2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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

Calendar

Map of circuit locations

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

Entries

Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Flying Lizard Motorsports M4 GT3 8 Andy Lee PA 4
Elias Sabo
Nick Yelloly
ST Racing 28 Bill Auberlen P 4
Varun Choksey
Philipp Eng
38 Samantha Tan PA 4
Neil Verhagen
John Capestro-Dubets
Turner Motorsport 29 Robby Foley P 4
Justin Rothberg
Patrick Gallagher
OQ by Oman Racing[a]

BMW M Team WRT[a]

Team WRT[a]
30 Ahmad Al Harthy B 3
Sam De Haan
Jens Klingmann
Calan Williams
31 Sheldon van der Linde P 4
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
32 Sheldon van der Linde P 1, 3
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
33 Dan Harper P 4
Max Hesse
Augusto Farfus
46 Raffaele Marciello P 1, 3
Maxime Martin
Valentino Rossi
BMW M Team RMG 72 Dan Harper P 2
Max Hesse
Charles Weerts
ROWE Racing 98 Marco Wittmann P 2–3
Augusto Farfus 2
Raffaele Marciello
Maxime Martin
Philipp Eng 3
Nick Yelloly
99 Augusto Farfus P 2
Robin Frijns
Sheldon van der Linde
Dries Vanthoor
998 Augusto Farfus P 3
Dan Harper
Max Hesse
Random Vandals Racing 99 Kenton Koch P 4
Conor Daly
Connor De Phillippi
Century Motorsport 991 Darren Leung B 3
Toby Sowery
Connor De Phillippi
Pedro Ebrahim
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed[b]

GetSpeed[b]

AlManar Racing by GetSpeed[b]
AMG GT3 Evo 2 Jules Gounon P 3
Fabian Schiller
Luca Stolz
3 Anthony Bartone S 3
James Jell
Yannick Mettler
Aaron Walker
8 Lucas Auer P 2
Adam Christodoulou
Philip Ellis
Mikaël Grenier
130 Maro Engel P 2
Jules Gounon
Fabian Schiller
Adam Christodoulou
777 Al Faisal Al Zubair G 3
Dominik Baumann
Mikaël Grenier
Philip Ellis
Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT[c]

Team ADVAN x HRT[c]

Haupt Racing Team[c]
3 Michele Beretta P 2
Frank Bird
Jusuf Owega
Arjun Maini
4 Maximilian Götz P 2
Daniel Juncadella
Arjun Maini
Luca Stolz
6 Ralf Aron PA 2
Dennis Fetzer
Hubert Haupt
Salman Owega
77 Arjun Maini G 3
Jusuf Owega
Michele Beretta
CrowdStrike by Riley 4 George Kurtz PA 3
Colin Braun
Ian James
Nick Catsburg
Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing[5] 4 Álex Palou[5] P 4
Fabian Schiller[5]
Luca Stolz[5]
Boutsen VDS 9 Maximilian Götz P 3
Thomas Drouet
Ulysse de Pauw
10 Aurélien Panis S 3
César Gazeau
Roee Meyuhas
Sebastien Baud
Schnitzelalm Racing 11 Jay Mo Härtling PA 2
Kenneth Heyer
Marcel Marchewicz
Uno Racing Team with Landgraf 16 "Rio" PA 3
David Pun
Kevin Tse
Indy Dontje
Heart of Racing by SPS 27 Ross Gunn PA 1
Ian James
Alex Riberas
Supabarn Supermarkets/Tigani Motorsport 47 James Koundouris S 1
Theo Koundouris
David Russell
Jonathon Webb
MMotorsport 48 Jack Le Brocq PA 1
Justin McMillan
Garth Walden
Glen Wood
Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER[d]

Winward Racing[d]
48 Lucas Auer P 3
Maro Engel
Daniel Morad
57 Tanart Sathienthirakul S 3
Colin Caresani
Daan Arrow
Esteban Masson
2 Seas Motorsport 60 Isa Al Khalifa G 3
Frank Bird[6]
Martin Kodrić
Lewis Williamson
SunEnergy1[e]

