The 2020 Kyalami 9 Hours was an endurance event that took place on 12 December 2020 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in

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. The event was the fourth and final round of the

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, a season curtailed by the

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team

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won pole position for the event and dominated the race by leading for eight hours until heavy rain switched up the order with an hour remaining. The race finished under a Full Course Yellow period and was won by BMW team Walkenhorst Motorsport, driven by local driver

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alongside Augusto Farfus, Jr. and

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. The result handed the latter two the drivers' title by five points over the third-placed trio of Matthew Campbell,

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and

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, while

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won the manufacturers' championship by 24 points over BMW.

Results

Qualifying

Top 6 Shootout

Race

References

External links

Official website
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