# 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours

The 2019 Suzuka 10 Hours was an endurance event that took place on August 25, 2019, at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan. It was the 48th edition of the Summer Endurance Classic at Suzuka, and the third round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the most recent running of the Suzuka Summer Endurance Race until the 2025 Suzuka 1000km.

## Entry list

| Icon | Class |
| P | Pro Cup |
| S | Silver Cup |
| PA | Pro-Am Cup |
| Am | Am Cup |
| $^A$ | Cars eligible for Asia awards |
| $^{SGT}$ | Cars eligible for Super GT awards |
| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Class |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 00 | Kamui Kobayashi | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 00 | Nobuteru Taniguchi | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 00 | Tatsuya Kataoka | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 018 | Alexandre Imperatori | P |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 018 | Oliver Jarvis | P |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 018 | Edoardo Liberati | P |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 35 | Josh Burdon | P $^A$ |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 35 | Katsumasa Chiyo | P $^A$ |
| KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 35 | Tsugio Matsuda | P $^A$ |
| Modulo Drago Corse | Honda NSX GT3 | 034 | Ryo Michigami | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Modulo Drago Corse | Honda NSX GT3 | 034 | Daisuke Nakajima | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Modulo Drago Corse | Honda NSX GT3 | 034 | Hiroki Otsu | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja] | Lotus Evora MC GT300 | 2 | Hiroshi Hamaguchi | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja] | Lotus Evora MC GT300 | 2 | Hiroki Katoh | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja] | Lotus Evora MC GT300 | 2 | Kazuho Takahashi | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| GTNET Motor Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 5 | Teruhiko Hamano | PA $^A$ |
| GTNET Motor Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 5 | Kazuki Hoshino | PA $^A$ |
| GTNET Motor Sports | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 5 | Eiji Yamada | PA $^A$ |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2017) | 6 | Tony D'Alberto | S |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2017) | 6 | Adrian Dietz | S |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2017) | 6 | Cameron McConville | S |
| apr with ARN Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Yuta Kamimura | S $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| apr with ARN Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Hiroaki Nagai | S $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| apr with ARN Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 8 | Manabu Orido | S $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| MP Racing | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 9 | Yusaku Shibata | Am $^A$ |
| MP Racing | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 9 | Joe Shindo | Am $^A$ |
| MP Racing | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 9 | Takumi Takata | Am $^A$ |
| Planex SmaCam Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | 11 | Mika Häkkinen | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Planex SmaCam Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | 11 | Hiroaki Ishiura | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Planex SmaCam Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 | 11 | Katsuaki Kubota | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 18 | Takashi Kobayashi | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 18 | Tadasuke Makino | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Team UpGarage | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 18 | Kosuke Matsuura | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 21 | Richard Lyons | P $^{SGT}$ |
| Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 21 | Alessio Picariello | P $^{SGT}$ |
| Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 21 | Ryuichiro Tomita | P $^{SGT}$ |
| Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 25 | Kelvin van der Linde | P |
| Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 25 | Dries Vanthoor | P |
| Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 25 | Frédéric Vervisch | P |
| HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 27 | Nick Cassidy | P |
| HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 27 | Nick Foster | P |
| HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 27 | Heikki Kovalainen | P |
| Motul Honda Team JAS | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 30 | Bertrand Baguette | P |
| Motul Honda Team JAS | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 30 | Marco Bonanomi | P |
| Motul Honda Team JAS | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 30 | Hideki Mutoh | P |
| Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 34 | Nick Catsburg | P |
| Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 34 | Mikkel Jensen | P |
| Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 34 | Christian Krognes | P |
| Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 37 | Ryo Ogawa | S $^A$ |
| Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 37 | Markus Pommer | S $^A$ |
| Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 37 | Shinji Takei | S $^A$ |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 42 | Augusto Farfus | P |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 42 | Nick Yelloly | P |
| BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 42 | Martin Tomczyk | P |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 43 | Dominik Baumann | PA |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 43 | Adrian Henry D'Silva | PA |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 43 | Christina Nielsen | PA |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 44 | Gary Paffett | P |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 44 | Tristan Vautier | P |
| Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 44 | Lewis Williamson | P |
| AMAC Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 R | 51 | Andrew MacPherson | S |
| AMAC Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 R | 51 | Ben Porter | S |
| AMAC Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 R | 51 | Brad Shiels | S |
| LM corsa | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 60 | Kei Nakanishi | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| LM corsa | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 60 | Juichi Wakisaka | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| LM corsa | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 60 | Shigekazu Wakisaka | PA $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 75 | Nico Bastian | S |
| SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 75 | Kenny Habul | S |
| SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 75 | Mikaël Grenier | S |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 77 | Yelmer Buurman | P |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 77 | Maximilian Götz | P |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 77 | Luca Stolz | P |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 87 | Takashi Kogure | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 87 | Yuya Motojima | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 87 | Yuhi Sekiguchi | P $^A$ $^{SGT}$ |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 88 | Andrea Caldarelli | P $^{SGT}$ |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 88 | Dennis Lind | P $^{SGT}$ |
| JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 88 | Marco Mapelli | P $^{SGT}$ |
| Arrows Racing | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 98 | Lic Ka Liu | Am $^A$ |
| Arrows Racing | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 98 | Philip Ma | Am $^A$ |
| Arrows Racing | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 98 | Jacky Yeung | Am $^A$ |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 107 | Jules Gounon | P |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 107 | Steven Kane | P |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 107 | Jordan Pepper | P |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 108 | Alex Buncombe | P |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 108 | Andy Soucek | P |
| Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 108 | Seb Morris | P |
| Sato-SS Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 112 | Norio Kubo | Am $^A$ |
| Sato-SS Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 112 | Atsushi Sato | Am $^A$ |
| Sato-SS Sports | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 112 | Ryosei Yamashita | Am $^A$ |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 125 | Christopher Haase | P |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 125 | Christopher Mies | P |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 125 | Markus Winkelhock | P |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 912 | Matt Campbell | P |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 912 | Dennis Olsen | P |
| Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 912 | Dirk Werner | P |
| Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 188 | Chris Goodwin | PA |
| Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 188 | Côme Ledogar | PA |
| Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 188 | Alexander West | PA |
| CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 777 | Miguel Molina | P |
| CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 777 | Kei Cozzolino | P |
| CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 777 | James Calado | P |
| EBM | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 911 | Romain Dumas | P |
| EBM | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 911 | Mathieu Jaminet | P |
| EBM | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 911 | Sven Müller | P |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 999 | Maximilian Buhk | P |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 999 | Maro Engel | P |
| Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 999 | Raffaele Marciello | P |

