2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the third season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured four rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 4 February and concluding with the California 8 Hours on 28 October. Markus Winkelhock was the defending Drivers' champion and Audi was the defending Manufacturers' champion.

The series reverted to rules of the inaugural season, where each manufacturer was permitted to nominate up to four cars in each event. In 2017 all cars and drivers scored points towards the championship.

Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the 2018 calendar. Suzuka was added to the schedule, replacing the Sepang 12 Hours, which was cancelled the season before. On 25 November 2017, it was announced the race at Laguna Seca was moved a week. Round Race Circuit Date 1 Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 4 February Report 2 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 28–29 July Report 3 Suzuka 10 Hours Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 26 August Report 4 California 8 Hours WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States 28 October Report

Entry list Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Audi Audi Sport Team WRT Belgian Audi Club Team WRT R8 LMS 1 Christopher Mies P 2 Alex Riberas Dries Vanthoor 2 Robin Frijns P 2 Nico Müller René Rast 17 Stuart Leonard P 2–4 Marcel Fässler 2 Daniel Serra Sheldon van der Linde 3–4 Jake Dennis 3 Alex Riberas 4 19 Robin Frijns P 4 Dries Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock 37 Robin Frijns P 1 Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor 39 Paul Dalla Lana PA 1 Will Davison Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda 66 Christopher Mies P 3 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing 6 Christopher Haase P 3 Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama 21 Richard Lyons P 3 Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita Audi Sport Team MPC 22 Kelvin van der Linde P 1 Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch 74 Christopher Haase P 1 Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 25 Christopher Haase P 2 Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Land 29 Christopher Haase P 4 Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 (2018) (0)7 Jules Gounon P 2–4 Steven Kane Jordan Pepper (0)8 Vincent Abril P 2–4 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Continental GT3 (2016) 17 Jules Gounon P 1 Steven Kane Guy Smith 18 Vincent Abril P 1 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet K-PAX Racing 9 Rodrigo Baptista P 4 Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers Team Parker Racing 31 Andy Meyrick PA 2 Seb Morris Derek Pierce Rob Smith McLaren YNA Autosport 650S GT3 47 Scott McLaughlin PA 1 Fraser Ross Andrew Watson Alexander West 58 Shane van Gisbergen P 1 Côme Ledogar Craig Lowndes Garage 59 58 Ben Barnicoat P 2–3 Côme Ledogar Olivier Pla 2 Andrew Watson 3 188 Chris Goodwin Am 2 Chris Harris Andrew Watson Alexander West Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 3 Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 4 Yelmer Buurman P 2 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing 8 Craig Baird PA 1 Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg 75 Kenny Habul P 1 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Jamie Whincup Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 42 David Fumanelli PA 2–4 Nick Leventis Chris Buncombe 2 Lewis Williamson Felipe Fraga 3–4 43 Maximilian Götz P 2–4 Álvaro Parente 2–3 Maximilian Buhk 2 Lewis Williamson 3–4 Raffaele Marciello 4 44 Adrien Tambay P 3–4 Maximilian Buhk 3 Oliver Rowland Jack Hawksworth 4 Christian Vietoris 55 David Fumanelli PA 1 Nick Leventis Cameron Waters Lewis Williamson 56 Maximilian Buhk P 1 Maximilian Götz Álvaro Parente SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 3 Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport 84 Edoardo Mortara P 2 Gary Paffett Renger van der Zande 175 Kenny Habul PA 2 Thomas Jäger Martin Konrad Bernd Schneider SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 4 Kenny Habul Luca Stolz 88 Daniel Juncadella P 2 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier 175 Maximilian Buhk P 4 Maro Engel Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 888 Maro Engel P 3 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Porsche D'station Racing 911 GT3 R 7 Earl Bamber P 3 Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller Competition Motorsports 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1 Matt Campbell Alex Davison Patrick Long KÜS Team75 Bernhard 117 Earl Bamber P 2 Timo Bernhard Laurens Vanthoor Black Swan Racing 54(0) Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1–3 Tim Pappas Marc Lieb 1–2 Luca Stolz 1 Marc Miller 2–3 Jeroen Bleekemolen P 4 Patrick Long Tim Pappas Manthey Racing 911 Romain Dumas P 1–3 Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Wright Motorsports 911 Romain Dumas P 4 Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Craft-Bamboo Racing 991 Kévin Estre P 1, 3 Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber 1 Mathieu Jaminet 3 Herberth Motorsport 991 Edward Lewis Brauner Am 2 Jürgen Häring Alfred Renauer Wolfgang Triller Sources: Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Race results Circuit Pole position Winners Bronze Winners 1 Bathurst No. 22 Audi Sport Team MPC No. 37 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 75 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing Audi Kelvin van der Linde Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor Kenny Habul 2 Spa-Francorchamps No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc No. 42 Strakka Racing Audi Robin Frijns Nico Müller René Rast Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock Nick Leventis 3 Suzuka No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing No. 75 SunEnergy 1 Racing Mercedes-AMG Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Kenny Habul 4 Laguna Seca No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land No. 63 DXDT Racing Audi Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies David Askew

NOTE: California 8 Hours results altered 26 June 2019 following review as the original Bronze winner, No. 42 Strakka Racing's Nick Leventis, was disqualified for doping violations.

