2019 California 8 Hours

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, GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).

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

The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was to be replaced by a race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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

GT3

Team Vehicle No Driver
Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 10 Christopher Haase
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Alexandre Imperatori
Oliver Jarvis
Edoardo Liberati
35 Alex Buncombe
Josh Burdon
Katsumasa Chiyo
HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 27 Nick Foster
Miguel Molina
Tim Slade
Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 29 Christopher Haase
Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Bertrand Baguette
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Nicky Catsburg
Mikkel Jensen
Christian Krognes
BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Augusto Farfus
Chaz Mostert
Martin Tomczyk
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 Dominik Baumann
Adam Christodoulou
Christina Nielsen
44 Gary Paffett
Tristan Vautier
Lewis Williamson
Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon
Steven Kane
Jordan Pepper
108 Lucas Ordóñez
Markus Paltalla
Maxime Soulet
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 888 Yelmur Buurman
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
999 Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
Raffaele Marciello
Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Romain Dumas
Mathieu Jaminet
Sven Müller
Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R 912 Matt Campbell
Dennis Olsen
Dirk Werner

GT Cup

Team Car No. Drivers
ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo 88 Miro Konopka
Andrzej Lewandowski
Zdeno Mikulasko

GT4

Team Car No. Drivers
PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 41 Jade Buford
Chad McCumbee
James Pesek
TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 67 Jason Alexandridis
Chris Bellomo
Spencer Pumpelly
RHC Jorgensen/Strom by Strom Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 113 Daren Jorgensen
Jon Miller
Brett Strom

Qualifying

Pole Shootout

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[1]

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

Official results

Bold denotes category winner.

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

    References

    Intercontinental GT Challenge
    Previous race:
    Bathurst 12 Hour
    2019 season Next race:
    24 Hours of Spa
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