## Qualifying
### Super Pole

These were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
| 1 | 42 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.455 | |
| 2 | 25 | Dries Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:00.531 | +0,076 |
| 3 | 34 | Nick Catsburg | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:00.729 | +0,274 |
| 4 | 777 | Miguel Molina | CarGuy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:00.868 | +0,413 |
| 5 | 107 | Jules Gounon | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.002 | +0,547 |
| 6 | 00 | Kamui Kobayashi | Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.024 | +0,569 |
| 7 | 125 | Christopher Haase | Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.045 | +0,590 |
| 8 | 77 | Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.071 | +0,616 |
| 9 | 999 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.177 | +0,722 |
| 10 | 107 | Andy Soucek | Bentley Team M-Soort | Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:01.292 | +0,837 |
| 11 | 912 | Dirk Werner | Absolute Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:01.306 | +0,851 |
| 12 | 75 | Nico Bastian | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.348 | +0,893 |
| 13 | 35 | Tsugio Matsuda | KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.448 | +0,998 |
| 14 | 44 | Gary Paffett | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:01.479 | +1,024 |
| 15 | 30 | Bertrand Baguette | Honda Team Motul | Honda NSX GT3 | 2:01.525 | +1,070 |
| 16 | 88 | Marco Mapelli | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.537 | +1,082 |
| 17 | 018 | Oliver Jarvis | KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:01.563 | +1,108 |
| 18 | 21 | Richard Lyons | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:01.579 | +1,124 |
| 19 | 87 | Takashi Kogure | JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:01.614 | +1,158 |
| 20 | 27 | Heikki Kovalainen | HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:01.727 | +1,272 |

