2018 24 Hours of Spa explained

The 2018 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 71st running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 28 and 29 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.[1]

Entry list

The following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:[2]

IconClass
PPro Cup
SSilver Cup
PAPro-Am Cup
AmAm Cup
NGroup N
!Team!Car!N°!Drivers!Class
Audi Sport Team WRTAudi R8 LMS1 Dries VanthoorP
Alex Riberas
Christopher Mies
2 René RastP
Nico Müller
Robin Frijns
Black FalconMercedes-AMG GT34 Yelmer BuurmanP
Luca Stolz
Maro Engel
5 Saud Al Faisal PA
Kriton Lendoudis
Rui Aguas
Tom Onslow-Cole
6 Abdulaziz Al FaisalS
Hubert Haupt
Manuel Metzger
Gabriele Piana
Bentley Team M-SportBentley Continental GT37 Jordan PepperP
Steven Kane
Jules Gounon
8 Vincent AbrilP
Andy Soucek
Maxine Soulet
Target RacingLamborghini Huracán GT39 Alberto di Folco Am
Stefano Costantini
Bernard Delhez
Sylvain Debs
Ombra Racing12 Kang LingS
Alex Frassinetti
Romain Monti
Andrea Rizzoli
Emil Frey Lexus RacingLexus RC F GT314 Marco Seefried P
Christian Klien
Albert Costa
Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS17 Daniel SerraP
Stuart Leonard
Marcel Fässler
Antonelli MotorsportLamborghini Huracán GT318 Juan Perez PA
Gianluca Giraudi
Loris Spinelli
Giacomo Altoè
GRT Grasser Racing Team19 Ezequiel Perez CompancP
Raffaelle Giammaria
Marco Mapelli
63 Andrea CadarelliP
Christian Engelhart
Mirko Bortolotti
82 Rolf IneichenP
Phil Keen
Franck Perera
GT SPORT-MOTUL Team RJNNissan GT-R Nismo GT322 Sean Walkinshaw S
Jordan Witt
Ricardo Sanchez
Struan Moore
23 Matt ParryP
Alex Buncombe
Lucas Ordoñez
Audi Sport Team SaintelocAudi R8 LMS25 Markus WinkelhockP
Frederic Vervisch
Christopher Haase
Sainteloc Racing26 Christian Kelders Am
Nyls Stievenart
Marc Rostan
Simon Gachet
Daiko Lazarus RacingLamborghini Huracán GT328 Arno Santamato S
Stefano Gattuso
Nicolas Pohler
Fabrizio Crestani
Montaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS29 Kelvin van der LindeP
Sheldon van der Linde
Jeffrey Schmidt
Castrol Honda RacingAcura Honda NSX GT330 Riccardo PatresePA
Loic Depailler
Esteban Guerrieri
Bertrand Baguette
Team Parker RacingBentley Continental GT331 Rob Smith PA
Derek Pierce
Andy Meyrick
Seb Morris
Wakenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT334 Tom BlomqvistP
Christian Krognes
Philipp Eng
36 Anders Buchardt Am
Henry Walkenhorst
Ralf Oeverhaus
Immanuel Vinke
SMP Racing by AKKA ASPMercedes-AMG GT335 Michael MeadowsP
Denis Bulatov
Vitaly Petrov
Strakka Racing42 Chris BuncombePA
Nick Leventis
Lewis Williamson
David Fumanelli
43 Maxi BuhkP
Alvaro Parente
Maxi Götz
44 Rubens BarrichelloP
Christian Vietoris
Felipe Fraga
Ram Racing49 Darren Burke PA
Salih Yoluc
Euan Hankey
Felix Rosenqvist
AF CorseFerrari 488 GT351 Duncan Cameron PA
