2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge

The 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the sixth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Normally a five round season, the races in the Pacific Rim were eliminated because of pandemic-related restrictions, reducing the season to three rounds, one in Europe (Total 24 Hours of Spa on 31 July), one in North America (Indianapolis 8 Hours), and one in Africa (Kyalami 9 Hours, later postponed to 5 February, 2022). Nicky Catsburg and Augusto Farfus were the defending drivers' champions and Porsche was the defending Manufacturers' champion.

Calendar[]

At the annual press conference during the 2020 24 Hours of Spa on 23 October, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2021 calendar.^[1]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Report
1	Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	July 29 - August 1, 2021	report
2	Indianapolis 8 Hour	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States	October 15–17, 2021	report
3	Kyalami 9 Hours	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand, South Africa	February 3–5, 2022	report

Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe

Also part of the GT World Challenge America

Kyalami 9 Hours was resheduled from 2-4 December 2021 to 3-5 February 2022 due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in South Africa.^[2]

Entry list[]

Intercontinental GT Challenge
Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Audi	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing	R8 LMS Evo	25	Patric Niederhauser	P	All
				Markus Winkelhock		All
				Christopher Haase		1–2
				Kelvin van der Linde		3
	Saintéloc Racing		26	Nicolas Baert	S	2-3
				Lucas Legeret		2-3
				Aurelien Panis		2
				Simon Gachet		3
	Team WRT		30	Franco Colapinto	S	1
				Benjamin Goethe
				James Pull
			31	Frank Bird	S	1
				Ryuichiro Tomita
				Valdemar Eriksen
	Audi Sport Team WRT		32	Charles Weerts	P	All
				Dries Vanthoor		1–2
				Kelvin van der Linde		1
				Christopher Mies		2
				Mattia Drudi		3
				Christopher Haase		3
			37	Robin Frijns	P	1
				Nico Müller		1
				Dennis Lind		1
				Mattia Drudi		2
	High Class Racing with WRT		33	Michael Markussen	PA	3
				Mark Patterson
				Thierry Vermeulen
	Audi Sport Team Attempto		66	Mattia Drudi	P	1
				Dennis Marschall
				Christopher Mies
Ferrari	Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	33	Benjamín Hites	S	1
				David Perel
				Fabrizio Crestani
	Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab		51	Alessandro Pier Guidi	P	1
				Nicklas Nielsen
				Côme Ledogar
			71	Antonio Fuoco	P	1
				Callum Ilott
				Davide Rigon
	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors		51	Alessandro Pier Guidi	P	2-3
				Côme Ledogar		2-3
				Nicklas Nielsen		2
				Miguel Molina		3
			71	Antonio Fuoco	P	2-3
				Alessio Rovera		2-3
				Callum Ilott		2
				Nicklas Nielsen		3
	AF Corse		52	James Calado	PA	1
				Lorenzo Bontempelli
				Louis Machiels
				Andrea Bertolini
			53	Miguel Molina	PA	1
				Duncan Cameron
				Rino Mastronardi
				Matt Griffin
			61	Conrad Grunewald	Am	2
				Mark Kvamme
				Jean-Claude Saada
	SKY - Tempesta Racing		93	Matteo Cressoni	PA	1
				Chris Froggatt
				Jonathan Hui
				Eddie Cheever
Lamborghini	K-PAX Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo	3	Mirko Bortolotti	P	2
				Andrea Caldarelli
				Jordan Pepper
			6	Corey Lewis	P	2
				Marco Mapelli
				Giovanni Venturini
	TR3 Racing		10	Giacomo Altoè	PA	2
				John Megrue
				Bill Sweedler
	Emil Frey Racing		14	Alex Fontana	S	1
				Rolf Ineichen
				Ricardo Feller
			163	Giacomo Altoè	P	1
				Franck Perera
				Albert Costa
	GRT Grasser Racing Team		16	Alberto Maria Di Folco	S	1
				Clemens Schmid
				Tim Zimmermann
				Kikko Galbiati
	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team		19	Stefano Costantini	PA	1
				Phil Keen
				Bertrand Baguette
				Hiroshi Hamaguchi
			63	Mirko Bortolotti	P	1
				Marco Mapelli
				Andrea Caldarelli
	Barwell Motorsport		77	Sandy Mitchell	PA	1
				Leo Machitski
				Miguel Ramos
				Henrique Chaves
Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	AMG GT3 Evo	4	Vincent Abril	P	1
				Maro Engel
				Luca Stolz
	Toksport WRT		7	Marvin Dienst	S	1
				Axcil Jefferies
				Paul Petit
				Óscar Tunjo
	Winward Racing		33	Marvin Dienst	S	2
				Philip Ellis
				Russell Ward
			57	Philip Ellis	S	1
				Mikaël Grenier
				Russell Ward
	HubAuto		50	Maximilian Buhk	P	1
				Nicky Catsburg
				Maximilian Götz
	SunEnergy1 Racing		75	Mikaël Grenier	PA	2-3
				Kenny Habul
				Martin Konrad
	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP		88	Jules Gounon	P	1
				Daniel Juncadella
				Raffaele Marciello
			89	Timur Boguslavskiy	P	All
				Lucas Auer		1
				Felipe Fraga		1
				Daniel Juncadella		2
				Raffaele Marciello		2-3
				Jules Gounon		3
	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing		99	Maro Engel	P	2
				Jules Gounon
				Luca Stolz
Porsche	Schnabl Engineering	911 GT3 R	3	Michael Christensen	P	1
				Frédéric Makowiecki
				Dennis Olsen
	EBM Giga Racing		16	Nicholas Boulle	PA	2
				Adrian d'Silva
				Jeff Kinglsey
	Wright Motorsports		20	Jan Heylen	S	2
				Fred Poordad
				Max Root
	GPX Martini Racing		22	Earl Bamber	P	1
				Matt Campbell
				Mathieu Jaminet
	Huber Motorsport		23	Ivan Jacoma	Am	1
				Nicolas Leutwiler
				Nico Menzel
				Jacob Schell
	GMG Racing		34	Dennis Olsen	PA	2
				James Sofronas
				Kyle Washington
	KCMG		47	Maxime Martin	P	1
				Nick Tandy
				Laurens Vanthoor
	Dinamic Motorsport		54	Klaus Bachler	P	1
				Christian Engelhart
				Matteo Cairoli
	Herberth Motorsport		911	Antares Au	PA	1
				Daniel Allemann
				Alfred Renauer
				Robert Renauer
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

