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 12 December. Dennis Olsen is the defending Drivers' champion and Porsche is the defending Manufacturers' champion.

2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
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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 Laguna Seca Raceway 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. 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 Total 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

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 Kjaergaard
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 Froggart
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 Gianmaria 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 Legeret
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. 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. Car No. 44 entered as Audi Sport Team Car Collection and Car No. 45 entered as Car Collection.
  3. Car No. 55 entered as Attempto Racing and Car No. 66 entered as Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing.
  4. Car No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, Car No. 5 entered as Haupt Racing Team.
  5. Car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP, and Car No. 89 entered as AKKA ASP

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 [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

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
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 Froggart
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 Legeret
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 Gianmaria
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturer's championship

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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