Lorenzo Bontempelli
Aaron Scott
Matt Griffin PA
53 Niek Hommerson
Lous Machiels
Marco Cioci
Andrea Bertolini
Emil Frey Jaguar RacingEmil Frey GT3 Jaguar54 Alex FontanaS
Adrian Zaugg
Mikael Grenier
Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS55 Kim-Luis SchrammP
Clemens Schmid
Pierre Kaffer
66 Pieter Schothorst P
Steijn Schothorst
Jamie Green
Garage 59McLaren 650S GT358 Côme LedogarP
Olivier Pla
Ben Barnicoat
188 Alexander WestAm
Chris Harris
Chris Goodwin
Andrew Watson
R-MotorsportAston Martin V12 Vantage62 Dominik Baumann P
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Maxime Martin
76 Matthieu VaxiviereP
Jake Dennis
Nicki Thiim
GDL RacingLamborghini Super Trofeo67 Andrew Haryanto N
Andres Josephsohn
Beniamino Caccia
Sarah Bovy
Speed LoverPorsche 991 Cup70 Pierre-Yves Paque N
Gregory Paisse
Bob Wilwert
Gilles Petit
SMP RacingFerrari 488 GT372 Mikhail AleshinP
Miguel Molina
Davide Rigon
T2 Motorsport75 Gregory Teo Am
David Tjiptobiantoro
Matteo Cressoni
Barwell MotorsportLamborghini Huracán GT377 Adrian Amstutz Am
Leo Machitski
Patrick Kujala
78 Michele BerettaS
Rik Breukers
Sandy Mitchell
Martin Kodric
Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTERMercedes-AMG GT384 Renger van der ZandeP
Edoardo Mortara
Gary Paffett
AKKA ASP Team88 Raffaele MarcielloP
Daniel Juncadella
Tristan Vautier
89 Nico JaminAm
Philippe Giauque
Eric Debard
Fabien Barthez
90 Jack ManchesterS
Jules Szymkowiak
Fabian Schiller
Nico Bastian
Oman Racing with TF SportAston Martin V12 Vantage97 Ahmad Al HarthyS
Euan Mckay
Charlie Eastwood
Ross Gunn
ROWE RacingBMW M6 GT398 Ricky CollardP
Marco Wittmann
Jesse Krohn
99 Alexander SimsP
Jens Klingmann
Nicky Catsburg
Brussels RacingAston Martin V12 Vantage100 Nicolas Van Dierendonck PA
Koen Wauters
Tim Verbergt
Sam Dejonghe
Aust MotorsportAudi R8 LMS111 Nikolaj Rogivue S
Loris Hezemans
Philipp Frommenwiler
Tobias Dauenhauer
Emil Frey Lexus RacingLexus RC F GT3114 Norbert SiedlerP
Stephane Ortelli
Markus Palttala
KÜS Team75 BernhardPorsche 911 GT3 R117 Earl BamberP
Timo Bernhard
Laurens Vanthoor
Sun Energy 1 Team HTP MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT3175 Kenny HabulPA
Bernd Schneider
Thomas Jäger
Martin Konrad
Rinaldi RacingFerrari 488 GT3333 Daniel Keilwitz PA
Alexander Mattschull
Rinat Salikhov
David Perel
488 Murod Sultanov Am
Rick Yoon
Nicholas Boulle
Pierre Ehret
Black Swan RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R540 Tim PappasPA
Jeroen Bleekemolen
Marc Miller
Marc Lieb
Attempto RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3666 Sven Heyrowsky Am
Jürgen Krebs
Tim Müller
John Louis Jasper
Manthey RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R911 Frédéric MakowieckiP
Romain Dumas
Dirk Werner
Herberth Motorsport991 Jürgen Häring Am
Edward Lewis
Wolfgang Triller
Alfred Renauer

