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]

South Africa 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours
Event Information
Round 2 of 5 in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date23-25 February 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationMidrand, Gauteng, South Africa
VenueKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 306 laps 1385.874 km
Pole position Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Italy Raffaele Marciello
GruppeM Racing
1:42.617
Winner South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts
Team WRT
9:00:56.286

Results

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. 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
  SPS Automotive Performance 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   Sunthrasagaran Moodley   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

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Pos. Class No. 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
  SPS Automotive Performance 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   Sunthrasagaran Moodley   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]

References

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