2019 Kyalami 9 Hours

Layout of the Kyalami

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

Team Vehicle No Driver Class
South Africa Team Perfect Circle Porsche 997 GT3 R 09 South Africa Andre Bezuidenhout Nat
South Africa Franco Scribante
South Africa Silvio Scribante
Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Russia Sergei Afanasiev S
Germany Patrick Assenheimer
Germany Hubert Haupt
Austria Lechner Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 South Africa Saul Hack S
Germany Lars Kern
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Germany Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 10 Netherlands Yelmer Buurman P
Germany Maximilian Götz
Germany Luca Stolz
40 Germany Tim Müller Am
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Italy Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 New Zealand Earl Bamber P
Australia Matt Campbell
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
South Africa Stradale Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13 South Africa Charl Arangies Nat
South Africa Craig Jarvis
South Africa Dawie Joubert
South Africa Pablo Clark Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 South Africa Kishoor Pitamber Nat
South Africa Michael Stephen
South Africa Leonard Charles Thompson
Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori P
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Italy Edoardo Liberati
35 Australia Josh Burdon P
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 Denmark Michael Christensen P
France Kévin Estre
Austria Richard Lietz
Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Germany Jochen Krumbach S
South Africa David Perel
Germany Leonard Weiss
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 25 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde P
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Germany Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS 29 Germany Christopher Haase P
Germany Christopher Mies
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Italy Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Belgium Bertrand Baguette P
Italy Marco Bonanomi
United States Dane Cameron
Germany Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 31 France Mathieu Jaminet P
Norway Dennis Olsen
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg P
Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Norway Christian Krognes
36 South Africa Gennaro Bonafede Am
South Africa Michael Von Rooyen
Germany Henry Walkenhorst
Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Brazil Augusto Farfus P
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Germany Martin Tomczyk
United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 Austria Dominik Baumann PA
Denmark Christina Nielsen
Malaysia Adrian Henry D'Sliva
44 United Kingdom Gary Paffett P
France Tristan Vautier
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Switzerland R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 United Kingdom Ricky Collard P
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer
76 Pakistan Enaam Ahmed P
United Kingdom Jake Dennis
Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 France Jules Gounon P
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Belgium Maxime Soulet
108 Brazil Rodrigo Baptista P
United Kingdom Steven Kane
Spain Andy Soucek
United Kingdom Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 188 United Kingdom Chris Goodwin PA
France Côme Ledogar
Sweden Alexander West
Germany KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 France Romain Dumas P
Germany Sven Müller
Germany Dirk Werner
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Germany Maximilian Buhk P
Germany Maro Engel
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Source:[1]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
Nat National Cup

Qualifying

Pole Shootout

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[2]

Pos Driver Team Car Time Dif
1 31 United Kingdom Nick Tandy Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:52.825
2 29 Germany Christopher Haase Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:52.870 +0.045
3 999 Italy Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:53.086 +0.261
4 20 Austria Richard Lietz GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:53.569 +0.744
5 12 Australia Matt Campbell Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:53.787 +0.962
6 42 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 1:53.833 +1.008
7 76 United Kingdom Jake Dennis R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 1:53.942 +1.117
8 30 Belgium Bertrand Baguette Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 1:54.034 +1.209
9 10 Germany Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:54.174 +1.349
10 35 Australia Josh Burdon KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 1:54.303 +1.478

Race

Race Results

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 P 31 Germany Frikadelli Racing Team United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Norway Dennis Olsen
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 9:00:06.106
2 P 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Norway Christian Krognes
BMW M6 GT3 259 +6.745
3 P 20 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing France Kevin Estre
Austria Richard Lietz
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +9.035
4 P 29 Germany Audi Sport Team Land Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Christopher Mies
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS 259 +15.325
5 P 10 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Germany Maximilian Götz
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 259 +17.162
6 P 18 Hong Kong KCMG Italy Edoardo Liberati
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 259 +30.731
7 P 42 Germany BMW Team Schnitzer South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 259 +40.556
8 P 12 Italy Dinamic Motorsport Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Australia Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +41.1651
9 P 911 Germany KÜS Team75 Bernhard Germany Sven Müller
France Romain Dumas
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +44.188
10 P 62 Switzerland R-Motorsport United Kingdom Ricky Collard
Switzerland Hugo de Sadeleer
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 259 +44.729
11 P 25 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Belgium Frederic Vervisch
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS 258 +1 Lap
12 P 107 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport South Africa Jordan Pepper
France Jules Gounon
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 258 +1 Lap
13 S 9 Austria Lechner Racing South Africa Saul Hack
Germany Lars Kern
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 257 +2 Laps
14 P 76 Switzerland R-Motorsport Pakistan Enaam Ahmed
United Kingdom Jake Dennis
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 256 +3 Laps
15 S 6 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Germany Patrick Assenheimer
Russia Sergei Afanasiev
Germany Hubert Haupt
Mercedes-AMG GT3 256 +3 Laps
16 S 22 Germany Rinaldi Racing Germany Jochen Krumbach
South Africa David Perel
Germany Leonard Weiss
Ferrari 488 GT3 256 +3 Laps
17 Am 36 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport South Africa Gennaro Bonafede
South Africa Michael Von Rooyen
Germany Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 253 +6 Laps
18 Am 40 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Germany Tim Müller
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Mercedes-AMG GT3 253 +6 Laps
19 P 35 Hong Kong KCMG Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
Australia Josh Burdon
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 251 +8 Laps
20 PA 43 United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Denmark Christina Nielsen
Malaysia Adrian Henry D'Sliva
Austria Dominik Baumann
Mercedes-AMG GT3 251 +8 Laps
21 Nat 17 South Africa Pablo Clark Racing South Africa Leonard Charles Thompson
South Africa Michael Stephen
South Africa Kishoor Pitamber
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 246 +13 Laps
22 P 108 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Spain Andy Soucek
United Kingdom Steven Kane
Bentley Continental GT3 206 Accident
DNF PA 188 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Chris Goodwin
France Côme Ledogar
Sweden Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 130 Mechanical
DNF P 44 United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing United Kingdom Gary Paffett
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
France Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 98 Accident
DNF Nat 09 South Africa Team Perfect Circle South Africa André Bezuidenhout
South Africa Franco Scribante
South Africa Silvio Scribante
Porsche 997 GT3 R 85 Mechanical
DNF Nat 13 South Africa Stradale Motorsport South Africa Charl Arangies
South Africa Craig Jarvis
South Africa Dawie Joubert
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 81 Accident
DNF P 30 Italy Honda Team Motul United States Dane Cameron
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Italy Marco Bonanomi
Honda NSX GT3 55 Mechanical
DNF P 999 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Germany 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

  1. ^ "KYALAMI 9 HOUR / ENTRY LIST". Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Pole Shoot Out - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Kyalami 9 Hours Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 1 December 2019.


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