# 2018 Suzuka 10 Hours

The 2018 Suzuka 10 Hours was endurance event that took place on August 26, 2018 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 47th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the first as part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, running under the ten-hour format (the race having previously been a 1000-kilometer format). The race was won by the GruppeM Racing team with Maro Engel, Raffaele Marciello and Tristan Vautier driving.
Due to regulation change, GT300 cars were still eligible to race in Suzuka 10 Hours, while GT500 cars were banned.

## Classification

| Pos | Car No. | Class | Entrant | Drivers | Vehicle | Laps |
| 1 | 888 | P | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 276 |
| 2 | 43 | P | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Maximilian Götz Álvaro Parente Lewis Williamson | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 276 |
| 3 | 6 | P | Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing | Christopher Haase Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS | 276 |
| 4 | 66 | P | Audi Sport Team WRT | Christopher Mies Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS | 276 |
| 5 | 00 | P | Mercedes-AMG Team Good Smile | Tatsuya Kataoka Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 |
| 6 | 08 | P | Bentley Team M-Sport | Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet | Bentley Continental GT3 | 275 |
| 7 | 44 | P | Strakka Racing | Maximilian Buhk Oliver Rowland Adrien Tambay | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 |
| 8 | 21 | P | Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama | Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita | Audi R8 LMS | 275 |
| 9 | 17 | P | Audi Sport Team WRT | Jake Dennis Stuart Leonard Sheldon van der Linde | Audi R8 LMS | 275 |
| 10 | 75 | PA | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 |
| 11 | 991 | P | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Kévin Estre Mathieu Jaminet Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 275 |
| 12 | 911 | P | Manthey Racing | Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 275 |
| 13 | 28 | PA | HubAuto Corsa | Nick Foster David Perel Hiroki Yoshida | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 275 |
| 14 | 11 | P | GAINER | Katsuyuki Hiranaka Kazuki Hoshino Hironobu Yasuda | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 274 |
| 15 | 88 | P | JLOC | Andrea Caldarelli Kazuki Hiramine Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 273 |
| 16 | 8 | P | ARN Racing | Kohei Hirate Hiroaki Nagai Koki Saga | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 273 |
| 17 | 87 | PA | JLOC | Taiyo Iida Yuya Motojima Kimiya Sato | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 273 |
| 18 | 10 | P | Honda Team Motul | Hideki Mutoh Daisuke Nakajima Naoki Yamamoto | Honda NSX GT3 | 272 |
| 19 | 54 | PA | Black Swan Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen Marc Miller Tim Pappas | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 271 |
| 20 | 91 | PA | Singha-Team AAI | Tom Blomqvist Akira Iida Piti Bhirombhakdi | BMW M6 GT3 | 270 |
| 21 | 34 | P | Modulo Drago Corse | Takashi Kogure Ryo Michigami Hiroki Otsu | Honda NSX GT3 | 270 |
| 22 | 13 | PA | Absolute Racing | Congfu Cheng Adderly Fong Jingzu Sun | Audi R8 LMS | 270 |
| 23 | 777 | PA | CarGuy Racing | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Naoki Yokomizo | Honda NSX GT3 | 268 |
| 24 | 27 | P | HubAuto Corsa | Matt Griffin Miguel Molina Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 267 |
| 25 | 112 | Am | Sato, Yamashita-SS/Rn-Sports | Norio Kubo Atsushi Sato Ryosei Yamashita | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 264 |
| 26 | 37 | PA | Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | Yuta Kamimura Yuichi Mikasa Shinji Takei | Chevrolet Corvette C7 GT3-R | 260 |
| 27 | 18 | P | Team UpGarage | Takuto Iguchi Takashi Kobayashi Yuhki Nakayama | Toyota 86 MC | 246 |
| 28 | 77 | PA | D'station Racing | Jono Lester Satoshi Hoshino Tsubasa Kondo | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 246 |
| 29 | 07 | P | Bentley Team M-Sport | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Bentley Continental GT3 | 217 |
| Not Classified |||||||
| - | 018 | P | KCMG | Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Alexandre Imperatori | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 155 |
| - | 28 | PA | CarsTokaiDream28 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi | Lotus Evora MC | 98 |
| - | 23 | P | KCMG | Richard Bradley Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 95 |
| - | 58 | P | Garage 59 | Ben Barnicoat Andrew Watson Côme Ledogar | McLaren 650S GT3 | 77 |
| - | 7 | P | D'station Racing | Earl Bamber Tomonobu Fujii Sven Müller | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 72 |
| - | 42 | PA | Strakka Racing | Felipe Fraga David Fumanelli Nick Leventis | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 22 |