2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge

Last updated October 27, 2023

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

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	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 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

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 Légeret		2–3
				Aurélien 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	1–2
				Nico Müller		1–2
				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	Alessio Rovera	PA	1
				John Wartique
				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

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

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

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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