Die Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) feierte im Jahr 2016 ihre Premiere und gilt als eine der prestigeträchtigsten Meisterschaften im GT-Bereich. The calendar traditionally consists of a selection of internationally renowned endurance races held on different continents. Jules Gounon celebrated winning the drivers' championship in 2023, bringing the coveted trophy to Affalterbach for the third time in the history of the racing series. We also successfully defended our title in the manufacturers' championship.

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In 2024, the Intercontinental GT Challenge includes four rounds on three continents. Among them, for the first time, the iconic 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. Further race venues are Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 

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The Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) season finale will take place at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 2 to 5 October. At the fifth edition of the Indianapolis 8 Hours presented by AWS, we are aiming for our second overall victory after 2022. Last year, our Customer Racing cars took a double podium at the world-famous Brickyard, finishing second and third. This year's line-up includes five teams competing in the PRO and PRO-AM classes with a Mercedes-AMG GT3. Among them are two Performance Teams. Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing will be joined by Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing. Álex Palou will be among the 15 drivers for the first time. The three-time IndyCar Series champion, who won his third title in mid-September, has signed an exclusive contract for the Indianapolis 8 Hour.

The endurance race in Indiana will be the IGTC finale for the first time. As defending champions, we are third in the manufacturers' championship. Luca Stolz is fifth in the drivers' championship after two podiums out of three races. Prince Jefri Ibrahim is second in the Independent Cup for bronze-rated drivers.

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The 76th CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa took place between 27 and 30 June. More information on the centenary edition can be found here. 

The ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring held its 52nd edition this year and was part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge for the first time. The Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Teams were represented by six Mercedes-AMG GT3s from three teams at the season highlight on the Nordschleife from 30 May to 2 June. Poor weather conditions with heavy fog stopped the racing action on Saturday night and caused a 14-hour interruption. After an obligatory restart behind the Safety Car on Sunday afternoon, the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team BILSTEIN finished third in the IGTC classification. The #3 sister car also scored championship points in eighth place. Due to the shortened race distance, only half points were awarded for the classification of the intercontinental endurance series. After the second of four stops on the calendar, Mercedes-AMG holds second place in the manufacturers' championship. Luca Stolz also occupies second position in the drivers' standings, Jules Gounon is third.

More information on the 52nd ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring can be found here.

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On 18 February, the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour traditionally got the new Intercontinental GT Challenge season underway. Our Customer Racing Teams took on the demanding endurance race in Australia with a line-up of nine Mercedes-AMG GT3s and one Mercedes-AMG GT4, and they did so with success. Next to second place in the overall classification, there were four class podium results including victory in the GT4 class.

After a total distance of 275 laps, Jules Gounon, Kenny Habul and Luca Stolz took the chequered flag in second place of the field with a total of 30 competitors, driving the #75 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of SunEnergy1 Racing. A mere two and a half seconds down on the first-place finisher, the team only just missed out on a historic third victory Down Under.

In the C-GT4 category, Team Nineteen had double reason to celebrate. Daniel Bilski, Adam Christodoulou and Mark Griffith claimed class honours with the Mercedes-AMG GT4. Moreover, in qualifying, Adam established a new lap record for GT4 cars on the 6.213 kilometres long Mount Panorama Circuit.

The strong performance by our teams was completed by second and third place in the A-PRO AM category for Heart of Racing by SPS and Triple Eight JMR as well as third place by Supabarn Supermarkets/Tigani Motorsport in the A-SILVER classification.

Next to the achievements in the IGTC competition, Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver Jules Gounon also accounted for a historic highlight in Australia. Driving a specially modified Mercedes-AMG GT3, the Bathurst record winner completed a lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1m 56.605s. As a result, he set a new track record for GT cars.

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