The 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours was an endurance event that took place on August 25, 2019, at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 48th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the third round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the most recent running of the Suzuka Summer Endurance Race until the 2025 Suzuka 1000km.
Entry list
edit| Icon | Class |
|---|---|
| P | Pro Cup |
| S | Silver Cup |
| PA | Pro-Am Cup |
| Am | Am Cup |
| A | Cars eligible for Asia awards |
| SGT | Cars eligible for Super GT awards |
Qualifying
editSuper Pole
editThese were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |  Augusto Farfus
|
BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.455 | |
| 2 | 25 |  Dries Vanthoor
|
Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:00.531 | +0,076 |
| 3 | 34 |  Nick Catsburg
|
Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.729 | +0,274 |
| 4 | 777 |  Miguel Molina
|
CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:00.868 | +0,413 |
| 5 | 107 |  Jules Gounon
|
Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.002 | +0,547 |
| 6 | 00 |  Kamui Kobayashi
|
Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.024 | +0,569 |
| 7 | 125 |  Christopher Haase
|
Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.045 | +0,590 |
| 8 | 77 | Maximilian Götz
|
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.071 | +0,616 |
| 9 | 999 | Maro Engel
|
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.177 | +0,722 |
| 10 | 107 | Andy Soucek
|
Bentley Team M-Soort | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.292 | +0,837 |
| 11 | 912 | Dirk Werner
|
Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:01.306 | +0,851 |
| 12 | 75 | Nico Bastian
|
SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.348 | +0,893 |
| 13 | 35 | Tsugio Matsuda
|
KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.448 | +0,998 |
| 14 | 44 |  Gary Paffett
|
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.479 | +1,024 |
| 15 | 30 | Bertrand Baguette
|
Honda Team Motul | Honda NSX GT3 | 2:01.525 | +1,070 |
| 16 | 88 |  Marco Mapelli
|
JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.537 | +1,082 |
| 17 | 018 | Oliver Jarvis
|
KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.563 | +1,108 |
| 18 | 21 | Richard Lyons
|
Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.579 | +1,124 |
| 19 | 87 | Takashi Kogure
|
JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.614 | +1,158 |
| 20 | 27 |  Heikki Kovalainen
|
HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:01.727 | +1,272 |
Race
editRace Results
edit| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 25 | Audi Sport Team WRT
|
 Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch
|
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | 10:01:51.048 |
| 2 | P | 999 |  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
|
Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +40.367 |
| 3 | P | 912 |  Absolute Racing
|
 Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 275 | +43.797 |
| 4 | P | 77 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo
|
Yelmer Buurman Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +47.038 |
| 5 | P | 42 | BMW Team Schnitzer
|
Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly Martin Tomczyk
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 275 | +48.666 |
| 6 | P | 35 | KCMG
|
Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda
|
Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 275 | +56.921 |
| 7 | P | 125 | Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing
|
Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock
|
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | +57.199 |
| 8 | P | 107 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 275 | +1:11.098 |
| 9 | P | 44 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing
|
Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +1:27.891 |
| 10 | P | 00 | Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE
|
Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | P | 777 | CarGuy Racing
|
Miguel Molina Kei Cozzolino James Calado
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 12 | S | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing
|
Nico Bastian Kenny Habul Mikaël Grenier
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 13 | P | 911 |  EBM
|
Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 14 | P | 18 | Team UpGarage
|
Takashi Kobayashi Tadasuke Makino Kosuke Matsuura
|
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 15 | P | 30 | Honda Team Motul
|
Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi Hideki Mutoh
|
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 16 | P | 87 | JLOC
|
Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yuhi Sekiguchi
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 17 | P | 21 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama
|
Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita
|
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 18 | P | 034 | Modulo Drago Corse
|
Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima Hiroki Otsu
|
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 19 | S | 37 | Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing
|
Ryo Ogawa Markus Pommer Shinji Takei
|
Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 271 | +4 Laps |
| 20 | PA | 43 | Strakka Racing
|
 Dominik Baumann Adrian Henry D'Silva Christina Nielsen
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps |
| 21 | PA | 188 | Garage 59
|
Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West
|
Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps |
| 22 | P | 11 | Planex SmaCam Racing
|
Mika Häkkinen Hiroaki Ishiura Katsuaki Kubota
|
McLaren 720S GT3 | 268 | +7 Laps |
| 23 | P | 018 | KCMG
|
 Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati
|
Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 266 | +9 Laps |
| 24 | PA | 60 | LM Corsa
|
Kei Nakanishi Juichi Wakisaka Shigekazu Wakisaka
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 263 | +12 Laps |
| 25 | Am | 112 | Sato-SS Sports
|
Norio Kubo Atsushi Sato Ryosei Yamashita
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 263 | +12 Laps |
| 26 | Am | 9 | MP Racing
|
Yusaku Shibata Joe Shindo Takumi Takata
|
Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 261 | +14 Laps |
| 27 | PA | 2 | Cars Tokai Dream28
|
Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi
|
Lotus Evora MC | 260 | +15 Laps |
| 28 | P | 108 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Alex Buncombe Andy Soucek Seb Morris
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 259 | +16 Laps |
| 29 | PA | 5 | GTNET Motor Sports
|
Teruhiko Hamano Kazuki Hoshino Eiji Yamada
|
Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 245 | +30 Laps |
| 30 | S | 6 | Wall Racing
|
Tony D'Alberto Adrian Dietz Cameron McConville
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 244 | +31 Laps |
| 31 | S | 51 | AMAC Motorsport
|
Andrew MacPherson Ben Porter Brad Shiels
|
Porsche 997 GT3 R | 227 | +48 Laps |
| 32 | P | 27 |  HubAuto Corsa
|
Nick Cassidy Nick Foster Heikki Kovalainen
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 197 | +78 Laps |
| NC | S | 8 | apr with ARN Racing
|
Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 186 | |
| NC | Am | 98 | Arrows Racing
|
 Lic Ka Liu Philip Ma Jacky Yeung
|
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 59 | |
| NC | P | 88 | JLOC
|
Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 49 | |
| NC | P | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport
|
Nick Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 43 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
- ^ a b Car No. 125 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 912 entered as Absolute Racing.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "27 IGTC-Nominated Entries for Suzuka 10H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Häkkinen's Suzuka 10 Hours Challenger Unveiled". Dailysportscar. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ a b Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "Audi to Run RS Model Tribute Liveries at Suzuka". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Suzuka 10 Hours: Race - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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