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2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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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 (24 Hours of Spa on 31 July), one in North America (Indianapolis 8 Hour), 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

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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 24 Hours of Spa Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium July 29–August 1, 2021 report
2 Indianapolis 8 Hour United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, United States October 15–17, 2021 report
3 Kyalami 9 Hours South Africa 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 rescheduled from 2–4 December 2021 to 3–5 February 2022 due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in South Africa.[2]

Entry list

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Intercontinental GT Challenge
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Audi France Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing R8 LMS Evo 25 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser P All
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Germany Christopher Haase 1–2
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 3
France Saintéloc Racing 26 Belgium Nicolas Baert S 2–3
Switzerland Lucas Légeret
France Aurélien Panis 2
France Simon Gachet 3
Belgium Team WRT 30 Argentina Franco Colapinto S 1
Germany Benjamin Goethe
United Kingdom James Pull
31 United Kingdom Frank Bird S 1
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Denmark Valdemar Eriksen
Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT 32 Belgium Charles Weerts P All
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 1–2
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 1
Germany Christopher Mies 2
Italy Mattia Drudi 3
Germany Christopher Haase
37 Netherlands Robin Frijns P 1–2
Switzerland Nico Müller
Denmark Dennis Lind 1
Italy Mattia Drudi 2
Denmark High Class Racing with WRT 33 Denmark Michael Markussen PA 3
United States Mark Patterson
Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen
Germany Audi Sport Team Attempto 66 Italy Mattia Drudi P 1
Germany Dennis Marschall
Germany Christopher Mies
Ferrari Germany Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 33 Chile Benjamín Hites S 1
South Africa David Perel
Italy Fabrizio Crestani
Italy Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab 51 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi P 1
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
France Côme Ledogar
71 Italy Antonio Fuoco P 1
United Kingdom Callum Ilott
Italy Davide Rigon
Italy AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors 51 Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi P 2–3
France Côme Ledogar
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 2
Spain Miguel Molina 3
71 Italy Antonio Fuoco P 2–3
Italy Alessio Rovera
United Kingdom Callum Ilott 2
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 3
Italy AF Corse 52 Italy Alessio Rovera PA 1
Belgium John Wartique
Belgium Louis Machiels
Italy Andrea Bertolini
53 Spain Miguel Molina PA 1
United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Italy Rino Mastronardi
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
61 United States Conrad Grunewald Am 2
United States Mark Kvamme
United States Jean-Claude Saada
United Kingdom SKY - Tempesta Racing 93 Italy Matteo Cressoni PA 1
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Italy Eddie Cheever
Lamborghini United States K-PAX Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 3 Italy Mirko Bortolotti P 2
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
South Africa Jordan Pepper
6 United States Corey Lewis P 2
Italy Marco Mapelli
Italy Giovanni Venturini
United States TR3 Racing 10 Italy Giacomo Altoè PA 2
United States John Megrue
United States Bill Sweedler
Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 14 Switzerland Alex Fontana S 1
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Switzerland Ricardo Feller
163 Italy Giacomo Altoè P 1
France Franck Perera
Spain Albert Costa
Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 16 Italy Alberto Maria Di Folco S 1
Austria Clemens Schmid
Germany Tim Zimmermann
Italy Kikko Galbiati
China Orange 1 FFF Racing Team 19 Italy Stefano Costantini PA 1
United Kingdom Phil Keen
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti P 1
Italy Marco Mapelli
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport 77 United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell PA 1
Russia Leo Machitski
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Portugal Henrique Chaves
Mercedes-AMG Germany Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AMG GT3 Evo 4 Monaco Vincent Abril P 1
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Luca Stolz
Germany Toksport WRT 7 Germany Marvin Dienst S 1
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
France Paul Petit
Colombia Óscar Tunjo
United States Winward Racing 33 Germany Marvin Dienst S 2
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
57 United Kingdom Philip Ellis S 1
Canada Mikaël Grenier
United States Russell Ward
Taiwan HubAuto 50 Germany Maximilian Buhk P 1
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Germany Maximilian Götz
Australia SunEnergy1 Racing 75 Canada Mikaël Grenier PA 2–3
Australia Kenny Habul
Austria Martin Konrad
France Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 88 France Jules Gounon P 1
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Italy Raffaele Marciello
89 Russia Timur Boguslavskiy P All
Austria Lucas Auer 1
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Spain Daniel Juncadella 2
Italy Raffaele Marciello 2–3
France Jules Gounon 3
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 99 Germany Maro Engel P 2
France Jules Gounon
Germany Luca Stolz
Porsche Germany Schnabl Engineering 911 GT3 R 3 Denmark Michael Christensen P 1
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Norway Dennis Olsen
Malaysia EBM Giga Racing 16 United States Nicholas Boulle PA 2
Malaysia Adrian d'Silva
Canada Jeff Kinglsey
United States Wright Motorsports 20 Belgium Jan Heylen S 2
United States Fred Poordad
United States Max Root
United Arab Emirates GPX Martini Racing 22 New Zealand Earl Bamber P 1
Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
Germany Huber Motorsport 23 Switzerland Ivan Jacoma Am 1
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
Germany Nico Menzel
Germany Jacob Schell
United States GMG Racing 34 Norway Dennis Olsen PA 2
United States James Sofronas
United States Kyle Washington
Hong Kong KCMG 47 Belgium Maxime Martin P 1
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Italy Dinamic Motorsport 54 Austria Klaus Bachler P 1
Germany Christian Engelhart
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Herberth Motorsport 911 Hong Kong Antares Au PA 1
Switzerland Daniel Allemann
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany 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 Malaysia EBM Giga Racing 911 GT3 R 16 United States Nicholas Boulle PA 2
Malaysia Adrian d'Silva
Canada Jeff Kinglsey
61 Germany Wolfgang Triller PA 1
New Zealand Reid Harker
New Zealand Will Bamber
Luxembourg Carlos Rivas
McLaren United Kingdom Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 70 United Kingdom Oliver Millroy PA 1–2
United States Brendan Iribe
United States Kevin Madsen
South Africa Jordan Pepper 1
Notes

Race results

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

Championship standings

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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

Driver's championship

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The results indicate the classification relative to other drivers in the series, not the classification in the race.

