2019 California 8 Hours

Race details
Date	30 March 2019
Location	Monterey, United States
Course	3.602 km (2.238 mi)
Race
Pole
Drivers	Mario Farnbacher Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande	Honda Team Motul
Time	1:23.156
Podium
First	Miguel Molina Nick Foster Tim Slade	HubAuto Corsa
Second	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Third	Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Romain Dumas	Park Place Motorsports

The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on 30 March 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).

The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was to be replaced by a race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.

Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.

Entries

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup

GT3

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Class
Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo	10	Christopher Haase	P
			Dries Vanthoor
			Frédéric Vervisch
KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	18	Alexandre Imperatori	P
			Oliver Jarvis
			Edoardo Liberati
		35	Alex Buncombe	P
			Josh Burdon
			Katsumasa Chiyo
HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	27	Nick Foster	P
			Miguel Molina
			Tim Slade
Audi Sport Team Land	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo	29	Christopher Haase	P
			Christopher Mies
			Markus Winkelhock
Honda Team Motul	Honda NSX GT3	30	Bertrand Baguette	P
			Mario Farnbacher
			Renger van der Zande
Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	34	Nicky Catsburg	P
			Mikkel Jensen
			Christian Krognes
BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M6 GT3	42	Augusto Farfus	P
			Chaz Mostert
			Martin Tomczyk
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	43	Dominik Baumann	PA
			Adam Christodoulou
			Christina Nielsen
		44	Gary Paffett	P
			Tristan Vautier
			Lewis Williamson
Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	107	Jules Gounon	P
			Steven Kane
			Jordan Pepper
		108	Lucas Ordóñez	P
			Markus Paltalla
			Maxime Soulet
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	888	Yelmur Buurman	P
			Maro Engel
			Luca Stolz
		999	Maximilian Buhk	P
			Maximilian Götz
			Raffaele Marciello
Park Place Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	911	Romain Dumas	P
			Mathieu Jaminet
			Sven Müller
Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	912	Matt Campbell	P
			Dennis Olsen
			Dirk Werner

GT Cup

Team Car No. Drivers ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo 88 Miro Konopka Andrzej Lewandowski Zdeno Mikulasko GT4 Team Car No. Drivers PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 41 Jade Buford Chad McCumbee James Pesek TRG Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 67 Jason Alexandridis Chris Bellomo Spencer Pumpelly RHC Jorgensen/Strom by Strom Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 113 Daren Jorgensen Jon Miller Brett Strom Notes References