
Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course
The 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours was an endurance event that took place on August 25, 2019, at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 48th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the third round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the most recent running of the Suzuka Summer Endurance Classic as of 2022.
Entry list
| Icon | Class | 
|---|---|
| P | Pro Cup | 
| S | Silver Cup | 
| PA | Pro-Am Cup | 
| Am | Am Cup | 
| A | Cars eligible for Asia awards | 
| SGT | Cars eligible for Super GT awards | 
Qualifying
Super Pole
These were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |  Augusto Farfus | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.455 | |
| 2 | 25 | .svg.png.webp) Dries Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:00.531 | +0,076 | 
| 3 | 34 |  Nick Catsburg | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.729 | +0,274 | 
| 4 | 777 |  Miguel Molina | CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:00.868 | +0,413 | 
| 5 | 107 |  Jules Gounon | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.002 | +0,547 | 
| 6 | 00 |  Kamui Kobayashi | Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.024 | +0,569 | 
| 7 | 125 |  Christopher Haase | Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.045 | +0,590 | 
| 8 | 77 |  Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.071 | +0,616 | 
| 9 | 999 |  Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.177 | +0,722 | 
| 10 | 107 |  Andy Soucek | Bentley Team M-Soort | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.292 | +0,837 | 
| 11 | 912 |  Dirk Werner | Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:01.306 | +0,851 | 
| 12 | 75 |  Nico Bastian | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.348 | +0,893 | 
| 13 | 35 |  Tsugio Matsuda | KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.448 | +0,998 | 
| 14 | 44 |  Gary Paffett | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.479 | +1,024 | 
| 15 | 30 | .svg.png.webp) Bertrand Baguette | Honda Team Motul | Honda NSX GT3 | 2:01.525 | +1,070 | 
| 16 | 88 |  Marco Mapelli | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.537 | +1,082 | 
| 17 | 018 |  Oliver Jarvis | KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.563 | +1,108 | 
| 18 | 21 |  Richard Lyons | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.579 | +1,124 | 
| 19 | 87 |  Takashi Kogure | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.614 | +1,158 | 
| 20 | 27 |  Heikki Kovalainen | HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:01.727 | +1,272 | 
Race
Race Results
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 25 | .svg.png.webp) Audi Sport Team WRT |  Kelvin van der Linde .svg.png.webp) Dries Vanthoor .svg.png.webp) Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | 10:01:51.048 | 
| 2 | P | 999 |  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing |  Maximilian Buhk  Maro Engel  Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +40.367 | 
| 3 | P | 912 |  Absolute Racing | .svg.png.webp) Matt Campbell  Dennis Olsen  Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 275 | +43.797 | 
| 4 | P | 77 |  Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo |  Yelmer Buurman  Maximilian Götz  Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +47.038 | 
| 5 | P | 42 |  BMW Team Schnitzer |  Augusto Farfus  Nick Yelloly  Martin Tomczyk | BMW M6 GT3 | 275 | +48.666 | 
| 6 | P | 35 |  KCMG | .svg.png.webp) Josh Burdon  Katsumasa Chiyo  Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 275 | +56.921 | 
| 7 | P | 125 |  Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing |  Christopher Haase  Christopher Mies  Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | +57.199 | 
| 8 | P | 107 |  Bentley Team M-Sport |  Jules Gounon  Steven Kane  Jordan Pepper | Bentley Continental GT3 | 275 | +1:11.098 | 
| 9 | P | 44 |  Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing |  Gary Paffett  Tristan Vautier  Lewis Williamson | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +1:27.891 | 
| 10 | P | 00 |  Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE |  Kamui Kobayashi  Nobuteru Taniguchi  Tatsuya Kataoka | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap | 
| 11 | P | 777 |  CarGuy Racing |  Miguel Molina  Kei Cozzolino  James Calado | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap | 