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, with the exception of Bathurst where a car simply had to cross the finish line to be classified. 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. Driver Manufacturer BAT SPA SUZ LGA Points 1 Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG 2 3 1 3 73 2 Christopher Haase Audi Ret 1 3 1 65 3 Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG 2 3 1 7 64 4 Markus Winkelhock Audi Ret 1 3 2 58 4 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG 2 1 3 58 5 Dries Vanthoor Audi 1 13 4 2 55 5 Robin Frijns Audi 1 4 2 55 6 Kelvin van der Linde Audi 12 3 1 40 7 Frédéric Vervisch Audi 12 1 4 37 7 Christopher Mies Audi Ret 13 4 1 37 7 Stuart Leonard Audi 1 Ret 9 5 37 8 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG 13 5 2 7 34 9 Maximilian Buhk Mercedes-AMG 13 5 7 3 31 10 Lewis Williamson Mercedes-AMG 7 72 2 7 30 11 Álvaro Parente Mercedes-AMG 13 5 2 28 Bentley 113 12 Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Porsche 6 11 12 4 22 13 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 82 102 12 18 13 Luca Stolz Porsche 31 18 Mercedes-AMG 2 102 11 13 Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG 2 18 13 Yelmer Buurman Mercedes-AMG 2 18 14 Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Porsche 3 14 13 8 19 15 Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Ret Ret 6 6 16 16 Marc Lieb Porsche 3 14 15 16 Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG 3 15 17 Patrick Long Porsche 4 9 15 18 David Calvert-Jones Matt Campbell Alex Davison Porsche 4 12 18 Nico Müller René Rast Audi 4 12 18 Sheldon van der Linde Audi 9 5 12 19 Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 5 Ret 10 12 19 Kévin Estre Porsche 5 11 11 20 Alex Riberas Audi 13 5 10 20 Earl Bamber Porsche 5 Ret Ret 10 20 Tatsuya Kataoka Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Mercedes-AMG 5 10 20 Adrien Tambay Mercedes-AMG 7 8 12 21 Edoardo Mortara Gary Paffett Renger van der Zande Mercedes-AMG 6 8 22 Côme Ledogar McLaren Ret 9 Ret 6 22 Ben Barnicoat McLaren 9 Ret 6 22 David Fumanelli Nick Leventis Mercedes-AMG 7 72 Ret2 DSQ 6 22 Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG 7 6 22 Olivier Pla McLaren 9 6 22 Oliver Rowland Mercedes-AMG 7 6 23 Jules Gounon Steven Kane Bentley 11 10 14 11 4 23 Jordan Pepper Bentley 10 14 11 4 23 Andrew Watson McLaren 8 15 Ret 4 23 Alexander West McLaren 8 15 4 23 Scott McLaughlin Fraser Ross McLaren 8 4 23 Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita Audi 8 4 23 Jack Hawksworth Christian Vietoris Mercedes-AMG 8 6 24 Craig Baird Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Mercedes-AMG 9 2 24 Jake Dennis Audi 9 2 25 Paul Dalla Lana Will Davison Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Audi 10 1 25 Edward Lewis Brauner Jürgen Häring Alfred Renauer Wolfgang Triller Porsche 12 1 25 Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 11 1 25 Rodrigo Baptista Bryan Sellers Bentley 11 1 Guy Smith Bentley 11 0 Marc Miller Porsche 14 13 0 Garth Tander Audi 12 0 Chris Goodwin Chris Harris McLaren 15 0 Shane van Gisbergen Craig Lowndes McLaren Ret Timo Bernhard Porsche Ret Andy Meyrick Seb Morris Derek Pierce Rob Smith Bentley Ret Marcel Fässler Daniel Serra Audi Ret Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller Porsche Ret Drivers ineligible to score points Chris Buncombe Mercedes-AMG 7 Felipe Fraga Mercedes-AMG Ret 8 Thomas Jäger Martin Konrad Bernd Schneider Mercedes-AMG 8 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG 10 13 Driver Manufacturer BAT SPA SUZ LGA PointsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap Notes 1 – Luca Stolz's result with Porsche did not count, because he scored more points with Mercedes-AMG. 2 – Ineligible to score points. 3 – Álvaro Parente's result with Bentley did not count, because he scored more points with Mercedes-AMG. 4 - Results finalised on 27 July 2019 following review of California 8 Hours.

Bronze Drivers Driver Manufacturer BAT SPA SUZ LGA Points 1 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 2 8 10 13 83 2 Tim Pappas Porsche 3 14 13 10 66 Driver Manufacturer BAT SPA SUZ LGA Points

Manufacturers' championship Only the top two cars for a manufacturer are eligible for points.

Manufacturer Car BAT SPA SUZ LGA Points 1 Audi R8 LMS 1 1 3 1 138 10 4 4 2 2 Mercedes-AMG AMG GT3 2 2 1 3 127 7 3 2 7 3 Porsche 911 GT3 R 3 11 11 4 69 4 12 12 10 4 Bentley Continental GT3 (2016)Continental GT3 (2018) 11 10 6 5 40 Ret Ret 14 11 5 McLaren 650S GT3 8 9 Ret 20 Ret 15 Manufacturer Car BAT SPA SUZ LGA Points

See also Intercontinental GT Challenge

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