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Date | 28 October 2018 | |
Location | Monterey, United States | |
Course | 3.602 km (2.238 mi) | |
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Time | 1:23.660 | |
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Bold denotes category winner. Results validated on 26 June 2019 following an FIA-related hearing.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team/Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps |
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1 | GT3 Pro | 29 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS | 306 |
2 | GT3 Pro | 19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS | 306 |
3 | GT3 Pro | 175 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 306 |
4 | GT3 Pro | 911 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 306 |
5 | GT3 Pro | 17 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS | 306 |
6 | GT3 Pro | 8 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 305 |
7 | GT3 Pro | 43 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 304 |
8 | GT3 Pro | 44 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 303 |
9 | GT3 Pro | 54 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 303 |
10 | GT3 Pro | 9 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) | 302 |
11 | GT3 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 297 |
12 | GT3 Pro-Am | 2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 296 |
13 | GTC | 6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Lamborghini Huracán Super Tropheo Evo | 291 |
14 | GT3 Pro-Am | 46 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 283 |
15 | GT4 | 626 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 281 |
16 | GT4 | 66 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | 280 |
17 | GT4 | 65 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 280 |
18 | GT4 | 12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ginetta G55 GT4 | 280 |
19 | GT4 | 88 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | BMW M4 GT4 | 278 |
20 | TCR | 98 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 276 |
21 | GT4 | 91 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Rudi R8 LMS GT4 | 272 |
22 | GT4 | 113 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | BMW M4 GT4 | 272 |
23 | GT4 | 34 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 263 |
24 | GT4 | 67 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | 256 |
25 | GT4 | 22 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 237 |
26 | GT3 Pro-Am | 75 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 219 |
27 | GT4 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | 217 |
DNF | GT4 | 10 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford Mustang GT4 | 194 |
DNF | GT3 Pro | 87 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 112 |
DNF | GT4 | 51 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Panoz Avezzano GT4 | 81 |
DNF | TCR | 99 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 58 |
DNS | GT3 Pro-Am | 33 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | BMW M6 GT3 | 0 |
DNS | TCR | 23 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Audi RS3 LMS TCR | 0 |
DQ | GT3 Pro-Am | 42 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 304 |
NOTE: The No. 42 Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT that had finished eighth overall, and first in GT3 Pro-Am, was disqualified under after driver Nick Leventis was found in violation of FIA doping regulations. Leventis' urine sample was taken to the Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it tested positive for anastrozole (an exogenous aromatase inhibitor, prohibited under S4.1 of the FIA Anti-Doping Code), drostanolone and related metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one, which are exogenous anabolic 3 androgenic steroids, prohibited under S1.1.a of the FIA Anti-Doping Code). The results were altered on 26 June 2019 after an official report of the positive test. [14]
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