2018 Suzuka 10 Hours

The 2018 Suzuka 10 Hours was endurance event that took place on August 26, 2018 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 47th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the first as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, running under the ten-hour format (the race having previously been a 1000-kilometer format). The race was won by the GruppeM Racing team with Maro Engel, Raffaele Marciello and Tristan Vautier driving.[1]

2018 Suzuka 10 Hours
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Classification

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Pos	Car No.	Class	Entrant	Drivers	Vehicle	Laps
1	888	P	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	276
2	43	P	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Maximilian Götz Álvaro Parente Lewis Williamson	Mercedes-AMG GT3	276
3	6	P	Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing	Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	276
4	66	P	Audi Sport Team WRT	Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS	276
5	00	P	Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile	Tatsuya Kataoka Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275
6	08	P	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	275
7	44	P	Strakka Racing	Maximilian Buhk Oliver Rowland Adrien Tambay	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275
8	21	P	Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama	Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita	Audi R8 LMS	275
9	17	P	Audi Sport Team WRT	Jake Dennis Stuart Leonard Sheldon van der Linde	Audi R8 LMS	275
10	75	PA	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275
11	991	P	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Kévin Estre Mathieu Jaminet Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	275
12	911	P	Manthey Racing	Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 GT3 R	275
13	28	PA	HubAuto Corsa	Nick Foster David Perel Hiroki Yoshida	Ferrari 488 GT3	275
14	11	P	Gainer	Katsuyuki Hiranaka Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	274
15	88	P	JLOC	Andrea Caldarelli Kazuki Hiramine Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	273
16	8	P	ARN Racing	Kohei Hirate Hiroaki Nagai Koki Saga	Ferrari 488 GT3	273
17	87	PA	JLOC	Taiyo Iida Yuya Motojima Kimiya Sato	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	273
18	10	P	Honda Team Motul	Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Naoki Yamamoto	Honda NSX GT3	272
19	54	PA	Black Swan Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Marc Miller Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	271
20	91	PA	Singha-Team AAI	Tom Blomqvist Akira Iida Piti Bhirombhakdi	BMW M6 GT3	270
21	34	P	Modulo Drago Corse	Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami Hiroki Otsu	Honda NSX GT3	270
22	13	PA	Absolute Racing	Congfu Cheng Adderly Fong Jingzu Sun	Audi R8 LMS	270
23	777	PA	CarGuy Racing	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Naoki Yokomizo	Honda NSX GT3	268
24	27	P	HubAuto Corsa	Matt Griffin Miguel Molina Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	267
25	112	Am	Sato, Yamashita-SS/Rn-Sports	Norio Kubo Atsushi Sato Ryosei Yamashita	Mercedes-AMG GT3	264
26	37	PA	Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing	Yuta Kamimura Yuichi Mikasa Shinji Takei	Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R	260
27	18	P	Team UpGarage	Takuto Iguchi Takashi Kobayashi Yuhki Nakayama	Toyota 86 MC	246
28	77	PA	D'station Racing	Jono Lester Satoshi Hoshino Tsubasa Kondo	Porsche 911 GT3 R	246
29	07	P	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3	217
Not Classified
-	018	P	KCMG	Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Alexandre Imperatori	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	155
-	28	PA	CarsTokaiDream28	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	Lotus Evora MC	98
-	23	P	KCMG	Richard Bradley Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	95
-	58	P	Garage 59	Ben Barnicoat Andrew Watson Côme Ledogar	McLaren 650S GT3	77
-	7	P	D'station Racing	Earl Bamber Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller	Porsche 911 GT3 R	72
-	42	PA	Strakka Racing	Felipe Fraga David Fumanelli Nick Leventis	Mercedes-AMG GT3	22

Notes

References

1. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/08/31/unpacking-the-2018-suzuka-10-hours.html
2. https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/results/2018/suzuka-10-hours/main-race