2024 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals/Manufacturers Cup

The Manufacturers Cup portion of the of the 2024 Gran Turismo World Series World Finals weekend took place on December 7, 2024.

Entry List[]

The Manufacturers Cup race consists of the top 12 manufacturers in the GT1 League's Global Manufacturer Rankings of the 2024 Online Series, with the partner manufacturers being granted "immunity" from failing to qualify. Each manufacturer has three drivers, one chosen from the best driver in the GT1 League of the online series for each region (Americas, EMEA, Asia-Oceania).

(P) indicates a partner manufacturer, which has a guaranteed entry regardless of if they finished outside of the top 12 in the online series. (fc) indicates a former champion team. (Defending champion Nissan failed to qualify.)

Note that the car numbers are decided from online season rankings.

Team	Number	Car	Drivers
Porsche	1	Porsche 911 RSR (991) '17	Takuma Sasaki Benjamin Hencsei Arthur Mosso
Subaru	2	Subaru BRZ GT300 '21	Angel Inostroza Kylian Drumont Takuma Miyazono
Mazda (P)	3	Mazda RX-Vision GT3 Concept Stealth Model	Robert Heck Pol Urra Ryota Kokubun
AMG^{[mc 1]}	4	Mercedes-AMG GT3 '20	Guy Barbara Daniel Fenton Lucas Bonelli
Chevrolet	5	Chevrolet Corvette C7 Gr.3	Donovan Parker Antonio Santos Yusuke Goto
BMW	6	BMW M6 GT3 Sprint Model '16	Calen Roach Thomas Labouteley Seiya Suzuki
Audi	7	Audi R8 LMS Evo '19	Nicolás Arriagada Daniel Penco Ryo Kumata^{[mc 2]}
Toyota (P, fc)	8	Toyota GR Supra Racing Concept '18	Adriano Carrazza Jose Serrano Tomoaki Yamanaka
Ferrari	9	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 '13	Alonso Regalado Mohamed Buhdeima Jun Hashima
Honda	10	Honda NSX Gr.3	Valerio Gallo Mateo Estevez Soki Nabetani
Lexus (fc)	11	Lexus RC F GT3 '17	Harald Walsen^{[mc 3]} Coque López Kanata Kawakami
Genesis (P)^{[mc 4]}	12	Genesis X GR3	Dean Heldt Nicolas Romero Yuito Sasaki

Notes[]

↑ AMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators.
↑ Ryo Kumata substituted regular Audi driver Shota Sato for undisclosed reasons.
↑ Walsen was a substitute for Igor Fraga, as Fraga had to compete in the Super GT Suzuka 350 km race taking place the same weekend as the GTWS World Finals, which was postponed from its original date in August due to Typhoon Shanshan.
↑ Genesis finished 17th in the online standings, therefore qualifying through partner immunity. This had the effect of Lamborghini, who finished 12th in the online standings, failing to qualify for the live events.

Qualifying[]

Qualifying took place over three sessions, each with progressively softer tires. The first two sessions are traditional, Formula One-style knockout qualifying lasting for few minutes where the slowest three teams are eliminated each session, while the final session is a one-lap shootout.

Bolded lap times indicate the fastest lap time in that session. Names below the lap time indicates which driver set the time.

Pos	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Honda	02:17.686 Estevez	02:16.352 Nabetani	02:14.870 Gallo
2	BMW	02:17.503 Roach	02:15.911 Labouteley	02:15.000 Suzuki
3	Porsche	02:17.440 Mosso	02:16.396 Hencsei	02:15.009 T. Sasaki
4	Lexus	02:17.450 Walsen	02:16.112 Kawakami	02:15.052 Lopez
5	Toyota	02:17.524 Yamanaka	02:16.183 Carrazza	02:15.267 Serrano
6	Subaru	02:17.562 Inostroza	02:16.250 Drumont	02:15.555 Miyazono
7	Genesis	02:17.401 Y. Sasaki	02:16.424 Romero	Eliminated
8	Ferrari	02:17.339 Hashima	02:16.774 Buhdeima	Eliminated
9	Chevrolet	02:17.648 Goto	02:19.168 Parker	Eliminated
10	AMG	02:17.693 Fenton	Eliminated	Eliminated
11	Audi	02:17.787 Penco	Eliminated	Eliminated
12	Mazda	02:17.899 Heck	Eliminated	Eliminated

Grand Finals[]

Although the race was expected to display superiority of midship cars in the wet, the race was dominated by front-engined cars, primarily the BMW, Lexus, and Genesis teams. While the BMW team won the race, Lexus managed held off the hard-charging Genesis squad to ensure the points gap remained in Lexus' favor to clinch the championship, even in absence of their ace driver from the Americas region, Igor Fraga.

The Chevrolet team made a shining display throughout the race, only for it to be undone by a late-race collision. However, the Chevrolet squad did manage to finish tenth for two solitary points, leaving Audi as the sole team not to score points all year.

Pos	Team	Time	Points	Q Grid
1	BMW	49:13.554	24	2
2	Lexus	+01.798	20	4
3	Genesis	+02.894	16	7
4	Subaru	+04.508	14	6
5	Mazda	+04.580	12	12
6	Porsche	+10.240	10	3
7	AMG	+10.315	8	10
8	Honda	+10.555	6	1
9	Ferrari	+10.658	4	8
10	Chevrolet	+17.549	2	9
11	Toyota	+18.068		5
12	Audi	+57.933		11

Winners[]

Manufacturers Cup	Lexus	Harald Walsen Coque López Kanata Kawakami
Michelin Driver of the Day	Lexus	Coque López

Championship Standings[]

Manufacturers Cup standings (Top 5)

No.	Manufacturer	Points
1 ➡️	Lexus	33
2 ⬆️	BMW	32
3 ⬆️	Genesis	19^[1]
4 ⬆️	Subaru	19^[1]
5 ⬇️	Mazda	19^[1]

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Genesis, Subaru, Mazda, and Porsche all finished with 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Grand Final, the third place went to Genesis.

External Links[]

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[1] AMG was referred as "Mercedes-AMG" throughout the event, except by commentators.

[2] Ryo Kumata substituted regular Audi driver Shota Sato for undisclosed reasons.

[3] Walsen was a substitute for Igor Fraga, as Fraga had to compete in the Super GT Suzuka 350 km race taking place the same weekend as the GTWS World Finals, which was postponed from its original date in August due to Typhoon Shanshan.

[4] Genesis finished 17th in the online standings, therefore qualifying through partner immunity. This had the effect of Lamborghini, who finished 12th in the online standings, failing to qualify for the live events.

[mc_tie-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Genesis, Subaru, Mazda, and Porsche all finished with 19 points. As the tiebreaker is decided by the finishing position in the Grand Final, the third place went to Genesis.

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