Fourth place for Porsche 911 GT3 R at season finale

The Porsche works drivers Romain Dumas, Frederic Makowiecki and Dirk Werner crossed the finish line at the eight-hour race on the Laguna Seca Raceway in California after 306 laps. Black Swan Racing fielded a second 911 GT3 R: Works driver Patrick Long from America joined forces with his compatriot Tim Pappas and Jeroen Bleekemolen from the Netherlands in the customer sport racer from Weissach and reached the flag in 10^th place.

The California 8 Hours, held for the second time since 2017, again served as the season finale of the Intercontinental GT Challenge - a series contested on four continents. A total of 32 race cars including 16 GT3 vehicles headed off on the 3.601km dune circuit near Monterey under sunny skies.

After qualifying in the 10^th grid spot on Saturday, Dumas, Makowiecki and Werner put in a flawless and consistent performance and gained six positions in the race. Long, Pappas and Bleekemolen posted a commendable fifth in qualifying, putting the American-Dutch trio just 0.188 seconds off pole position.