The 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season featured five rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 3 February and concluding with the Kyalami 9 Hours on 23 November. Tristan Vautier was the defending Drivers' champion and Audi was the defending Manufacturers' champion.
Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2018 24 Hours of Spa on 27 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2019 calendar. Kyalami was added to the schedule. On 3 December, it was announced the nine-hour race in South Africa would be moved from 3 to 23 November to avoid a clash with the Rugby World Cup. The date of the California 8 Hours was confirmed on 18 January. The race was moved from Sunday to the Saturday the day before in order to better accommodate live TV. Round Race Circuit Date 1 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 3 February Report 2 California 8 Hours WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, United States 30 March Report 3 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 27–28 July Report 4 Suzuka 10 Hours Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 25 August Report 5 Kyalami 9 Hours Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa 23 November Report
Entry list Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Audi Audi Sport Team Valvoline R8 LMS (2018) 2 Christopher Haase P 1 Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock 22 Kelvin van der Linde P 1 Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch Melbourne Performance Centre 3 Matt Neal PA 1 Gordon Shedden Pete Storey 9 Marc Cini PA 1 Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi Sport Team WRT R8 LMS (2019) 1 Robin Frijns P 3 Nico Müller René Rast 2 Alex Riberas P 3 Frank Stippler Dries Vanthoor 10 Christopher Haase P 2 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch 25 Kelvin van der Linde P 4–5 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Team Hitotsuyama 21 Richard Lyons P 4 Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 25 Christopher Haase P 3 Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Land Montaplast by Land Motorsport 29 Christopher Mies P 2, 5 Markus Winkelhock Kelvin van der Linde 2 Christopher Haase 5 129 Ricardo Feller P 3 Jamie Green Christopher Mies Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing 125 Christopher Haase P 4 Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport M-Sport Team Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P All Jordan Pepper Steven Kane 1–4 Maxime Soulet 5 108 Maxime Soulet P 1–3 Andy Soucek 1, 4–5 Vincent Abril 1 Markus Palttala 2–3 Lucas Ordóñez 2 Alex Buncombe 3–4 Seb Morris 4 Rodrigo Baptista 5 Steven Kane 109 Rodrigo Baptista P 3 Callum MacLeod Seb Morris 110 Pipo Derani P 3 Lucas Ordóñez Andy Soucek BMW Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 9 Gennaro Bonafede Am 3 Erik Maris Karim Ojjeh Marc Rostan Walkenhorst Motorsport 34 Nick Catsburg P All Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes 36 Henry Walkenhorst Am 3, 5 Anders Buchardt 3 David Pittard Don Yount Gennaro Bonafede 5 Michael Von Rooyen BMW Team Schnitzer 42 Augusto Farfus P All Martin Tomczyk Chaz Mostert 1–2 John Edwards 3 Nick Yelloly 4 Sheldon van der Linde 5 Ferrari apr with ARN Racing 488 GT3 8 Yuta Kamimura S 4 Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido Wochenspiegel Team Monschau by Rinaldi 22 Jochen Krumbach S 5 David Perel Leonard Weiss HubAuto Corsa 27 Nick Foster P 1–2, 4 Tim Slade 1–2 Nick Percat 1 Miguel Molina 2 Nick Cassidy 4 Heikki Kovalainen 227 Nick Cassidy P 3 Nick Foster Daniel Serra AF Corse Spirit of Race SMP Racing 51 Paul Dalla Lana PA 1 Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Sam Bird P 3 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 52 Andrea Bertolini PA 3 Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Toni Vilander 72 Mikhail Aleshin P 3 Miguel Molina Davide Rigon CarGuy Racing 777 James Calado P 4 Kei Cozzolino Miguel Molina Honda Modulo Drago Corse NSX GT3 034 Ryo Michigami P 4 Hiroki Otsu Daisuke Nakajima Team UpGarage 18 Takashi Kobayashi P 4 Kosuke Matsuura Tadasuke Makino Jenson Team Rocket RJN 22 Philipp Frommenwiler S 3 Matt McMurry Struan Moore Ricardo Sánchez Honda Team Motul 30 Bertrand Baguette P 2–5 Mario Farnbacher 2–3 Renger van