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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2024

Next

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

Intercontinental GT Challenge Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds BMW Team WRT[3][4][5] 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 M4 GT3 Evo 31 Sheldon van der Linde[5] P TBC Dries Vanthoor[5] Marco Wittmann[5] 32 Ugo de Wilde[5] P TBC Kelvin van der Linde[5] Charles Weerts[5] 46 Kevin Magnussen[5] P TBC René Rast[5] Valentino Rossi[5] Rowe Racing[6] 98 Augusto Farfus[6] P TBC Jesse Krohn[6] Kelvin van der Linde[6] Raffaele Marciello[6] 998 Philipp Eng[5] P TBC Dan Harper[5] Max Hesse[5] Ferrari[7] Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 26 Will Brown P 1 Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra 36 Jaxon Evans PA 1 Alessio Rovera Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi[8] 45 Axcil Jefferies[9] P TBC Felipe Fernandez Laser[9] Thomas Neubauer[9] David Perel[9] PONOS Racing[10] 45 Kei Cozzolino[10] TBC Yorikatsu Tsujiko[10] Yusuke Yamasaki[10] LM corsa[11] 60 Giancarlo Fisichella[11] TBC Shigekazu Wakisaka[11] TBA Mercedes-AMG Grove Racing[12] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 Stephen Grove B 1 Brenton Grove Fabian Schiller CrowdStrike by SPS[a] Heart of Racing by SPS[a][13] 4 TBA TBC TBA TBA 27 Ian James B 1 Ross Gunn Zacharie Robichon Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[14] 47 James Koundouris S 1 Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden 75 Express[15] 75 Jules Gounon P 1 Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[16] 77 Lucas Auer P 1 Maximilian Götz Jayden Ojeda Scott Taylor Motorsport[17] 222 Craig Lowndes P 1 Thomas Randle Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG Team GMR[18] 888 Maro Engel P 1 Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[19] TBC Tatsuya Kataoka[19] TBC Kamui Kobayashi[19] Nobuteru Taniguchi[19] Porsche Scherer Sport PHX[20] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 16 Patric Niederhauser[20] P TBC Patrick Pilet[20] TBA TBA Dinamic GT[21] 18 Bastian Buus[22] P TBC Matt Campbell[22] Mathieu Jaminet[22] 54 Bastian Buus[21] P TBC Matteo Cairoli[21] Loek Hartog[21] Joel Sturm[21] Federico Al Rifai[23] S TBC Mateo Llarena[23] Jop Rappange[23] Eshan Pieris[23] Porsche Centre Okazaki[24] 18 Kazuto Kotaka[24] PA TBC Hiroaki Nagai[24] Takuro Shinohara[24] Schumacher CLRT[25] 22 Klaus Bachler[26] P TBC Ayhancan Güven[26] Laurin Heinrich[26] Black Falcon[27] 48 Ben Buennagel[27] PA TBC Mustafa Mehmet Kaya[27] Gabriele Piana[27] Mike Stursberg[27] Origine Motorsport[28] 86 Anders Fjordbach[28] TBC Li Kerong[28] TBA The Bend Manthey EMA[b][29] Manthey EMA[b][30] 91 Laurin Heinrich PA 1 Morris Schuring Sam Shahin[29] Yasser Shahin[29] 911 Kévin Estre[30] P TBC Ayhancan Güven[30] Thomas Preining[30] Rutronik Racing[31] 96 Sven Müller[32] P TBC Patric Niederhauser[32] Alessio Picariello[32] 97 Antares Au[33] B TBC Loek Hartog[33] Morris Schuring[33] Absolute Racing[34] 911 Matt Campbell[34] P 1 Loek Hartog[34] Morris Schuring[34] Pure Rxcing 911 Richard Lietz[35] P TBC Alex Malykhin[35][c] Thomas Preining[35] Falken Motorsports[36] TBA Julien Andlauer[36] P TBC Dorian Boccolacci[36] Tim Heinemann[36] Dennis Marschall[36] TBA Nico Menzel[36] P TBC Sven Müller[36] Alessio Picariello[36] Morris Schuring[36] Source: [37]

Icon Class P Pro Cup G Gold Cup S Silver Cup B Bronze Cup PA Pro-Am 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,^[38][39] but withdrew due to a lack of funding.^[40]

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 Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde BMW 1 25 2 Raffaele Marciello Valentino Rossi Charles Weerts BMW 2 18 3 Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG 3 15 4 Will Brown Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra Ferrari 4 12 5 Lucas Auer Maximilian Götz Jayden Ojeda Mercedes-AMG 5 10 6 Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Alessio Picariello Porsche 6 8 7 Ian James Ross Gunn Zacharie Robichon Mercedes-AMG 7 6 8 Jaxon Evans Alessio Rovera Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte Ferrari 8 4 9 Laurin Heinrich Morris Schuring Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin Porsche 9 2 10 James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden Mercedes-AMG 10 1 - Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 - Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 - Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG Ret 0 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

Manufacturer's championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	BAT	NÜR	SPA	SUZ	IND	Points
1	BMW	1					43
		2
2	Mercedes-AMG	3					25
		5
3	Ferrari	4					16
		8
4	Porsche	6					10
		9

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. 19, No. 4 entered as CrowdStrike by SPS and car No. 27 entered as Heart of Racing by SPS.
2. Car No. 91 entered as The Bend Manthey EMA, and No. 911 entered as Manthey EMA.
3. 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.