2024 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals/Manufacturers Cup

The Manufacturers Cup portion of the of the 2024 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals weekend took place on December 7, 2024.
==Entry List==
The Manufacturers Cup race consists of the top 12 manufacturers in the GT1 League's Global Manufacturer Rankings of the 2024 Online Series, with the partner manufacturers being granted "immunity" from failing to qualify. Each manufacturer has three drivers, one chosen from the best driver in the GT1 League of the online series for each region (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Oceania).
(P) indicates a partner manufacturer, which has a guaranteed entry regardless of if they finished outside of the top 12 in the online series. (fc) indicates a former champion team. (Defending champion Nissan failed to qualify.)
Note that the car numbers are decided from online season rankings.
Team 	Number	Car 	Drivers
Porsche 	1 	Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17 	Takuma Sasaki Benjamin Hencsei Arthur Mosso
Subaru 	2 	Subaru BRZ GT300 '21 	Angel Inostroza Kylian Drumont Takuma Miyazono
Mazda (P) 	3 	Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth Model	Robert Heck Pol Urra Ryota Kokubun
AMGAMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators. 	4 	Mercedes-AMG GT3 '20 	Guy Barbara Daniel Fenton Lucas Bonelli
Chevrolet 	5 	Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3 	Donovan Parker Antonio Santos Yusuke Goto
BMW 	6 	BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16 	Calen Roach Thomas Labouteley Seiya Suzuki
Audi 	7 	Audi R8 LMS Evo '19 	Nicolás Arriagada Daniel Penco Ryo KumataRyo Kumata substituted regular Audi driver Shota Sato for undisclosed reasons.
Toyota (P, fc) 	8 	Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18 	Adriano Carrazza Jose Serrano Tomoaki Yamanaka
Ferrari 	9 	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 '13 	Alonso Regalado Mohamed Buhdeima Jun Hashima
Honda 	10 	Honda NSX Gr.3 	Valerio Gallo Mateo Estevez Soki Nabetani
Lexus (fc) 	11 	Lexus RC F GT3 '17 	Harald WalsenWalsen was a substitute for Igor Fraga, as Fraga had to compete in the Super GT Suzuka 350 km race taking place the same weekend as the GTWS World Finals, which was postponed from its original date in August due to Typhoon Shanshan. Coque López Kanata Kawakami
Genesis (P)Genesis finished 17th in the online standings, therefore qualifying through partner immunity. This had the effect of Lamborghini, who finished 12th in the online standings, failing to qualify for the live events.	12 	Genesis X GR3 	Dean Heldt Nicolas Romero Yuito Sasaki
===Notes===
==Qualifying==
Qualifying took place over three sessions, each with progressively softer tires. The first two sessions are traditional, Formula One-style knockout qualifying lasting for few minutes where the slowest three teams are eliminated each session, while the final session is a one-lap shootout.
Bolded lap times indicate the fastest lap time in that session. Names below the lap time indicates which driver set the time.
Pos	Team 	Q1 	Q2 	Q3
1 	Honda 	02:17.686Estevez 	02:16.352Nabetani 	02:14.870Gallo
2 	BMW 	02:17.503Roach 	02:15.911Labouteley	02:15.000Suzuki
3 	Porsche 	02:17.440Mosso 	02:16.396Hencsei 	02:15.009T. Sasaki
4 	Lexus 	02:17.450Walsen 	02:16.112Kawakami 	02:15.052Lopez
5 	Toyota 	02:17.524Yamanaka 	02:16.183Carrazza 	02:15.267Serrano
6 	Subaru 	02:17.562Inostroza	02:16.250Drumont 	02:15.555Miyazono
7 	Genesis 	02:17.401Y. Sasaki	02:16.424Romero 	Eliminated
8 	Ferrari 	02:17.339Hashima 	02:16.774Buhdeima 	Eliminated
9 	Chevrolet	02:17.648Goto 	02:19.168Parker 	Eliminated
10 	AMG 	02:17.693Fenton 	Eliminated 	Eliminated
11 	Audi 	02:17.787Penco 	Eliminated 	Eliminated
12 	Mazda 	02:17.899Heck 	Eliminated 	Eliminated
==Grand Finals==
Although the race was expected to display superiority of midship cars in the wet, the race was dominated by front-engined cars, primarily the BMW, Lexus, and Genesis teams. While the BMW team won the race, Lexus managed held off the hard-charging Genesis squad to ensure the points gap remained in Lexus' favor to clinch the championship, even in absence of their ace driver from the Americas region, Igor Fraga.
The Chevrolet team made a shining display throughout the race, only for it to be undone by a late-race collision. However, the Chevrolet squad did manage to finish tenth for two solitary points, leaving Audi as the sole team not to score points all year.
Pos	Team 	Time 	Points	Q Grid
1 	BMW 	49:13.554	24 	2
2 	Lexus 	+01.798 	20 	4
3 	Genesis 	+02.894 	16 	7
4 	Subaru 	+04.508 	14 	6
5 	Mazda 	+04.580 	12 	12
6 	Porsche 	+10.240 	10 	3
7 	AMG 	+10.315 	8 	10
8 	Honda 	+10.555 	6 	1
9 	Ferrari 	+10.658 	4 	8
10 	Chevrolet	+17.549 	2 	9
11 	Toyota 	+18.068 	 	5
12 	Audi 	+57.933 	 	11
==Winners==
Manufacturers Cup 	Lexus	Harald Walsen Coque López Kanata Kawakami
Michelin Driver of the Day	Lexus	Coque López
==Championship Standings==
;Manufacturers Cup standings (Top 5)
No. 	Manufacturer	Points
1 ➡️	Lexus 	33
2 ⬆️	BMW 	32
3 ⬆️	Genesis 	19Genesis, Subaru, Mazda, and Porsche all finished with 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Grand Final, the third place went to Genesis.
4 ⬆️	Subaru 	19
5 ⬇️	Mazda 	19
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Drivers' Reaction - Manufacturers Cup in Amsterdam - gran-turismo.com
* Race Report: Speed, Strategy and Attrition Defined the 2024 Manufacturers Cup Championship - gran-turismo.com
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