2021 24 Hours of Spa explained

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2021 24 Hours of Spa
Round No:1
Season No:3
Year:2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Track Map:File:Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Date:29 July–1 August
Location:Spa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Circuit:Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Race1 Laps:556
Pole1: Raffaele Marciello
Pole1 Team:AKKA ASP
Pole1 Time:2:17.949
Winner1: Côme Ledogar
Nicklas Nielsen
Winner1 Team:Iron Lynx
Winner1 Time:24:01:16.554

The 2021 24 Hours of Spa (also known as the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place from 29 July–1 August 2021. The race was part of both the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Background

After being delayed the previous year to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, the race returned to its traditional end of July date for 2021. Spectators were allowed for the race, but were restricted to two bubbles and were required to wear a mask at all times. Initial plans also would have required spectators to provide proof of vaccination or a negative test result for the COVID-19 virus, but this was scrapped days before the event.[1]

Supporting the race weekend were the GT4 European Series, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, TCR Europe Championship, Renault Clio Cup Europe, and a new TC France series.[2]

Prior to the race, Frikadelli Racing was forced to withdraw due to the impacts of the 2021 European floods.[3] Their spot was taken over by Schnabl Engineering.[4]

Entry list

EntrantCarDriver 1Driver 2Driver 3Driver 4
Pro Cup (25 entries)
3 Schnabl EngineeringPorsche 911 GT3 R Michael Christensen[5] Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen-
4 BWT Haupt Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Vincent Abril Maro Engel Luca Stolz-
18 KCMGPorsche 911 GT3 R Josh Burdon[6] Alexandre Imperatori Edoardo Liberati-
21 Rutronik RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R Kévin Estre[7] Richard Lietz Sven Müller-
22 GPX Martini RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet-
25 Audi Sport Team SaintélocAudi R8 LMS Evo Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock-
26 Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo Jamie Green Finlay Hutchison Adrien Tambay-
32 Audi Sport Team WRTAudi R8 LMS Evo Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts-
34 Walkenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT3 Sheldon van der Linde David Pittard Marco Wittmann-
35 Walkenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT3 Timo Glock Thomas Neubauer Martin Tomczyk-
37 Audi Sport Team WRTAudi R8 LMS Evo Robin Frijns Dennis Lind Nico Müller-
38 Jota SportMcLaren 720S GT3 Ben Barnicoat Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson-
47 KCMGPorsche 911 GT3 R Maxime Martin Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor-
50 HubAuto RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maximilian Buhk[8] Nicky Catsburg[9] Maximilian Götz-
51 Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Alessandro Pier Guidi Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen-
54 Dinamic MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart-
56 Dinamic MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R Romain Dumas Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli-
63 Orange 1 FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli-
66 Audi Sport Team AttemptoAudi R8 LMS Evo Mattia Drudi Christopher Mies Kim-Luis Schramm-
71 Iron LynxFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon-
88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASPMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella-
89 AKKA ASP TeamMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lucas Auer Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga-
95 Garage 59 AMRAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Ross Gunn[10] Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim-
114 Emil Frey RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Jack Aitken Konsta Lappalainen Arthur Rougier-
163 Emil Frey RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa Franck Perera-
Silver Cup (16 entries)
5 Haupt Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Patrick Assenheimer Michele Beretta Indy Dontje Hubert Haupt
7 Toksport WRTMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Marvin Dienst Axcil Jefferies Paul Petit Óscar Tunjo
14 Emil Frey RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen-
16 GRT Grasser Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Alberto Di Folco Kikko Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann
27 Saintéloc RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo Alexandre Cougnaud Lucas Légeret Aurélien Panis Louis Prette
30 ROFGO Racing with Team WRTAudi R8 LMS Evo Franco Colapinto[11] Benjamin Goethe James Pull-
31 Belgian Audi Club Team WRTAudi R8 LMS Evo Valdemar Eriksen Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita-
33 Rinaldi RacingFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Fabrizio Crestani Benjamin Hites David Perel-
40 SPS Automotive PerformanceMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lance David Arnold Miklas Born Jordan Love Yannick Mettler
57 Winward MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier Russel Ward-
87 AKKA ASP TeamMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko Petru Razvan Umbrarescu
90 Madpanda MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc Patrick Kujala Ricardo Sanchez[12]
99 Attempto RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo Alex Aka Max Hofer Fabien Lavergne Dennis Marschall
159 Garage 59Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall-
222 Allied-RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R Julien Apotheloz Bastian Buus Lars Kern Arno Santamato
666 Vincenzo Sospiri RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Glenn van Berlo Baptiste Moulin Yuki Nemoto Martin Rump
Pro-Am Cup (15 entries)
2 GetSpeed PerformanceMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze-
10 Boutsen Ginion RacingBMW M6 GT3 Jens Klingmann Jens Liebhauser Karim Ojjeh Yann Zimmer
11 Kessel RacingFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 David Fumanelli Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo
19 Orange 1 FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Bertrand Baguette Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen
20 SPS Automotive PerformanceMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Dominik Baumann Colin Braun George Kurtz Valentin Pierburg
52 AF CorseFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Andrea Bertolini Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Alessio Rovera
53 AF CorseFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina
61 EBM Giga RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R Will Bamber Adrian D'Silva Reid Harker Carlos Rivas
69 Ram RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ricky Collard Rob Collard Sam De Haan Fabian Schiller
70 Inception Racing with Optimum MotorsportMcLaren 720S GT3 Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Ollie Millroy Jordan Pepper
77 Barwell MotorsportLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Henrique Chaves Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell Miguel Ramos
93 Sky - Tempesta RacingFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Eddie Cheever III Matteo Cressoni Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui
107 CMRBentley Continental GT3 Nelson Panciatici Ulysse de Pauw Gilles Vannelet Stuart White
188 Garage 59Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Charlie Eastwood Chris Goodwin Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West
911 Precote Herberth MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R Antares Au Daniel Allemann Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer
Am Cup (2 entries)
23 Huber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Jacob Schell
166 Hägeli by T2 RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R Marc Basseng Dennis Busch Pieder Decurtins Manuel Lauck

