471
9 18 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1:23.673 +0.517
10 999 Italy Raffaele Marciello Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:29.714 +0.558

Official results

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Bold denotes category winner.

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps
Engine
1 GT3 27 Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Australia Nick Foster
Spain Miguel Molina
Australia Tim Slade
Ferrari 488 GT3 327
3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
2 GT3 999 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 327
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
3 GT3 911 United States Park Place Motorsports France Romain Dumas
France Mathieu Jaminet
Germany Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R 327
4.0 L Porsche H6
4 GT3 10 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 327
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
5 GT3 42 Germany BMW Team Schnitzer Brazil Augusto Farfus
Australia Chaz Mostert
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 326
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
6 GT3 888 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Netherlands Yelmur Buurman
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 326
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
7 GT3 29 Germany Audi Sport Team Land Germany Christopher Mies
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 326
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
8 GT3 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Norway Christian Krognes
BMW M6 GT3 326
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
9 GT3 18 Hong Kong KCMG Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 326
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
10 GT3 43 United Kingdom Strakka Racing Austria Dominik Baumann
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Mercedes-AMG GT3 325
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
11 GT3 108 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Spain Lucas Ordóñez
Finland Markus Paltalla
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 325
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
12 GT3 35 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Australia Josh Burdon
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 315
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
13 GT3 30 Italy Honda Team Motul Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Acura NSX GT3 Evo 308
3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
14 GTC 88 Slovakia ARC Bratislava Slovakia Miro Konopka
Poland Andrzej Lewandowski
Slovakia Zdeno Mikulasko
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 303
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
15 GT4 41 United States PF Racing United States Jade Buford
United States Chad McCumbee
United States James Pesek
Ford Mustang GT4 296
5.2 L Ford Voodoo V8
16 GT4 113 United States RHC Jorgensen/Strom by Strom Motorsport United States Daren Jorgensen
United States Jonathan Miller
United States Brett Strom
BMW M4 GT4 289
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
17 GT4 67 United States TRG United States Jason Alexandridis
United States Chris Bellomo
United States Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 289
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF GT3 912 United States Wright Motorsports Australia Matt Campbell
Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 168
4.0 L Porsche H6
DNF GT3 44 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Gary Paffett
France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 148
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF GT3 107 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport France Jules Gounon
United Kingdom Steven Kane
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 137
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
Icon Class
GT3 GT3
GTC GT Cup
GT4 GT4


  • Race time of winning car: 8:01:11.484
  • Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: 731.826 mi (1,177.760 km)
  • Fastest race lap: 1:24.287 – Alex Buncombe on lap 5

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved May 27, 2020.


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