2010 24 Hours of Spa explained

The 2010 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 63rd running of the Spa 24 Hours. Following the break-up of the FIA GT Championship, the 2010 running of the Spa 24 Hours served as part of the FIA GT2 European Cup, with cars from the GT3, GT4, and national-level GT categories also being allowed to participate. Due to a transaxle gearbox the BMW M3 GT2 was not allowed to compete in the GT2 class, forcing them to race in GTN instead. This was the last year GT2 cars were eligible for the race.

Shortly after the start it was becoming a 3-class car battle with the #2 Ferrari, #50 Audi and #79 BMW. The #2 Ferrari with Gianmaria Bruni behind the wheel quickly build up a sizeable gap over the rest of the field, but small problems threw them back to 2nd position. Shortly into the night the second place #2 Ferrari and the 3rd place #50 Audi collided and both cars were retired. Late into the night, the safety car gave a one lap advantage to the lead BMW. The positions remained there until the last half hour of the race when the #79 BMW got a suspension problem and went straight into Pouhon, allowing the two Porsches to take the two top spots. The race was won by the BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche, the second 24 Hours of Spa victory for the team and fifth for the manufacturer. Local team Mühlner Motorsport also earned Porsche the GT3 category win after all the leading Audis and Ford retired. Aston Martin's Jota Sport won the GT4 category.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Class leaders are in bold, the fastest lap for each car is in gray.

Pos	No.	Team	Class	Qualifying 1^[1]	Qualifying 2^[2]	Qualifying 3^[3]	Grid
1	2	AF Corse ALD Team Vitaphone	GT2	2:28.296	2:22.403	2:23.086	1
2	79	BMW Motorsport	GTN	2:28.164	2:22.549	2:24.419	2
3	50	Phoenix Racing	GT3	2:24.608	2:22.807	2:24.605	3
4	51	Phoenix Racing	GT3	2:23.964	2:23.206	2:23.022	4
5	84	Reiter Engineering	GT3	2:27.046	2:35.757	2:23.252	5
6	78	BMW Motorsport	GTN	2:26.954	2:24.302	2:23.531	6
7	16	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	2:26.338	2:23.960	2:27.011	7
8	13	Prospeed Competition	GT2	2:30.738	2:25.839	2:24.456	8
9	73	WRT Belgian Audi Club	GT3	2:28.581	2:25.603	2:24.659	9
10	60	Prospeed Competition	GT3	2:31.945	2:24.909	2:24.775	10
11	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	GT2	2:30.923	2:26.035	2:24.887	11
12	99	Marc VDS Racing Team	GT3	2:33.834	2:25.270	2:26.492	12
13	72	WRT Belgian Audi Club	GT3	2:26.912	2:25.388	2:27.659	13
14	74	WRT Belgian Audi Club	GT3	2:28.944	2:25.702	2:35.438	14
15	61	Prospeed Competition	GT3	2:29.316	2:30.392	2:25.706	15
16	68	United Autosports	GT3	2:31.924	2:31.139	2:25.745	16
17	81	Gravity International	GTN	2:26.033	2:25.764	2:29.700	17
18	86	Gulf Team First	GT3	2:27.351	2:54.625	2:25.964	18
19	1	AF Corse	GT2	2:27.477	2:27.510	2:27.072	19
20	98	Marc VDS Racing Team	GT3	2:31.430	2:27.193	2:32.862	20
21	67	United Autosports	GT3	2:40.645	2:29.127	2:27.220	21
22	4	Prospeed Competition	GT2	2:32.792	2:27.488	2:31.774	22
23	56	Sport Garage	GT3	2:30.685	2:41.259	2:28.826	23
24	17	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	2:28.983	2:30.365	2:33.690	24
25	71	Team RPM	GT3	2:30.167	2:37.166	2:29.203	25
26	7	Trackspeed	GT2	2:36.807	2:32.506	2:29.328	26
27	85	Gulf Team First	GT3	2:29.931	2:29.336	2:31.366	27
28	64	BRS Aston Martin Racing	GT3	2:29.978	2:32.818	2:31.597	28
29	55	Sport Garage	GT3	2:30.275	2:30.147	2:31.091	29
30	53	Mühlner Motorsport	GT3	2:30.761	2:32.774	No Time	30
31	66	Jet Alliance	GTN	2:30.761	2:40.276	2:32.580	31
32	52	Mühlner Motorsport	GT3	2:50.278	No Time	2:31.199	32
33	100	First Motorsport	GTN	2:45.756	2:31.351	2:36.257	33
34	92	G2 Racing	GT3	2:35.861	2:32.729	2:47.755	34
35	58	VDS Racing Aventures	GT3	2:43.570	2:37.995	2:37.182	35
36	62	RJN Motorsport	GT4	2:50.149	2:41.937	2:39.099	36
37	59	Team Jota	GT4	2:43.773	2:40.789	2:55.197	37
38	63	BRS Aston Martin Racing	GT3	2:52.682	2:46.935	2:43.154	38
39	91	EBRT/Level Racing	GTN	3:00.830	2:58.774	2:43.349	39
40	70	Speedlover	GT4	3:04.141	2:52.540	2:47.881	40