Qualifying

These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[3]

DriverTeamCarTimeDif
11Dries VanthoorAudi Sport Team WRTAudi R8 LMS2:18,578
262Maxime MartinR-MotorsportAston Martin V12 Vantage2:19.183+0,605
32Nico MüllerAudi Sport Team WRTAudi R8 LMS2:19.366+0,788
472Davide RigonSMP RacingFerrari 488 GT32:19.433+0,855
529Kevin van der LindeMontaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS2:19.493+0,915
658Côme LedogarGarage 59McLaren 650S GT32:19.512+0,934
725Markus WinkelhockAudi Sport Team SaintélocAudi R8 LMS2:19.515+0,937
834Philipp EngWakenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT32:19.517+0,939
9911Frédéric MakowieckiManthey RacingPorsche 911 GT32:19.649+1,071
1063Mirko BortolottiGRT Grasser Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT32:19.697+1,119

Race

Race Result

PosClassNoTeamDriversCarLaps
1Pro34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Tom Blomqvist
Philipp Eng
Christian Krognes
BMW M6 GT3511
2Pro99 Rowe Racing Nick Catsburg
Jens Klingmann
Alexander Sims
BMW M6 GT3511
3Pro29 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Kelvin van der Linde
Sheldon van der Linde
Jeffrey Schmidt
Audi R8 LMS511
4Pro25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Christopher Haase
Frédéric Vervisch
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS511
5Pro4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Yelmer Buurman
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3511
6Pro88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Daniel Juncadella
Raffaele Marciello
Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3510
7Pro23 GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN Alex Buncombe
Lucas Ordóñez
Matt Parry
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)510
8Pro2 Audi Sport Team WRT Robin Frijns
Nico Müller
René Rast
Audi R8 LMS509
9Pro76 R-Motorsport Jake Dennis
Nicki Thiim
Matthieu Vaxiviere
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3508
10Pro72 SMP Racing Davide Rigon
Miguel Molina
Mikhail Aleshin
Ferrari 488 GT3508
11Pro43 Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Maximilian Buhk
Maximilian Götz
Álvaro Parente
Mercedes-AMG GT3508
12Pro84 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER Edoardo Mortara
Gary Paffett
Renger van der Zande
Mercedes-AMG GT3507
13Pro14 Emil Frey Lexus Racing Albert Costa
Christian Klien
Marco Seefried
Lexus RC F GT3507
14Pro19 GRT Grasser Racing Team Raffaele Giammaria
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3506
15Pro-Am333 Rinaldi Racing Daniel Keilwitz
Alexander Mattschull
Rinat Salikhov
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3506
16Pro35 SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Denis Bulatov
Michael Meadows
Vitaly Petrov
Mercedes-AMG GT3505
17Pro-Am42 Strakka Racing Chris Buncombe
David Fumanelli
Nick Leventis
Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3504
18Silver12 Ombra Racing Alex Frassineti
Kang Ling
Romain Monti
Andrea Rizzoli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3504
19Silver78 Barwell Motorsport Michele Beretta
Rik Breukers
Martin Kodrić
Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3504
20Pro-Am175 SunEnergy 1 Team HTP Motorsport Kenny Habul
Thomas Jäger
Martin Konrad
Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-AMG GT3503
21Pro-Am51 AF Corse Lorenzo Bontempelli
Duncan Cameron
Matt Griffin
Aaron Scott
Ferrari 488 GT3503
22Pro58 Garage 59 Ben Barnicoat
Côme Ledogar
Olivier Pla
McLaren 650S GT3503
23Silver6 Black Falcon Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Hubert Haupt
Manuel Metzger
Gabriele Piana
Mercedes-AMG GT3501
24Pro55 Attempto Racing Pierre Kaffer
Clemens Schmid
Kim-Luis Schramm
Audi R8 LMS501
25Pro7 Bentley Team M-Sport Jules Gounon
Steven Kane
Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)499
26Pro-Am53 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Marco Cioci
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
Ferrari 488 GT3499
27Am77 Barwell Motorsport Richard Abra
Adrian Amstutz
Patrick Kujala
Leo Machitski
Lamborghini Huracán GT3496
28Silver54 Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Alex Fontana
Mikaël Grenier
Adrian Zaugg
Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar496
29Pro911 Manthey Racing Romain Dumas
Frédéric Makowiecki
Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R493
30Am9 Target Racing Stefano Costantini
