The 2019 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 23 November 2019 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. This event served as a revival to the Kyalami 9 Hours event which was last held in 2000, and also served as the final round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The race was won from pole by Frikadelli Racing Team and drivers Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen and Mathieu Jaminet. Frikadelli's #31 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished 6.745 seconds ahead of Walkenhorst Motorsport and their #34 BMW M6 GT3 shared by Mikkel Jensen, Nicky Catsburg and Christian Krognes. GPX Racing secured third place a further 2.290 seconds down, in their #20 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Kevin Estre, Richard Lietz and Michael Christensen.

Entry list Team Vehicle No Driver Class Team Perfect Circle Porsche 997 GT3 R 09 Andre Bezuidenhout Nat Franco Scribante Silvio Scribante Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Sergei Afanasiev S Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Lechner Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Saul Hack S Lars Kern Dylan Pereira Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 10 Yelmer Buurman P Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz 40 Tim Müller Am Valentin Pierburg Miguel Ramos Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Earl Bamber P Matt Campbell Laurens Vanthoor Stradale Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 13 Charl Arangies Nat Craig Jarvis Dawie Joubert Pablo Clark Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 17 Kishoor Pitamber Nat Michael Stephen Leonard Charles Thompson KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Alexandre Imperatori P Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati 35 Josh Burdon P Katsumasa Chiyo João Paulo de Oliveira GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 Michael Christensen P Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 22 Jochen Krumbach S David Perel Leonard Weiss Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 25 Kelvin van der Linde P Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Audi Sport Team Land Audi R8 LMS 29 Christopher Haase P Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Bertrand Baguette P Marco Bonanomi Dane Cameron Frikadelli Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R 31 Mathieu Jaminet P Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Nicky Catsburg P Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes 36 Gennaro Bonafede Am Michael Von Rooyen Henry Walkenhorst BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Augusto Farfus P Sheldon van der Linde Martin Tomczyk Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 Dominik Baumann PA Christina Nielsen Adrian Henry D'Sliva 44 Gary Paffett P Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Ricky Collard P Marvin Kirchhöfer Hugo de Sadeleer 76 Enaam Ahmed P Jake Dennis Maxime Martin Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet 108 Rodrigo Baptista P Steven Kane Andy Soucek Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 188 Chris Goodwin PA Côme Ledogar Alexander West KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 Romain Dumas P Sven Müller Dirk Werner Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Maximilian Buhk P Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Source: Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup Nat National Cup

Qualifying Pole Shootout These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying Driver Team Car Time Dif 1 31 Nick TandyFrikadelli Racing TeamPorsche 911 GT3 R1:52.825 2 29 Christopher HaaseAudi Sport Team LandAudi R8 LMS Evo1:52.870+0.045 3 999 Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT31:53.086 +0.261 4 20 Richard LietzGPX RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R1:53.569 +0.744 5 12 Matt Campbell Dinamic MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R1:53.787 +0.962 6 42 Sheldon van der LindeBMW Team SchnitzerBMW M6 GT31:53.833 +1.008 7 76 Jake Dennis R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT31:53.942 +1.117 8 30 Bertrand BaguetteHonda Team MotulHonda NSX GT31:54.034 +1.209 9 10 Maximilian GötzMercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive PerformanceMercedes-AMG GT31:54.174 +1.349 10 35 Josh BurdonKCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT31:54.303 +1.478

Race Race results Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason 1 P 31 Frikadelli Racing Team Nick Tandy Dennis Olsen Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 9:00:06.106 2 P 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Mikkel Jensen Nicky Catsburg Christian Krognes BMW M6 GT3 259 +6.745 3 P 20 GPX Racing Kevin Estre Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +9.035 4 P 29 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 259 +15.325 5 P 10 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Maximilian Götz Yelmer Buurman Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 259 +17.162 6 P 18 KCMG Edoardo Liberati Oliver Jarvis Alexandre Imperatori Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 259 +30.731 7 P 42 BMW Team Schnitzer Sheldon van der Linde Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GT3 259 +40.556 8 P 12 Dinamic Motorsport Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +41.165 9 P 911 KÜS Team75 Bernhard Sven Müller Romain Dumas Dirk Werner Porsche 911 GT3 R 259 +44.188 10 P 62 R-Motorsport Ricky Collard Hugo de Sadeleer Marvin Kirchhöfer Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 259 +44.729 11 P 25 Audi Sport Team WRT Kelvin van der Linde Frederic Vervisch Dries Vanthoor Audi R8 LMS 258 +1 Lap 12 P 107 Bentley Team M-Sport Jordan Pepper Jules Gounon Maxime Soulet Bentley Continental GT3 258 +1 Lap 13 S 9 Lechner Racing Saul Hack Lars Kern Dylan Pereira Porsche 911 GT3 R 257 +2 Laps 14 P 76 R-Motorsport Enaam Ahmed Jake Dennis Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 256 +3 Laps 15 S 6 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Patrick Assenheimer Sergei Afanasiev Hubert Haupt Mercedes-AMG GT3 256 +3 Laps 16 S 22 Rinaldi Racing Jochen Krumbach David Perel Leonard Weiss Ferrari 488 GT3 256 +3 Laps 17 Am 36 Walkenhorst Motorsport Gennaro Bonafede Michael Von Rooyen Henry Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 253 +6 Laps 18 Am 40 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance Tim Müller Valentin Pierburg Miguel Ramos Mercedes-AMG GT3 253 +6 Laps 19 P 35 KCMG Katsumasa Chiyo João Paulo de Oliveira Josh Burdon Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 251 +8 Laps 20 PA 43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Christina Nielsen Adrian Henry D'Sliva Dominik Baumann Mercedes-AMG GT3 251 +8 Laps 21 Nat 17 Pablo Clark Racing Leonard Charles Thompson Michael Stephen Kishoor Pitamber Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 246 +13 Laps 22 P 108 Bentley Team M-Sport Rodrigo Baptista Andy Soucek Steven Kane Bentley Continental GT3 206 Accident DNF PA 188 Garage 59 Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 130 Mechanical DNF P 44 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Gary Paffett Lewis Williamson Tristan Vautier Mercedes-AMG GT3 98 Accident DNF Nat 09 Team Perfect Circle André Bezuidenhout Franco Scribante Silvio Scribante Porsche 997 GT3 R 85 Mechanical DNF Nat 13 Stradale Motorsport Charl Arangies Craig Jarvis Dawie Joubert Lamborghini Huracán GT3 81 Accident DNF P 30 Honda Team Motul Dane Cameron Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi Honda NSX GT3 55 Mechanical DNF P 999 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing Maximilian Buhk Raffaele Marciello Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 0 Broken Cylinder Coil Source: Notes - The #12 Dinamic Motorsport car was awarded a 10-second time penalty after the race.

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