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 comprised four races on three continents, including the traditional 24-hour race at the Nürburgring for the first time. Other venues were the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After celebrating a podium finish in the IGTC classification at each of the four endurance events, we finished the season in third place in the manufacturers‘ championship. Mikaël Grenier achieved two podium finishes and secured his best career result so far in the intercontinental endurance series with third place overall in the drivers’ championship. Prince Jefri Ibrahim finished runner-up in the Independent Cup for bronze-rated drivers.

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This year's Intercontinental GT Challenge finale took place at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 4th to 6th October. A total of five Mercedes-AMG GT3s competed in the fifth running of the Indianapolis 8 Hour presented by AWS, three of them in the PRO-AM class and two in IGTC PRO. Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing with Maro Engel, Jules Gounon and Mikaël Grenier finished third overall and second in the IGTC PRO, repeating last year's podium finish. Our second Performance Team, the Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing with Fabian Schiller, Luca Stolz and three-time IndyCar Series champion Álex Palou, finished the race in third place in IGTC PRO. Another class podium was achieved by Jeff Burton, Philip Ellis and Elias Seppänen, who finished third in the PRO-AM category with the #91 Regulator Racing entry.

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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