2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge is the tenth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. For the first time since 2019, the series returns to five rounds starting with the Bathurst 12 Hour on 2 February with the finale at Indianapolis 8 Hour on 18 October.

2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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2026

Calendar

Bathurst

Nürburgring

Spa

Suzuka

Indianapolis

Map of circuit locations

The provisional calendar was released on July 28, 2024, at the SRO's annual press conference, including 5 rounds.^[1] On August 6, 2024, the calendar was officialized, the date of Suzuka round was revealed and the date of Indianapolis round was pushed back two weeks.^[2]

  Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe

  Also part of the GT World Challenge America

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Report
1	Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	31 January–2 February	Report
2	ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring 24 Hours	Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg, Germany	19–22 June	Report
3	CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	26–29 June	Report
4	Suzuka 1000 km	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan	12–14 September	Report
5	Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	16–18 October	Report

Entries

Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds BMW Team WRT[3][4] BMW M4 GT3 32 Augusto Farfus P 1 Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde 46 Raffaele Marciello P 1 Valentino Rossi Charles Weerts BMW Italia Ceccato Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo 15 Connor De Phillippi B 3 Felice Jelmini Federico Malvestiti Marcelo Tomasoni Team WRT[a][5] AlManar Racing by WRT[a] 30 Gustav Bergström S 3 Étienne Cheli Gilles Stadsbader Pierre-Louis Chovet 31 Sheldon van der Linde[5] P 3 Dries Vanthoor[5] Marco Wittmann[5] Augusto Farfus[6] 4 Dan Harper[6] Max Hesse[6] 32 Kelvin van der Linde[5] P 3–4 Charles Weerts[5] Ugo de Wilde[5] 3 Raffaele Marciello[6] 4 46 Kevin Magnussen[5] P 3 René Rast[5] Valentino Rossi[5] 777 Al Faisal Al Zubair G 3 Jens Klingmann Ben Tuck Neil Verhagen Century Motorsport 42 Mex Jansen S 3 Will Moore Jarrod Waberski Team KRC 89 Maxime Oosten[7] B 4 Ruan Cunfan[7] Neil Verhagen[7] Rowe Racing[8] 98 Augusto Farfus[8] P 2–3 Jesse Krohn[8] Raffaele Marciello[8] Kelvin van der Linde[8] 2 998 Philipp Eng[5] P 3 Dan Harper[5] Max Hesse[5] Paradine Competition 991 Jake Dennis B 3 Sean Gelael Darren Leung Toby Sowery 992 Charles Clark S 3 Pedro Ebrahim James Kellett Maxime Oosten Ferrari[9] Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 8 Daniele Di Amato B 3 David Fumanelli Nicolò Rosi Niccolò Schirò 74 Dustin Blattner B 3 Conrad Laursen Dennis Marschall Zacharie Robichon Rinaldi Racing[b] Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi[b][10] 12 Felipe Fernández Laser B 3 Christian Hook David Perel Davide Rigon 45 Axcil Jefferies[11] P 2 Felipe Fernández Laser[11] Thomas Neubauer[11] David Perel[11] Harmony Racing 21 Dustin Blattner B 4 Dennis Marschall Lorenzo Patrese Arise Racing GT 26 Will Brown P 1 Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra 36 Jaxon Evans PA 1 Alessio Rovera Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte PONOS Racing[12] 45 Kei Cozzolino[12] PA 4 Yorikatsu Tsujiko[12] Yusuke Yamasaki[12] AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors[c] AF Corse[c] Ziggo Sport – Tempesta[c] 50 Eliseo Donno P 3 Antonio Fuoco Arthur Leclerc 51 Vincent Abril P 3 Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessio Rovera 52 Jef Machiels B 3 Louis Machiels Tommaso Mosca Marcos Siebert 70 Riccardo Agostini PA 3 Matt Bell Blake McDonald Custodio Toledo 71 Stéphane Lémeret PA 3 Miguel Molina Luis Pérez Companc Matías Pérez Companc 93 Eddie Cheever III B 3 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Lorenzo Patrese LM corsa[13] 60 Giancarlo Fisichella[13] PA 4 Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka[13] K-tunes Racing 98 Shinichi Takagi B 4 Sean Walkinshaw Daisuke Yamawaki Maezawa Racing[14] 555 Yusaku Maezawa[14] B 4 Thomas Neubauer[14] Naoki Yokomizo[14] Mercedes-AMG Goodsmile Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 0 Tatsuya Kataoka[15] P 3–4 Kamui Kobayashi[15] Nobuteru Taniguchi[15] GetSpeed[d][16] Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed[d][17][16] 