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2019 California 8 Hours

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style="width: 20%;" | Date

| March 30, 2019

Location

|colspan=2| Monterey, United States

Course

|colspan=2| {{convert|3.602|km|mi|abbr=on}}

colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background-color:#99ccff"| Race
colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| Pole
Drivers

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Mario Farnbacher
{{flagicon|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette
{{flagicon|NLD}} Renger van der Zande

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Honda Team Motul

Time

|colspan=2| 1:23.156

colspan=3 bgcolor="#efefef"| Podium
First{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Molina
{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Foster
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade		{{flagicon|TWN}} HubAuto Corsa
Second{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Buhk
{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Götz
{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello		{{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Third{{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu Jaminet
{{flagicon|DEU}} Sven Müller
{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas		{{flagicon|USA}} Park Place Motorsports

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).

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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Entrant

! Car

! Driver 1

! Driver 2

! Driver 3

colspan=7| GT3 Entries
align=center| 10

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Audi Sport Team WRT

| Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Haase

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dries Vanthoor

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Vervisch

align=center| 18

| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Alexandre Imperatori

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Edoardo Liberati

align=center| 27

| {{flagicon|TWN}} HubAuto Corsa

| Ferrari 488 GT3

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Foster

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Molina

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade

align=center| 29

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Land

| Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Mies

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Kelvin van der Linde

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Markus Winkelhock

align=center| 30

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Honda Team Motul

| Honda NSX GT3

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Mario Farnbacher

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Renger van der Zande

align=center| 34

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Walkenhorst Motorsport

| BMW M6 GT3

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Nicky Catsburg

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Krognes

align=center| 35

| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Buncombe

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Burdon

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Katsumasa Chiyo

align=center| 42

| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Team Schnitzer

| BMW M6 GT3

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Augusto Farfus

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert

| {{flagicon|GER}} Martin Tomczyk

align=center| 43

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Baumann

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Christodoulou

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Christina Nielsen

align=center| 44

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gary Paffett

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Tristan Vautier

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Williamson

align=center| 107

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley Team M-Sport

| Bentley Continental GT3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Gounon

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Steven Kane

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Jordan Pepper

align=center| 108

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley Team M-Sport

| Bentley Continental GT3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lucas Ordóñez

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Markus Paltalla

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Soulet

align=center| 888

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Yelmur Buurman

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Maro Engel

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Luca Stolz

align=center| 911

| {{flagicon|USA}} Park Place Motorsports

| Porsche 911 GT3 R

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu Jaminet

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sven Müller

align=center| 912

| {{flagicon|USA}} Wright Motorsports

| Porsche 911 GT3 R

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Campbell

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Dennis Olsen

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Werner

align=center| 999

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Buhk

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Götz

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello

colspan=7| GT Cup Entries
align=center| 88

| {{flagicon|SVK}} ARC Bratislava

| Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Miro Konopka

| {{flagicon|POL}} Andrzej Lewandowski

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Zdeno Mikulasko

colspan=7| GT4 Entries
align=center| 41

| {{flagicon|USA}} PF Racing

| Ford Mustang GT4

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jade Buford

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chad McCumbee

| {{flagicon|USA}} James Pesek

align=center| 67

| {{flagicon|USA}} TRG

| Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Alexandridis

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chris Bellomo

| {{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pumpelly

align=center| 113

| {{flagicon|USA}} RHC-Lawrence/Strom by Storm Motorsport

| Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

| {{flagicon|USA}} Daren Jorgensen

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jon Miller

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brett Strom

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! Icon

! Class

align=center| P

| Pro Cup

align=center| PA

| Pro-Am Cup

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Qualifying

=Pole Shootout=

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying{{cite web |title=California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge POLE SHOOTOUT - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL |url=https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=INTGTC/2019/191306qu4c8h.pdf |website=TSL Timing |accessdate=May 27, 2020}}

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! {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!{{Tooltip|N°|Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Time

! Dif

1

| align="center" | 30

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Mario Farnbacher

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Honda Team Motul

| Acura NSX GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.156

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2

| align="center" | 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Buncombe

| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.342

| +0.186

3

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dries Vanthoor

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Audi Sport Team WRT

|Audi R8 LMS Evo

| align="center" |1:23.420

| +0.264

4

| align="center" | 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Foster

| {{flagicon|TWN}} HubAuto Corsa

| Ferrari 488 GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.459

| +0.303

5

| align="center" | 912

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Campbell

| {{flagicon|USA}} Wright Motorsports

|Porsche 911 GT3 R

| align="center" |1:23.528

| +0.372

6

| align="center" | 34

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Walkenhorst Motorsport

| BMW M6 GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.533

| +0.377

7

| align="center" | 42

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Augusto Farfus

| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Team Schnitzer

| BMW M6 GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.544

| +0.388

8

| align="center" | 911

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Mathieu Jaminet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Park Place Motorsports

| Porsche 911 GT3 R

| align="center" | 1:23.627

| +0.471

9

| align="center" | 18

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Alexandre Imperatori

| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| align="center" | 1:23.673

| +0.517

10

| align="center" | 999

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| align="center" | 1:29.714

| +0.558

Official results

Bold denotes category winner.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! rowspan=2 | Class

! rowspan=2 | {{tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan=2 | Team / Entrant

! rowspan=2 | Drivers

! Car

! rowspan=2 | Laps

Engine
style="font-weight: bold"

