2019 Suzuka 10 Hours

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 1000 km.

2019 Suzuka 10 Hours

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Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course

Entry list

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

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Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Class
Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	00	Kamui Kobayashi	P A SGT
			Nobuteru Taniguchi
			Tatsuya Kataoka
KCMG[1]	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	018	Alexandre Imperatori	P
			Oliver Jarvis
			Edoardo Liberati
		35	Josh Burdon	P A
			Katsumasa Chiyo
			Tsugio Matsuda
Modulo Drago Corse[1]	Honda NSX GT3	034	Ryo Michigami	P A SGT
			Daisuke Nakajima
			Hiroki Otsu
Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja][1]	Lotus Evora MC GT300	2	Hiroshi Hamaguchi	PA A SGT
			Hiroki Katoh
			Kazuho Takahashi
GTNET Motor Sports[1]	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)	5	Teruhiko Hamano	PA A
			Kazuki Hoshino
			Eiji Yamada
Wall Racing[1]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2017)	6	Tony D'Alberto	S
			Adrian Dietz
			Cameron McConville
apr with ARN Racing[1]	Ferrari 488 GT3	8	Yuta Kamimura	S A SGT
			Hiroaki Nagai
			Manabu Orido
MP Racing[1]	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)	9	Yusaku Shibata	Am A
			Joe Shindo
			Takumi Takata
Planex SmaCam Racing[2]	McLaren 720S GT3	11	Mika Häkkinen	P A SGT
			Hiroaki Ishiura
			Katsuaki Kubota
Team UpGarage[1]	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	18	Takashi Kobayashi	P A SGT
			Tadasuke Makino
			Kosuke Matsuura
Audi Team Hitotsuyama[1]	Audi R8 LMS Evo	21	Richard Lyons	P SGT
			Alessio Picariello
			Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi Sport Team WRT[1][3]	Audi R8 LMS Evo	25	Kelvin van der Linde	P
			Dries Vanthoor
			Frédéric Vervisch
HubAuto Corsa[1]	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Nick Cassidy	P
			Nick Foster
			Heikki Kovalainen
Motul Honda Team JAS[1]	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	30	Bertrand Baguette	P
			Marco Bonanomi
			Hideki Mutoh
Walkenhorst Motorsport[1]	BMW M6 GT3	34	Nick Catsburg	P
			Mikkel Jensen
			Christian Krognes
Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing[1]	Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R	37	Ryo Ogawa	S A
			Markus Pommer
			Shinji Takei
BMW Team Schnitzer[1]	BMW M6 GT3	42	Augusto Farfus	P
			Nick Yelloly
			Martin Tomczyk
Strakka Racing[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	43	Dominik Baumann	PA
			Adrian Henry D'Silva
			Christina Nielsen
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing[1]		44	Gary Paffett	P
			Tristan Vautier
			Lewis Williamson
AMAC Motorsport[1]	Porsche 997 GT3 R	51	Andrew MacPherson	S
			Ben Porter
			Brad Shiels
LM corsa[1]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	60	Kei Nakanishi	PA A SGT
			Juichi Wakisaka
			Shigekazu Wakisaka
SunEnergy1 Racing[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	75	Nico Bastian	S
			Kenny Habul
			Mikaël Grenier
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	77	Yelmer Buurman	P
			Maximilian Götz
			Luca Stolz
JLOC[1]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	87	Takashi Kogure	P A SGT
			Yuya Motojima
			Yuhi Sekiguchi
		88	Andrea Caldarelli	P SGT
			Dennis Lind
			Marco Mapelli
Arrows Racing[1]	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	98	Lic Ka Liu	Am A
			Philip Ma
			Jacky Yeung
Bentley Team M-Sport[1]	Bentley Continental GT3	107	Jules Gounon	P
			Steven Kane
			Jordan Pepper
		108	Alex Buncombe	P
			Andy Soucek
			Seb Morris
Sato-SS Sports[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	112	Norio Kubo	Am A
			Atsushi Sato
			Ryosei Yamashita
Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing[1][3][N 1] Absolute Racing[1][N 1]	Audi R8 LMS Evo	125	Christopher Haase	P
			Christopher Mies
			Markus Winkelhock
	Porsche 911 GT3 R	912	Matt Campbell	P
			Dennis Olsen
			Dirk Werner
Garage 59[1]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	188	Chris Goodwin	PA
			Côme Ledogar
			Alexander West
CarGuy Racing[1]	Ferrari 488 GT3	777	Miguel Molina	P
			Kei Cozzolino
			James Calado
EBM[1]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	911	Romain Dumas	P
			Mathieu Jaminet
			Sven Müller
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[1]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	999	Maximilian Buhk	P
			Maro Engel
			Raffaele Marciello

Qualifying

Super Pole

These 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

Race Results

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 [ja]	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

1. Car No. 125 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 912 entered as Absolute Racing.