The 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. The season again features five rounds, starting with the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour on 2 February and concluding with the Kyalami 9 Hours on 12 December. Dennis Olsen is the defending Drivers' champion and Porsche is the defending Manufacturers' champion.
Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2019 24 Hours of Spa on 26 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2020 calendar. The only change from 2019 was the North American round moving from Laguna Seca Raceway to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, primarily because of event permit restrictions at Laguna Seca (which is owned by the local government). The Indianapolis event will form a revival of the Speedway's Harvest Auto Racing Classic. The schedule was further changed on 22 May 2020 when the BH Auction SMBC Suzuka 10 Hours on 23 August was canceled because of Japanese entry restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, on 22 June 2020, it was announced as a result of the rescheduled 24 Hours of Spa, the race would be extended to 25 hours. The new date falls on the weekend Europe leaves summertime, so clocks are turned back one hour, so the race will run 25 hours, with the original 24 hours name retained. Finally the raced lasted for 24 hours and not for 25 hours.
Round Race Circuit Date 1 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia 2 February Report 2 Indianapolis 8 Hours Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States 4 October Report 3 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 24–25 October Report 4 Kyalami 9 Hours Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa 12 December Report Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic Race Circuit Original Date Suzuka 10 Hours Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan 23 August
Entry list Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Aston Martin R-Motorsport Vantage AMR GT3 62 Olli Caldwell P 1 Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer 76 Jake Dennis P 1 Scott Dixon Rick Kelly Garage 59 159 Roman De Angelis S 1 Olivier Hart Andrew Watson 188 Chris Goodwin PA 1 Côme Ledogar Maxime Martin Alexander West Audi Audi Sport Team Valvoline R8 LMS Evo 2 Christopher Haase P 1 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch 22 Mirko Bortolotti P 1 Christopher Mies Garth Tander 222 Mattia Drudi P 1 Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Hallmarc 9 Marc Cini PA 1 Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing 25 Dorian Boccolacci P 3 Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Hardpoint WRT Audi Sport Team WRT ROFGO Racing with Team WRT 30 Ferdinand Habsburg P 3 Dennis Marschall Matthieu Vaxiviere 31 Mirko Bortolotti P 2 Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock 2, 4 Kelvin van der Linde 3–4 Dries Vanthoor Christopher Mies 3 32 Mirko Bortolotti P 4 Frédéric Vervisch Charles Weerts 33 Rik Breukers S 3 Benjamin Goethe Stuart Hall Audi Sport Team Car Collection Car Collection 44 Mattia Drudi P 4 Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser 45 Milan Dontje S 4 Martin Lechman Dennis Marschall Attempto Racing Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing 55 Alex Aka S 3 Finlay Hutchison Nicolas Schöll Kim-Luis Schramm 66 Mattia Drudi P 3 Patric Niederhauser Frédéric Vervisch Bentley K-PAX Racing Continental GT3 3 Jules Gounon P 3 Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 7 Jules Gounon P 2 Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 9 Rodrigo Baptista P 3 Andy Soucek Álvaro Parente Bentley Team M-Sport 7 Jules Gounon P 1, 4 Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 8 Alex Buncombe P 1, 4 Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris Team Parker Racing 11 Frank Bird S 3 Nicolai Kjærgaard Euan McKay CMR 107 Seb Morris P 3 Pierre-Alexandre Jean Nelson Panciatici 108 Stéphane Lémeret Am 3 Clement Mateu Romano Ricci Stéphane Tribaudini BMW Boutsen Ginion M6 GT3 10 Jens Klingmann PA 3 Benjamin Lessennes Karim Ojjeh Gilles Vannelet Walkenhorst Motorsport 34 Nicky Catsburg P All Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert 1 Connor De Phillippi 2 Philipp Eng 3 Sheldon van der Linde 4 35 David Pittard P 2–4 Martin Tomczyk Nick Yelloly Ferrari Squadra Corse 488 GT3 1 Alessandro Balzan PA 2 Martin Fuentes Mark Issa Vital Speed 