75 Express[e]
75 Jules Gounon P 1
Kenny Habul
Luca Stolz
Lucas Auer PA 4
Kenny Habul
Jayden Ojeda
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 77 Maximilian Götz P 1
Daniel Juncadella
Jayden Ojeda
Kevin Tse
Triple Eight JMR[f]

National Storage Racing[f]
88 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Jordan Love
Jamie Whincup
888 Will Brown P 1
Broc Feeney
Mikaël Grenier
Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 3–4
Jordan Love
Alexander Sims 3
Martin Konrad
Arjun Maini 4
Madpanda Motorsport 90 Ezequiel Pérez Companc S 3
Patrick Assenheimer
Karol Basz
Sam Neary
Regulator Racing 91 Jeff Burton PA 4
Philip Ellis
Elias Seppänen
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 130 Maro Engel P 1, 4
Felipe Fraga 1
David Reynolds
Ralf Aron 3
Daniel Juncadella
Frederik Vesti
Jules Gounon 4
Mikaël Grenier
Scott Taylor Motorsport[7] 222 Craig Lowndes P 1
Thomas Randle
Cameron Waters
Porsche Herberth Motorsport[g]

Lionspeed GP[g]

Lionspeed x Herberth[g]

SSR Herberth[g]

Pure Rxcing[g]
911 GT3 R (992) 5 Matt Campbell P 2
Vicent Kolb
Dennis Olsen
Robert Renauer
10 Antares Au PA 4
Loek Hartog
Patric Niederhauser
24 Antares Au PA 2
Indy Dontje
Patrick Kolb
Patric Niederhauser
80 Antares Au B 3
Alessio Picariello
Martin Rump
Alexander Fach
91 Ralf Bohn B 3
Robert Renauer
Morris Schuring
Alfred Renauer
92 Mathieu Jaminet P 3
Matt Campbell
Frédéric Makowiecki
911 Alex Malykhin P 3
Klaus Bachler
Joel Sturm
Phantom Global Racing 13 Bastian Buus P 1
Joel Eriksson
Jaxon Evans
23 Joel Eriksson P 3
Jaxon Evans
Thomas Preining
Car Collection Motorsport 21 Alex Fontana PA 4
Yannick Mettler
'Hash'
Schumacher CLRT 22 Dorian Boccolacci P 3
Ayhancan Güven
Laurin Heinrich
GMG Racing 32 Tom Sargent PA 4
Kyle Washington
Ayhancan Güven
Falken Motorsports 33 Julien Andlauer P 2
Klaus Bachler
Sven Müller
Alessio Picariello
44 Joel Eriksson P 2
Tim Heinemann
Nico Menzel
Martin Ragginger
Dinamic GT 54 Bastian Buus P 2
Marvin Dienst
Marco Holzer
Marco Seefried
Philipp Sager B 3
Marvin Dienst
Guilherme Oliveira
Christopher Zöchling
55 Théo Nouet S 3
Jop Rappange
Marius Nakken
Axel Blom
EBM 61 Adrian D'Silva PA 3–4
Brendon Leitch
Earl Bamber 3
Kerong Li
Bastian Buus 4
RennSport1 85 Trent Hindman PA 4
Jake Pedersen
Kay van Berlo
Rutronik Racing 96 Patric Niederhauser P 3
Sven Müller
Julien Andlauer
97 Dustin Blattner B 3
Dennis Marschall
Loek Hartog
Zacharie Robichon
Wright Motorsports 120 Adam Adelson P 4
Elliot Skeer
Laurin Heinrich
Manthey EMA 911 Kévin Estre P 2
Ayhancan Güven
Thomas Preining
Laurens Vanthoor
912 Matt Campbell P 1
Ayhancan Güven
Laurens Vanthoor
HubAuto Racing 992 Kévin Estre P 3
Patrick Pilet
Laurens Vanthoor
The Bend Manthey EMA 911 GT3 R (991.2) 911 Harry King PA 1
Alessio Picariello
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 Triple Eight JMR AMG GT3 Evo 88 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Jordan Love
Jamie Whincup
888 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 3–4
Jordan Love
Alexander Sims 3
Martin Konrad
Arjun Maini 4
Porsche Herberth Motorsport[h]

