South Africa 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours
Event Information
Round 2 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date23-25 February 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationMidrand, Gauteng, South Africa
VenueKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 306 laps 1385.874 km
Pole position Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Italy Raffaele Marciello
GruppeM Racing		 1:42.617
Winner South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium 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]

Results

Qualifying

Pos. No. Class Driver Team Car Individual
Times		 Aggregate
Time		 Gap
Intercontinental GT Challenge
1 999 P Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Italy Raffaele Marciello		 Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.167
1:42.657
1:42.029		 1:42.617
2 32 P Belgium Dries Vanthoor
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Charles Weerts		 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:43.299
1:42.759
1:42.768		 1:42.942 +0.325
3 33 P Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus Jr.
Belgium Maxime Martin		 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 1:43.492
1:42.834
1:42.586		 1:42.970 +0.353
4 66 P Italy Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser		 Germany Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 1:43.383
1:43.019
1:42.681		 1:43.027 +0.410
5 99 P Germany Markus Winkelhock
Germany Dennis Marschall
Germany Alex Aka		 Germany Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 1:43.817
1:42.804
1:42.946		 1:43.189 +0.572
6 75 PA Switzerland Yannick Mettler
Australia Kenny Habul
France Jules Gounon		 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing
Germany SPS Automotive Performance		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.519
1:44.444
1:42.470		 1:43.477 +0.860
7 4 PA Australia Stephen Grove
Australia Brenton Grove
New Zealand Earl Bamber		 Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 1:46.166
1:43.823
1:42.347		 1:44.112 +1.495
8 20 PA Germany Luca Stolz
United Kingdom Reece Barr
Portugal Miguel Ramos		 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1:43.655
1:44.351
1:44.904		 1:44.303 +1.686
9 86 PA South Africa Charl Arangies
South Africa Arnold Neveling
South Africa Clint Weston		 South Africa Stradale Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:46.489
1:45.187
1:46.181		 1:45.952 +2.335
10 80 PA South Africa Kwanda Mokoena
South Africa Mo Mia
South Africa Marius Jackson		 South Africa MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo2 No time
1:53.179
1:54.477		 1:53.828 +11.211
National Cup
1 3 GT3 South Africa Mikaël Pitamber South Africa Pablo Clark Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:45.103 +2.486
2 11 GT3 South Africa Sunthrasagaran Moodley South Africa BigFoot Express Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 1:54.118 +11.501
3 51 GT4 South Africa Joseph Ellerine South Africa MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 1:59.470 +16.853
Sources:[2][3][4][5]

Race

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time / Retired
1 32 P Belgium Dries Vanthoor
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Charles Weerts		 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 306 9:00:56.286
2 33 P Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus Jr.
Belgium Maxime Martin		 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 306 +1.778
3 66 P Italy Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser		 Germany Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 306 +3.052
4 99 P Germany Markus Winkelhock
Germany Dennis Marschall
Germany Alex Aka		 Germany Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo2 305 +1 lap
5 75 PA Switzerland Yannick Mettler
Australia Kenny Habul
France Jules Gounon		 Australia SunEnergy1 Racing
Germany SPS Automotive Performance		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 304 +2 laps
6 4 PA Australia Stephen Grove
Australia Brenton Grove
New Zealand Earl Bamber		 Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 302 +4 laps
7 20 PA Germany Luca Stolz
United Kingdom Reece Barr
Portugal Miguel Ramos		 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 302 +4 laps
8 86 PA South Africa Charl Arangies
South Africa Arnold Neveling
South Africa Clint Weston		 South Africa Stradale Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 280 +26 laps
9 999 P Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Italy Raffaele Marciello		 Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 244 +62 laps
DNF 80 PA South Africa Kwanda Mokoena
South Africa Mo Mia
South Africa Marius Jackson		 South Africa MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo2 183 Master cylinder
DNF 3 GT3 South Africa Mikaël Pitamber South Africa Pablo Clark Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 34 National Cup
DNF 11 GT3 South Africa Sunthrasagaran Moodley South Africa BigFoot Express Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 32 National Cup
DNF 51 GT4 South Africa Joseph Ellerine South Africa MJR Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 30 National 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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