2021 Kyalami 9 Hours

**2021 Kyalami 9 Hours**
Event Information
Round 3 of 3 in the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	3-5 February 2022 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location	Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Venue	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	307 laps
Winner	Timur Boguslavskiy; Jules Gounon; Raffaele Marciello; AKKA ASP Team

The 2021 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 5 February 2022 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the third and final round of the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge. Initially it was to be held on 2-4 December, but it was postponed due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in South Africa^[1] and rescheduled to 3-5 February 2022.^[2]

Entry list

Team	Vehicle	Engine	No	Driver	Class
MJR Motorsport^[3]	Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo^[3]	Audi 5.2 L V10	80	Marius Jackson^[3]	Nat
				Mo Mia^[3]
				Mikaeel Pitamber
Stradale Into Africa^[4]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo^[4]	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	23	Philip Kekana^[4]	Nat
				Xolile Letlaka^[4]
				Tschops Sipuka^[4]
Saintéloc Racing^[5]	Audi R8 LMS Evo^[5]	Audi 5.2 L V10	25	Kelvin van der Linde^[3]	P
				Markus Winkelhock^[5]
				Patric Niederhauser^[5]
			26	Nicolas Baert^[3]	S
				Simon Gachet^[3]
				Lucas Légeret^[3]
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT^[5]	Audi R8 LMS Evo^[5]	Audi 5.2 L V10	32	Mattia Drudi^[5]	P
				Christopher Haase^[3]
				Charles Weerts^[5]
High Class Racing with WRT^[6]			33	Thierry Vermeulen^[7]	PA
				Michael Markussen^[6]
				Mark Patterson^[6]
Stradale Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo^[3]	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	86	Charl Arangies^[3]	Nat
				Arnold Neveling^[3]
				Michael van Rooyen^[3]
AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors^[3]	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020^[3]	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	51	Alessandro Pier Guidi^[3]	P
				Côme Ledogar^[3]
				Miguel Molina^[3]
			71	Antonio Fuoco^[3]	P
				Nicklas Nielsen^[3]
				Alessio Rovera^[3]
SunEnergy1 Racing^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo^[3]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	75	Mikaël Grenier^[3]	PA
				Kenny Habul^[3]
				Martin Konrad^[3]
AKKA ASP Team^[3]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo^[3]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	89	Jules Gounon^[3]	P
				Timur Boguslavskiy^[3]
				Raffaele Marciello^[3]

Fastest in class in bold.


Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	Pro	89	AKKA ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:42.465	—
2	Pro	71	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	1:42.914	+0.449
3	Pro	51	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	1:43.109	+0.644
4	Pro-Am	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	1:43.331	+0.866
5	Pro	25	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:43.459	+0.994
6	Pro	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:43.472	+1.007
7	Silver	26	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:43.864	+1.399
8	Pro-Am	33	High Class Racing with WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:44.133	+1.668
9	Nat GT3	86	Stradale Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	1:46.289	+3.824
10	Nat GT3	17	MJR Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	1:47.101	+4.636
11	Nat GT4	80	MJR Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo	1:55.163	+12.698
12	Nat GT3	23	Stradale Into Africa	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:08.383	+25.918
Source:^[8]

Class winner in bold.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Gap
1	Pro	89	AKKA ASP Team	Jules Gounon Timur Boguslavskiy Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	307	9:01:17.933
2	Pro	51	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Alessandro Pier Guidi Côme Ledogar Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	307	+15.668
3	Pro	25	Saintéloc Racing	Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Patric Niederhauser	Audi R8 LMS Evo	307	+42.083
4	Pro	32	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Mattia Drudi Christopher Haase Charles Weerts	Audi R8 LMS Evo	307	+47.133
5	Silver	26	Saintéloc Racing	Nicolas Baert Simon Gachet Lucas Légeret	Audi R8 LMS Evo	297	+10 Laps
6	Pro-Am	33	High Class Racing with WRT	Thierry Vermeulen Michael Markussen Mark Patterson	Audi R8 LMS Evo	296	+11 Laps
7	Pro-Am	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mikaël Grenier Kenny Habul Martin Konrad	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	289	+18 Laps
8	Nat GT3	86	Stradale Motorsport	Charl Arangies Arnold Neveling Michael van Rooyen	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	278	+29 Laps
9	Nat GT3	23	Stradale Into Africa	Philip Kekana Xolile Letlaka Tschops Sipuka	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	262	+45 Laps
10	Nat GT4	80	MJR Motorsport	Marius Jackson Mo Mia Mikaeel Pitamber	Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo	220	+87 Laps
NC	Pro	71	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Antonio Fuoco Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	118	+189 Laps
Source:^[9]

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