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 22 November. Dennis Olsen is the defending Drivers' champion and Porsche is the defending Manufacturers' champion.

2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Previous:	2019	Next:	2021

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]

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	November 22	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 Australian Endurance Championship

  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 Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 7 Jules Gounon P 1 Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 8 Alex Buncombe P 1 Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris BMW Walkenhorst Motorsport M6 GT3 34 Nicky Catsburg P 1 Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Ferrari HubAuto Corsa 488 GT3 27 Marcos Gomes P 1 Daniel Serra Tim Slade Honda Team Honda Racing NSX GT3 Evo 30 Dane Cameron P 1 Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Lamborghini Orange1 FFF Racing Team Huracán GT3 Evo 63 Andrea Caldarelli P 1 Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli Mercedes-AMG SunEnergy1 Racing AMG GT3 75 Dominik Baumann PA 1 Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon AMG GT3 Evo 77 Yelmer Buurman P 1 Maro Engel Luca Stolz 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 Absolute Racing 911 Matt Campbell P 1 Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet 912 Matteo Cairoli P 1 Thomas Preining Dirk Werner Sources:[3]

Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

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	[4][5]
		Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet
2	Indianapolis
3	Spa-Francorchamps
4	Kyalami

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 Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet Bentley 1 25 2 Shane van Gisbergen Maximilian Götz Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG 2 18 3 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet Porsche 3 15 4 Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 4 12 5 Maximilian Buhk Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG 5 10 6 Matteo Cairoli Thomas Preining Dirk Werner Porsche 6 8 7 Earl Bamber Craig Lowndes Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 7 6 8 David Calvert-Jones Romain Dumas Jaxon Evans Porsche 8 4 9 Roman De Angelis Olivier Hart Andrew Watson Aston Martin 9 2 10 Jake Dennis Scott Dixon Rick Kelly Aston Martin 10 1 Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi 11 0 Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi 12 0 Dominik Baumann Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds Mercedes-AMG 13 0 Alex Buncombe Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris Bentley Ret 0 Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli Lamborghini Ret 0 Dane Cameron Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Honda Ret 0 Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert BMW Ret 0 Christopher Haase Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Ret 0 Mirko Bortolotti Christopher Mies Garth Tander Audi Ret 0 Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Maxime Martin Alexander West Aston Martin Ret 0 Marcos Gomes Daniel Serra Tim Slade Ferrari WD Oliver Caldwell Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer Aston Martin WD Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT IND SPA KYA Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturer's championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	Points
1	Mercedes-AMG	AMG GT3 AMG GT3 Evo	2				30
			4
2	Bentley	Continental GT3	1				25
			Ret
3	Porsche	911 GT3 R	3				25
			6
4	Aston Martin	Vantage AMR GT3	9				14
			10
5	Audi	R8 LMS Evo	11				6
			12
	Lamborghini	Huracán GT3 Evo	Ret				0
	Honda	NSX GT3 Evo	Ret				0
	BMW	M6 GT3	Ret				0
	Ferrari	488 GT3	WD
Pos.	Manufacturer	Car	BAT	IND	SPA	KYA	Points

See also

• 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2020 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2020 GT World Challenge America

References

1. Coch, Mat (26 July 2019). "Indianapolis joins Bathurst on IGTC calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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.
3. "Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli's biggest-ever Bathurst entry to kick off 2020 Down Under". intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
4. Zalavari, Michael (1 January 2020). "Campbell Claims Pole For Absolute Porsche". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
5. Dagys, John (2 February 2020). "Bentley Breaks Through for Bathurst 12H Win". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links

• Official website