2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the third season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured four rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 4 February and concluding with the California 8 Hours on 28 October. Markus Winkelhock was the defending Drivers' champion and Audi was the defending Manufacturers' champion.

The series reverted to rules of the inaugural season, where each manufacturer was permitted to nominate up to four cars in each event. In 2017 all cars and drivers scored points towards the championship.[1]

Calendar

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At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2018 calendar. Suzuka was added to the schedule, replacing the Sepang 12 Hours, which was cancelled the season before.[2] On 25 November 2017, it was announced the race at Laguna Seca was moved a week.[3]

Round Race Circuit Date Report
1 Bathurst 12 Hour   Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 4 February Report
2 24 Hours of Spa   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 28–29 July Report
3 Suzuka 10 Hours   Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 26 August Report
4 California 8 Hours   WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States 28 October Report

Entry list

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Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Audi
  Audi Sport Team WRT[N 1]
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[N 1]
R8 LMS 1   Christopher Mies P 2
  Alex Riberas
  Dries Vanthoor
2   Robin Frijns P 2
  Nico Müller
  René Rast
17   Stuart Leonard P 2–4
  Marcel Fässler 2
  Daniel Serra
  Sheldon van der Linde 3–4
  Jake Dennis 3
  Alex Riberas 4
19   Robin Frijns P 4
  Dries Vanthoor
  Markus Winkelhock
37   Robin Frijns P 1
  Stuart Leonard
  Dries Vanthoor
39   Paul Dalla Lana PA 1
  Will Davison
  Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
66   Christopher Mies P 3
  Dries Vanthoor
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing 6   Christopher Haase P 3
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Markus Winkelhock
  Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama 21   Richard Lyons P 3
  Alessio Picariello
  Ryuichiro Tomita
  Audi Sport Team MPC 22   Kelvin van der Linde P 1
  Garth Tander
  Frédéric Vervisch
74   Christopher Haase P 1
  Christopher Mies
  Markus Winkelhock
  Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 25   Christopher Haase P 2
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Markus Winkelhock
  Audi Sport Team Land 29   Christopher Haase P 4
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Christopher Mies
Bentley   Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 (2018) (0)7   Jules Gounon P 2–4
  Steven Kane
  Jordan Pepper
(0)8   Vincent Abril P 2–4
  Andy Soucek
  Maxime Soulet
Continental GT3 (2016) 17   Jules Gounon P 1
  Steven Kane
  Guy Smith
18   Vincent Abril P 1
  Andy Soucek
  Maxime Soulet
  K-PAX Racing 9   Rodrigo Baptista P 4
  Álvaro Parente
  Bryan Sellers
  Team Parker Racing 31   Andy Meyrick PA 2
  Seb Morris
  Derek Pierce
  Rob Smith
McLaren   YNA Autosport 650S GT3 47   Scott McLaughlin PA 1
  Fraser Ross
  Andrew Watson
  Alexander West
58   Shane van Gisbergen P 1
  Côme Ledogar
  Craig Lowndes
  Garage 59 58   Ben Barnicoat P 2–3
  Côme Ledogar
  Olivier Pla 2
  Andrew Watson 3
188   Chris Goodwin Am 2
  Chris Harris
  Andrew Watson
  Alexander West
Mercedes-AMG   Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile AMG GT3 00   Tatsuya Kataoka P 3
  Kamui Kobayashi
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
  Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 4   Yelmer Buurman P 2
  Maro Engel
  Luca Stolz
  Scott Taylor Motorsport[N 2]
Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing[N 2]
8   Craig Baird PA 1
  Tony D'Alberto
  Max Twigg
75   Kenny Habul P 1
  Raffaele Marciello
  Tristan Vautier
  Jamie Whincup
  Strakka Racing[N 3]
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing[N 3]
42   David Fumanelli PA 2–4
  Nick Leventis
  Chris Buncombe 2
  Lewis Williamson
  Felipe Fraga 3–4
43   Maximilian Götz P 2–4
  Álvaro Parente 2–3
  Maximilian Buhk 2
  Lewis Williamson 3–4
  Raffaele Marciello 4
44   Adrien Tambay P 3–4
  Maximilian Buhk 3
  Oliver Rowland
  Jack Hawksworth 4
  Christian Vietoris
55   David Fumanelli PA 1
  Nick Leventis
  Cameron Waters
  Lewis Williamson
56   Maximilian Buhk P 1
  Maximilian Götz
  Álvaro Parente
  SunEnergy1 Racing 75   Mikaël Grenier PA 3
  Kenny Habul
  Luca Stolz
  Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER[N 4]
SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport[N 4]
84   Edoardo Mortara P 2
  Gary Paffett
  Renger van der Zande
175   Kenny Habul PA 2
  Thomas Jäger
  Martin Konrad
  Bernd Schneider
  SunEnergy1 Racing[N 5]
Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP[N 5]
Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing[N 5]
75   Mikaël Grenier PA 4
  Kenny Habul
  Luca Stolz
88   Daniel Juncadella P 2
  Raffaele Marciello
  Tristan Vautier
175   Maximilian Buhk P 4
  Maro Engel
  Tristan Vautier
  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 888   Maro Engel P 3
  Raffaele Marciello
  Tristan Vautier
Porsche   D'station Racing 911 GT3 R 7   Earl Bamber P 3
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Sven Müller
  Competition Motorsports 12   David Calvert-Jones PA 1
  Matt Campbell
  Alex Davison
  Patrick Long
  KÜS Team75 Bernhard 117   Earl Bamber P 2
  Timo Bernhard
  Laurens Vanthoor
  Black Swan Racing 54(0)   Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1–3
  Tim Pappas
  Marc Lieb 1–2
  Luca Stolz 1
  Marc Miller 2–3
  Jeroen Bleekemolen P 4
  Patrick Long
  Tim Pappas
  Manthey Racing 911   Romain Dumas P 1–3
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Dirk Werner
  Wright Motorsports 911   Romain Dumas P 4
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Dirk Werner
  Craft-Bamboo Racing 991   Kévin Estre P 1, 3
  Laurens Vanthoor
  Earl Bamber 1
  Mathieu Jaminet 3
  Herberth Motorsport 991   Edward Lewis Brauner Am 2
  Jürgen Häring
  Alfred Renauer
  Wolfgang Triller
Sources:[4][5][6][7]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
  Cars not nominated by a manufacturer and therefore not eligible for manufacturer or overall driver points
  Drivers participating in championship for Bronze-rated drivers

Race results

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Rnd. Circuit Pole position IGTC Winners Bronze Winners Winning Manufacturer
1   Bathurst   No. 22 Audi Sport Team MPC[N 6]   No. 37 Audi Sport Team WRT   No. 75 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing Audi
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Garth Tander
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Robin Frijns
  Stuart Leonard
  Dries Vanthoor
  Kenny Habul
2   Spa-Francorchamps   No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT[N 7]   No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc[N 8]   No. 42 Strakka Racing Audi
  Robin Frijns
  Nico Müller
  René Rast
  Christopher Haase
  Frédéric Vervisch
  Markus Winkelhock
  Nick Leventis
3   Suzuka   No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[N 9]   No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing   No. 75 SunEnergy 1 Racing Mercedes-AMG
  Maro Engel
  Raffaele Marciello
  Tristan Vautier
  Maro Engel
  Raffaele Marciello
  Tristan Vautier
  Kenny Habul
4   Laguna Seca   No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land   No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land   No. 63 DXDT Racing Audi
  Christopher Haase
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Christopher Mies
  Christopher Haase
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Christopher Mies
  David Askew

NOTE: California 8 Hours results announced 27 July 2019 following review when the original winner, the No. 42 Strakka Racing team, was disqualified when a driver was disqualified for doping violations.

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

Drivers' championships

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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
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
Points
1   Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG 2 3 1 3 73
2   Christopher Haase Audi Ret 1 3 1 65
3   Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG 2 3 1 7 64
4   Markus Winkelhock Audi Ret 1 3 2 58
4   Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG 2 1 3 58
5   Dries Vanthoor Audi 1 13 4 2 55
5   Robin Frijns Audi 1 4 2 55
6   Kelvin van der Linde Audi 12 3 1 40
7   Frédéric Vervisch Audi 12 1 4 37
7   Christopher Mies Audi Ret 13 4 1 37
7   Stuart Leonard Audi 1 Ret 9 5 37
8   Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG 13 5 2 7 34
9   Maximilian Buhk Mercedes-AMG 13 5 7 3 31
10   Lewis Williamson Mercedes-AMG 7 72 2 7 30
11   Álvaro Parente Mercedes-AMG 13 5 2 28
Bentley 113
12   Romain Dumas
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Dirk Werner
Porsche 6 11 12 4 22
13   Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 82 102 12 18
13   Luca Stolz Porsche 31 18
Mercedes-AMG 2 102 11
13   Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG 2 18
13   Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-AMG 2 18
14   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Tim Pappas
Porsche 3 14 13 8 19
15   Vincent Abril
  Andy Soucek
  Maxime Soulet
Bentley Ret Ret 6 6 16
16   Marc Lieb Porsche 3 14 15
16   Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG 3 15
17   Patrick Long Porsche 4 9 15
18   David Calvert-Jones
  Matt Campbell
  Alex Davison
Porsche 4 12
18   Nico Müller
  René Rast
Audi 4 12
18   Sheldon van der Linde Audi 9 5 12
19   Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 5 Ret 10 12
19   Kévin Estre Porsche 5 11 11
20   Alex Riberas Audi 13 5 10
20   Earl Bamber Porsche 5 Ret Ret 10
20   Tatsuya Kataoka
  Kamui Kobayashi
  Nobuteru Taniguchi
Mercedes-AMG 5 10
20   Adrien Tambay Mercedes-AMG 7 8 12
21   Edoardo Mortara
  Gary Paffett
  Renger van der Zande
Mercedes-AMG 6 8
22   Côme Ledogar McLaren Ret 9 Ret 6
22   Ben Barnicoat McLaren 9 Ret 6
22   David Fumanelli
  Nick Leventis
Mercedes-AMG 7 72 Ret2 DSQ 6
22   Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG 7 6
22   Olivier Pla McLaren 9 6
22   Oliver Rowland Mercedes-AMG 7 6
23   Jules Gounon
  Steven Kane
Bentley 11 10 14 11 4
23   Jordan Pepper Bentley 10 14 11 4
23   Andrew Watson McLaren 8 15 Ret 4
23   Alexander West McLaren 8 15 4
23   Scott McLaughlin
  Fraser Ross
McLaren 8 4
23   Richard Lyons
  Alessio Picariello
  Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi 8 4
23   Jack Hawksworth
  Christian Vietoris
Mercedes-AMG 8 6
24   Craig Baird
  Tony D'Alberto
  Max Twigg
Mercedes-AMG 9 2
24   Jake Dennis Audi 9 2
25   Paul Dalla Lana
  Will Davison
  Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
Audi 10 1
25   Edward Lewis Brauner
  Jürgen Häring
  Alfred Renauer
  Wolfgang Triller
Porsche 12 1
25   Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 11 1
25   Rodrigo Baptista
  Bryan Sellers
Bentley 11 1
  Guy Smith Bentley 11 0
  Marc Miller Porsche 14 13 0
  Garth Tander Audi 12 0
  Chris Goodwin
  Chris Harris
McLaren 15 0
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Craig Lowndes
McLaren Ret
  Timo Bernhard Porsche Ret
  Andy Meyrick
  Seb Morris
  Derek Pierce
  Rob Smith
Bentley Ret
  Marcel Fässler
  Daniel Serra
Audi Ret
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Sven Müller
Porsche Ret
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Chris Buncombe Mercedes-AMG 7
  Felipe Fraga Mercedes-AMG Ret 8
  Thomas Jäger
  Martin Konrad
  Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-AMG 8
  Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG 10 13
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
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

Notes
  • 1 – Luca Stolz's result with Porsche did not count, because he scored more points with Mercedes-AMG.
  • 2 – Ineligible to score points.
  • 3 – Álvaro Parente's result with Bentley did not count, because he scored more points with Mercedes-AMG.
  • 4 - Results finalised on 27 July 2019 following review of California 8 Hours.

Bronze Drivers

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Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
Points
1   Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 8 10 13 83
2   Tim Pappas Porsche 3 14 13 10 66
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
Points

Manufacturers' championship

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Only the top two cars for a manufacturer are eligible for points.

Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
Points
1 Audi R8 LMS 1 1 3 1 138
10 4 4 2
2 Mercedes-AMG AMG GT3 2 2 1 3 127
7 3 2 7
3 Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 11 11 4 69
4 12 12 10
4 Bentley Continental GT3 (2016)
Continental GT3 (2018)
11 10 6 5 40
Ret Ret 14 11
5 McLaren 650S GT3 8 9 Ret 20
Ret 15
Pos. Manufacturer Car BAT
 
SPA
 
SUZ
 
LGA
 
Points

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Cars No. 1, 2, 19, 37, 39 and 66 entered as Audi Sport Team WRT. Car No. 17 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT at Round 2 and as Audi Sport Team WRT at Rounds 3 and 4.
  2. ^ a b Car No. 8 entered as Scott Taylor Motorsport and car No. 75 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing.
  3. ^ a b Car No. 42 entered as Strakka Racing and cars No. 43, 55 and 56 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing. Car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing at Round 3 and as Strakka Racing at Round 4.
  4. ^ a b Car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER and car No. 175 entered as SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport.
  5. ^ a b c Car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP and car No. 175 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing.
  6. ^ Chaz Mostert took Pole position in the No. 43 BMW Team Schnitzer car, but Kelvin van der Linde was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver.
  7. ^ Maxime Martin took Pole position in the No. 62 R-Motorsport car, but Nico Müller was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver.
  8. ^ Tom Blomqvist, Philipp Eng and Christian Krognes won the race in the No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport car, but Christopher Haase, Frédéric Vervisch and Markus Winkelhock were the highest classified Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers.
  9. ^ Nick Foster took Pole position in the No. 28 HubAuto Corsa car, but Raffaele Marciello was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver.

References

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  1. ^ Dagys, John (31 January 2018). "Five Manufacturers Set for IGTC Season; New Bronze Title". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. ^ Kilshaw, Jake (28 July 2017). "Suzuka 10H to Replace Sepang on IGTC Schedule". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ Dagys, John (25 November 2017). "Date Change for California 8H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Provisional Entry List - Round 1 - Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Round 2 - Total 24 Hours of Spa" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Round 3 - Suzuka 10 Hours" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ^ "33-car strong entry list for second edition of Laguna Seca Raceway California 8 Hours". SRO Motorsports Group. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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