2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge is the ninth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. It comprises four rounds starting with the Bathurst 12 Hour on 18 February with the finale at Indianapolis 8 Hour on 6 October.

Calendar

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The provisional calendar was released on July 1, 2023, at the SRO's annual 24 Hours of Spa press conference, featuring four rounds.[1][2][3][4]

  Also part of the GT World Challenge Australia
  Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe
  Also part of the GT World Challenge America
Round Race Circuit Date Report
1 Australia Repco Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 16 – 18 February Report
2 Germany ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg, Germany 30 May – 2 June Report
3 Belgium CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 27 – 30 June Report
4 United States Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, United States 4 – 6 October Report

Entries

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Intercontinental GT Challenge
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW United States Flying Lizard Motorsports M4 GT3 8 United States Andy Lee PA 4
United States Elias Sabo
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Canada ST Racing 28 United States Bill Auberlen P 4
United States Varun Choksey
Austria Philipp Eng
38 Canada Samantha Tan PA 4
United States Neil Verhagen
United States John Capestro-Dubets
United States Turner Motorsport 29 United States Robby Foley P 4
United States Justin Rothberg
United States Patrick Gallagher
Oman OQ by Oman Racing WRT 30 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy B 3
United Kingdom Sam De Haan
Germany Jens Klingmann
Australia Calan Williams
Belgium Team WRT[a] 31 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde P 4
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts
32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde P 1, 3
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts
33 United Kingdom Dan Harper P 4
Germany Max Hesse
Brazil Augusto Farfus
46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello P 1, 3
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi
Germany BMW M Team RMG 72 United Kingdom Dan Harper P 2
Germany Max Hesse
Belgium Charles Weerts
Germany ROWE Racing 98 Germany Marco Wittmann P 2–3
Brazil Augusto Farfus 2
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Maxime Martin
Austria Philipp Eng 3
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
99 Brazil Augusto Farfus P 2
Netherlands Robin Frijns
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
998 Brazil Augusto Farfus P 3
United Kingdom Dan Harper
Germany Max Hesse
United States Random Vandals Racing 99 United States Kenton Koch P 4
United States Conor Daly
United States Connor De Phillippi
United Kingdom Century Motorsport 991 United Kingdom Darren Leung B 3
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
United States Connor De Phillippi
Brazil Pedro Ebrahim
Mercedes-AMG Germany Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed AMG GT3 Evo 2 Andorra Jules Gounon P 3
Germany Fabian Schiller
Germany Luca Stolz
8 Austria Lucas Auer P 2
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Canada Mikaël Grenier
130 Germany Maro Engel P 2
Andorra Jules Gounon
Germany Fabian Schiller
United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Germany GetSpeed 3 United States Anthony Bartone S 3
United Kingdom James Jell
Switzerland Yannick Mettler
United Kingdom Aaron Walker
Oman AlManar Racing by GetSpeed 777 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair G 3
Austria Dominik Baumann
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT 3 Italy Michele Beretta P 2
United Kingdom Frank Bird
Germany Jusuf Owega
India Arjun Maini
4 Germany Maximilian Götz P 2
Spain Daniel Juncadella
India Arjun Maini
Germany Luca Stolz
Germany Team ADVAN x HRT 6 Estonia Ralf Aron PA 2
Germany Dennis Fetzer
Germany Hubert Haupt
Germany Salman Owega
Germany Haupt Racing Team 77 India Arjun Maini G 3
Germany Jusuf Owega
Italy Michele Beretta
United States CrowdStrike by Riley 4 United States George Kurtz PA 3
United States Colin Braun
United Kingdom Ian James
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing[5] 4 Spain Álex Palou[5] P 4
Germany Fabian Schiller[5]
Germany Luca Stolz[5]
Belgium Boutsen VDS 9 Germany Maximilian Götz P 3
France Thomas Drouet
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
10 France Aurélien Panis S 3
France César Gazeau
United States Roee Meyuhas
France Sebastien Baud
Germany Schnitzelalm Racing 11 Germany Jay Mo Härtling PA 2
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Germany Marcel Marchewicz
China Uno Racing Team with Landgraf 16 Hong Kong "Rio" PA 3
China David Pun
Macau Kevin Tse
Netherlands Indy Dontje
United States Heart of Racing by SPS 27 United Kingdom Ross Gunn PA 1
United Kingdom Ian James
Spain Alex Riberas
Australia Supabarn Supermarkets/Tigani Motorsport 47 Australia James Koundouris S 1
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Jonathon Webb
Australia MMotorsport 48 Australia Jack Le Brocq PA 1
Australia Justin McMillan
Australia Garth Walden
Australia Glen Wood
United States Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER 48 Austria Lucas Auer P 3
Germany Maro Engel
Canada Daniel Morad
United States Winward Racing 57 Thailand Tanart Sathienthirakul S 3
Netherlands Colin Caresani
Netherlands Daan Arrow
France Esteban Masson
Bahrain 2 Seas Motorsport 60 Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa G 3
