AF Corse Ferrari pair Come Ledogar and Alessandro Pier Guidi were crowned drivers’ champions at the end of the three-round series that began with last summer’s Spa 24 Hours, while Audi claimed the manufacturers’ prize at the South African venue.
However, it was the ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy that came out on top in the race itself, beating the #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 of Ledogar, Pier Guidi and Miguel Molina by 15 seconds.
Just 11 cars (eight IGTC cars, two local GT3 machines and a single GT4) took the start of the Kyalami 9 Hour, which was originally due to be held in December but was delayed due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in South Africa.
Both Ferrari and Audi went into the event having shuffled their crews in a bid to maximise their drivers’ title chances. Nicklas Nielsen, who had jointly led the standings with Ledogar and Pier Guidi following their Spa win, was moved across to the sister #71…
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