Lionspeed GP[h]

Lionspeed x Herberth[h]
911 GT3 R (992) 10 Antares Au PA 4
Loek Hartog
Patric Niederhauser
24 Antares Au PA 2
Indy Dontje
Patrick Kolb
Patric Niederhauser
80 Antares Au B 3
Alessio Picariello
Martin Rump
Alexander Fach
EBM 61 Adrian D'Silva PA 3–4
Brendon Leitch
Earl Bamber 3
Kerong Li
Bastian Buus 4

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. 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

The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
NÜR
SPA
IND
Points
1 Charles Weerts BMW Ret 2 1 1 68
2 Ayhancan Güven Porsche 1 1 Ret Ret 50
2 Sheldon van der Linde
Dries Vanthoor
BMW Ret Ret 1 1 50
2 Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 1 1 Ret 50
3 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG 5 Ret 3 3 40
4 Matt Campbell Porsche 1 11 4 37
5 Max Hesse
Dan Harper
BMW 2 2 13 36
6 Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 2 3 Ret 10 34
7 Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG 2 Ret Ret 3 33
8 Augusto Farfus BMW 5 2 13 28
8 Patric Niederhauser Porsche 6 5 5 28
9 Thomas Preining Porsche 1 11 25
9 Kévin Estre Porsche 1 Ret 25
10 Raffaele Marciello
Maxime Martin
BMW 4 5 9 24
11 Sven Müller
Julien Andlauer
Porsche 4 5 22
11 Antares Au Porsche 6 8 5 22
12 Joel Eriksson Porsche 3 7 11 21
12 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 7 21
12 Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 7 21
12 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG 7 Ret Ret 3 21
13 Alessio Picariello Porsche 8 4 8 20
14 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 Ret 18
14 Laurin Heinrich Porsche Ret 2 18
14 Elliott Skeer
Adam Adelson
Porsche 2 18
15 Bastian Buus Porsche 3 9 11 16
16 Jaxon Evans Porsche 3 11 15
16 Al Faisal Al Zubair
Dominik Baumman
Mercedes-AMG 3 15
16 Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG Ret 3 Ret 15
17 Valentino Rossi BMW 4 9 14
18 Mathieu Jaminet
Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 4 12
18 Arjun Maini Mercedes-AMG 8 6 Ret 12
18 Michele Beretta
Jusuf Owega
Mercedes-AMG 8 6 12
18 Klaus Bachler Porsche 4 Ret 12
18 Trent Hindman
Jake Pedersen
Kay van Berlo
Porsche 4 12
19 Will Brown
Broc Feeney
Mercedes-AMG 5 10
19 Marco Wittmann BMW 5 Ret 10
19 Loek Hartog Porsche Ret 5 10
20 Craig Lowndes
Thomas Randle
Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG 6 8
20 Indy Dontje Porsche

Mercedes-AMG

6 17 8
20 Patrick Kolb Porsche 6 8
20 Robby Foley
Justin Rothberg
Patrick Gallagher
BMW 6 8
21 Felipe Fraga
David Reynolds
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
21 Thomas Drouet
Ulysse de Pauw
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
21 Tim Heinemann
Nico Menzel
Martin Ragginger
Porsche 7 6
21 Elias Seppänen
Jeff Burton
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
22 Harry King
Yasser Shahin
Porsche 8 4
22 Alexander Fach
Martin Rump
Porsche 8 4
22 Frank Bird Mercedes-AMG 8 19 4
22 Philipp Eng BMW Ret 8 4
22 Bill Auberlen
Varun Choksey
BMW 8 4
23 Yannick Mettler Mercedes-AMG

