2023 Kyalami 9 Hours Explained

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

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

Race

	Class		Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time / Retired
1	32	P	Dries Vanthoor Sheldon van der Linde Charles Weerts	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	306	9:00:56.286
2	33	P	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Jr. Maxime Martin	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	306	+1.778
3	66	P	Mattia Drudi Ricardo Feller Patric Niederhauser	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo2	306	+3.052
4	99	P	Markus Winkelhock Dennis Marschall Alex Aka	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo2	305	+1 lap
5	75	PA	Yannick Mettler Kenny Habul Jules Gounon	SunEnergy1 Racing SPS Automotive Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	304	+2 laps
6	4	PA	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Earl Bamber	Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	302	+4 laps
7	20	PA	Luca Stolz Reece Barr Miguel Ramos		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	302	+4 laps
8	86	PA	Charl Arangies Arnold Neveling Clint Weston	Stradale Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	280	+26 laps
9	999	P	Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello	GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	244	+62 laps
DNF	80	PA	Kwanda Mokoena Mo Mia Marius Jackson	MJR Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo2	183	Master cylinder
DNF	3	GT3	Mikaël Pitamber	Pablo Clark Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	34	National Cup
DNF	11	GT3		BigFoot Express Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	32	National Cup
DNF	51	GT4	Joseph Ellerine	MJR Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS GT4	30	National Cup
Source:[6]

External links

• Event website
• Series website
• Race replay

Notes and References

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