2020 Kyalami 9 Hours

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Flag of South Africa.svg 2020 Kyalami 9 Hours
Event Information
Round 4 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Kyalami 16.png
Date10–12 December 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 277 laps1254,533 km
Pole position Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
JAS Motorsport
1:42.521
Winner Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
Walkenhorst Motorsport
9:00:30.467

The 2020 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 12 December 2020 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the fourth and final race of the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge, a season curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Contents

Honda team JAS Motorsport won pole position for the event and dominated the race by leading for eight hours until heavy rain shuffled the order with an hour remaining. [2] The race finished under a Full Course Yellow period and was won by BMW team Walkenhorst Motorsport, driven by local driver Sheldon van der Linde alongside Augusto Farfus, Jr. and Nick Catsburg. The result handed the latter two the drivers' title by five points over the third-placed trio of Matthew Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet and Patrick Pilet, while Porsche won the manufacturers' championship by 24 points over BMW. [3] [4]

Results

Qualifying

PosClassNoTeamDriversCarIndividual TimesAggregate Time
1P30 Flag of Italy.svg JAS Motorsport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Honda NSX GT3 1:42.871
1:42.715
1:41.979
1:42.521
2P34 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M6 GT3 1:42.911
1:42.909
1:42.252
1:42.690
3P7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Soulet
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Flag of South Africa.svg Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 1:43.429
1:42.610
1:42.391
1:42.810
4P12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg GPX Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Campbell
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:42.804
1:43.090
1:42.635
1:42.843
5P44 Flag of Germany.svg Car Collection Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Drudi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patric Niederhauser
Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.224
1:42.803
1:42.609
1:42.878
6P35 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Pittard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 1:42.775
1:43.151
1:42.898
1:42.941
7P32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.090
1:43.055
1:42.756
1:42.967
8P31 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock
Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:42.977
1:43.431
1:42.527
1:42.978
9P8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Buncombe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebastian Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 1:43.378
1:42.951
1:42.887
1:43.072
10P54 Flag of Italy.svg Dinamic Motorsport Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:43.533
1:42.979
1:42.941
1:43.151
11PA9 Flag of Austria.svg Lechner Racing Flag of South Africa.svg Saul Hack
Flag of South Africa.svg André Bezuidenhout
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:43.508
1:48.155
1:43.220
1:44.961
12S45 Flag of Germany.svg Car Collection Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Marschall
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Lechmann
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Milan Dontje
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:43.308
1:47.365
1:44.359
1:45.010
Source: [5]

Top 6 Shootout

Pos.No.TeamDriverCarTimeGap
130 Flag of Italy.svg JAS Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher Honda NSX GT3 1:41.581
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of South Africa.svg Jordan Pepper Bentley Continental GT3 1:41.723+0.142
334 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde BMW M6 GT3 1:41.891+0.310
444 Flag of Germany.svg Car Collection Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Evo 1:42.234+0.653
512 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg GPX Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Campbell Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:42.274+0.693
635 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Pittard BMW M6 GT3 1:42.564+0.983
Source: [6]

Race

PosClassNoTeamDriversCarLapsTime/Reason
1P34 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nick Catsburg
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M6 GT3 2779:00:30.467
2P32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Vervisch
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo 277+0.220
3P12 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg GPX Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Campbell
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 277+1.731
4P30 Flag of Italy.svg JAS Motorsport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande
Flag of Germany.svg Mario Farnbacher
Honda NSX GT3 277+3.054
5P44 Flag of Germany.svg Car Collection Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Drudi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patric Niederhauser
Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS Evo 277+51.090
6P35 Flag of Germany.svg Walkenhorst Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Martin Tomczyk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Pittard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 276+1 lap
7P54 Flag of Italy.svg Dinamic Motorsport Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 276+1 lap
8P31 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock
Flag of South Africa.svg Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo 275+2 laps
9P8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Buncombe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebastian Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 274+3 laps
10PA9 Flag of Austria.svg Lechner Racing Flag of South Africa.svg Saul Hack
Flag of South Africa.svg André Bezuidenhout
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Dylan Pereira
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271+6 laps
11S45 Flag of Germany.svg Car Collection Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Marschall
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Lechmann
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Milan Dontje
Audi R8 LMS Evo 266+11 laps
DNFP7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Soulet
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Flag of South Africa.svg Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 63Fire
Source: [7]

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