2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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

Calendar[edit]

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

Entries[edit]

Intercontinental GT Challenge
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Belgium BMW M Team WRT M4 GT3 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde P 1
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts
46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello P 1
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi
Mercedes-AMG United States Heart of Racing by SPS AMG GT3 Evo 27 United Kingdom Ian James PA 1
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Australia Supabarn Supermarkets/Tigani Motorsport 47 Australia James Koundouris S 1
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Jonathon Webb
Australia MMotorsport 48 Australia Jack Le Brocq PA 1
Australia Justin McMillan
Australia Garth Walden
Australia Glen Wood
Australia SunEnergy1 75 Andorra Jules Gounon P 1
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 77 Germany Maximilian Götz P 1
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Macau Kevin Tse
Australia Triple Eight JMR 88 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Jamie Whincup
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 130 Germany Maro Engel P 1
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Australia David Reynolds
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[5] 222 Australia Craig Lowndes P 1
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters
Australia National Storage Racing 888 Australia Will Brown P 1
Australia Broc Feeney
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Porsche China Phantom Global Racing 911 GT3 R (992) 13 Denmark Bastian Buus P 1
Sweden Joel Eriksson
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Germany Manthey EMA 912 Australia Matt Campbell P 1
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Australia The Bend Manthey EMA 911 GT3 R (991.2) 911 United Kingdom Harry King PA 1
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Australia Yasser Shahin
Sources:
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 Australia Triple Eight JMR AMG GT3 Evo 88 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim PA 1
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Jamie Whincup

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia
NUR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
Points
1 Australia Matt Campbell
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 1 25
2 Andorra Jules Gounon
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG 2 18
3 Denmark Bastian Buus
Sweden Joel Eriksson
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Porsche 3 15
4 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi
BMW 4 12
5 Australia Will Brown
Australia Broc Feeney
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG 5 10
6 Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG 6 8
7 Germany Maro Engel
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Australia David Reynolds
Mercedes-AMG 7 6
8 United Kingdom Harry King
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Australia Yasser Shahin
Porsche 8 4
9 United Kingdom Ian James
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Spain Alex Riberas
Mercedes-AMG 9 2
10 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Jamie Whincup
Mercedes-AMG 10 1
11 Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Jonathon Webb
Mercedes-AMG 11 0
12 Australia Jack Le Brocq
Australia Justin McMillan
Australia Garth Walden
Australia Glen Wood
Mercedes-AMG 12 0
- Germany Maximilian Götz
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Macau Kevin Tse
Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
- South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts
BMW Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia
NUR
Germany
SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (1 July 2023). "Nürburgring 24 to Join Four-Round IGTC Calendar Next Year". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  2. ^ "New destinations among 2024 plans announced by Stéphane Ratel during annual CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa press conference". SRO Motorsports Group. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Calendar". Intercontinental GT Challenge. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ Staff, Sportscar365 (24 November 2023). "Repco Named New Bathurst 12H Title Sponsor". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (11 December 2023). "Supercars stars to race STM Mercedes at Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe.

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