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2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge

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The 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge is the tenth season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. For the first time since 2019, the series returns to five rounds starting with the Bathurst 12 Hour on 2 February with the finale at Indianapolis 8 Hour on 18 October.

Calendar

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Map of circuit locations

The provisional calendar was released on July 28, 2024, at the SRO's annual press conference, including 5 rounds.[1] On August 6, 2024, the calendar was officialized, the date of Suzuka round was revealed and the date of Indianapolis round was pushed back two weeks.[2]

  Also part of the GT World Challenge Europe
  Also part of the GT World Challenge America
Round Race Circuit Date Report
1 Australia Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 31 January–2 February Report
2 Germany ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg, Germany 19–22 June Report
3 Belgium CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 26–29 June Report
4 Japan Suzuka 1000 km Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan 12–14 September Report
5 United States Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 16–18 October Report

Entries

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Intercontinental GT Challenge
Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
BMW Belgium Team WRT[3][4] BMW M4 GT3 32 Brazil Augusto Farfus P 1
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello P 1
Italy Valentino Rossi
Belgium Charles Weerts
Germany Rowe Racing[5] BMW M4 GT3 Evo 98 Brazil Augusto Farfus[5] P TBC
Finland Jesse Krohn[5]
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[5]
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[5]
Ferrari[6] Australia Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 26 Australia Will Brown P 1
Australia Chaz Mostert
Brazil Daniel Serra
36 New Zealand Jaxon Evans PA 1
Italy Alessio Rovera
Australia Brad Schumacher
Australia Elliot Schutte
Japan PONOS Racing[7] 45 Japan Kei Cozzolino[7] TBC
Japan Yorikatsu Tsujiko[7]
Japan Yusuke Yamasaki[7]
Japan LM corsa[8] 60 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[8] TBC
Japan Shigekazu Wakisaka[8]
TBA
Japan Realize Kondo Racing with Rinaldi[9] TBA Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies P TBC
Germany Felipe Fernandez Laser
France Thomas Neubauer
South Africa David Perel
Mercedes-AMG Australia Grove Racing[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4 Australia Stephen Grove B 1
Australia Brenton Grove
Germany Fabian Schiller
Japan Goodsmile Racing & Team UKYO[11] 4 Japan Tatsuya Kataoka[11] TBC
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[11]
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi[11]
United States Heart of Racing by SPS[12] 27 United Kingdom Ian James B 1
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Australia Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[13] 47 Australia James Koundouris S 1
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Luke Youlden
Australia 75 Express[14] 75 Andorra Jules Gounon P 1
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[15] 77 Austria Lucas Auer P 1
Germany Maximilian Götz
Australia Jayden Ojeda
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[16] 222 Australia Craig Lowndes P 1
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR[17] 888 Germany Maro Engel P 1
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Belgium Maxime Martin
Porsche Japan Porsche Centre Okazaki[18] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 18 Japan Kazuto Kotaka[18] PA TBC
Japan Hiroaki Nagai[18]
Japan Takuro Shinohara[18]
Germany Black Falcon[19] 48 Germany Ben Buennagel[19] PA TBC
Turkey Mustafa Mehmet Kaya[19]
Italy Gabriele Piana[19]
Germany Mike Stursberg[19]
Italy Dinamic GT[20] 54 Denmark Bastian Buus[20] P TBC
Italy Matteo Cairoli[20]
Netherlands Loek Hartog[20]
Germany Joel Sturm[20]
China Origine Motorsport[21] 86 Denmark Anders Fjordbach[21] TBC
China Li Kerong[21]
TBA
Australia The Bend Manthey EMA[22] 91 Germany Laurin Heinrich PA 1
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Australia Sam Shahin
Australia Yasser Shahin
China Absolute Racing[23] 911 Australia Matt Campbell[23] P 1
Turkey Ayhancan Güven[23]
Belgium Alessio Picariello[23]
Germany Manthey EMA[24] 911 France Kévin Estre[24] P TBC
Turkey Ayhancan Güven[24]
Austria Thomas Preining[24]
Germany Falken Motorsports[25] TBA France Julien Andlauer[25] P TBC
France Dorian Boccolacci[25]
Germany Tim Heinemann[25]
Germany Dennis Marschall[25]
TBA Germany Nico Menzel[25] P TBC
Germany Sven Müller[25]
Belgium Alessio Picariello[25]
Netherlands Morris Schuring[25]
Source: [26]
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
B Bronze Cup

Notes

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Championship standings

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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

Drivers' championships

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

Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points
1 Brazil Augusto Farfus
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde 		BMW 1 25
2 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Italy Valentino Rossi
Belgium Charles Weerts 		BMW 2 18
3 Andorra Jules Gounon
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz 		Mercedes-AMG 3 15
4 Australia Will Brown
Australia Chaz Mostert
Brazil Daniel Serra 		Ferrari 4 12
5 Austria Lucas Auer
Germany Maximilian Götz
Australia Jayden Ojeda 		Mercedes-AMG 5 10
6 Australia Matt Campbell
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Belgium Alessio Picariello 		Porsche 6 8
7 United Kingdom Ian James
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Mercedes-AMG 7 6
8 New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Italy Alessio Rovera
Australia Brad Schumacher
Australia Elliot Schutte 		Ferrari 8 4
9 Germany Laurin Heinrich
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Australia Sam Shahin
Australia Yasser Shahin 		Porsche 9 2
10 Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Luke Youlden 		Mercedes-AMG 10 1
- Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Belgium Maxime Martin 		Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
- Australia Stephen Grove
Australia Brenton Grove
Germany Fabian Schiller 		Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
- Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Thomas Randle
Australia Cameron Waters 		Mercedes-AMG Ret 0
Pos. Driver Manufacturer BAT
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points
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

Manufacturer's championship

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Pos. Manufacturer BAT
Australia 		NÜR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		SUZ
Japan 		IND
United States 		Points
1 Germany BMW 1 43
2
2 Germany Mercedes-AMG 3 25
5
3 Italy Ferrari 4 16
8
4 Germany Porsche 6 10
9

See also

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References

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