2023 Kyalami 9 Hours
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| Round 2 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 23–25 February 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge | |||||||||||||
| Location | Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit | |||||||||||||
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The 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours (commercially titled 2023 Joburg Kyalami 9 Hours) was an endurance event that took place on 25 February 2023 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the second round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.[1]
Results
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Individual Times |
Aggregate Time |
Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||||||||
| 1 | 999 | P | Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello |
GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:43.167 1:42.657 1:42.029 |
1:42.617 | |
| 2 | 32 | P | Dries Vanthoor Sheldon van der Linde Charles Weerts |
Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 1:43.299 1:42.759 1:42.768 |
1:42.942 | +0.325 |
| 3 | 33 | P | Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Jr. Maxime Martin |
Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 1:43.492 1:42.834 1:42.586 |
1:42.970 | +0.353 |
| 4 | 66 | P | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller Patric Niederhauser |
Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | 1:43.383 1:43.019 1:42.681 |
1:43.027 | +0.410 |
| 5 | 99 | P | Markus Winkelhock Dennis Marschall Alex Aka |
Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | 1:43.817 1:42.804 1:42.946 |
1:43.189 | +0.572 |
| 6 | 75 | PA | Yannick Mettler Kenny Habul Jules Gounon |
SunEnergy1 Racing SPS Automotive Performance |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:43.519 1:44.444 1:42.470 |
1:43.477 | +0.860 |
| 7 | 4 | PA | Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Earl Bamber |
Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:46.166 1:43.823 1:42.347 |
1:44.112 | +1.495 |
| 8 | 20 | PA | Luca Stolz Reece Barr Miguel Ramos |
SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:43.655 1:44.351 1:44.904 |
1:44.303 | +1.686 |
| 9 | 86 | PA | Charl Arangies Arnold Neveling Clint Weston |
Stradale Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:46.489 1:45.187 1:46.181 |
1:45.952 | +2.335 |
| 10 | 80 | PA | Kwanda Mokoena Mo Mia Marius Jackson |
MJR Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | No time 1:53.179 1:54.477 |
1:53.828 | +11.211 |
| National Cup | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | GT3 | Mikaël Pitamber | Pablo Clark Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:45.103 | +2.486 | |
| 2 | 11 | GT3 | Sunthrasagaran Moodley | BigFoot Express Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:54.118 | +11.501 | |
| 3 | 51 | GT4 | Joseph Ellerine | MJR Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 1:59.470 | +16.853 | |
| Sources:[2][3][4][5] | ||||||||
Race
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time / Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | P | Dries Vanthoor Sheldon van der Linde Charles Weerts |
Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 306 | 9:00:56.286 |
| 2 | 33 | P | Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Jr. Maxime Martin |
Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 306 | +1.778 |
| 3 | 66 | P | Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller Patric Niederhauser |
Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | 306 | +3.052 |
| 4 | 99 | P | Markus Winkelhock Dennis Marschall Alex Aka |
Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | 305 | +1 lap |
| 5 | 75 | PA | Yannick Mettler Kenny Habul Jules Gounon |
SunEnergy1 Racing SPS Automotive Performance |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 304 | +2 laps |
| 6 | 4 | PA | Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Earl Bamber |
Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 302 | +4 laps |
| 7 | 20 | PA | Luca Stolz Reece Barr Miguel Ramos |
SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 302 | +4 laps |
| 8 | 86 | PA | Charl Arangies Arnold Neveling Clint Weston |
Stradale Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 280 | +26 laps |
| 9 | 999 | P | Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello |
GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 244 | +62 laps |
| DNF | 80 | PA | Kwanda Mokoena Mo Mia Marius Jackson |
MJR Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo2 | 183 | Master cylinder |
| DNF | 3 | GT3 | Mikaël Pitamber | Pablo Clark Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 34 | National Cup |
| DNF | 11 | GT3 | Sunthrasagaran Moodley | BigFoot Express Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 32 | National Cup |
| DNF | 51 | GT4 | Joseph Ellerine | MJR Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 30 | National Cup |
| Source:[6] | |||||||
References
- ^ "2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge Reshuffled". dailysportscar.com. 29 July 2022.
- ^ "QUALIFYING - COMBINED CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "QUALIFYING 1 - DRIVER 1 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "QUALIFYING 2 - DRIVER 2 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL AMENDED" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "QUALIFYING 3 - DRIVER 3 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "RACE - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 25 February 2023.
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