2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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.

2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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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.^[1]

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[N 1] Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[N 1] R8 LMS 1 Christopher Mies P 2 Alex Riberas Dries Vanthoor 2 Robin Frijns P 2 Nico Müller René Rast 17 Stuart Leonard P 2–4 Marcel Fässler 2 Daniel Serra Sheldon van der Linde 3–4 Jake Dennis 3 Alex Riberas 4 19 Robin Frijns P 4 Dries Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock 37 Robin Frijns P 1 Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor 39 Paul Dalla Lana PA 1 Will Davison Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda 66 Christopher Mies P 3 Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing 6 Christopher Haase P 3 Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama 21 Richard Lyons P 3 Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita Audi Sport Team MPC 22 Kelvin van der Linde P 1 Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch 74 Christopher Haase P 1 Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 25 Christopher Haase P 2 Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Land 29 Christopher Haase P 4 Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies Bentley Bentley Team M-Sport Continental GT3 (2018) (0)7 Jules Gounon P 2–4 Steven Kane Jordan Pepper (0)8 Vincent Abril P 2–4 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Continental GT3 (2016) 17 Jules Gounon P 1 Steven Kane Guy Smith 18 Vincent Abril P 1 Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet K-PAX Racing 9 Rodrigo Baptista P 4 Álvaro Parente Bryan Sellers Team Parker Racing 31 Andy Meyrick PA 2 Seb Morris Derek Pierce Rob Smith McLaren YNA Autosport 650S GT3 47 Scott McLaughlin PA 1 Fraser Ross Andrew Watson Alexander West 58 Shane van Gisbergen P 1 Côme Ledogar Craig Lowndes Garage 59 58 Ben Barnicoat P 2–3 Côme Ledogar Olivier Pla 2 Andrew Watson 3 188 Chris Goodwin Am 2 Chris Harris Andrew Watson Alexander West Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile AMG GT3 00 Tatsuya Kataoka P 3 Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 4 Yelmer Buurman P 2 Maro Engel Luca Stolz Scott Taylor Motorsport[N 2] Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing[N 2] 8 Craig Baird PA 1 Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg 75 Kenny Habul P 1 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Jamie Whincup Strakka Racing[N 3] Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing[N 3] 42 David Fumanelli PA 2–4 Nick Leventis Chris Buncombe 2 Lewis Williamson Felipe Fraga 3–4 43 Maximilian Götz P 2–4 Álvaro Parente 2–3 Maximilian Buhk 2 Lewis Williamson 3–4 Raffaele Marciello 4 44 Adrien Tambay P 3–4 Maximilian Buhk 3 Oliver Rowland Jack Hawksworth 4 Christian Vietoris 55 David Fumanelli PA 1 Nick Leventis Cameron Waters Lewis Williamson 56 Maximilian Buhk P 1 Maximilian Götz Álvaro Parente SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 3 Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER[N 4] SunEnergy1 Team HTP Motorsport[N 4] 84 Edoardo Mortara P 2 Gary Paffett Renger van der Zande 175 Kenny Habul PA 2 Thomas Jäger Martin Konrad Bernd Schneider SunEnergy1 Racing[N 5] Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP[N 5] Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing[N 5] 75 Mikaël Grenier PA 4 Kenny Habul Luca Stolz 88 Daniel Juncadella P 2 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier 175 Maximilian Buhk P 4 Maro Engel Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 888 Maro Engel P 3 Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Porsche D'station Racing 911 GT3 R 7 Earl Bamber P 3 Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller Competition Motorsports 12 David Calvert-Jones PA 1 Matt Campbell Alex Davison Patrick Long KÜS Team75 Bernhard 117 Earl Bamber P 2 Timo Bernhard Laurens Vanthoor Black Swan Racing 54(0) Jeroen Bleekemolen PA 1–3 Tim Pappas Marc Lieb 1–2 Luca Stolz 1 Marc Miller 2–3 Jeroen Bleekemolen P 4 Patrick Long Tim Pappas Manthey Racing 911 Romain Dumas P 1–3 Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Wright Motorsports 911 Romain Dumas P 4 Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner Craft-Bamboo Racing 991 Kévin Estre P 1, 3 Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber 1 Mathieu Jaminet 3 Herberth Motorsport 991 Edward Lewis Brauner Am 2 Jürgen Häring Alfred Renauer Wolfgang Triller Sources:[4][5][6][7]

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 MPC[N 6]	No. 37 Audi Sport Team WRT	No. 75 Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing	Audi
		Kelvin van der Linde Garth Tander Frédéric Vervisch	Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Kenny Habul
2	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 2 Audi Sport Team WRT[N 7]	No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc[N 8]	No. 42 Strakka Racing	Audi
		Robin Frijns Nico Müller René Rast	Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock	Nick Leventis
3	Suzuka	No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[N 9]	No. 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	No. 75 SunEnergy 1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG
		Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier	Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier	Kenny Habul
4	Laguna Seca	No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land	No. 29 Audi Sport Team Land	No. 63 DXDT Racing	Audi
		Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies	Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies	David Askew

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.