Intercontinental GT Pro-Am Challenge
Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Porsche	EBM Giga Racing	911 GT3 R	16	Nicholas Boulle	PA	2
				Adrian d'Silva
				Jeff Kinglsey
			61	Wolfgang Triller	PA	1
				Reid Harker
				Will Bamber
				Carlos Rivas
McLaren	Inception Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	70	Oliver Millroy	PA	1–2
				Brendan Iribe
				Kevin Madsen
				Jordan Pepper		1

Notes

Race results[]

Rnd.	Circuit	Pole position	IGTC Winners	Winning Manufacturer	Ref.
1	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	No. 51 Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab	Ferrari	^[6]^[7]
1	Spa-Francorchamps	Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello	Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	Ferrari	^[6]^[7]
2	Indianapolis	No. 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing	Audi	^[8]
2	Indianapolis	Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock	Audi	^[8]
3	Kyalami	No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	Mercedes
3	Kyalami	Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes

Championship standings[]

References[]

^ "Stephane Ratel outlines plans for 2021 and beyond during Total 24 Hours of Spa press conference". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Dagys, John. "Kyalami 9H Rescheduled to February – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (27 July 2021). "30 Cars Eligible to Score IGTC Manufacturer Points at Spa". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge entry list" (pdf). vmail.vertouk.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
^ "Entry List Total Energies 24 hours". totalenergies24hours. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (30 July 2021). "Marciello Lands Second Consecutive 24H Spa Pole". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (2 August 2021). "Spa Post-Race Notebook". sportscar365. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (16 October 2021). "Pier Guidi Captures Indianapolis 8H Pole for Ferrari". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Stephane Ratel outlines plans for 2021 and beyond during Total 24 Hours of Spa press conference". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[2] Dagys, John. "Kyalami 9H Rescheduled to February – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[Spa1-3] Lloyd, Daniel (27 July 2021). "30 Cars Eligible to Score IGTC Manufacturer Points at Spa". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[Spa2-4] "Intercontinental GT Challenge entry list" (pdf). vmail.vertouk.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

[Spa3-5] "Entry List Total Energies 24 hours". totalenergies24hours. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

[6] Lloyd, Daniel (30 July 2021). "Marciello Lands Second Consecutive 24H Spa Pole". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[7] Lloyd, Daniel (2 August 2021). "Spa Post-Race Notebook". sportscar365. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[8] Lloyd, Daniel (16 October 2021). "Pier Guidi Captures Indianapolis 8H Pole for Ferrari". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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