The 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the sixth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Normally a five round season, the races in the Pacific Rim were eliminated because of pandemic-related restrictions, reducing the season to three rounds, one in Europe (24 Hours of Spa on 31 July), one in North America (Indianapolis 8 Hour), and one in Africa (Kyalami 9 Hours, later postponed to 5 February 2022). Nicky Catsburg and Augusto Farfus were the defending drivers' champions and Porsche was the defending Manufacturers' champion.

Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2020 24 Hours of Spa on 23 October, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2021 calendar.

Round Race Circuit Date Report 1 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 31 July–1 August 2021 report 2 Indianapolis 8 Hour Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States 17 October 2021 report 3 Kyalami 9 Hours Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa 5 February 2022 report

The Kyalami 9 Hours was rescheduled from 4 December 2021 to 5 February 2022 due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in South Africa.

Entry list Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class RoundsAudi Audi Sport Team Saintéloc RacingR8 LMS Evo25 Patric NiederhauserPAll Markus Winkelhock Christopher Haase 1–2 Kelvin van der Linde3 Saintéloc Racing 26 Nicolas Baert S 2–3 Lucas Légeret Aurélien Panis2 Simon Gachet3 Team WRT 30 Franco Colapinto S 1 Benjamin Goethe James Pull 31 Frank Bird S 1 Ryuichiro Tomita Valdemar Eriksen Audi Sport Team WRT32 Charles WeertsPAll Dries Vanthoor 1–2 Kelvin van der Linde 1 Christopher Mies 2 Mattia Drudi3 Christopher Haase 37 Robin Frijns P 1–2 Nico Müller Dennis Lind 1 Mattia Drudi 2 High Class Racing with WRT33 Michael MarkussenPA3 Mark Patterson Thierry Vermeulen Audi Sport Team Attempto 66 Mattia Drudi P 1 Dennis Marschall Christopher Mies Ferrari Rinaldi Racing 488 GT3 33 Benjamín Hites S 1 David Perel Fabrizio Crestani Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab 51 Alessandro Pier Guidi P 1 Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar 71 Antonio Fuoco P 1 Callum Ilott Davide Rigon AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors51 Alessandro Pier Guidi P 2–3 Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen2 Miguel Molina3 71 Antonio Fuoco P 2–3 Alessio Rovera Callum Ilott2 Nicklas Nielsen3 AF Corse 52 Alessio Rovera PA 1 John Wartique Louis Machiels Andrea Bertolini 53 Miguel Molina PA 1 Duncan Cameron Rino Mastronardi Matt Griffin 61 Conrad Grunewald Am 2 Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada SKY - Tempesta Racing 93 Matteo Cressoni PA 1 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Eddie Cheever Lamborghini K-PAX Racing Huracán GT3 Evo 3 Mirko Bortolotti P 2 Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper 6 Corey Lewis P 2 Marco Mapelli Giovanni Venturini TR3 Racing 10 Giacomo Altoè PA 2 John Megrue Bill Sweedler Emil Frey Racing 14 Alex Fontana S 1 Rolf Ineichen Ricardo Feller 163 Giacomo Altoè P 1 Franck Perera Albert Costa GRT Grasser Racing Team 16 Alberto Di Folco S 1 Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann Kikko Galbiati Orange 1 FFF Racing Team 19 Stefano Costantini PA 1 Phil Keen Bertrand Baguette Hiroshi Hamaguchi 63 Mirko Bortolotti P 1 Marco Mapelli Andrea Caldarelli Barwell Motorsport 77 Sandy Mitchell PA 1 Leo Machitski Miguel Ramos Henrique Chaves Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AMG GT3 Evo 4 Vincent Abril P 1 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Toksport WRT 7 Marvin Dienst S 1 Axcil Jefferies Paul Petit Óscar Tunjo Winward Racing 33 Marvin Dienst S 2 Philip Ellis Russell Ward 57 Philip Ellis S 1 Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward HubAuto 50 Maximilian Buhk P 1 Nicky Catsburg Maximilian Götz SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 2–3 Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 88 Jules Gounon P 1 Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello89 Timur BoguslavskiyPAll Lucas Auer1 Felipe Fraga Daniel Juncadella2 Raffaele Marciello2–3 Jules Gounon3 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 99 Maro Engel P 2 Jules Gounon Luca Stolz Porsche Schnabl Engineering 911 GT3 R 3 Michael Christensen P 1 Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen EBM Giga Racing 16 Nicholas Boulle PA 2 Adrian d'Silva Jeff Kinglsey Wright Motorsports 20 Jan Heylen S 2 Fred Poordad Max Root GPX Martini Racing 22 Earl Bamber P 1 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Huber Motorsport 23 Ivan Jacoma Am 1 Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Jacob Schell GMG Racing 34 Dennis Olsen PA 2 James Sofronas Kyle Washington KCMG 47 Maxime Martin P 1 Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor Dinamic Motorsport 54 Klaus Bachler P 1 Christian Engelhart Matteo Cairoli Herberth Motorsport 911 Antares Au PA 1 Daniel Allemann Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Sources: Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

+Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge Manufacturer Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Porsche EBM Giga Racing 911 GT3 R 16 Nicholas Boulle PA 2 Adrian d'Silva Jeff Kinglsey 61 Wolfgang Triller PA 1 Reid Harker Will Bamber Carlos Rivas McLaren Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 70 Ollie Millroy PA 1–2 Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Jordan Pepper 1

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Race results Circuit Pole position Winners Ref. 1 Spa-Francorchamps No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP No. 51 Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab Ferrari Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar 2 Indianapolis No. 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing Audi Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock 3 Kyalami No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello

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. 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.

Driver Manufacturer SPA IND KYA Points1 Côme Ledogar Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 1 4 2 552 Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock Audi 5 1 3 503 Timur BoguslavskiyMercedes-AMG 8 2 1474 Christopher Haase Audi 5 1 4475 Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Ret 2 1 436 Charles Weerts Audi 2 5 4407 Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 1 4 Ret378 Kelvin van der Linde Audi 2 3 339 Dries Vanthoor Audi 2 5 2810 Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG Ret 13 12511 Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini 6 32312 Miguel Molina Ferrari 10 21913 Mattia Drudi Audi 7 10 4 1914 Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG Ret 21815 Nicolas Baert Lucas Légeret Audi 6 5 1816 Robin Frijns Nico Müller Audi 3 10 1617 Christopher Mies Audi 7 5 1618 Dennis Lind Audi 3 1519 Jordan Pepper Lamborghini 31520 Marco Mapelli Lamborghini 6 7 1421 Maxime Martin Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 4 1222 Simon Gachet Audi 51023 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG Ret 8 7 1024 Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Mercedes-AMG 8 7 1025 Aurélien Panis Audi 6826 Michael Markussen Mark Patterson Thierry Vermeulen Audi 6827 Dennis Marschall Audi 7 628 Corey Lewis Giovanni Venturini Lamborghini 7 629 Lucas Auer Felipe Fraga Mercedes-AMG 8 430 Dennis Olsen Porsche Ret 9 231 Marvin Dienst Mercedes-AMG 9 Ret232 Axcil Jefferies Paul Petit Oscar Tunjo Mercedes-AMG 9 233 James Sofronas Kyle Washington Porsche 9 234 Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Rino Mastronardi Ferrari 10 1 Alessio Rovera Ferrari 11 14 Ret0 Giacomo Altoè Lamborghini Ret 110 Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels John Wartique Ferrari 11 0 John Megrue Bill Sweedler Lamborghini 110 Henrique Chaves Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell Miguel Ramos Lamborghini 12 0 Conrad Grunewald Mark Kvamme Jean-Claude Saada Lamborghini 120 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 19 13 0 Eddie Cheever Matteo Cressoni Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Ferrari 13 0 Antonio Fuoco Ferrari Ret 14 Ret0 Callum Ilott Ferrari Ret 140 Franco Colapinto Benjamin Goethe James Pull Audi 14 0 Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen Ryuichiro Tomita Audi 15 0 Daniel Allemann Antares Au Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Porsche 16 0 Fabrizio Crestani Benjamín Hites David Perel Ferrari 17 0 Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen Lamborghini 18 0 Vincent Abril Mercedes-AMG 19 0 Maximilian Buhk Nicky Catsburg Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG 20 0 Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Jacob Schell Porsche 21 0 Philip Ellis Russell Ward Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret 0 Kikko Galbiati Alberto Di Folco Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann Lamborghini Ret 0 Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart Porsche Ret 0 Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche Ret 0 Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Porsche Ret 0 Bertrand Baguette Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen Lamborghini Ret 0 Albert Costa Franck Perera Lamborghini Ret0 Davide Rigon Ferrari Ret0 Jan Heylen Fred Poordad Max Root Porsche Ret0 Driver Manufacturer SPA IND KYA PointsSources:Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap

See also 2021 GT World Challenge Europe 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2021 GT World Challenge America 2021 GT World Challenge Asia 2021 GT World Challenge Australia

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