2019 California 8 Hours

The 2019 California 8 Hours was the third edition of the California 8 Hours race held on WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on March 30, 2019. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, "GT Cup" for one-make spec cars, and GT4-spec cars. The race was organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).

Race details
Date	March 30, 2019
Location	Monterey, United States
Course	3.602 km (2.238 mi)
Race
Drivers	Mario Farnbacher Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande	Honda Team Motul
Time	1:23.156
Podium
First	Miguel Molina Nick Foster Tim Slade	HubAuto Corsa
Second	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Third	Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Romain Dumas	Park Place Motorsports

The third and final California 8 Hours was the second round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The event was replaced on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar by the Indianapolis 8 Hour.

The race was won by Taiwanese Ferrari team HubAuto Corsa. The Ferrari 488 GT3 completed 327 laps in the allotted eight hours, making a race distance of over 730 miles. Miguel Molina, Nick Foster and Tim Slade beat Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing by twelve seconds. American Porsche team Park Place Motorsports was third.

Lamborghini team ARC Bratislava won the GT Cup class, finishing 24 laps behind the HubAuto Corsa Ferrari and completed 678 miles. Winning the GT4 class was the PF Racing Ford Mustang, a further seven laps down, completing 662 miles.