The International Continental GT Challenge resumes its shortened season with the 2020 Kyalami 9 Hour. This weekend’s event at the Midrand circuit will be the final race of the world’s only international GT3 series. Most race series have struggled in the wake of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. IGTC managed one race, the Bathurst 12 Hour, in Australia before racing was paused. On-track resumed many months later with two rounds taking place in October, Indianapolis (USA) and Spa (Belgium), and Kyalami serves as the season-finale.

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Many teams have chosen to forego the trip to South Africa and the 2020 Kyalami 9 Hour entry list therefore consists of just 12 teams. Audi, Bentley, BMW, Honda and Porsche will duel for overall honours over nine gruelling hours on Saturday December 12. Racing is scheduled to start at 11:00 and end at 20:00 (SA time).

You can view our 2019 Kyalami 9 Hour galleries by clicking here for Part One and Part Two.

Local lads

Several local teams tried their hand at world-level endurance racing in 2019. In 2020, just a single locally based outfit will be competing. Team Perfect Circle teamed up with Hacking Racing to fly the SA flag. Capetonian advocate Andre Bezuidenhout and Joburger Saul Hack are joined by Porsche Supercup regular Dylan Pereira. The trio will be piloting a 991.2 GT3 R with technical support from Lechner Racing. Other SA drivers in the field include Jordan Pepper (Bentley), Kelvin van der Linde (Audi) and Sheldon van der Linde (BMW).

Click here to check out our exclusive gallery of images from the final round of the South African Endurance Series that took place at Killarney International Raceway last weekend.

Broadcast info

Covid-19 restrictions prevent spectators from attending the 2020 Kyalami 9 Hour. However, racing fans around the world can watch every session and all nine hours of the feature race live and for free on SRO Motorsports Group’s GT World YouTube channel. A local satellite provider will also carry live coverage of the race in South Africa.

At the start of the 2020 race weekend series organisers also confirmed the 2021 calendar, which once again includes Kyalami as the season-closing race.

R1 – 24 Hours of Spa: July 31 – August 1
R2 – Suzuka 10 Hour: August 21-22
R3 – Indianapolis 8 Hour: October 16-17
R4 – Kyalami 9 Hour: December 3-4

Catch last year’s race highlights below: