2019 Kyalami 9 Hours
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The 2019 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 23 November 2019 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. This event served as a revival to the Kyalami 9 Hours event which was last held in 2000, and also served as the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
The race was won from pole by Frikadelli Racing Team and drivers Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Frikadelli's #31 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished 6.745 seconds ahead of Walkenhorst Motorsport and their #34 BMW M6 GT3 shared by Mikkel Jensen, Nicky Catsburg and Christian Krognes. GPX Racing secured third place a further 2.290 seconds down, in their #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.
Entry list
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Pole Shootout
[edit]These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[2]
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 |  Nick Tandy
|
Frikadelli Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:52.825 | |
| 2 | 29 |  Christopher Haase
|
Audi Sport Team Land | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 1:52.870 | +0.045 |
| 3 | 999 |  Raffaele Marciello
|
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:53.086 | +0.261 |
| 4 | 20 |  Richard Lietz
|
GPX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:53.569 | +0.744 |
| 5 | 12 |  Matt Campbell
|
Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:53.787 | +0.962 |
| 6 | 42 |  Sheldon van der Linde
|
BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 1:53.833 | +1.008 |
| 7 | 76 | Jake Dennis
|
R-Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 1:53.942 | +1.117 |
| 8 | 30 |  Bertrand Baguette
|
Honda Team Motul | Honda NSX GT3 | 1:54.034 | +1.209 |
| 9 | 10 | Maximilian Götz
|
Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:54.174 | +1.349 |
| 10 | 35 | Josh Burdon
|
KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1:54.303 | +1.478 |
Race
[edit]Race Results
[edit]| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 31 | Frikadelli Racing Team
|
Nick Tandy Dennis Olsen Mathieu Jaminet
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 259 | 9:00:06.106 |
| 2 | P | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport
|
 Mikkel Jensen Nicky Catsburg Christian Krognes
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 259 | +6.745 |
| 3 | P | 20 |  GPX Racing
|
Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Michael Christensen
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 259 | +9.035 |
| 4 | P | 29 | Audi Sport Team Land
|
Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock
|
Audi R8 LMS | 259 | +15.325 |
| 5 | P | 10 | Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance
|
Maximilian Götz Yelmer Buurman Luca Stolz
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 259 | +17.162 |
| 6 | P | 18 |  KCMG
|
Edoardo Liberati Oliver Jarvis Alexandre Imperatori
|
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 259 | +30.731 |
| 7 | P | 42 | BMW Team Schnitzer
|
Sheldon van der Linde Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 259 | +40.556 |
| 8 | P | 12 | Dinamic Motorsport
|
Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber Matt Campbell
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 259 | +41.1651 |
| 9 | P | 911 | KÜS Team75 Bernhard
|
Sven Müller Romain Dumas Dirk Werner
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 259 | +44.188 |
| 10 | P | 62 | R-Motorsport
|
Ricky Collard Hugo de Sadeleer Marvin Kirchhöfer
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 259 | +44.729 |
| 11 | P | 25 | Audi Sport Team WRT
|
Kelvin van der Linde Frederic Vervisch Dries Vanthoor
|
Audi R8 LMS | 258 | +1 Lap |
| 12 | P | 107 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Jordan Pepper Jules Gounon Maxime Soulet
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 258 | +1 Lap |
| 13 | S | 9 | Lechner Racing
|
Saul Hack Lars Kern Dylan Pereira
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 257 | +2 Laps |
| 14 | P | 76 | R-Motorsport
|
 Enaam Ahmed Jake Dennis Maxime Martin
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 256 | +3 Laps |
| 15 | S | 6 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon
|
Patrick Assenheimer  Sergei Afanasiev Hubert Haupt
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 256 | +3 Laps |
| 16 | S | 22 | Rinaldi Racing
|
Jochen Krumbach David Perel Leonard Weiss
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 256 | +3 Laps |
| 17 | Am | 36 | Walkenhorst Motorsport
|
Gennaro Bonafede Michael Von Rooyen Henry Walkenhorst
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 253 | +6 Laps |
| 18 | Am | 40 | Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance
|
Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg  Miguel Ramos
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 253 | +6 Laps |
| 19 | P | 35 | KCMG
|
 Katsumasa Chiyo João Paulo de Oliveira Josh Burdon
|
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 251 | +8 Laps |
| 20 | PA | 43 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing
|
Christina Nielsen Adrian Henry D'Sliva Dominik Baumann
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 251 | +8 Laps |
| 21 | Nat | 17 | Pablo Clark Racing
|
Leonard Charles Thompson Michael Stephen Kishoor Pitamber
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 246 | +13 Laps |
| 22 | P | 108 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Rodrigo Baptista  Andy Soucek Steven Kane
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 206 | Accident |
| DNF | PA | 188 | Garage 59
|
Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 130 | Mechanical |
| DNF | P | 44 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing
|
Gary Paffett Lewis Williamson Tristan Vautier
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 98 | Accident |
| DNF | Nat | 09 | Team Perfect Circle
|
André Bezuidenhout Franco Scribante Silvio Scribante
|
Porsche 997 GT3 R | 85 | Mechanical |
| DNF | Nat | 13 | Stradale Motorsport
|
Charl Arangies Craig Jarvis Dawie Joubert
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 81 | Accident |
| DNF | P | 30 | Honda Team Motul
|
 Dane Cameron Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi
|
Honda NSX GT3 | 55 | Mechanical |
| DNF | P | 999 | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
|
Maximilian Buhk Raffaele Marciello Maro Engel
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 0 | Broken Cylinder Coil |
| Source:[3] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 - The #12 Dinamic Motorsport car was awarded a 10-second time penalty after the race.
References
[edit]- ^ "KYALAMI 9 HOUR / ENTRY LIST". Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Pole Shoot Out - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Kyalami 9 Hours Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
External links
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