United Kingdom Frank Bird[6]
Croatia Martin Kodrić
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Australia SunEnergy1 75 Andorra Jules Gounon P 1
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Australia 75 Express 75 Austria Lucas Auer PA 4
Australia Kenny Habul
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 77 Germany Maximilian Götz P 1
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Macau Kevin Tse
Australia Triple Eight JMR 88 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Jamie Whincup
888 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 3–4
Australia Jordan Love
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 3
Austria Martin Konrad
India Arjun Maini 4
Australia National Storage Racing 888 Australia Will Brown P 1
Australia Broc Feeney
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Argentina Madpanda Motorsport 90 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc S 3
Germany Patrick Assenheimer
Poland Karol Basz
United Kingdom Sam Neary
United States Regulator Racing 91 United States Jeff Burton PA 4
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Finland Elias Seppänen
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 130 Germany Maro Engel P 1, 4
Brazil Felipe Fraga 1
Australia David Reynolds
Estonia Ralf Aron 3
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Denmark Frederik Vesti
Andorra Jules Gounon 4
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[7] 222 Australia Craig Lowndes P 1
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters
Porsche Germany Herberth Motorsport 911 GT3 R (992) 5 Australia Matt Campbell P 2
Germany Vicent Kolb
Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Robert Renauer
10 Hong Kong Antares Au PA 4
Netherlands Loek Hartog
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
91 Germany Ralf Bohn B 3
Germany Robert Renauer
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Lionspeed GP 24 Hong Kong Antares Au PA 2
Netherlands Indy Dontje
Germany Patrick Kolb
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Germany Lionspeed x Herberth 80 Hong Kong Antares Au B 3
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Estonia Martin Rump
Switzerland Alexander Fach
Germany SSR Herberth 92 France Mathieu Jaminet P 3
Australia Matt Campbell
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Lithuania Pure Rxcing 911 United Kingdom Alex Malykhin P 3
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Joel Sturm
China Phantom Global Racing 13 Denmark Bastian Buus P 1
Sweden Joel Eriksson
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
23 Sweden Joel Eriksson P 3
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Austria Thomas Preining
Germany Car Collection Motorsport 21 Switzerland Alex Fontana PA 4
Germany Yannick Mettler
United States 'Hash'
France Schumacher CLRT 22 France Dorian Boccolacci P 3
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Germany Laurin Heinrich
United States GMG Racing 32 Australia Tom Sargent PA 4
United States Kyle Washington
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Germany Falken Motorsports 33 France Julien Andlauer P 2
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Sven Müller
Belgium Alessio Picariello
44 Sweden Joel Eriksson P 2
Germany Tim Heinemann
Germany Nico Menzel
Austria Martin Ragginger
Italy Dinamic GT 54 Denmark Bastian Buus P 2
Germany Marvin Dienst
Germany Marco Holzer
Germany Marco Seefried
Austria Philipp Sager B 3
Germany Marvin Dienst
Portugal Guilherme Oliveira
Austria Christopher Zöchling
55 France Théo Nouet S 3
Netherlands Jop Rappange
Norway Marius Nakken
Finland Axel Blom
New Zealand EBM 61 Malaysia Adrian D'Silva PA 3–4
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Earl Bamber 3
China Kerong Li
Denmark Bastian Buus 4
United States RennSport1 85 United States Trent Hindman PA 4
United States Jake Pedersen
Netherlands Kay van Berlo
Germany Rutronik Racing 96 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser P 3
Germany Sven Müller
France Julien Andlauer
97 United States Dustin Blattner B 3
Germany Dennis Marschall
Netherlands Loek Hartog
Canada Zacharie Robichon
United States Wright Motorsports 120 United States Adam Adelson P 4
United States Elliot Skeer
Germany Laurin Heinrich
Germany Manthey EMA 911 France Kévin Estre P 2
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Austria Thomas Preining
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
912 Australia Matt Campbell P 1
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Taiwan HubAuto Racing 992 France Kévin Estre P 3
France Patrick Pilet
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Australia The Bend Manthey EMA 911 GT3 R (991.2) 911 United Kingdom Harry King PA 1
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Australia Yasser Shahin
Sources:[8][9][10]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
G Gold Cup
Am Am Cup
B Bronze Cup
Intercontinental GT Challenge Independent Cup
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Mercedes-AMG Australia Triple Eight JMR AMG GT3 Evo 88 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Jamie Whincup
888 United Kingdom Alexander Sims PA 3
Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
Australia Jordan Love
Austria Martin Konrad
Porsche Germany Lionspeed GP 911 GT3 R (992) 24 Hong Kong Antares Au PA 2
Netherlands Indy Dontje
Germany Patrick Kolb
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Germany Lionspeed x Herberth 80 Hong Kong Antares Au B 3
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Estonia Martin Rump
Switzerland Alexander Fach