Sylvain Debs
Bernard Delhez
Alberto Di Folco
Lamborghini Huracán GT3491
31Pro-Am5 Black Falcon Rui Águas
Saud Al Faisal
Kriton Lendoudis
Tom Onslow-Cole
Mercedes-AMG GT3490
32Pro-Am30 Castrol Honda Racing Bertrand Baguette
Loïc Depailler
Esteban Guerrieri
Riccardo Patrese
Honda NSX GT3490
33Pro-Am49 Ram Racing Euan Hankey
Salih Yoluç
Darren Burke
Felix Rosenqvist
Mercedes-AMG GT3489
34Am488 Rinaldi Racing Nicolas Boulle
Pierre Ehret
Murad Sultanov
Rick Yoon
Ferrari 488 GT3488
35Pro62 R-Motorsport Dominik Baumann
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Maxime Martin
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3485
36Am75 T2 Motorsport Christian Colombo
Matteo Cressoni
Gregory Teo
David Tjiptobiantoro
Ferrari 488 GT3482
37Silver22 GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN Struan Moore
Ricardo Sánchez
Sean Walkinshaw
Jordan Witt
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)482
38Am36 Walkenhorst Motorsport Anders Buchardt
Ralf Oeverhaus
Immanuel Vinke
Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3478
39Am991 Herberth Motorsport Edward Lewis Brauner
Jürgen Häring
Wolfgang Triller
Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R475
40Pro1 Audi Sport Team WRT Christopher Mies
Alex Riberas
Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS456
41Pro-Am540 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen
Marc Lieb
Marc Miller
Tim Pappas
Porsche 911 GT3 R447
42Am188 Garage 59 Chris Goodwin
Chris Harris
Andrew Watson
Alexander West
McLaren 650S GT3391
43Group Nat.70 SpeedLover Grégory Paisse
Pierre-Yves Paque
Gilles Petit
Bob Wilwert
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup390
44Pro66 Attempto Racing Jamie Green
Pieter Schothorst
Steijn Schothorst
Audi R8 LMS384
45Pro-Am100 Brussels Racing Sam Dejonghe
Nicolas Vandierendonck
Tim Verbergt
Koen Wauters
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3376
46Pro-Am18 Antonelli Motorsport Giacomo Altoè
Gianluca Giraudi
Juan Perez
Loris Spinelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3374
47Group Nat.67 GDL Racing Sarah Bovy
Beniamino Caccia
Andrew Haryanto
Andrés Josephsohn
Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo364
DNFPro117 KÜS Team75 Bernhard Earl Bamber
Timo Bernhard
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R353
DNFPro8 Bentley Team M-Sport Vincent Abril
Andy Soucek
Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018)349
DNFSilver111 Aust Motorsport Tobias Dauenhauer
Philipp Frommenwiler
Loris Hezemans
Nikolaj Rogivue
Audi R8 LMS342
DNFPro82 GRT Grasser Racing Team Rolf Ineichen
Phil Keen
Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3311
DNFSilver90 AKKA ASP Team Nico Bastian
Jack Manchester
Fabian Schiller
Jules Szymkowiak
Mercedes-AMG GT3261
DNFAm666 Attempto Racing Sven Heyrowsky
John-Louis Jasper
Jürgen Krebs
Tim Müller
Rory Penttinen
Lamborghini Huracán GT3227
DNFPro114 Emil Frey Lexus Racing Stéphane Ortelli
Markus Palttala
Norbert Siedler
Lexus RC F GT3196
DNFPro-Am31 Team Parker Racing Andy Meyrick
Seb Morris
Derek Pierce
Rob Smith
Bentley Continental GT3 (2016)195
DNFPro98 Rowe Racing Ricky Collard
Jesse Krohn
Marco Wittmann
BMW M6 GT3194
DNFSilver28 Daiko Lazarus Racing Fabrizio Crestani
Stefano Gattuso
Nicolas Pohler
Arno Santamato
Lamborghini Huracán GT3135
DNFPro44 Strakka Racing Rubens Barrichello
Felipe Fraga
Christian Vietoris
Mercedes-AMG GT3117
DNFPro63 GRT Grasser Racing Team Mirko Bortolotti
Andrea Caldarelli
Christian Engelhart
Lamborghini Huracán GT3113
DNFPro17 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Marcel Fässler
Stuart Leonard
Daniel Serra
Audi R8 LMS93
DNFSilver97 Oman Racing with TF Sport Charlie Eastwood
Ross Gunn
Ahmad Al Harthy
Euan McKay
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT372
DNFAm89 AKKA ASP Team Fabian Barthez
Eric Debard
Philippe Giauque
Nico Jamin
Mercedes-AMG GT343
DNFAm26 Saintéloc Racing Simon Gachet
Christian Kelders
Marc Rostan
Nyls Stievenart
Audi R8 LMS39

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PREVIEW: 2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Cup Class - The Checkered Flag. 25 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Official Site of Blancpain GT Series. 2018-07-27. www.blancpain-gt-series.com.
  3. News: Watkins. Gary. Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT: Dries Vanthoor puts WRT Audi on pole. 2018-07-27. Autosport.com. en.