Porsche

10 9 3
24 Ian James Mercedes-AMG 9 14 2
24 Ross Gunn
Alex Riberas
Mercedes-AMG 9 2
24 Marco Holzer
Marco Seefried
Porsche 9 2
24 Marvin Dienst Porsche 9 Ret 2
24 Alex Fontana
'Hash'
Porsche 9 2
25 Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
Jordan Love
Mercedes-AMG 10 Ret Ret 1
25 Anthony Bartone
James Kell
Aaron Walker
Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Marcel Marchewicz
Jay Mo Härtling
Kenneth Heyer
Mercedes-AMG 10 1
25 Álex Palou Mercedes-AMG 10 1
- James Koundouris
Theo Koundouris
David Russell
Jonathon Webb
Mercedes-AMG 11 0
- Vincent Kolb
Robert Renauer
Dennis Olsen
Porsche 11 0
- Adrien D'Silva
Brendon Leitch
Porsche Ret 11 0
- Jack Le Brocq
Justin McMillan
Garth Walden
Glen Wood
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
- Huber Haupt
Salman Owega
Dennis Fetzer
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
- Ralf Aron Mercedes-AMG 12 Ret 0
- Théo Nouet
Jop Rappange
Marius Nakken
Axel Blom
Porsche 12 0
- Nick Yelloly BMW Ret 12 0
- Andy Lee
Elias Sabo
BMW 12 0
- Tanart Sathienthirakul
Daan Arrow
Colin Caresani
Esteban Masson
Mercedes-AMG 13 0
- George Kurtz
Colin Braun
Nicky Catsburg
Mercedes-AMG 14 0
- Samantha Tan
Neil Verhagen
John Capestro-Dubets
BMW 14 0
- Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Patrick Assenheimer
Karol Basz
Sam Neary
Mercedes-AMG 15 0
- Connor De Phillippi BMW 16 Ret 0
- Darren Leung
Pedro Ebrahim
Toby Sowery
BMW 16 0
- Kevin Tse Mercedes-AMG Ret 17 0
- 'RIO'
David Pun
Mercedes-AMG 17 0
- Aurélien Panis
Cezar Gazeu
Roee Meyuhas
Sébastien Baud
Mercedes-AMG 18 0
- Isa Al-Khalifa
Martin Kodric
Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG 19 0
- Jayden Ojeda Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret -
- Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret Ret -
- Adam Christodoulou Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret -
- Robin Frijns BMW Ret -
- Alex Malykhin
Joel Sturm
Porsche Ret -
- Ahmad Al Harthy
Sam de Haan
Calan Williams
Jens Klingmann
BMW Ret -
- Frederik Vesti Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Daniel Morad Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Rafl Bohn
Robert Renauer
Alfred Renauer
Morris Schuring
Porsche Ret -
- Alexander Sims
Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG Ret -
- Dorian Boccolacci Porsche Ret -
- Patrick Pilet Porsche Ret -
- Kerong Li
Earl Bamber
Porsche Ret -
- Philipp Sager
Guilherme Moura De Oliveira
Christopher Zöchling
Porsche Ret -
- Zacharie Robichon
Dustin Blattner
Dennis Marschall
Porsche Ret -
- Kenton Koch
Conor Daly
BMW Ret -
- Tom Sargent
Kyle Washington
Porsche Ret -
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
NÜR
SPA
IND
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Car No. 30 entered as OQ by Oman Racing, car 31 and 33 entered as Team WRT, car No. 32 and No. 46 entered as BMW M Team WRT in round 1, and entered as Team WRT in round 3
  2. ^ a b c Car No. 2, No. 8 and No. 130 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed, car No. 3 entered as Getspeed, and car No. 777 entered as Almanar Racing by Getspeed.
  3. ^ a b c Car No. 3 and No. 4 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT, car No. 6 entered as Team ADVAN x HRT, and car No. 77 entered as Haupt Racing Team.
  4. ^ a b Car No. 48 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER, and car No. 58 entered as Winward Racing.
  5. ^ a b Car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 in round 1, and entered as 75 Express in round 4.
  6. ^ a b Car No. 88 entered as Triple Eight JMR, car No. 888 entered as National Storage Racing in round 1, and entered as Triple Eight JMR in rounds 3 and 4.
  7. ^ a b c d e Car No. 5, No. 10 and No. 91 entered as Herberth Motorsport, car No. 24 entered as Lionspeed GP, car No. 80 entered as Lionspeed x Herberth, car No. 92 entered as SSR Herberth, and Car No. 911 entered as Pure Racing.
  8. ^ a b c Car No. 10 entered as Herberth Motorsport, car No. 24 entered as Lionspeed GP, and car No. 80 entered as Lionspeed x Herberth.

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