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. 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.

  • Round 2 awarded half points as less of 75% of the original race time was completed.
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia
NÜR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
Points
1 Turkey Ayhancan Güven Porsche 1 1 Ret 37.5
1 Belgium Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 1 1 Ret 37.5
2 Australia Matt Campbell Porsche 1 11 4 37
3 Belgium Charles Weerts BMW Ret 2 1 34
4 Germany Max Hesse
United Kingdom Dan Harper
BMW 2 2 27
5 Germany Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 2 3 Ret 25.5
6 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW Ret Ret 1 25
7 Canada Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG 5 Ret 3 25
8 Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW 5 2 23
9 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Maxime Martin
BMW 4 5 9 19
10 Australia Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 18
11 Andorra Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG 2 Ret Ret 18
12 Sweden Joel Eriksson Porsche 3 7 11 18
13 Denmark Bastian Buus Porsche 3 9 16
14 Germany Sven Müller
France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 4 5 16
15 New Zealand Jaxon Evans Porsche 3 11 15
16 Switzerland Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 15
17 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair
Austria Dominik Baumman
Mercedes-AMG 3 15
18 Belgium Alessio Picariello Porsche 8 4 8 14
19 Italy Valentino Rossi BMW 4 9 14
20 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser Porsche 6 5 14
21 Germany Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 7 13.5
22 Austria Thomas Preining Porsche 1 11 12.5
23 France Kévin Estre Porsche 1 Ret 12.5
24 France Mathieu Jaminet
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 4 12
25 Australia Will Brown
Australia Broc Feeney
Mercedes-AMG 5 10
26 Italy Michele Beretta
Germany Jusuf Owega
India Arjun Maini
Mercedes-AMG 8 6 10
27 Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG 6 8
28 Hong Kong Antares Au Porsche 6 8 8
29 Spain Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 Ret 7.5
30 Austria Klaus Bachler Porsche 4 Ret 6
31 Germany Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG 7 Ret Ret 6
32 Brazil Felipe Fraga
Australia David Reynolds
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
33 France Thomas Drouet
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
34 Germany Marco Wittmann BMW 5 Ret 5
35 Netherlands Indy Dontje Porsche