## Race
### Race Results

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason |
| 1 | P | 25 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | 10:01:51.048 |
| 2 | P | 999 | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Maximilian Buhk Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +40.367 |
| 3 | P | 912 | Absolute Racing | Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 275 | +43.797 |
| 4 | P | 77 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Yelmer Buurman Maximilian Götz Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +47.038 |
| 5 | P | 42 | BMW Team Schnitzer | Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly Martin Tomczyk | BMW M6 GT3 | 275 | +48.666 |
| 6 | P | 35 | KCMG | Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 275 | +56.921 |
| 7 | P | 125 | Audi Sport Team Absolute Racing | Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 275 | +57.199 |
| 8 | P | 107 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Bentley Continental GT3 | 275 | +1:11.098 |
| 9 | P | 44 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 275 | +1:27.891 |
| 10 | P | 00 | Mercedes-AMG Team GOOD SMILE | Kamui Kobayashi Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | P | 777 | CarGuy Racing | Miguel Molina Kei Cozzolino James Calado | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 12 | S | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Nico Bastian Kenny Habul Mikaël Grenier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 274 | +1 Lap |
| 13 | P | 911 | EBM | Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 14 | P | 18 | Team UpGarage | Takashi Kobayashi Tadasuke Makino Kosuke Matsuura | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 15 | P | 30 | Honda Team Motul | Bertrand Baguette Marco Bonanomi Hideki Mutoh | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 273 | +2 Laps |
| 16 | P | 87 | JLOC | Takashi Kogure Yuya Motojima Yuhi Sekiguchi | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 17 | P | 21 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Richard Lyons Alessio Picariello Ryuichiro Tomita | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 18 | P | 034 | Modulo Drago Corse | Ryo Michigami Daisuke Nakajima Hiroki Otsu | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 272 | +3 Laps |
| 19 | S | 37 | Callaway Competition with Bingo Racing | Ryo Ogawa Markus Pommer Shinji Takei | Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R | 271 | +4 Laps |
| 20 | PA | 43 | Strakka Racing | Dominik Baumann Adrian Henry D'Silva Christina Nielsen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps |
| 21 | PA | 188 | Garage 59 | Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Alexander West | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 | 269 | +6 Laps |
| 22 | P | 11 | Planex SmaCam Racing | Mika Häkkinen Hiroaki Ishiura Katsuaki Kubota | McLaren 720S GT3 | 268 | +7 Laps |
| 23 | P | 018 | KCMG | Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2018) | 266 | +9 Laps |
| 24 | PA | 60 | LM corsa | Kei Nakanishi Juichi Wakisaka Shigekazu Wakisaka | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 263 | +12 Laps |
| 25 | Am | 112 | Sato-SS Sports | Norio Kubo Atsushi Sato Ryosei Yamashita | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 263 | +12 Laps |
| 26 | Am | 9 | MP Racing | Yusaku Shibata Joe Shindo Takumi Takata | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 261 | +14 Laps |
| 27 | PA | 2 | Cars Tokai Dream28 [ja] | Hiroshi Hamaguchi Hiroki Katoh Kazuho Takahashi | Lotus Evora MC | 260 | +15 Laps |
| 28 | P | 108 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Alex Buncombe Andy Soucek Seb Morris | Bentley Continental GT3 | 259 | +16 Laps |
| 29 | PA | 5 | GTNET Motor Sports | Teruhiko Hamano Kazuki Hoshino Eiji Yamada | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 (2015) | 245 | +30 Laps |
| 30 | S | 6 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto Adrian Dietz Cameron McConville | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 244 | +31 Laps |
| 31 | S | 51 | AMAC Motorsport | Andrew MacPherson Ben Porter Brad Shiels | Porsche 997 GT3 R | 227 | +48 Laps |
| 32 | P | 27 | HubAuto Corsa | Nick Cassidy Nick Foster Heikki Kovalainen | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 197 | +78 Laps |
| NC | S | 8 | apr with ARN Racing | Yuta Kamimura Hiroaki Nagai Manabu Orido | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 186 | |
| NC | Am | 98 | Arrows Racing | Lic Ka Liu Philip Ma Jacky Yeung | Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 59 | |
| NC | P | 88 | JLOC | Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 49 | |
| NC | P | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Nick Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes | BMW M6 GT3 | 43 | |
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