Next year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) calendar has been finalised following confirmation of the Suzuka 1000km weekend and a small but significant change to the Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS date. No change has been made to the back to back Nurburgring and Spa 24 dates which still see all three major European 24 Hour races on three consecutive June weekends in 2025!
As reported by DSC on 1 August, the IGTC will return to Japan for the first time since 2019 (Pictured top) on September 12-14 before heading Stateside for its and the Fanatec GT World Challenge America Powered by AWS season finale one month later on October 16-19. Per tradition, the GT3 endurance race takes place on Saturday (October 18) before SRO America’s other series stage the majority of their races Sunday.
The 8 Hour is two weeks later than previously announced. This is no coincidence, as it provides teams and manufacturers sufficient time to sea freight cars and equipment from Suzuka to Indianapolis.
There are also practical considerations at the Brickyard where IMSA is due to stage its own race just two weeks prior to the 8 Hour’s original slot. That championship’s 2025 campaign now also concludes before the joint IGTC and Fanatec GT America finale, increasing the potential for more teams to join.
Suzuka, meanwhile, falls in mid-September when temperatures should be lower than the scorching conditions experienced in August 2018 and ’19.
The rest of 2025’s IGTC calendar remains as announced at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa in late June.
The season begins in Australia at Mount Panorama, which hosts the Bathurst 12 Hour in early February. A quirk of Germany’s holiday season then means two 24-hour IGTC races, first at the Nürburgring and then Spa-Francorchamps follow on consecutive weekends in late June, which in turn still follow on from the 24 Hours of Le Mans on the weekend prior to the Nurburgring 24 before Suzuka and Indy close out the five-race campaign.
Updated 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) calendar
- Jan 31/Feb 2: Bathurst 12 Hour, Australia
- June 19/22: ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring, Germany
- June 26/29: CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, Belgium
- September 12/14: Suzuka 1000km, Japan
- October 16/18: Indianapolis 8 Hour Presented by AWS, USA
