Jump to content

2018 Suzuka 10 Hours

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course

The 2018 Suzuka 10 Hours was endurance event that took place on August 26, 2018 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 47th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the first as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, running under the ten-hour format (the race having previously been a 1000-kilometer format). The race was won by the GruppeM Racing team with Maro Engel, Raffaele Marciello and Tristan Vautier driving.[1]

Due to regulation change, GT300 cars were still eligible to race in Suzuka 10 Hours, while GT500 cars were banned.

Classification

[edit]

[2]

Pos Car No. Class Entrant Drivers Vehicle Laps
1 888 P Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Germany Maro Engel
Italy Raffaele Marciello
France Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 276
2 43 P United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Germany Maximilian Götz
Portugal Álvaro Parente
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 276
3 6 P China Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Germany Christopher Haase
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS 276
4 66 P Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Christopher Mies
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS 276
5 00 P Japan Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile Japan Tatsuya Kataoka
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Japan Nobuteru Taniguchi
Mercedes-AMG GT3 275
6 08 P United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Monaco Vincent Abril
Spain Andy Soucek
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 275
7 44 P United Kingdom Strakka Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk
United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
France Adrien Tambay
Mercedes-AMG GT3 275
8 21 P Japan Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama United Kingdom Richard Lyons
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Japan Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi R8 LMS 275
9 17 P Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT United Kingdom Jake Dennis
United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS 275
10 75 PA United States SunEnergy1 Racing Canada Mikaël Grenier
Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 275
11 991 P Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing France Kévin Estre
France Mathieu Jaminet
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 275
12 911 P Germany Manthey Racing France Romain Dumas
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 275
13 28 PA Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Australia Nick Foster
South Africa David Perel
Japan Hiroki Yoshida
Ferrari 488 GT3 275
14 11 P Japan Gainer Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Kazuki Hoshino
Japan Hironobu Yasuda
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 274
15 88 P Japan JLOC Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Japan Kazuki Hiramine
Italy Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 273
16 8 P Japan ARN Racing Japan Kohei Hirate
Japan Hiroaki Nagai
Japan Koki Saga
Ferrari 488 GT3 273
17 87 PA Japan JLOC Japan Taiyo Iida
Japan Yuya Motojima
Japan Kimiya Sato
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 273
18 10 P Japan Honda Team Motul Japan Hideki Mutoh
Japan Daisuke Nakajima
Japan Naoki Yamamoto
Honda NSX GT3 272
19 54 PA United States Black Swan Racing Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Marc Miller
United States Tim Pappas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271
20 91 PA Taiwan Singha-Team AAI United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Japan Akira Iida
Thailand Piti Bhirombhakdi
BMW M6 GT3 270
21 34 P Japan Modulo Drago Corse Japan Takashi Kogure
Japan Ryo Michigami
Japan Hiroki Otsu
Honda NSX GT3 270
22 13 PA China Absolute Racing China Congfu Cheng
Hong Kong Adderly Fong
China Jingzu Sun
Audi R8 LMS 270
23 777 PA Japan CarGuy Racing Japan Kei Cozzolino
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Japan Naoki Yokomizo
Honda NSX GT3 268
24 27 P Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 267
25 112 Am Japan Sato, Yamashita-SS/Rn-Sports Japan Norio Kubo
Japan Atsushi Sato
Japan Ryosei Yamashita
Mercedes-AMG GT3 264
26 37 PA Germany Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing Japan YutanKamimura
Japan Yuichi Mikasa
Japan Shinji Takei
Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R 260
27 18 P Japan Team UpGarage Japan Takuto Iguchi
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan Yuhki Nakayama
Toyota 86 MC 246
28 77 PA Japan D'station Racing New Zealand Jono Lester
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Japan Tsubasa Kondo
Porsche 911 GT3 R 246
29 07 P United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport France Jules Gounon
United Kingdom Steven Kane
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 217
Not Classified
- 018 P Hong Kong KCMG Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 155
- 28 PA Japan CarsTokaiDream28 Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Japan Hiroki Katoh
Japan Kazuho Takahashi
Lotus Evora MC 98
- 23 P Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Richard Bradley
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 95
- 58 P United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
United Kingdom Andrew Watson
France Côme Ledogar
McLaren 650S GT3 77
- 7 P Japan D'station Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Germany Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R 72
- 42 PA United Kingdom Strakka Racing Brazil Felipe Fraga
Italy David Fumanelli
United Kingdom Nick Leventis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 22

Notes

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Unpacking The 2018 Suzuka 10 Hours | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge | Powered by Pirelli".


Intercontinental GT Challenge
Previous race:
24 Hours of Spa
2018 season Next race:
California 8 Hours