Wow. What a wild race, ending in the rain. Two wins for Walkenhorst Motorsports. Sheldon van der Linde gets a home win. Augusto Farfus is a stalwart of BMW racing having also raced touring cars for Alfa Romeo. Walkenhorst are champions, too! Wow. Well done, boys. Celebrate! You deserve it! The drivers collect their trophies and can party now, socially distanced of course. Porsche win the manufacturers' cup. The drivers are warm, safe and dry, and the rain and lightning at Kyalami continues. The Audi boys finish second, heroincally, not being able to see, aquaplaning like nobody's business. A bittersweet race for the Audi boys. Joy for BMW. Audi wanted a few more meters, and of course, they had to reset their drive time as well.
Mirko Bortolotti will be racing for a different brand next year. We wonder where he will go. Porsche wins the manufactueer's cup, while BMW misses the manufacturer's cup but scores the driver's championship. Who will prevail in 2021? We shall see. It flew by, the whole race. GPX Racing and Porsche are third. Matt Campbell, Patrick Pilet, and Matthieu Jaminet, third. Porsche, again, are manufacturer's champions. Patrick Pilet is happy for Porsche through the difficulties of 2020, for everyone, and especially for racing drivers.They will be back next year.
Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg are champions, five points ahead of Jaminet, Pilet, and Campbell. Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor are next, and then, the other drivers. The sodden Kyalami Grand Prix circuit says farewell for another year. Where is Mirko Bortolotti going? Please, Mirko. Let us know where you will be. Porsche or BMW, possibly, or, could it be Lexus? We'll have to see. Watch this space. The trophies are being presented now. Everyone collects their trophies. Too bad we can't have the podium and the trophies. Maybe we will have a greater sense of freedom for the driver's to celebrate, and also, the fans to come back. None of this existed last year, and well, let's hope it does not exist next year and in the future.
The final celebration gets underway. The drivers are ready. Dylan Pereira, Saul Hack, and Andre Bezeidenhout get their trophies. Rest In Peace, Walter Lechner Sr. You are never forgotten. Godspeed. This is more like a regular podium with the trophies. Andre Bezeidenhout has a trophy in a race he saw with his family, as a small boy. If you have the money, you can race with your heroes. Way to go Lechner Racing and Team Perfect Circle! Celebrate. You deserve it.
We congratulate the Silver Cup winners, Dennis Marschal, Martin Lechman, and Milan Dontje for Audi Sport Team Car Collection, from German GT racing and the Nurburgring 24 Hours. More trophies. Martin Lechman recovers from a spin and gets a winning trophy at Kyalami! There's smiles all around behind the masks. The champagne sprays! We have one more podium, the overall podium, to celebrate.
Matt Campbell, Matthieu Jaminet, and Patrick Pilet, so near, and so far. They are third. Second place goes to the Audi team, Audi Team WRT, Fred Vervisch, Mirko Bortolotti, and Charles Weerts. More fist bumps, and first place, the winners, the #34 Walkenhorst BMW team, Sheldon van der Linde, Nick Catsburg, and Augusto Farfus! The German national anthem plays for the team. The trophies are presented. Once again, we congratulate the winners, Walkenhorst Motorsports BMW. By the way, the trophies are brake discs! Awesome!
The crowd goes wild for Sheldon van der Linde, winning his home race. Here is the original trophy for Walkenhorst. They can hang onto iut for a little while, the silver cup. Kyalami has a great sports car heritage and has given us another wonderful race. Nicky Catsburg and company spray the champagne! Take a swig of champagne. The mayor of Johannesburg is very happy to support motor racing. They are excited to host this motor race again next year. Now, the championship awards. Porsche win the manufacturer's championship. Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg step forward to claim their trophies for the Intercontinental GT Challenge powered by Pirelli.
Congratulations, boys. The winning sashes and trophies are presented. They played to their strengths and did extremely well. The 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge champions are crowned. Spray the champagne! This has been great for South Africa and Johannesburg. We will have the highlights videos and all of that good stuff, coming your way, tomorrow. All the post-race news as well. So, plenty more Kyalami 9 Hours content is coming. The race may be done and dusted. The story isn't quite over yet.
This season of IGTC has been a huge challenge but it has been competitive, too, and thankfully, there was racing for us to enjoy, at Bathurst, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Spa Francorchamps, and Kyalami. Next year, we have to start this race, earlier on, to avoid the big, massive thunderstorms at the end of the motor race. It's been a great race again. So long, from the Kyalami 9 Hours, everybody. We thank you for sticking with us today and for the whole season. Take care.
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