South Africa 2020 Kyalami 9 Hours
Event Information
Round 4 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date10–12 December 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationMidrand, Gauteng, South Africa
VenueKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 277 laps 1254,533 km
Pole position Germany Mario Farnbacher
JAS Motorsport
1:42.521
Winner Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Walkenhorst Motorsport
9:00:30.467

The 2020 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 12 December 2020 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the fourth and final race of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge, a season curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Honda team JAS Motorsport won pole position for the event and dominated the race by leading for eight hours until heavy rain shuffled the order with an hour remaining.[2] The race finished under a Full Course Yellow period and was won by BMW team Walkenhorst Motorsport, driven by local driver Sheldon van der Linde alongside Augusto Farfus, Jr. and Nick Catsburg. The result handed the latter two the drivers' title by five points over the third-placed trio of Matthew Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet and Patrick Pilet, while Porsche won the manufacturers' championship by 24 points over BMW.[3][4]

Results

Qualifying

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Individual Times Aggregate Time
1 P 30 Italy JAS Motorsport Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Honda NSX GT3 1:42.871
1:42.715
1:41.979
1:42.521
2 P 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M6 GT3 1:42.911
1:42.909
1:42.252
1:42.690
3 P 7 United Kingdom M-Sport Belgium Maxime Soulet
France Jules Gounon
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 1:43.429
1:42.610
1:42.391
1:42.810
4 P 12 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Australia Matthew Campbell
France Patrick Pilet
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:42.804
1:43.090
1:42.635
1:42.843
5 P 44 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Italy Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Germany Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.224
1:42.803
1:42.609
1:42.878
6 P 35 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Germany Martin Tomczyk
United Kingdom David Pittard
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 1:42.775
1:43.151
1:42.898
1:42.941
7 P 32 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Belgium Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.090
1:43.055
1:42.756
1:42.967
8 P 31 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Germany Markus Winkelhock
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:42.977
1:43.431
1:42.527
1:42.978
9 P 8 United Kingdom M-Sport United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Sebastian Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 1:43.378
1:42.951
1:42.887
1:43.072
10 P 54 Italy Dinamic Motorsport France Kévin Estre
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:43.533
1:42.979
1:42.941
1:43.151
11 PA 9 Austria Lechner Racing South Africa Saul Hack
South Africa André Bezuidenhout
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:43.508
1:48.155
1:43.220
1:44.961
12 S 45 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Germany Dennis Marschall
Austria Martin Lechmann
Netherlands Milan Dontje
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.308
1:47.365
1:44.359
1:45.010
Source:[5]

Top 6 Shootout

Pos. No. Team Driver Car Time Gap
1 30 Italy JAS Motorsport Germany Mario Farnbacher Honda NSX GT3 1:41.581
2 7 United Kingdom M-Sport South Africa Jordan Pepper Bentley Continental GT3 1:41.723 +0.142
3 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport South Africa Sheldon van der Linde BMW M6 GT3 1:41.891 +0.310
4 44 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Germany Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:42.234 +0.653
5 12 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Australia Matthew Campbell Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:42.274 +0.693
6 35 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport United Kingdom David Pittard BMW M6 GT3 1:42.564 +0.983
Source:[6]

Race

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 P 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M6 GT3 277 9:00:30.467
2 P 32 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Belgium Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo 277 +0.220
3 P 12 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Australia Matthew Campbell
France Patrick Pilet
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 277 +1.731
4 P 30 Italy JAS Motorsport Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Honda NSX GT3 277 +3.054
5 P 44 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Italy Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Germany Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS Evo 277 +51.090
6 P 35 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Germany Martin Tomczyk
United Kingdom David Pittard
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 276 +1 lap
7 P 54 Italy Dinamic Motorsport France Kévin Estre
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 276 +1 lap
8 P 31 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Germany Markus Winkelhock
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo 275 +2 laps
9 P 8 United Kingdom M-Sport United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Sebastian Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 274 +3 laps
10 PA 9 Austria Lechner Racing South Africa Saul Hack
South Africa André Bezuidenhout
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271 +6 laps
11 S 45 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Germany Dennis Marschall
Austria Martin Lechmann
Netherlands Milan Dontje
Audi R8 LMS Evo 266 +11 laps
DNF P 7 United Kingdom M-Sport Belgium Maxime Soulet
France Jules Gounon
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 63 Fire
Source:[7]

References

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  2. Lloyd, Daniel. "Honda "Incredibly Unlucky" to Miss Out on Kyalami Victory – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. "Drivers Standings – Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 30 August 2021.
  4. "GT3 Manufacturers Standings – Intercontinental GT Challenge". Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 30 August 2021.
  5. "Kyalami 9 Hour QUALIFYING - COMBINED CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 11 December 2020.
  6. "Kyalami 9 Hour POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 11 December 2020.
  7. "Kyalami 9 Hour RACE - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 12 December 2020.
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