! rowspan="2"| 1

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 27

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|TWN}} HubAuto Corsa

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Foster
{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Molina
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade

| Ferrari 488 GT3

| rowspan="2"| 327

style="font-weight: bold"

| 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8

rowspan="2"| 2

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 999

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Buhk
{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Götz
{{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele Marciello

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| rowspan="2"| 327

6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
rowspan="2"| 3

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 911

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Park Place Motorsports

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas
{{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu Jaminet
{{flagicon|DEU}} Sven Müller

| Porsche 911 GT3 R

| rowspan="2"| 327

4.0 L Porsche H6
rowspan="2"| 4

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 10

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Audi Sport Team WRT

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Haase
{{flagicon|BEL}} Dries Vanthoor
{{flagicon|BEL}} Frédéric Vervisch

| Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo

| rowspan="2"| 327

5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
rowspan="2"| 5

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 42

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Team Schnitzer

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Augusto Farfus
{{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert
{{flagicon|DEU}} Martin Tomczyk

| BMW M6 GT3

| rowspan="2"| 326

4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
rowspan="2"| 6

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 888

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|HKG}} Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Yelmur Buurman
{{flagicon|DEU}} Maro Engel
{{flagicon|DEU}} Luca Stolz

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| rowspan="2"| 326

6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
rowspan="2"| 7

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 29

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Land

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christopher Mies
{{flagicon|RSA}} Kelvin van der Linde
{{flagicon|GER}} Markus Winkelhock

| Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo

| rowspan="2"| 326

5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
rowspan="2"| 8

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 34

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Walkenhorst Motorsport

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Nick Catsburg
{{flagicon|DNK}} Mikkel Jensen
{{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Krognes

| BMW M6 GT3

| rowspan="2"| 326

4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
rowspan="2"| 9

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 18

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Alexandre Imperatori
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis
{{flagicon|ITA}} Edoardo Liberati

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| rowspan="2"| 326

3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
rowspan="2"| 10

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 43

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Strakka Racing

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Baumann
{{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Christodoulou
{{flagicon|DNK}} Christina Nielsen

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| rowspan="2"| 325

6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
rowspan="2"| 11

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 108

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley Team M-Sport

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Lucas Ordóñez
{{flagicon|FIN}} Markus Paltalla
{{flagicon|BEL}} Maxime Soulet

| Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)

| rowspan="2"| 325

4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
rowspan="2"| 12

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 35

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Buncombe
{{flagicon|AUS}} Josh Burdon
{{flagicon|JPN}} Katsumasa Chiyo

| Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3

| rowspan="2"| 315

3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
rowspan="2"| 13

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 30

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Honda Team Motul

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Bertrand Baguette
{{flagicon|DEU}} Mario Farnbacher
{{flagicon|NLD}} Renger van der Zande

| Acura NSX GT3 Evo

| rowspan="2"| 308

3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
style="font-weight: bold"

! rowspan="2"| 14

| rowspan="2" align=center| GTC

| rowspan="2"| 88

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|SVK}} ARC Bratislava

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|SVK}} Miro Konopka
{{flagicon|POL}} Andrzej Lewandowski
{{flagicon|SVK}} Zdeno Mikulasko

| Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo

| rowspan="2"| 303

style="font-weight: bold"

| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10

style="font-weight: bold"

! rowspan="2"| 15

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT4

| rowspan="2"| 41

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} PF Racing

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Jade Buford
{{flagicon|USA}} Chad McCumbee
{{flagicon|USA}} James Pesek

| Ford Mustang GT4

| rowspan="2"| 296

style="font-weight: bold"

| 5.2 L Ford Voodoo V8

rowspan="2"| 16

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT4

| rowspan="2"| 113

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} RHC Jorgensen/Strom by Strom Motorsport

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Daren Jorgensen
{{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Miller
{{flagicon|USA}} Brett Strom

| BMW M4 GT4

| rowspan="2"| 289

3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
rowspan="2"| 17

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT4

| rowspan="2"| 67

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} TRG

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Alexandridis
{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Bellomo
{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pumpelly

| Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR

| rowspan="2"| 289

3.8 L Porsche H6
rowspan="2"| DNF

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 912

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|USA}} Wright Motorsports

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Campbell
{{Flagicon|NOR}} Dennis Olsen
{{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Werner

| Porsche 911 GT3 R

| rowspan="2"| 168

4.0 L Porsche H6
rowspan="2"| DNF

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 44

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Strakka Racing

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Gary Paffett
{{flagicon|FRA}} Tristan Vautier
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Williamson

| Mercedes-AMG GT3

| rowspan="2"| 148

6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
rowspan="2"| DNF

| rowspan="2" align=center| GT3

| rowspan="2"| 107

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bentley Team M-Sport

| rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Gounon
{{flagicon|GBR}} Steven Kane
{{flagicon|RSA}} Jordan Pepper

| Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)

| rowspan="2"| 137

4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
colspan="7" |Source:{{Cite web |title=California 8 Hours Intercontinental GT Challenge RACE - CLASSIFICATION - FINAL |url=https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/images/results/116/California%208%20Hours%20Classification%20FINAL.PDF |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=TSL Timing}}

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! Class

align=center| GT3

| GT3

align=center| GTC

| GT Cup

align=center| GT4

| GT4

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Statistics

  • Race time of winning car: 8:01:11.484
  • Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: {{convert|731.826|mi|km|abbr=on}}
  • Fastest race lap: 1:24.287 – Alex Buncombe on lap 5

References

{{Sportscar Race Report

|Year_of_race=2019

|Sportscar_Series=Intercontinental GT Challenge

|Previous_race_in_season=Bathurst 12 Hour

|Next_race_in_season=24 Hours of Spa

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