The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, and GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).
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| Date | March 30, 2019 | |
| Location | Monterey, United States | |
| Course | 3.602 km (2.238 mi) | |
| Race | ||
| Drivers |  Mario Farnbacher Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande
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 Honda Team Motul
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| Time | 1:23.156 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Miguel Molina Nick Foster Tim Slade |
 HubAuto Corsa
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| Second | Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello |
 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
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| Third |  Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Romain Dumas |
 Park Place Motorsports
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The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was replaced on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar by the Indianapolis 8 Hour.
The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.
Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.
Entries
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Qualifying
editPole Shootout
editThese were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[1]
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
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| 1 | 30 | Mario Farnbacher
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Honda Team Motul
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Acura NSX GT3 | 1:23.156 | |
| 2 | 35 |  Alex Buncombe
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KCMG
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1:23.342 | +0.186 |
| 3 | 10 | Dries Vanthoor
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Audi Sport Team WRT
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Audi R8 LMS Evo | 1:23.420 | +0.264 |
| 4 | 27 | Nick Foster
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HubAuto Corsa
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Ferrari 488 GT3 | 1:23.459 | +0.303 |
| 5 | 912 | Matt Campbell
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Wright Motorsports
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:23.528 | +0.372 |
| 6 | 34 |  Mikkel Jensen
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Walkenhorst Motorsport
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BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.533 | +0.377 |
| 7 | 42 |  Augusto Farfus
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BMW Team Schnitzer
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BMW M6 GT3 | 1:23.544 | +0.388 |
| 8 | 911 | Mathieu Jaminet
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Park Place Motorsports
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 1:23.627 | +0.471 |
| 9 | 18 |  Alexandre Imperatori
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KCMG
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 1:23.673 | +0.517 |
| 10 | 999 | Raffaele Marciello
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Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 1:29.714 | +0.558 |
Official results
editBold denotes category winner.
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- Race time of winning car: 8:01:11.484
- Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: 731.826 mi (1,177.760 km)
- Fastest race lap: 1:24.287 – Alex Buncombe on lap 5
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL" (PDF). TSL Timing. Retrieved May 27, 2020.