6 Trevor Baek P 2 Ryan Briscoe Jeff Westphal HubAuto Corsa 27 Marcos Gomes P 1, 3 Daniel Serra 1 Tim Slade Tom Blomqvist 3 Kamui Kobayashi AF Corse 51 James Calado P 3 Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen 52 Andrea Bertolini PA 3 Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Daniel Serra SMP Racing 72 Miguel Molina P 3 Davide Rigon Sergey Sirotkin Sky - Tempesta Racing 93 Eddie Cheever PA 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Rinaldi Racing 488 Pierre Ehret PA 3 Daniel Keilwitz Rino Mastronardi David Perel Honda Team Honda Racing NSX GT3 Evo 29 Dane Cameron P 3 Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande 30 Mario Farnbacher P 1–2, 4 Renger van der Zande Dane Cameron 1–2 Bertrand Baguette 4 Racers Edge Motorsports 93 Shelby Blackstock P 2 Trent Hindman Robert Megennis Lamborghini Emil Frey Racing Huracán GT3 Evo 14 Ricardo Feller P 3 Mikaël Grenier Norbert Siedler 163 Giacomo Altoè P 3 Albert Costa Franck Perera Orange1 FFF Racing Team 19 Raffaele Giammaria PA 3 Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Luigi Moccia 63 Andrea Caldarelli P 1, 3 Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli Barwell Motorsport 77 Ricky Collard PA 3 Rob Collard Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell 78 Patrick Kujala S 3 Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff Mercedes-AMG SunEnergy1 Racing AMG GT3 75 Dominik Baumann PA 1 Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Haupt Racing Team AMG GT3 Evo 4 Vincent Abril P 3 Maro Engel Luca Stolz 5 Sergey Afanasyev PA 3 Michele Beretta Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana DXDT Racing 04 Colin Braun PA 2 Ben Keating George Kurtz 63 David Askew PA 2 Ryan Dalziel Richard Heistand CrowdStrike Racing with SPS 20 Dominik Baumann PA 3 Colin Braun George Kurtz Valentin Pierburg SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 2 Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon 77 Yelmer Buurman P 1 Maro Engel Luca Stolz HTP Motorsport 84 Indy Dontje S 3 Philip Ellis Russell Ward Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP AKKA ASP 88 Timur Boguslavskiy P 3 Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello 89 Alex Fontana S 3 Benjamín Hites Lucas Légeret Triple Eight Race Engineering 888 Shane van Gisbergen P 1 Maximilian Götz Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 999 Maximilian Buhk P 1 Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello Porsche Earl Bamber Motorsport 911 GT3 R 1 Earl Bamber P 1 Craig Lowndes Laurens Vanthoor 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1 Romain Dumas Jaxon Evans Lechner Racing 9 Andre Bezuidenhout PA 4 Saul Hack Dylan Pereira GPX Racing 12 Matt Campbell P 3–4 Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet Wright Motorsports 20 Jan Heylen PA 2 Fred Poordad Max Root Frikadelli Racing Team 22 Timo Bernhard P 3 Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen KCMG 47 Michael Christensen P 3 Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Dinamic Motorsport 54 Earl Bamber P 4 Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor 56 Adrien de Leener S 3 Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Rowe Racing 98 Earl Bamber P 3 Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor Absolute Racing 911 Matt Campbell P 1 Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet 912 Matteo Cairoli P 1 Thomas Preining Dirk Werner Herberth Motorsport 991 Daniel Allemann PA 3 Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Sources: Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
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Race results Circuit Pole position Winners Ref. 1 Bathurst No. 911 Absolute Racing No. 7 Bentley Team M-Sport Mercedes-AMG Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 2 Indianapolis No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus Nicky Catsburg Connor De Phillippi Augusto Farfus 3 Spa-Francorchamps No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP No. 98 Rowe Racing Porsche Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello Earl Bamber Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor 4 Kyalami No. 30 Team Honda Racing No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Sheldon van der Linde
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
Driver's championship The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.