Pos. Driver Manufacturer SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
KYA
South Africa
Points
1 France Côme Ledogar
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 1 4 2 55
2 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi 5 1 3 50
3 Russia Timur Boguslavskiy Mercedes-AMG 8 2 1 47
4 Germany Christopher Haase Audi 5 1 4 47
5 Italy Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Ret 2 1 43
6 Belgium Charles Weerts Audi 2 5 4 40
7 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 1 4 Ret 37
8 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Audi 2 3 33
9 Belgium Dries Vanthoor Audi 2 5 28
10 France Jules Gounon Mercedes-AMG Ret 13 1 25
11 Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Lamborghini 6 3 23
12 Spain Miguel Molina Ferrari 10 2 19
13 Italy Mattia Drudi Audi 7 10 4 19
14 Spain Daniel Juncadella Mercedes-AMG Ret 2 18
15 Belgium Nicolas Baert
Switzerland Lucas Légeret
Audi 6 5 18
16 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Switzerland Nico Müller
Audi 3 10 16
17 Germany Christopher Mies Audi 7 5 16
18 Denmark Dennis Lind Audi 3 15
19 South Africa Jordan Pepper Lamborghini 3 15
20 Italy Marco Mapelli Lamborghini 6 7 14
21 Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 4 12
22 France Simon Gachet Audi 5 10
23 Canada Mikaël Grenier Mercedes-AMG Ret 8 7 10
24 Australia Kenny Habul
Austria Martin Konrad
Mercedes-AMG 8 7 10
25 France Aurélien Panis Audi 6 8
26 Denmark Michael Markussen
United States Mark Patterson
Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen
Audi 6 8
27 Germany Dennis Marschall Audi 7 6
28 United States Corey Lewis
Italy Giovanni Venturini
Lamborghini 7 6
29 Austria Lucas Auer
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Mercedes-AMG 8 4
30 Norway Dennis Olsen Porsche Ret 9 2
31 Germany Marvin Dienst Mercedes-AMG 9 Ret 2
32 Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
France Paul Petit
Colombia Oscar Tunjo
Mercedes-AMG 9 2
33 United States James Sofronas
United States Kyle Washington
Porsche 9 2
34 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Italy Rino Mastronardi
Ferrari 10 1
Italy Alessio Rovera Ferrari 11 14 Ret 0
Italy Giacomo Altoè Lamborghini Ret 11 0
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Belgium Louis Machiels
Belgium John Wartique
Ferrari 11 0
United States John Megrue
United States Bill Sweedler
Lamborghini 11 0
Portugal Henrique Chaves
Russia Leo Machitski
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Lamborghini 12 0
United States Conrad Grunewald
United States Mark Kvamme
United States Jean-Claude Saada
Lamborghini 12 0
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG 19 13 0
Italy Eddie Cheever
Italy Matteo Cressoni
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 13 0
Italy Antonio Fuoco Ferrari Ret 14 Ret 0
United Kingdom Callum Ilott Ferrari Ret 14 0
Argentina Franco Colapinto
Germany Benjamin Goethe
United Kingdom James Pull
Audi 14 0
United Kingdom Frank Bird
Denmark Valdemar Eriksen
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi 15 0
Switzerland Daniel Allemann
Hong Kong Antares Au
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Robert Renauer
Porsche 16 0
Italy Fabrizio Crestani
Chile Benjamín Hites
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 17 0
Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Switzerland Alex Fontana
Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
Lamborghini 18 0
Monaco Vincent Abril Mercedes-AMG 19 0
Germany Maximilian Buhk
New Zealand Nicky Catsburg
Germany Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG 20 0
Switzerland Ivan Jacoma
Switzerland Nicolas Leutwiler
Germany Nico Menzel
Germany Jacob Schell
Porsche 21 0
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG Ret Ret 0
Italy Kikko Galbiati
Italy Alberto Maria Di Folco
Austria Clemens Schmid
Germany Tim Zimmermann
Lamborghini Ret 0
Austria Klaus Bachler
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Christian Engelhart
Porsche Ret 0
Denmark Michael Christensen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche Ret 0
New Zealand Earl Bamber
Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche Ret 0
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Italy Stefano Costantini
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
United Kingdom Phil Keen
Lamborghini Ret 0
Spain Albert Costa
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Ret 0
Italy Davide Rigon Ferrari Ret 0
Belgium Jan Heylen
United States Fred Poordad
United States Max Root
Porsche Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer SPA
Belgium
IND
United States
KYA
South Africa
Points
Sources:[9][10]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

See also

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (27 July 2021). "30 Cars Eligible to Score IGTC Manufacturer Points at Spa". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge entry list" (PDF). vmail.vertouk.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  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.
  9. ^ "Race Results 2021 | TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa | Main Race | Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup | Belgium". Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  10. ^ "Race classification" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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