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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.

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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.² On 25 November 2017, it was announced the race at Laguna Seca was moved a week.³

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Report
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

Also part of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

Entry list

Manufacturer

Team

Car

No.

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Audi

	Audi Sport Team WRT ⁴
	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ⁵

2–4

Sheldon van der Linde

3–4

Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing

Christopher Haase

Kelvin van der Linde

Markus Winkelhock

Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama

Audi Sport Team MPC

Audi Sport Team Saintéloc

Audi Sport Team Land

Continental GT3 (2018)

(0)7

2–4

(0)8

2–4

Continental GT3 (2016)

Rodrigo Baptista

Derek Pierce

Rob Smith

YNA Autosport

Fraser Ross

Alexander West

2–3

188

Alexander West

Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile

Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon

Yelmer Buurman

Maro Engel

Luca Stolz

	Scott Taylor Motorsport⁶
	Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing ⁷

Max Twigg

	Strakka Racing ⁸
	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing ⁹

2–4

3–4

2–4

2–3

3–4

3–4

	Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER ¹⁰
	SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport ¹¹

175

Martin Konrad

	SunEnergy1 Racing¹²
	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP¹³
	Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing¹⁴

175

Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

888

Competition Motorsports

David Calvert-Jones

117

54(0)

1–3

1–2

2–3

911

1–3

Wright Motorsports

911

991

1, 3

Herberth Motorsport

991

Edward Lewis Brauner

Jürgen Häring

Alfred Renauer

Wolfgang Triller

Sources:¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ ¹⁸

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Cars not nominated by a manufacturer and therefore not eligible for manufacturer or overall driver points Drivers participating in championship for Bronze-rated drivers

Race results

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole position	IGTC Winners	Bronze Winners	Winning Manufacturer
1	Bathurst	No. 22 Audi Sport Team MPC¹⁹	No. 37 Audi Sport Team WRT	No. 75 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing	Audi
1	Bathurst	Kelvin van der Linde Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch	Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Kenny Habul	Audi
2	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT ²⁰	No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc ²¹	No. 42 Strakka Racing	Audi
2	Spa-Francorchamps	Robin Frijns Nico Müller René Rast	Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock	Nick Leventis	Audi
3	Suzuka	No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing²²	No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	No. 75 SunEnergy 1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG
3	Suzuka	Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier	Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier	Kenny Habul	Mercedes-AMG
4	Laguna Seca	No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land	No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land	No. 63 DXDT Racing	Audi
4	Laguna Seca	Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies	Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies	David Askew	Audi

NOTE: California 8 Hours results announced 27 July 2019 following review when the original winner, the No. 42 Strakka Racing team, was disqualified when a driver 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.

Pos.	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
11	Álvaro Parente	Bentley				113	28
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
13	Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG		2	102	11	18
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
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SUZ	LGA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – 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

Pos.	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
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	SPA	SUZ	LGA	Points

Manufacturers' championship

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

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

Notes

External links

Official website

References

Dagys, John (31 January 2018). "Five Manufacturers Set for IGTC Season; New Bronze Title". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018. http://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/five-manufacturers-set-for-igtc-season/ ↩
Kilshaw, Jake (28 July 2017). "Suzuka 10H to Replace Sepang on IGTC Schedule". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018. http://johndagys.wpengine.com/sro/igtc/suzuka-10-hours-to-replace-sepang-in-igtc/ ↩
Dagys, John (25 November 2017). "Date Change for California 8H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 February 2018. http://sportscar365.com/sro/igtc/date-change-for-california-8h/ ↩
Cars No. 1, 2, 19, 37, 39 and 66 entered as Audi Sport Team WRT. Car No. 17 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT at Round 2 and as Audi Sport Team WRT at Rounds 3 and 4. /wiki/W_Racing_Team ↩
Cars No. 1, 2, 19, 37, 39 and 66 entered as Audi Sport Team WRT. Car No. 17 entered as Belgian Audi Club Team WRT at Round 2 and as Audi Sport Team WRT at Rounds 3 and 4. /wiki/W_Racing_Team ↩
Car No. 8 entered as Scott Taylor Motorsport and car No. 75 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing. /wiki/Mercedes-AMG ↩
Car No. 8 entered as Scott Taylor Motorsport and car No. 75 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing. /wiki/Mercedes-AMG ↩
Car No. 42 entered as Strakka Racing and cars No. 43, 55 and 56 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing. Car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing at Round 3 and as Strakka Racing at Round 4. /wiki/Strakka_Racing ↩
Car No. 42 entered as Strakka Racing and cars No. 43, 55 and 56 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing. Car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing at Round 3 and as Strakka Racing at Round 4. /wiki/Strakka_Racing ↩
Car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER and car No. 175 entered as SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport. /wiki/HTP_Motorsport ↩
Car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER and car No. 175 entered as SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport. /wiki/HTP_Motorsport ↩
Car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP and car No. 175 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing. /wiki/Mercedes-AMG ↩
Car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP and car No. 175 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing. /wiki/Mercedes-AMG ↩
Car No. 75 entered as SunEnergy1 Racing, car No. 88 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP and car No. 175 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing. /wiki/Mercedes-AMG ↩
"2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Provisional Entry List - Round 1 - Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018. http://vmail.vertouk.net/userfiles/sro/file/2018%20IGTC%20-%20Bathurst%2012h%20-%20Entry%20List.pdf ↩
"2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Round 2 - Total 24 Hours of Spa" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018. https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/documents/notice/2543/Intercontinental+GT+Challenge+Entry+List.pdf ↩
"2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge - Round 3 - Suzuka 10 Hours" (PDF). SRO Motorsports Group. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018. http://vmail.vertouk.net/userfiles/sro/file/2018%20IGTC%20Suzuka%2010H%20Provisional%20Entry%20List.pdf ↩
"33-car strong entry list for second edition of Laguna Seca Raceway California 8 Hours". SRO Motorsports Group. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018. https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/news/1411/33-car-strong-entry-list-for-second-edition-of-laguna-seca-raceway-california-8-hours?filter_on_igtc_site=1&filter_team_news=0 ↩
Chaz Mostert took Pole position in the No. 43 BMW Team Schnitzer car, but Kelvin van der Linde was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver. /wiki/Chaz_Mostert ↩
Maxime Martin took Pole position in the No. 62 R-Motorsport car, but Nico Müller was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver. /wiki/Maxime_Martin ↩
Tom Blomqvist, Philipp Eng and Christian Krognes won the race in the No. 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport car, but Christopher Haase, Frédéric Vervisch and Markus Winkelhock were the highest classified Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers. /wiki/Tom_Blomqvist ↩
Nick Foster took Pole position in the No. 28 HubAuto Corsa car, but Raffaele Marciello was the highest qualified Intercontinental GT Challenge driver. /wiki/Raffaele_Marciello ↩

Calendar

Entry list

Race results

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Bronze Drivers

Manufacturers' championship

See also

Notes

External links

References