Race

Race result

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Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT2	23	BMS Scuderia Italia	Romain Dumas Martin Ragginger Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		541
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
2	GT2	16	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Patrick Long Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		541
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3	GTN	79	BMW Motorsport	Dirk Werner Dirk Müller Dirk Adorf	BMW M3 GT2		540
					BMW 4.0 L V8
4	GTN	78	BMW Motorsport	Jörg Müller Uwe Alzen Pedro Lamy	BMW M3 GT2		534
					BMW 4.0 L V8
5	GT2	1	AF Corse ALD Team Vitaphone	Michael Waltrip Robert Kauffman Niki Cadei Marco Cioci	Ferrari F430 GTE		519
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
6	GT3	53	Mühlner Motorsport	Jürgen Häring Dimitrios Konstantinou Gilles Vannelet Arnaud Peyroles	Porsche 997 GT3-R		518
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
7	GT2	4	Prospeed Competition	Paul van Splunteren Niek Hommerson Phil Bastiaans Louis Machiels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		515
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8	GT3	99	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Maxime Martin Marc Duez	Ford GT GT3		512
					Ford 5.0 L V8
9	GT3	68	United Autosports	Mark Patterson Stefan Johansson Alain Li Emil Assentato	Audi R8 LMS		503
					Audi 5.2 L V10
10	GT3	67	United Autosports	Eddie Cheever Zak Brown Richard Dean Mark Blundell	Audi R8 LMS		501
					Audi 5.2 L V10
11	GT2	7	Trackspeed	David Ashburn Carl Rosenblad Sebastian Asch Tim Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		500
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	GT2	17	IMSA Performance Matmut	Jean-Philippe Belloc Richard Balandras Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		498
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	GT3	73	WRT Belgian Audi Club	Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Léméret François Verbist Kurt Mollekens	Audi R8 LMS		497
					Audi 5.2 L V10
14	GT3	71	Team RPM	Alex Mortimer Peter Bamford Matt Griffin	Ford GT GT3		492
					Ford 5.0 L V8
15	GT3	60	Prospeed Competition	Jos Menten Julien Schroyen Maxime Soulet Oskar Slingerland	Porsche 997 GT3-R		488
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	GTN	81	Gravity International	Romain Grosjean Vincent Radermecker Ron Marchal Diego Alessi	Mosler MT900R		466
					Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8
17	GTN	66	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitus Eckert Marco Seefried Martin Rich	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		461
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT3	56	Sport Garage	André-Alain Corbel Thomas Duchene Christian Beroujon	BMW Alpina B6 GT3		441
					BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
19	GTN	58	VDS Racing Adventures	Raphaël van der Straten Eric Qvick José Close Karim Al-Azhari	Ford Mustang FR500GT3		431
					Ford 5.0 L V8
20	GT3	86	Gulf Team First	Didier André Grégoire de Moustier Mike Wainright Roald Goethe	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3		410
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21	GT4	59	Jota Sport	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan Roger Wills Joe Twyman	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4		376
					Aston Martin 4.7 L V8
22	GT4	70	Excelsior	Sébastian Viale Michel de Coster Pascal Nelissen-Grade Rik Renmans	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4		338
					Aston Martin 4.7 L V8
23	GT4	69	Speed Lover	Patrick Deblauwe René Brugmans Didier Grandjean Jean-Michel Gérome	Porsche 997 GT3		333