3 Anthony Bartone[16] S 3 Karol Basz[16] Tom Kalender[16] Yannick Mettler[16] 6 Colin Caresani[16] S 3 Lin Hodenius[16] Tanart Sathienthirakul[16] Aaron Walker[16] 14 Maro Engel[17] P 2 Maxime Martin[17] Luca Stolz[17] Fabian Schiller[17] 2 17 P 3 Ralf Aron[17] 2 Lucas Auer[17] Adam Christodoulou[17] Mikaël Grenier[17] Jules Gounon[16] 3 Luca Stolz[16] 69 Philip Ellis[18] PA 4 Steve Jans[18] Anthony McIntosh[18] Grove Racing[19] 4 Stephen Grove B 1 Brenton Grove Fabian Schiller CrowdStrike by SPS[e] Heart of Racing by SPS[e][20] 4 Colin Braun[16] PA 3 Nicky Catsburg[16] George Kurtz[16] Ian James[16] 3 27 B 1, 4 Ross Gunn 1 Zacharie Robichon 1, 4 Alex Riberas 4 Boutsen VDS[16] 9 Maximilian Götz[16] P 3 Mikaël Grenier[16] Maxime Martin[16] 10 Loris Cabirou[16] S 3 César Gazeau[16] Aurélien Panis[16] Hugo Cook[16] SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm[17] 11 Christopher Brück PA 2 Jannes Fittje[17] Jay Mo Härtling[17] Kenneth Heyer[17] Craft-Bamboo Racing[f] Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[f][21] 28 Ben Barnicoat PA 4 Jonathan Hui Kevin Tse 77 Maximilian Götz P 1, 4 Lucas Auer 1 Jayden Ojeda Ralf Aron 4 Kakunoshin Ohta Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[22] 47 James Koundouris S 1 Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter[g][16] Winward Racing[g][16] 48 Lucas Auer[16] P 3 Matteo Cairoli[16] Maro Engel[16] 57 Indy Dontje[16] G 3 Philip Ellis[16] Daniel Morad Russell Ward[16] 81 Marvin Dienst[16] B 3 Gabriele Piana[16] Rinat Salikhov[16] Daan Arrow[16] 75 Express[23] 75 Jules Gounon P 1 Luca Stolz Kenny Habul 1 B 4 Dominik Baumann 4 Yannick Mettler Scott Taylor Motorsport[24] 222 Craig Lowndes P 1 Thomas Randle Cameron Waters 2 Seas Motorsport[16] 222 Charles Dawson B 3 Kiern Jewiss[16] Parker Thompson Lewis Williamson[16] Nordique Racing 611 Kazuto Kotaka[16] G 3 Edoardo Liberati[16] Yuichi Nakayama[16] Tim Sandtler[16] Mercedes-AMG Team GMR[25] 888 Mikaël Grenier P 1, 4 Maxime Martin Maro Engel 1 Luca Stolz 4 Porsche AMAC Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) 55 Grant Denyer Am 4 Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter Origine Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 6 Bastian Buus[26] P 4 Laurin Heinrich[26] Alessio Picariello[26] 86 Anders Fjordbach[27] B 4 Kerong Li[27] Leo Ye Hongli[27] Absolute Racing[28] 7 Kévin Estre[29] P 4 Patrick Pilet[29] Laurens Vanthoor[29] 10 Antares Au B 4 Loek Hartog Richard Lietz 911 Matt Campbell[28] P 1 Ayhancan Güven[28] Alessio Picariello[28] Phantom Global Racing 13 Adderly Fong B 4 "JZ" Nico Menzel 23 Klaus Bachler[30] P 4 Dorian Boccolacci[30] Patric Niederhauser[30][31] 4 Scherer Sport PHX[31] 16 P 2 Ricardo Feller[31] 2 Laurens Vanthoor[31] Dinamic GT[32] 18 Matt Campbell[33] P 3 Mathieu Jaminet[33] Bastian Buus[33][32] 3 54 P 2 Matteo Cairoli[32] 2 Loek Hartog[32] Joel Sturm[32] Federico Al Rifai S 3 Sébastien Baud Eshan Pieris Jop Rappange Porsche Centre Okazaki[34] 18 Kazuto Kotaka[34] B 4 Hiroaki Nagai[34] Takuro Shinohara[34] Schumacher CLRT 22 Klaus Bachler P 3 Ayhancan Güven Laurin Heinrich AV Racing by Car Collection Motorsport 29 Noam Abramczyk PA 3 Mathieu Detry Fabian Duffieux Yuan Bo Falken Motorsports[35] 33 Julien Andlauer[35] P 2 Nico Menzel[35] Sven Müller[35] Alessio Picariello[35] 44 Dorian Boccolacci[35] P 2 Tim Heinemann[35] Dennis Marschall[35] Morris Schuring[35] Vollgas Motorsports 33 Phil Kim S 4 Liang Jiatong Daan Arrow 4 Black Falcon Team EAE[36] 48 PA 2 Ben Büennagel[36] 2 Mustafa Mehmet Kaya[36] Gabriele Piana[36] Hankook Competition 55 Roelof Bruins PA 2 Steven Cho Marco Holzer Kim Jong-kyum EBM Giga Racing 61 Adrian D'Silva P 4 Harry King Sven Müller Lionspeed GP 80 Ricardo Feller B 3 Patrick Kolb Riccardo Pera Gabriel Rindone The Bend Manthey EMA[h][37] Manthey EMA[h][38] 91 Laurin Heinrich PA 1 Morris Schuring Sam Shahin[37] Yasser Shahin[37] 911 Kévin Estre[38] P 2 Ayhancan Güven[38] Thomas Preining[38] Herberth Motorsport 91 Ralf Bohn B 3–4 Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Axcil Jefferies 3 92 Tim Heinemann G 3 Rolf Ineichen Joel Sturm Rutronik Racing 96 Sven Müller P 3 Patric Niederhauser Alessio Picariello 97 Antares Au B 3 Loek Hartog Martin Rump Morris Schuring Wright Motorsports 120 Adam Adelson G 3 Elliott Skeer Tom Sargent Pure Rxcing 911 Richard Lietz[39] P 3 Alex Malykhin[39][i] Thomas Preining[39] Source: [40][41][42][43]

