2019 Suzuka 10 Hours

The 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours was an endurance event that took place on August 25, 2019, at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 48th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the third round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the most recent running of the Suzuka Summer Endurance Race until the 2025 Suzuka 1000km.

Entry list

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup
^A	Cars eligible for Asia awards
^SGT	Cars eligible for Super GT awards

^[1]

Team

Vehicle

No

Driver

Class

Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE^[1]

00

P
^A ^SGT

KCMG^[1]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

018

P

35

P
^A

Modulo Drago Corse^[1]

034

P
^A ^SGT

Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja]^[1]

Lotus Evora MC GT300

2

Hiroshi Hamaguchi

PA

^A ^SGT

Hiroki Katoh

Kazuho Takahashi

GTNET Motor Sports^[1]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)

5

Teruhiko Hamano

PA

^A

Kazuki Hoshino

Eiji Yamada

Wall Racing^[1]

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2017)

6

Tony D'Alberto

S

Adrian Dietz

Cameron McConville

apr with ARN Racing^[1]

Ferrari 488 GT3

8

Yuta Kamimura

S

^A ^SGT

Hiroaki Nagai

Manabu Orido

MP Racing^[1]

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)

9

Yusaku Shibata

Am

^A

Joe Shindo

Takumi Takata

Planex SmaCam Racing^[2]

McLaren 720S GT3

11

Mika Häkkinen

P
^A ^SGT

Hiroaki Ishiura

Katsuaki Kubota

Team UpGarage^[1]

18

P
^A ^SGT

Audi Team Hitotsuyama^[1]

Audi R8 LMS Evo

21

Richard Lyons

P
^SGT

Alessio Picariello

Ryuichiro Tomita

Audi Sport Team WRT^[1]^[3]

25

P

HubAuto Corsa^[1]

27

P

Nick Foster

Heikki Kovalainen

Motul Honda Team JAS^[1]

30

P

Walkenhorst Motorsport^[1]

BMW M6 GT3

34

Nick Catsburg

P

Mikkel Jensen

Christian Krognes

Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing^[1]

Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R

37

Ryo Ogawa

S

^A

Markus Pommer

Shinji Takei

BMW Team Schnitzer^[1]

42

P

	Strakka Racing^[1]^{[N 1]}
	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing^[1]^{[N 1]}

Mercedes-AMG GT3

43

Dominik Baumann

PA

Adrian Henry D'Silva

44

P

AMAC Motorsport^[1]

51

Andrew MacPherson

S

Ben Porter

Brad Shiels

LM Corsa^[1]

Porsche 911 GT3 R

60

Kei Nakanishi

PA

^A ^SGT

Juichi Wakisaka

Shigekazu Wakisaka

SunEnergy1 Racing^[1]

75

S

Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo^[1]

77

P

JLOC^[1]

Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo

87

Takashi Kogure

P
^A ^SGT

Yuya Motojima

88

P
^SGT

Arrows Racing^[1]

98

Am

^A

Philip Ma

Jacky Yeung

Bentley Team M-Sport^[1]

Bentley Continental GT3

107

P

108

P

Sato-SS Sports^[1]

112

Norio Kubo

Am

^A

Atsushi Sato

Ryosei Yamashita

	Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing^[1]^[3]^{[N 2]}
	Absolute Racing^[1]^{[N 2]}

125

P

912

P

Garage 59^[1]

Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3

188

Chris Goodwin

PA

Côme Ledogar

Alexander West

CarGuy Racing^[1]

777

P

EBM^[1]

911

P

Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing^[1]

999

P

Qualifying

Super Pole

These were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying

Pos	N°	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Dif
1	42	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M6 GT3	2:00.455
2	25	Dries Vanthoor	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:00.531	+0,076
3	34	Nick Catsburg	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	2:00.729	+0,274
4	777	Miguel Molina	CarGuy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:00.868	+0,413
5	107	Jules Gounon	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	2:01.002	+0,547
6	00	Kamui Kobayashi	Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:01.024	+0,569
7	125	Christopher Haase	Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:01.045	+0,590
8	77	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:01.071	+0,616
9	999	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:01.177	+0,722
10	107	Andy Soucek	Bentley Team M-Soort	Bentley Continental GT3	2:01.292	+0,837
11	912	Dirk Werner	Absolute Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:01.306	+0,851
12	75	Nico Bastian	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:01.348	+0,893
13	35	Tsugio Matsuda	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	2:01.448	+0,998
14	44	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:01.479	+1,024
15	30	Bertrand Baguette	Honda Team Motul	Honda NSX GT3	2:01.525	+1,070
16	88	Marco Mapelli	JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:01.537	+1,082
17	018	Oliver Jarvis	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	2:01.563	+1,108
18	21	Richard Lyons	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:01.579	+1,124
19	87	Takashi Kogure	JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:01.614	+1,158
20	27	Heikki Kovalainen	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:01.727	+1,272