| 12 | S | 75 | .svg.png.webp) SunEnergy1 Racing |  Nico Bastian .svg.png.webp) Kenny Habul .svg.png.webp) Mikaël Grenier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap | 
| 13 | P | 911 |  EBM |  Romain Dumas  Mathieu Jaminet  Sven Müller | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 273 | +2 Laps | 
| 14 | P | 18 |  Team UpGarage |  Takashi Kobayashi  Tadasuke Makino  Kosuke Matsuura | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps | 
| 15 | P | 30 |  Honda Team Motul | .svg.png.webp) Bertrand Baguette  Marco Bonanomi  Hideki Mutoh | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps | 
| 16 | P | 87 |  JLOC |  Takashi Kogure  Yuya Motojima  Yuhi Sekiguchi | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps | 
| 17 | P | 21 |  Audi Team Hitotsuyama |  Richard Lyons .svg.png.webp) Alessio Picariello  Ryuichiro Tomita | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 272 | +3 Laps | 
| 18 | P | 034 |  Modulo Drago Corse |  Ryo Michigami  Daisuke Nakajima  Hiroki Otsu | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps | 
| 19 | S | 37 |  Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing |  Ryo Ogawa  Markus Pommer  Shinji Takei | Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 271 | +4 Laps | 
| 20 | PA | 43 |  Strakka Racing |  Dominik Baumann  Adrian Henry D'Silva  Christina Nielsen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps | 
| 21 | PA | 188 |  Garage 59 |  Chris Goodwin  Côme Ledogar  Alexander West | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps | 
| 22 | P | 11 |  Planex SmaCam Racing |  Mika Häkkinen  Hiroaki Ishiura  Katsuaki Kubota | McLaren 720S GT3 | 268 | +7 Laps | 
| 23 | P | 018 |  KCMG | .svg.png.webp) Alexandre Imperatori  Oliver Jarvis  Edoardo Liberati | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 266 | +9 Laps | 
| 24 | PA | 60 |  LM Corsa |  Kei Nakanishi  Juichi Wakisaka  Shigekazu Wakisaka | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 263 | +12 Laps | 
| 25 | Am | 112 |  Sato-SS Sports |  Norio Kubo  Atsushi Sato  Ryosei Yamashita | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 263 | +12 Laps | 
| 26 | Am | 9 |  MP Racing |  Yusaku Shibata  Joe Shindo  Takumi Takata | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 261 | +14 Laps | 
| 27 | PA | 2 |  Cars Tokai Dream28 |  Hiroshi Hamaguchi  Hiroki Katoh  Kazuho Takahashi | Lotus Evora MC | 260 | +15 Laps | 
| 28 | P | 108 |  Bentley Team M-Sport |  Alex Buncombe  Andy Soucek  Seb Morris | Bentley Continental GT3 | 259 | +16 Laps | 
| 29 | PA | 5 |  GTNET Motor Sports |  Teruhiko Hamano  Kazuki Hoshino  Eiji Yamada | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 245 | +30 Laps | 
| 30 | S | 6 | .svg.png.webp) Wall Racing | .svg.png.webp) Tony D'Alberto .svg.png.webp) Adrian Dietz .svg.png.webp) Cameron McConville | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 244 | +31 Laps | 
| 31 | S | 51 | .svg.png.webp) AMAC Motorsport | .svg.png.webp) Andrew MacPherson .svg.png.webp) Ben Porter .svg.png.webp) Brad Shiels | Porsche 997 GT3 R | 227 | +48 Laps | 
| 32 | P | 27 |  HubAuto Corsa |  Nick Cassidy .svg.png.webp) Nick Foster  Heikki Kovalainen | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 197 | +78 Laps | 
| NC | S | 8 |  apr with ARN Racing |  Yuta Kamimura  Hiroaki Nagai  Manabu Orido | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 186 | |
| NC | Am | 98 |  Arrows Racing |  Lic Ka Liu  Philip Ma  Jacky Yeung | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 59 | |
| NC | P | 88 |  JLOC |  Andrea Caldarelli  Dennis Lind .svg.png.webp) Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 49 | |
| NC | P | 34 |  Walkenhorst Motorsport |  Nick Catsburg  Mikkel Jensen  Christian Krognes | BMW M6 GT3 | 43 | |
| Source: [4] | |||||||
Notes
- 1 2 Car No. 43 entered as Strakka Racing and car No. 44 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing.
- 1 2 Car No. 125 entered as Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing and car No. 912 entered as Absolute Racing.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "27 IGTC-Nominated Entries for Suzuka 10H". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ↑ "Häkkinen's Suzuka 10 Hours Challenger Unveiled". Dailysportscar. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- 1 2 Dagys, John (16 August 2019). "Audi to Run RS Model Tribute Liveries at Suzuka". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ↑ "Suzuka 10 Hours: Race - Classification" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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