der Zande Marco Bonanomi 4–5 Hideki Mutoh 4 Dane Cameron 5 Arrows Racing 98 Lic Ka Liu Am 4 Philip Ma Jacky Yeung Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 4 Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Mercedes-AMG Team Black Flacon Black Falcon 4 Yelmer Buurman P 3 Maro Engel Luca Stolz 6 Patrick Assenheimer S 3, 5 Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana 3 Abdulaziz Al Faisal Sergei Afanasiev 5 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance 10 Yelmer Buurman P 5 Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 43 Dominik Baumann P 2 Adam Christodoulou Christina Nielsen 44 Gary Paffett P 2–5 Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson SunEnergy1 Racing 751 Kenny Habul PA 1, 4 Dominik Baumann 1 Thomas Jäger Nico Bastian 4 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 77 Luca Stolz P 1, 4 Gary Paffett 1 Maro Engel Yelmer Buurman 4 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 88 Vincent Abril P 3 Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG Team Vodafone 888 Shane van Gisbergen P 1 Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 888 Yelmer Buurman P 2 Maro Engel Luca Stolz 999 Maximilian Buhk P All Maximilian Götz 1–3 Raffaele Marciello 1–2, 4–5 Lucas Auer 3 Maro Engel 4–5 Nissan GTNET Motor Sports GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) 5 Teruhiko Hamano PA 4 Kazuki Hoshino Eiji Yamada MP Racing 9 Joe Shindo Am 4 Yusaku Shibata Takumi Takata KCMG GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) (0)18 Alexandre Imperatori P All Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati 35 Josh Burdon P All Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda 1, 3–4 Alex Buncombe 2 Joao Paulo de Oliveira 5 Porsche Competition Motorsports / McElrea Racing 911 GT3 R (2018) 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1 Kévin Estre Jaxon Evans Black Swan Racing 540 Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1 Marc Lieb Tim Pappas EBM 911 Romain Dumas P 1 Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller 912 Matt Campbell P 1 Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner Dinamic Motorsport 911 GT3 R (2019) 12 Earl Bamber P 5 Matt Campbell Laurens Vanthoor GPX Racing 20 Michael Christensen P 3, 5 Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Frikadelli Racing Team 31 Mathieu Jaminet P 5 Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy LM corsa 60 Juichi Wakisaka PA 4 Shigekazu Wakisaka Kei Nakanishi Rowe Racing 98 Romain Dumas P 3 Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller 99 Matt Campbell P 3 Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner KÜS Team75 Bernhard 117 Earl Bamber P 3 Timo Bernhard Laurens Vanthoor 911 Romain Dumas P 5 Sven Müller Dirk Werner Park Place Motorsports EBM 911 Romain Dumas P 2, 4 Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Wright Motorsports Absolute Racing 912 Matt Campbell P 2, 4 Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner AMAC Motorsport 997 GT3 R 51 Andrew Macpherson S 4 Ben Porter Brad ShielsSources: Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
1 – Car No. 75 was nominated for manufacturer points at Round 1, but was not nominated for manufacturer points at Round 4.
Race results Circuit Pole position Winners Bronze Winners 1 Bathurst No. 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing No. 912 EBM No finishers Mercedes-AMG Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner 2 Laguna Seca No. 30 Honda Team Motul No. 27 HubAuto Corsa No entries Mercedes-AMG Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Nick Foster Miguel Molina Tim Slade 3 Spa-Francorchamps No. 4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon No. 20 GPX Racing Porsche Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Richard Lietz 4 Suzuka No. 42 BMW Team Schnitzer No. 25 Audi Sport Team WRT No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Audi Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk Nick Yelloly Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Kenny Habul 5 Kyalami No. 31 Frikadelli Racing No. 31 Frikadelli Racing No entries Porsche Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy Mathieu Jaminet Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy
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.