2019 California 8 Hours

Race details
Date	March 30, 2019
Location	Monterey, United States
Course	3.602 km (2.238 mi)
Race
Drivers	Mario Farnbacher Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande	Honda Team Motul
Time	1:23.156
Podium
First	Miguel Molina Nick Foster Tim Slade	HubAuto Corsa
Second	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Third	Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Romain Dumas	Park Place Motorsports

The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, and GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).

The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was replaced on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar by the Indianapolis 8 Hour.

The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.

Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.

Entries

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 GT3 Entries 10 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo Christopher Haase Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch 18 KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati 27 HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Nick Foster Miguel Molina Tim Slade 29 Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo Christopher Mies Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock 30 Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Nicky Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes 35 KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 Alex Buncombe Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo 42 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Martin Tomczyk 43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Dominik Baumann Adam Christodoulou Christina Nielsen 44 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson 107 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper 108 Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 Lucas Ordóñez Markus Paltalla Maxime Soulet 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Yelmur Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz 911 Park Place Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller 912 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello GT Cup Entries 88 ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo Miro Konopka Andrzej Lewandowski Zdeno Mikulasko GT4 Entries 41 PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 Jade Buford Chad McCumbee James Pesek 67 TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Jason Alexandridis Chris Bellomo Spencer Pumpelly 113 RHC-Lawrence/Strom by Storm Motorsport Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Daren Jorgensen Jon Miller Brett Strom

Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup

Qualifying

Pole Shootout

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying

Pos	N°	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Dif
1	30	Mario Farnbacher	Honda Team Motul	Acura NSX GT3	1:23.156
2	35	Alex Buncombe	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	1:23.342	+0.186
3	10	Dries Vanthoor	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:23.420	+0.264
4	27	Nick Foster	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	1:23.459	+0.303
5	912	Matt Campbell	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1:23.528	+0.372
6	34	Mikkel Jensen	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	1:23.533	+0.377
7	42	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M6 GT3	1:23.544	+0.388
8	911	Mathieu Jaminet	Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	1:23.627	+0.471
9	18	Alexandre Imperatori	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	1:23.673	+0.517
10	999	Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	1:29.714	+0.558

Official results

Bold denotes category winner.

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Engine 1 GT3 27 HubAuto Corsa Nick Foster Miguel Molina Tim Slade Ferrari 488 GT3 327 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8 2 GT3 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 327 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 3 GT3 911 Park Place Motorsports Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Porsche 911 GT3 R 327 4.0 L Porsche H6 4 GT3 10 Audi Sport Team WRT Christopher Haase Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 327 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 5 GT3 42 BMW Team Schnitzer Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GT3 326 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 6 GT3 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Yelmur Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 326 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 7 GT3 29 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Mies Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 326 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 8 GT3 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes BMW M6 GT3 326 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 9 GT3 18 KCMG Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 326 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 10 GT3 43 Strakka Racing Dominik Baumann Adam Christodoulou Christina Nielsen Mercedes-AMG GT3 325 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 11 GT3 108 Bentley Team M-Sport Lucas Ordóñez Markus Paltalla Maxime Soulet Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 325 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 12 GT3 35 KCMG Alex Buncombe Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 315 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 13 GT3 30 Honda Team Motul Bertrand Baguette Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Acura NSX GT3 Evo 308 3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6 14 GTC 88 ARC Bratislava Miro Konopka Andrzej Lewandowski Zdeno Mikulasko Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo 303 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 15 GT4 41 PF Racing Jade Buford Chad McCumbee James Pesek Ford Mustang GT4 296 5.2 L Ford Voodoo V8 16 GT4 113 RHC Jorgensen/Strom by Strom Motorsport Daren Jorgensen Jonathan Miller Brett Strom BMW M4 GT4 289 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 17 GT4 67 TRG Jason Alexandridis Chris Bellomo Spencer Pumpelly Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 289 3.8 L Porsche H6 DNF GT3 912 Wright Motorsports Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner Porsche 911 GT3 R 168 4.0 L Porsche H6 DNF GT3 44 Strakka Racing Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson Mercedes-AMG GT3 148 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 DNF GT3 107 Bentley Team M-Sport Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 137 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8

Icon Class GT3 GT3 GTC GT Cup GT4 GT4

• Race time of winning car: 8:01:11.484
• Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: 731.826 mi (1,177.760 km)
• Fastest race lap: 1:24.287 – Alex Buncombe on lap 5