Icon Class P Pro Cup G Gold Cup S Silver Cup B Bronze Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup Independent Cup

Notes

• 111 Racing was due to compete in the Bronze class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in the 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour with drivers Darren Currie, Grant Donaldson and Cameron McLeod,^[44][45] but withdrew due to a lack of funding.^[46]

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. 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 NÜR SPA SUZ IND Points 1 Augusto Farfus BMW 1 1 4 62 2 Kelvin van der Linde BMW 1 1 5 60 3 Raffaele Marciello BMW 2 1 4 55 4 Jesse Krohn BMW 1 4 37 5 Alessio Picariello Porsche 6 Ret 1 33 5 Sheldon van der Linde BMW 1 6 33 6 Charles Weerts BMW 2 5 28 7 Ayhancan Güven Porsche 6 2 Ret 26 8 Sven Müller Porsche Ret 1 25 8 Patric Niederhauser Porsche WD 1 25 9 Alessio Rovera Ferrari 8 2 22 9 Valentino Rossi BMW 2 8 22 9 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG 5 7 7 22 10 Matteo Cairoli Porsche 3 21 Mercedes-AMG 7 11 Thomas Preining Porsche 2 Ret 18 11 Kévin Estre Porsche 2 18 11 Vincent Abril Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 2 18 12 Loek Hartog Porsche 3 28 15 12 Joel Sturm Porsche 3 32 15 12 Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 3 Ret Ret 15 12 Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG 3 Ret 15 12 Bastian Buus Porsche 3 Ret 15 12 Kenny Habul Mercedes-AMG 3 15 12 Eliseo Donno Antonio Fuoco Arthur Leclerc Ferrari 3 15 13 Will Brown Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra Ferrari 4 12 13 Roelof Bruins Steven Cho Marco Holzer Kim Jong-kyum Porsche 4 12 14 Maximilian Götz Mercedes-AMG 5 Ret 10 14 Jayden Ojeda Mercedes-AMG 5 10 14 Christopher Brück Jannes Fittje Jay Mo Härtling Kenneth Heyer Mercedes-AMG 5 10 14 Ugo de Wilde BMW 5 10 15 Daan Arrow Porsche 6 8 Mercedes-AMG 11 15 Gabriele Piana Porsche 6 8 Mercedes-AMG 11 15 Matt Campbell Porsche 6 Ret 8 15 Ben Büennagel Mustafa Mehmet Kaya Porsche 6 8 15 Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann BMW 6 8 15 Zacharie Robichon Mercedes-AMG 7 8 Ferrari 9 16 Ian James Mercedes-AMG 7 24 6 16 Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG Ret 7 Ret 6 16 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret 7 6 16 Ross Gunn Mercedes-AMG 7 6 16 Ralf Aron Mercedes-AMG 7 6 16 Adam Christodoulou Mercedes-AMG 7 6 17 Axcil Jefferies Ferrari 8 4 Porsche 16 17 Felipe Fernández Laser David Perel Ferrari 8 27 4 17 Thomas Neubauer Ferrari 8 4 17 Jaxon Evans Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte Ferrari 8 4 17 Kevin Magnussen René Rast BMW 8 4 18 Morris Schuring Porsche 9 Ret 28 2 18 Laurin Heinrich Porsche 9 Ret 2 18 Dennis Marschall Porsche Ret 2 Ferrari 9 18 Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin Porsche 9 2 18 Dustin Blattner Ferrari 9 2 18 Conrad Laursen Ferrari 9 2 19 James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden Mercedes-AMG 10 1 19 Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer Tom Sargent Porsche 10 1 — Marvin Dienst Rinat Salikhov Mercedes-AMG 11 0 — Neil Verhagen BMW 12 0 — Al Faisal Al Zubair Jens Klingmann Ben Tuck BMW 12 0 — Ricardo Feller Porsche WD 13 0 — Patrick Kolb Riccardo Pera Gabriel Rindone Porsche 13 0 — Mex Jansen Will Moore Jarrod