2008 24 Hours of Spa explained

The 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 2008 FIA GT Championship season Is the final race before the summer break It took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 2 – 3 August 2008.

Half-point Leaders

In the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top eight teams at the six-hour mark as well as the midway point of the race are awarded points towards the championship. Points for the top eight go in the order of 5 – 4 – 3 – 2.5 – 2 – 1.5 – 1 – 0.5.

6 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
2	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
3	10	Gigawave Motorsport	147
4	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	147
5	33	Jetalliance Racing	146
6	8	IPB Spartak Racing	145
7	15	JMB Racing	142
8	4	Peka Racing	142

6 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	141
2	50	AF Corse	141
3	61	Prospeed Competition	140
4	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	140
5	56	CR Scuderia Racing	140
6	60	Prospeed Competition	140
7	51	AF Corse	140
8	62	Scuderia Ecosse	140

12 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	283
2	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	282
3	10	Gigawave Motorsport	280
4	8	IPB Spartak Racing	278
5	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	277
6	15	JMB Racing	273
7	4	Peka Racing	255
8	None Running

12 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	272
2	61	Prospeed Competition	271
3	50	AF Corse	269
4	55	CR Scuderia Racing	266
5	57	Kessel Racing	264
6	62	Scuderia Ecosse	259
7	59	Trackspeed Racing	258
8	75	Juniper Racing	257

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[1]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Eric van de Poele Stéphane Sarrazin	Maserati MC12 GT1		577
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
2	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Alexandre Negrão Stéphane Lémeret Alessandro Pier Guidi	Maserati MC12 GT1		575
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
3	GT1	10	Gigawave Motorsport	Philipp Peter Allan Simonsen Darren Turner Andrew Thompson	Aston Martin DBR9		570
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
4	GT1	15	JMB Racing Aucott Racing	Ben Aucott Alain Ferté Stéphane Daoudi	Maserati MC12 GT1		561
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
5	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Joël Camathias Davide Rigon Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari F430 GT2		555
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
6	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		552
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2		550
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
8	GT1	8	IPB Spartak Racing Reiter Engineering	Jan Lammers Peter Kox Roman Rusinov Tomáš Enge	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT		544
					Lamborghini 6.0 L V12
9	GT2	55	CR Scuderia Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Gordon Shedden Andrea Piccini	Ferrari F430 GT2		543
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
10	GT2	57	Kessel Racing	Henri Moser Fabrizio del Monte Andrea Palma Gilles Vannelet	Ferrari F430 GT2		541
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
11	GT2	56	CR Scuderia Racing	Andrew Kirkaldy Rob Bell James Sutton Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430 GT2		536
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
12	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Richard Lietz Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		520
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	G3	123	Mühlner Motorsport	Heinz-Josef Bermes Marc Basseng Mark Thomas Jean-François Hemroulle	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		518
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	G3	124	Mühlner Motorsport	Duncan Huisman Paul van Splunteren Roeland Voerman Ian Khan	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		513
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
15	G3	112	AS Events	Christopher Campbell François Jakubowski Mathieu Zangarelli Ange Barde	Ferrari F430 GT3		506
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
16	G3	160	Prospeed Competition	David Loix David Dermont Franz Lamot Jan Heylen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		505
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	GT2	62	Scuderia Ecosse	Jamie Davies Fabio Babini Ferdinando Monfardini	Ferrari F430 GT2		503
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
18	G3	145	First Motorsport	Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Christophe Kirkhove François Duval	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		501
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GT2	75	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper Max Twigg Craig Baird Rodney Forbes	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		472
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20	G3	141	Emeraude Racing	Rémy Brouard Philippe Noziere Thierry Stépec Tony Samon	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		468
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 DNF	GT1	6	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler Mike Hezemans Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		460
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
22	G3	106	Delahaye Racing	Damien Coens Armand Fumal Julien Schroyen Marc Faggionato	Ferrari F430 GT3		459
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
23 DNF	G3	174	Sport Garage	Gaël Lesoudier Romain Brandela Arnaud Peyroles Hector Lester	Ferrari F430 GT3		402
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
24 DNF	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Richard Williams David Ashburn Tim Sugden Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		382
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
25 DNF	GT2	70	Easy Race SRL	Maurice Basso Paolo Tenchini Roberto Plati Bertrand Baguette	Ferrari F430 GT2		350
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
26 DNF	G3	122	Team Eurotech Preci Spark	David Jones Godfrey Jones Mike Jordan	Ascari KZ1R		323
					BMW 5.0 L V8
27	Coupe du Roi	180	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Andrea Garbagnati	Ferrari F430 GT3		274
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
		181		Philippe Rambeaud Nicolas Comar	Ferrari F430 GT3
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
		182		Pascal Ballay Johan-Boris Scheier	Ferrari F430 GT3
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
28 DNF	G3	108	Ice Pol Racing Team GPR Pino Racing	Marc Duez Koen Wauters Ludovic Sougnez Olivier Muytjens	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		267
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
29 DNF	GT1	4	Peka Racing	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Fred Bouvy Kurt Mollekens	Saleen S7-R		255
					Ford 7.0 L V8
30 DNF	G3	116	Signa Racing	Patrick Chaillet Christophe Geoffroy Benoit Galland Pierre-Yves Rosoux	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe		229
					Dodge 8.3 L V10
31 DNF	G2	102	McDonald's Racing PMB Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Kenneth Heyer Alexander Talkanitsa Philippe Ullmann	Porsche 911 GT2 Bi-Turbo		229
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
32 DNF	GT2	51	AF Corse	Thomas Biagi Christian Montanari Matías Russo Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GT2		225
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
33 DNF	G3	115	S-Berg Racing	Hans Knauss Dominik Kraihamer Vadim Kuzminykh Martin Rich	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3		196
					Lamborghini 5.0 L V10
34 DNF	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Markus Palttala Mikael Forsten Wolf Henzler Geoffroy Horion	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		183
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
35 DNF	GT1	33	Jetalliance Racing	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Alex Müller	Aston Martin DBR9		151
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
36 DNF	G2	101	Belgian Racing	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens Maxime Martin	Gillet Vertigo Streiff		145
					Maserati 4.2 L V8
37 DNF	GT1	5	Phoenix Carsport Racing	Alexandros Margaritis Jos Menten Robert Schlünssen Uwe Alzen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		140
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
38 DNF	G3	175	Sport Garage	Eddy Renard Robert Hissom Stéphane Lacroix-Wasover Philippe Thirion	Ferrari F430 GT3		122
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
39 DNF	G3	140	Emeraude Racing	Olivier Baron Patrice Fournet André Alain Corbel Manuel Ferreira	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		92
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
40 DNF	G3	121	Exagon Engineering	Éric Hélary Vincent Radermecker Daniel Desbruères Catherine Desbruères	Ferrari F430 GT3		31
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
41 DNF	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Xavier Maassen Maxime Soulet Christophe Pillon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		12
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
DNS	GT1	7	Larbre Compétition	Vincent Vosse Grégory Franchi Pedro Lamy Steve Zacchia	Saleen S7-R		–
					Ford 7.0 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position – #7 Larbre Compétition – 2:13.923^[2]
• Average Speed – 168.07 km/h
• Total Distance – 4041.885 km

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results: 2008 Round 5 – Spa-Francorchamps (Race Result) . . 2008-08-03 . 2008-08-03.
2. Web site: Results: 2008 Round 5 – Spa-Francorchamps (Combined Qualifying) . . 2008-08-01 . 2008-08-03.