2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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 Christopher Haase 1–2 Kelvin van der Linde 3 Saintéloc Racing 26 Nicolas Baert S 2–3 Lucas Légeret 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 37 Robin Frijns P 1–2 Nico Müller 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 Nicklas Nielsen 2 Miguel Molina 3 71 Antonio Fuoco P 2–3 Alessio Rovera 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 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]
		Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello	Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar
2	Indianapolis	No. 51 AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	No. 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing	Audi	[8]
		Alessandro Pier Guidi Nicklas Nielsen Côme Ledogar	Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock
3	Kyalami	No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	No. 89 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	Mercedes
		Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello

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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

See also

• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe
• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2021 GT World Challenge America
• 2021 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2021 GT World Challenge Australia

References

1. "Stephane Ratel outlines plans for 2021 and beyond during Total 24 Hours of Spa press conference". Intercontinental GT Challenge. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
2. Dagys, John. "Kyalami 9H Rescheduled to February – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
3. Lloyd, Daniel (27 July 2021). "30 Cars Eligible to Score IGTC Manufacturer Points at Spa". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
4. "Intercontinental GT Challenge entry list" (PDF). vmail.vertouk.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
5. "Entry List Total Energies 24 hours". totalenergies24hours. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
6. Lloyd, Daniel (30 July 2021). "Marciello Lands Second Consecutive 24H Spa Pole". sportscar365. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
7. Lloyd, Daniel (2 August 2021). "Spa Post-Race Notebook". sportscar365. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
8. Lloyd, Daniel (16 October 2021). "Pier Guidi Captures Indianapolis 8H Pole for Ferrari". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
9. "Race Results 2021 | TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa | Main Race | Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS Endurance Cup | Belgium". Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
10. "Race classification" (PDF). intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

• Official website