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24 DNF	GT3	55	Sport Garage	Gäel Lesoudier Thierry Prignaud Thierry Stépec Romain Brandela	BMW Alpina B6 GT3		417
					BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
25 DNF	GT3	85	Gulf Team First	Fabien Giroix Frédéric Fatien Anthony Beltoise Jean-Pierre Valentini	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3		374
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26 DNF	GT3	64	Brussels Racing	Eddy Renard Tim Verbergt Koen Wauters Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Aston Martin DBRS9		328
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
27 DNF	GT3	51	Phoenix Racing	Andrea Piccini Marc Hennerici Henri Moser Alexandros Margaritis	Audi R8 LMS		325
					Audi 5.2 L V10
28 DNF	GT2	2	AF Corse ALD Team Vitaphone	Eric van de Poele Bert Longin Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GTE		295
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
29 DNF	GT3	50	Phoenix Racing	Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr Marcel Fässler Anthony Kumpen	Audi R8 LMS		294
					Audi 5.2 L V10
30 DNF	GT3	98	Marc VDS Racing Team	Eric De Doncker Renaud Kuppens Markus Palttala	Ford GT GT3		249
					Ford 5.0 L V8
31 DNF	GTN	91	Level Racing	Philippe Broodcooren René Marin Christoff Corten Bruno Barbaro	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		235
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
32 DNF	GT2	13	Prospeed Competition	Marco Holzer Marc Lieb Richard Westbrook Marc Goossens	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		207
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
33 DNF	GT3	52	Mühlner Motorsport	Armand Fumal Jérôme Thiry Mark Thomas Gianluca De Lorenzi	Porsche 997 GT3-R		135
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34 DNF	GT3	74	WRT Belgian Audi Club	David Tuchbant Jean-Luc Blanchemain Christian Kelders Frédéric Bouvy	Audi R8 LMS		127
					Audi 5.2 L V10
35 DNF	GTN	100	First Motorsport	Hoevert Vos Jeroen Schothorst Raymond Coronel Harrie Kolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		91
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
36 DNF	GT3	84	Reiter Engineering	Peter Kox Marc Hayek Ettore Bonaldi Jeffrey Lee	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3		63
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
37 DNF	GT3	72	WRT Belgian Audi Club	Frank Biela Frank Stippler Vincent Vosse Grégory Franchi	Audi R8 LMS		57
					Audi 5.2 L V10
38 DNF	GT3	61	Prospeed Competition	Philippe Nozière Remy Brouard Christophe Kerkhove	Porsche 997 GT3-R		43
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39 DNF	GT3	63	Brussels Racing	Pierre Grivegnée Christophe D'Ansembourg Jérôme Demay	Aston Martin DBRS9		25
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
40 DNF	GT4	62	RJN Motorsport	Rob Barff Alex Buncombe Chris Buncombe Lucas Ordoñez	Nissan 370Z GT4		23
					Nissan 3.8 L V6
DNS	GTN	92	G2 Racing	Björn Grossmann Claudio Sdanewitsch Stéphane Clareton Cédric Mézard	Ferrari F430 GT3		–
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8

External links

• Official Website (French) (Dutch)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualifying 1 . gt2europe.com . . 2010-07-29 . 2010-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying . 2011-07-11 .
2. Web site: Qualifying 2 . . gt2europe.com . 2010-07-29 . 2010-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying . 2011-07-11 .
3. Web site: Qualifying 3 . . gt2europe.com . 2010-07-29 . 2010-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying . 2011-07-11 .
4. Web site: Race. gt2europe.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2010-08-01. 2010-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20100813153509/http://gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Race%20Result. 2010-08-13 .