Mercedes-AMG

6 17 4
36 Germany Patrick Kolb Porsche 6 4
37 United Kingdom Harry King
Australia Yasser Shahin
Porsche 8 4
38 Switzerland Alexander Fach
Estonia Martin Rump
Porsche 8 4
39 Germany Tim Heinemann
Germany Nico Menzel
Austria Martin Ragginger
Porsche 7 3
40 United Kingdom Frank Bird Mercedes-AMG 8 19 2
41 United Kingdom Ian James
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Mercedes-AMG 9 2
42 Germany Marco Holzer
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 9 1
43 Germany Marvin Dienst Porsche 9 Ret 1
44 Australia Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG 10 1
45 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
Australia Jordan Love
Mercedes-AMG 10 Ret 1
46 France Anthony Bartone
Belgium James Kell
France Yannick Mettler
Belgium Aaron Walker
Mercedes-AMG 10 1
47 Germany Marcel Marchewicz
Germany Jay Mo Härtling
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Mercedes-AMG 10 0.5
48 Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Jonathon Webb
Mercedes-AMG 11 0
49 Germany Vincent Kolb
Germany Robert Renauer
Norway Dennis Olsen
Porsche 11 0
50 Australia Jack Le Brocq
Australia Justin McMillan
Australia Garth Walden
Australia Glen Wood
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
51 Germany Huber Haupt
Germany Salman Owega
Germany Dennis Fetzer
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
52 Estonia Ralf Aron Mercedes-AMG 12 Ret 0
53 Switzerland Jop Rappange
Estonia Marius Nakken
Estonia Axel Blom
Porsche 12 0
54 Germany Tanart Sathienthirakul
Germany Daan Arrow
Estonia Colin Caresani
Mercedes-AMG 13 0
55 United States George Kurtz
United Kingdom Ian James
United States Colin Braun
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Mercedes-AMG 14 0
56 Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc
United Kingdom Patrick Assenheimer
United States Karol Basz
Netherlands Alain Valente
Mercedes-AMG 15 0
57 United Kingdom Darren Leung
United Kingdom Pedro Ebrahim
United Kingdom Toby Sowery
United States Connor De Phillippi
BMW 16 0
58 Argentina RIO
United Kingdom David Pun
United States Kevin Tse
Mercedes-AMG 17 0
59 France Aurélien Panis
United Kingdom Cezar Gazeu
United States Roee Meyuhas
Netherlands Sébastien BAUD
Mercedes-AMG 18 0
60 Argentina Isa Al-Khalifa
United Kingdom Martin Kodric
United States Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG 19 0
- Macau Kevin Tse
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Austria Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret -
- United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Germany Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret -
- Netherlands Robin Frijns BMW Ret -
- United Kingdom Alex Malykhin
Germany Joel Sturm
Porsche Ret -
- United Kingdom Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Sam de Haan
United Kingdom Calan Williams
Germany Jens Klingmann
BMW Ret -
- Denmark Frederik Vesti Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Canada Daniel Morad Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Germany Rafl Bohn
Germany Robert Renauer
Germany Alfred Renauer
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Porsche Ret -
- Austria Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- France Dorian Boccolacci
Germany Laurin Heinrich
Porsche Ret -
- France Patrick Pilet Porsche Ret -
- Malaysia Adrien D'Silva
China Kerong Li
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Porsche Ret -
- Austria Philipp Sager
Portugal Guilherme Moura De Oliveira
Austria Christopher Zöchling
Porsche Ret -
- United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
Austria Philipp Eng
BMW Ret -
- Canada Zacharie Robichon
Netherlands Loek Hartog
United States Dustin Blattner
Germany Dennis Marschall
Porsche Ret -
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia
NÜR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cars #32 and #46 ran under the commercial title "BMW M Team WRT" in round 1.

References

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  3. ^ "2024 Calendar". Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ Staff, Sportscar365 (24 November 2023). "Repco Named New Bathurst 12H Title Sponsor". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  6. ^ Euwema, Davey (18 June 2024). "Bird Replaces Panciatici at 2 Seas for 24H Spa". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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