Results

Race

Class winners denoted in bold and with

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Further Revision To Spectator Access Rules For 2021 Spa 24 Hours; No Proof of Vaccination or Negative Test Required. Graham. Goodwin. July 29, 2021. August 1, 2021. DailySportsCar.com. Dailysportscar.
  2. Web site: TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa launches official poster and timetable, confirms fans will attend. July 1, 2021. August 1, 2021. totalenergies24hours.com. SRO Motorsports Group.
  3. Web site: Frikadelli Withdraws from 24H Spa Due to Flooding Impacts. Daniel. Lloyd. July 20, 2021. August 1, 2021. SportsCar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC.
  4. Web site: Schnabl Takes Over One of Frikadelli’s Porsches for Spa. Daniel. Lloyd. July 24, 2021. August 1, 2021. SportsCar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC.
  5. Web site: Schnabl Takes Over One of Frikadelli's Porsches for Spa. 24 July 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 24 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Two Defending Winners in KCMG's Porsche Entry for Spa. 14 June 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 14 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Rutronik to Make 24H Spa Debut with Two 2019 Winners. 23 June 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 23 June 2021.
  8. Web site: HubAuto to Run Pro-Class Mercedes-AMG at 24H Spa. 11 June 2021. Lloyd. Daniel. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 11 June 2021.
  9. News: Catsburg Replaces Buurman in HubAuto Mercedes-AMG GT3. Dagys. John. 29 July 2021. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 29 July 2021.
  10. News: Pro Aston Martin to Contest 24H Spa with WEC Champions. Lloyd. Daniel. 1 June 2021. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 1 June 2021.
  11. News: Colapinto Drafted In For Spa 24 Hours. 27 July 2021. Dailysportscar. 27 July 2021.
  12. News: GT News Notebook: Vanthoor To Rutronik – Sanchez To MadPanda. 26 May 2021. dailysportscar. 26 May 2021.