Race

Race Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
1	P	25	Audi Sport Team WRT	Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	275	10:01:51.048
2	P	999	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275	+40.367
3	P	912	Absolute Racing	Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 GT3 R	275	+43.797
4	P	77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo	Yelmer Buurman Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275	+47.038
5	P	42	BMW Team Schnitzer	Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly Martin Tomczyk	BMW M6 GT3	275	+48.666
6	P	35	KCMG	Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018)	275	+56.921
7	P	125	Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing	Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS Evo	275	+57.199
8	P	107	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3	275	+1:11.098
9	P	44	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson	Mercedes-AMG GT3	275	+1:27.891
10	P	00	Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE	Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka	Mercedes-AMG GT3	274	+1 Lap
11	P	777	CarGuy Racing	Miguel Molina Kei Cozzolino James Calado	Ferrari 488 GT3	274	+1 Lap
12	S	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Nico Bastian Kenny Habul Mikaël Grenier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	274	+1 Lap
13	P	911	EBM	Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller	Porsche 911 GT3 R	273	+2 Laps
14	P	18	Team UpGarage	Takashi Kobayashi Tadasuke Makino Kosuke Matsuura	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	273	+2 Laps
15	P	30	Honda Team Motul	Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi Hideki Mutoh	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	273	+2 Laps
16	P	87	JLOC	Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yuhi Sekiguchi	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	272	+3 Laps
17	P	21	Audi Team Hitotsuyama	Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita	Audi R8 LMS Evo	272	+3 Laps
18	P	034	Modulo Drago Corse	Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima Hiroki Otsu	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	272	+3 Laps
19	S	37	Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing	Ryo Ogawa Markus Pommer Shinji Takei	Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R	271	+4 Laps
20	PA	43	Strakka Racing	Dominik Baumann Adrian Henry D'Silva Christina Nielsen	Mercedes-AMG GT3	269	+6 Laps
21	PA	188	Garage 59	Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3	269	+6 Laps
22	P	11	Planex SmaCam Racing	Mika Häkkinen Hiroaki Ishiura Katsuaki Kubota	McLaren 720S GT3	268	+7 Laps
23	P	018	KCMG	Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018)	266	+9 Laps
24	PA	60	LM Corsa	Kei Nakanishi Juichi Wakisaka Shigekazu Wakisaka	Porsche 911 GT3 R	263	+12 Laps
25	Am	112	Sato-SS Sports	Norio Kubo Atsushi Sato Ryosei Yamashita	Mercedes-AMG GT3	263	+12 Laps
26	Am	9	MP Racing	Yusaku Shibata Joe Shindo Takumi Takata	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015)	261	+14 Laps
27	PA	2	Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja]	Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi	Lotus Evora MC	260	+15 Laps
28	P	108	Bentley Team M-Sport	Alex Buncombe Andy Soucek Seb Morris	Bentley Continental GT3	259	+16 Laps
29	PA	5	GTNET Motor Sports	Teruhiko Hamano Kazuki Hoshino Eiji Yamada	Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015)	245	+30 Laps
30	S	6	Wall Racing	Tony D'Alberto Adrian Dietz Cameron McConville	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	244	+31 Laps
31	S	51	AMAC Motorsport	Andrew MacPherson Ben Porter Brad Shiels	Porsche 997 GT3 R	227	+48 Laps
32	P	27	HubAuto Corsa	Nick Cassidy Nick Foster Heikki Kovalainen	Ferrari 488 GT3	197	+78 Laps
NC	S	8	apr with ARN Racing	Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido	Ferrari 488 GT3	186
NC	Am	98	Arrows Racing	Lic Ka Liu Philip Ma Jacky Yeung	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	59
NC	P	88	JLOC	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	49
NC	P	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nick Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes	BMW M6 GT3	43
Source: ^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
^ ^a ^b Car No. 125 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 912 entered as Absolute Racing.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "27 IGTC-Nominated Entries for Suzuka 10H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ "Häkkinen's Suzuka 10 Hours Challenger Unveiled". Dailysportscar. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "Audi to Run RS Model Tribute Liveries at Suzuka". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ "Suzuka 10 Hours: Race - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

External links

Official website

Intercontinental GT Challenge
Previous race: 24 Hours of Spa	2019 season	Next race: Kyalami 9 Hours

[Strakka-4] Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.

[Absolute-5] Car No. 125 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 912 entered as Absolute Racing.

[36EntriesS10-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "27 IGTC-Nominated Entries for Suzuka 10H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[HakkinenPlanexSCR-2] "Häkkinen's Suzuka 10 Hours Challenger Unveiled". Dailysportscar. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[AudiTribute-3] Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "Audi to Run RS Model Tribute Liveries at Suzuka". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[6] "Suzuka 10 Hours: Race - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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