2023 Kyalami 9 Hours

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Flag of South Africa.svg 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours
Event Information
Round 2 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Kyalami 16.png
Date23–25 February 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 306 laps 1385.874 km
Pole position Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello
GruppeM Racing
1:42.617
Winner Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts
Team WRT
9:00:56.286

The 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours (commercially titled 2023 Joburg Kyalami 9 Hours) was an endurance event that took place on 25 February 2023 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the second round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge. [1]

Contents

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.ClassDriverTeamCarIndividual
Times
Aggregate
Time
Gap
Intercontinental GT Challenge
1999P Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of Hong Kong.svg GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.167
1:42.657
1:42.029
1:42.617
232P Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:43.299
1:42.759
1:42.768
1:42.942+0.325
333P Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Eng
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus Jr.
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:43.492
1:42.834
1:42.586
1:42.970+0.353
466P Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Drudi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ricardo Feller
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patric Niederhauser
Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 1:43.383
1:43.019
1:42.681
1:43.027+0.410
599P Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock
Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Marschall
Flag of Germany.svg Alex Aka
Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 1:43.817
1:42.804
1:42.946
1:43.189+0.572
675PA Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yannick Mettler
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Habul
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SunEnergy1 Racing
Flag of Germany.svg SPS Automotive Performance
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.519
1:44.444
1:42.470
1:43.477+0.860
74PA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Grove
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Grove
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:46.166
1:43.823
1:42.347
1:44.112+1.495
820PA Flag of Germany.svg Luca Stolz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reece Barr
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramos
Flag of Germany.svg SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.655
1:44.351
1:44.904
1:44.303+1.686
986PA Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Arangies
Flag of South Africa.svg Arnold Neveling
Flag of South Africa.svg Clint Weston
Flag of South Africa.svg Stradale Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:46.489
1:45.187
1:46.181
1:45.952+2.335
1080PA Flag of South Africa.svg Kwanda Mokoena
Flag of South Africa.svg Mo Mia
Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Jackson
Flag of South Africa.svg MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo2 No time
1:53.179
1:54.477
1:53.828+11.211
National Cup
13GT3 Flag of South Africa.svg Mikaël Pitamber Flag of South Africa.svg Pablo Clark Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:45.103+2.486
211GT3 Flag of South Africa.svg Sunthrasagaran Moodley Flag of South Africa.svg BigFoot Express Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:54.118+11.501
351GT4 Flag of South Africa.svg Joseph Ellerine Flag of South Africa.svg MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 1:59.470+16.853
Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

Race

Pos.ClassNo.TeamDriversCarLapsTime / Retired
132P Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
Flag of South Africa.svg Sheldon van der Linde
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 3069:00:56.286
233P Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Eng
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus Jr.
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Martin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 306+1.778
366P Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Drudi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ricardo Feller
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patric Niederhauser
Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 306+3.052
499P Flag of Germany.svg Markus Winkelhock
Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Marschall
Flag of Germany.svg Alex Aka
Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 305+1 lap
575PA Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yannick Mettler
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Habul
Flag of France.svg Jules Gounon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SunEnergy1 Racing
Flag of Germany.svg SPS Automotive Performance
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 304+2 laps
64PA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Grove
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Grove
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 302+4 laps
720PA Flag of Germany.svg Luca Stolz
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reece Barr
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramos
Flag of Germany.svg SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 302+4 laps
886PA Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Arangies
Flag of South Africa.svg Arnold Neveling
Flag of South Africa.svg Clint Weston
Flag of South Africa.svg Stradale Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 280+26 laps
9999P Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mikaël Grenier
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of Hong Kong.svg GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 244+62 laps
DNF80PA Flag of South Africa.svg Kwanda Mokoena
Flag of South Africa.svg Mo Mia
Flag of South Africa.svg Marius Jackson
Flag of South Africa.svg MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo2 183Master cylinder
DNF3GT3 Flag of South Africa.svg Mikaël Pitamber Flag of South Africa.svg Pablo Clark Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 34National Cup
DNF11GT3 Flag of South Africa.svg Sunthrasagaran Moodley Flag of South Africa.svg BigFoot Express Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 32National Cup
DNF51GT4 Flag of South Africa.svg Joseph Ellerine Flag of South Africa.svg MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 30National Cup
Source: [6]

References

  1. "2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge Reshuffled". dailysportscar.com. 29 July 2022.
  2. "QUALIFYING - COMBINED CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
  3. "QUALIFYING 1 - DRIVER 1 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
  4. "QUALIFYING 2 - DRIVER 2 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL AMENDED" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
  5. "QUALIFYING 3 - DRIVER 3 - CLASSIFICATION - PROVISIONAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 24 February 2023.
  6. "RACE - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). Stephane Ratel Organisation. 25 February 2023.
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