Waberski BMW 14 0 — Gustav Bergström Étienne Cheli Gilles Stadsbader Pierre-Louis Chovet BMW 15 0 — Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Porsche 16 0 — Charles Dawson Kiern Jewiss Parker Thompson Lewis Williamson Mercedes-AMG 17 0 — Loris Cabirou César Gazeau Aurélien Panis Hugo Cook Mercedes-AMG 18 0 — Daniele Di Amato David Fumanelli Nicolò Rosi Niccolò Schirò Ferrari 19 0 — Dan Harper Max Hesse BMW 20 0 — Philipp Eng BMW 20 0 — Federico Al Rifai Sébastien Baud Eshan Pieris Jop Rappange Porsche 21 0 — Noam Abramczyk Mathieu Detry Fabian Duffieux Bo Yuan Porsche 22 0 — Jef Machiels Louis Machiels Tommaso Mosca Marcos Siebert Ferrari 23 0 — Colin Braun Nicky Catsburg George Kurtz Mercedes-AMG 24 0 — Kazuto Kotaka Mercedes-AMG 25 0 Porsche — Edoardo Liberati Yuichi Nakayama Tim Sandtler Mercedes-AMG 25 0 — Stéphane Lémeret Miguel Molina Luis Pérez Companc Matías Pérez Companc Ferrari 26 0 — Christian Hook Davide Rigon Ferrari 27 0 — Antares Au Porsche 28 0 — Martin Rump Porsche 28 0 — Tatsuya Kataoka Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Mercedes-AMG 29 0 — Connor De Phillippi Felice Jelmini Federico Malvestiti Marcelo Tomasoni BMW 30 0 — Lorenzo Patrese Ferrari 31 0 — Jonathan Hui Ferrari 31 0 Mercedes-AMG — Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Ferrari 31 0 — Tim Heinemann Porsche Ret 32 0 — Rolf Ineichen Porsche 32 0 — Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret Ret 0 — Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret Ret 0 — Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Dorian Boccolacci Porsche Ret 0 — Nico Menzel Porsche Ret 0 — Julien Andlauer Porsche Ret 0 — Jake Dennis Sean Gelael Darren Leung Toby Sowery BMW Ret 0 — Maxime Oosten BMW Ret 0 — Charles Clark Pedro Ebrahim James Kellett BMW Ret 0 — Riccardo Agostini Matt Bell Blake McDonald Custodio Toledo Ferrari Ret 0 — Yannick Mettler Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Anthony Bartone Karol Basz Tom Kalender Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Colin Caresani Lin Hodenius Tanart Sathienthirakul Aaron Walker Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Philip Ellis Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Indy Dontje Daniel Morad Russell Ward Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 — Mathieu Jaminet Porsche Ret 0 — Klaus Bachler Porsche Ret 0 — Richard Lietz Porsche Ret 0 — Alex Malykhin Porsche Ret 0 — Laurens Vanthoor Porsche WD 0 Patrick Pilet Porsche Adrian D'Silva Harry King Porsche Kakunoshin Ohta Mercedes-AMG Phil Kim Liang Jiatong Porsche Adderly Fong "JZ" Porsche Hiroaki Nagai Takuro Shinohara Porsche Alex Riberas Mercedes-AMG Dominik Baumann Mercedes-AMG Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li Leo Ye Hongli Porsche Ruan Cunfan BMW Shinichi Takagi Sean Walkinshaw Daisuke Yamawaki Ferrari Yusaku Maezawa Naoki Yokomizo Ferrari Ben Barnicoat Kevin Tse Mercedes-AMG Kei Cozzolino Yorikatsu Tsujiko Yusuke Yamasaki Ferrari Giancarlo Fisichella Kei Nakanishi Shigekazu Wakisaka Ferrari Steve Jans Anthony McIntosh Mercedes-AMG Grant Denyer Andrew Macpherson William Ben Porter Porsche Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT NÜR SPA SUZ IND Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Intercontinental GT Challenge Independent Cup

Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	NÜR	SPA	SUZ	IND	Points
1	Kenny Habul	Mercedes-AMG	1					25
2	Ralf Bohn	Porsche			1			25
3	Antares Au	Porsche			2			18
4	Jonathan Hui	Ferrari			3			15
		Mercedes-AMG
5	Adrian D'Silva	Porsche
Pos.	Driver	Manufacturer	BAT	NÜR	SPA	SUZ	IND	Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	BAT	NÜR	SPA	SUZ	IND	Points
1	BMW	1	1	4			90
		2		5
2	Porsche	6	2	1			76
		9	3	10
3	Ferrari	4	7	2			61
		8		3
4	Mercedes-AMG	3	5	7			45
		5	8	11

See also

• 2025 British GT Championship
• 2025 GT World Challenge America
• 2025 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2025 GT World Challenge Australia
• 2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Notes

1. Car No. 30, No. 31, No. 32 and No. 46 entered as Team WRT, and car No. 777 entered as AlManar Racing by WRT.
2. Car No. 12 entered as Rinaldi Racing, and car No. 45 entered as Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi.
3. Car No. 50, No. 51 and No. 52 entered as AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors, car No. 70 and No. 71 entered as AF Corse, and car No. 93 entered as Ziggo Sport - Tempesta.
4. Car No. 3, No. 6 and No. 69 entered as GetSpeed, and car No. 14 & 17 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed.
5. Car No. 4 entered as CrowdStrike by SPS and car No. 27 entered as Heart of Racing by SPS.
6. Car No. 28 entered as Craft-Bamboo Racing and car No. 77 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing.
7. Car No. 48 entered as Mercedes-AMG Mann-Filter, and car No. 57 & No. 81 entered as Winward Racing.
8. Car No. 91 entered as The Bend Manthey EMA, and No. 911 entered as Manthey EMA.
9. Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.