2019 Kyalami 9 Hours

The 2019 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 23 November 2019 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. This event served as a revival to the Kyalami 9 Hours event which was last held in 2000, and also served as the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

2019 Kyalami 9 Hours

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Layout of the Kyalami

The race was won from pole by Frikadelli Racing Team and drivers Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Frikadelli's #31 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished 6.745 seconds ahead of Walkenhorst Motorsport and their #34 BMW M6 GT3 shared by Mikkel Jensen, Nicky Catsburg and Christian Krognes. GPX Racing secured third place a further 2.290 seconds down, in their #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.

Entry list

Team Vehicle No Driver Class Team Perfect Circle Porsche 997 GT3 R 09 Andre Bezuidenhout Nat Franco Scribante Silvio Scribante Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Sergei Afanasiev S Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Lechner Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Saul Hack S Lars Kern Dylan Pereira Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 10 Yelmer Buurman P Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz 40 Tim Müller Am Valentin Pierburg Miguel Ramos Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Earl Bamber P Matt Campbell Laurens Vanthoor Stradale Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13 Charl Arangies Nat Craig Jarvis Dawie Joubert Pablo Clark Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Kishoor Pitamber Nat Michael Stephen Leonard Charles Thompson KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Alexandre Imperatori P Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati 35 Josh Burdon P Katsumasa Chiyo João Paulo de Oliveira GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 Michael Christensen P Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Jochen Krumbach S David Perel Leonard Weiss Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 25 Kelvin van der Linde P Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS 29 Christopher Haase P Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Bertrand Baguette P Marco Bonanomi Dane Cameron Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 31 Mathieu Jaminet P Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Nicky Catsburg P Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes 36 Gennaro Bonafede Am Michael Von Rooyen Henry Walkenhorst BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Augusto Farfus P Sheldon van der Linde Martin Tomczyk Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 Dominik Baumann PA Christina Nielsen Adrian Henry D'Sliva 44 Gary Paffett P Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Ricky Collard P Marvin Kirchhöfer Hugo de Sadeleer 76 Enaam Ahmed P Jake Dennis Maxime Martin Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 108 Rodrigo Baptista P Steven Kane Andy Soucek Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 188 Chris Goodwin PA Côme Ledogar Alexander West KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Romain Dumas P Sven Müller Dirk Werner Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Maximilian Buhk P Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Source:[1]

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Qualifying

Pole Shootout

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying^[2]

Pos	N°	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Dif
1	31	Nick Tandy	Frikadelli Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1:52.825
2	29	Christopher Haase	Audi Sport Team Land	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:52.870	+0.045
3	999	Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1:53.086	+0.261
4	20	Richard Lietz	GPX Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1:53.569	+0.744
5	12	Matt Campbell	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1:53.787	+0.962
6	42	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M6 GT3	1:53.833	+1.008
7	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	1:53.942	+1.117
8	30	Bertrand Baguette	Honda Team Motul	Honda NSX GT3	1:54.034	+1.209
9	10	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1:54.174	+1.349
10	35	Josh Burdon	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	1:54.303	+1.478

Race

Race Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
1	P	31	Frikadelli Racing Team	Nick Tandy Dennis Olsen Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	259	9:00:06.106
2	P	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mikkel Jensen Nicky Catsburg Christian Krognes	BMW M6 GT3	259	+6.745
3	P	20	GPX Racing	Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	259	+9.035
4	P	29	Audi Sport Team Land	Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	259	+15.325
5	P	10	Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance	Maximilian Götz Yelmer Buurman Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	259	+17.162
6	P	18	KCMG	Edoardo Liberati Oliver Jarvis Alexandre Imperatori	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	259	+30.731
7	P	42	BMW Team Schnitzer	Sheldon van der Linde Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk	BMW M6 GT3	259	+40.556
8	P	12	Dinamic Motorsport	Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3 R	259	+41.1651
9	P	911	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	Sven Müller Romain Dumas Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 GT3 R	259	+44.188
10	P	62	R-Motorsport	Ricky Collard Hugo de Sadeleer Marvin Kirchhöfer	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	259	+44.729
11	P	25	Audi Sport Team WRT	Kelvin van der Linde Frederic Vervisch Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS	258	+1 Lap
12	P	107	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jordan Pepper Jules Gounon Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	258	+1 Lap
13	S	9	Lechner Racing	Saul Hack Lars Kern Dylan Pereira	Porsche 911 GT3 R	257	+2 Laps
14	P	76	R-Motorsport	Enaam Ahmed Jake Dennis Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	256	+3 Laps
15	S	6	Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon	Patrick Assenheimer Sergei Afanasiev Hubert Haupt	Mercedes-AMG GT3	256	+3 Laps
16	S	22	Rinaldi Racing	Jochen Krumbach David Perel Leonard Weiss	Ferrari 488 GT3	256	+3 Laps
17	Am	36	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Gennaro Bonafede Michael Von Rooyen Henry Walkenhorst	BMW M6 GT3	253	+6 Laps
18	Am	40	Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance	Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg Miguel Ramos	Mercedes-AMG GT3	253	+6 Laps
19	P	35	KCMG	Katsumasa Chiyo João Paulo de Oliveira Josh Burdon	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	251	+8 Laps
20	PA	43	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Christina Nielsen Adrian Henry D'Sliva Dominik Baumann	Mercedes-AMG GT3	251	+8 Laps
21	Nat	17	Pablo Clark Racing	Leonard Charles Thompson Michael Stephen Kishoor Pitamber	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	246	+13 Laps
22	P	108	Bentley Team M-Sport	Rodrigo Baptista Andy Soucek Steven Kane	Bentley Continental GT3	206	Accident
DNF	PA	188	Garage 59	Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	130	Mechanical
DNF	P	44	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Gary Paffett Lewis Williamson Tristan Vautier	Mercedes-AMG GT3	98	Accident
DNF	Nat	09	Team Perfect Circle	André Bezuidenhout Franco Scribante Silvio Scribante	Porsche 997 GT3 R	85	Mechanical
DNF	Nat	13	Stradale Motorsport	Charl Arangies Craig Jarvis Dawie Joubert	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	81	Accident
DNF	P	30	Honda Team Motul	Dane Cameron Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi	Honda NSX GT3	55	Mechanical
DNF	P	999	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Maximilian Buhk Raffaele Marciello Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG GT3	0	Broken Cylinder Coil
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 - The #12 Dinamic Motorsport car was awarded a 10-second time penalty after the race.