The 2019 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 71st running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 27 and 28 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.
The race was won by GPX Racing and drivers Kevin Estre , Michael Christensen and Richard Lietz. The trio's No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished only by 3.347 of Rowe Racing and their No. 998 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Nick Tandy, Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet. Third place went to the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 shared by Maro Engel, Yelmer Buurman and Luca Stolz.[1]
Entry List edit
The following drivers attended the 2019 24 Hours of Spa:[2]
Qualifying edit
Super Pole edit
These were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying:
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  Maro Engel
|
Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.588 | |
| 2 | 117 |  Laurens Vanthoor
|
KÜS Team75 Benhard | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:18.605 | +0.017 |
| 3 | 72 |  Davide Rigon
|
SMP Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:18.806 | +0.218 |
| 4 | 998 |  Nick Tandy
|
Rowe Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:18.822 | +0.234 |
| 5 | 227 |  Daniel Serra
|
HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:18.854 | +0.266 |
| 6 | 2 | Dries Vanthoor
|
Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:18.923 | +0.335 |
| 7 | 1 |  Nico Müller
|
Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:18.994 | +0.406 |
| 8 | 55 | Mattia Drudi
|
Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.007 | +0.419 |
| 9 | 999 | Maximilian Buhk
|
Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.013 | +0.425 |
| 10 | 98 |  Mathieu Jaminet
|
Rowe Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:19.027 | +0.439 |
| 11 | 20 | Kevin Estre
|
GPX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:19.067 | +0.479 |
| 12 | 99 |  Dennis Olsen
|
Rowe Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:19.259 | +0.671 |
| 13 | 76 | Jake Dennis
|
R-Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:19.326 | +0.738 |
| 14 | 62 | Maxime Martin
|
R-Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:19.341 | +0.753 |
| 15 | 44 | Gary Paffett
|
Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.501 | +0.913 |
| 16 | 54 | Klaus Bachler
|
Dinamic Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:19.881 | +1.293 |
| 17 | 129 | Jamie Green
|
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.894 | +1.306 |
| 18 | 59 | Andrew Watson
|
Garage 59 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:20.470 | +1.882 |
| 19 | 563 |  Dennis Lind
|
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 2:21.3971 | +2.809 |
| 20 | 35 |  Katsumasa Chiyo
|
KCMG | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 2:26.9211 | +8.333 |
| Source:[3] | ||||||
- Notes
- ^1 - Penalised for not leaving pits at the correct time.
Race edit
Race Result edit
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 20 |  GPX Racing
|
Michael Christensen Richard Lietz Kévin Estre
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 363 | 24:00:17.511 |
| 2 | P | 998 | Rowe Racing
|
Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 363 | +3.347 |
| 3 | P | 4 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon
|
Maro Engel Yelmer Buurman Luca Stolz
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 363 | +17.945 |
| 4 | P | 25 | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc
|
Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock
|
Audi R8 LMS | 363 | +22.425 |
| 5 | P | 98 | Rowe Racing
|
Romain Dumas Sven Müller Mathieu Jaminet
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 6 | P | 30 | Honda Team Motul
|
Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande Mario Farnbacher
|
Honda NSX GT3 | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | P | 99 | Rowe Racing
|
 Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 8 | P | 563 |  Orange 1 FFF Racing Team
|
Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Dennis Lind
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 9 | P | 117 | KÜS Team75 Bernhard
|
 Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Timo Bernhard
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 10 | P | 999 |  Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
|
Lucas Auer Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | P | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport
|
Mikkel Jensen Nick Catsburg Christian Krognes
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 12 | P | 10 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
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Norman Nato Rik Breukers Charles Weerts
|
Audi R8 LMS | 362 | +1 Lap |
| 13 | P | 88 | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP
|
Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Vincent Abril
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 361 | +2 Laps |
| 14 | P | 129 | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport
|
Christopher Mies Jamie Green Ricardo Feller
|
Audi R8 LMS | 361 | +2 Laps |
| 15 | S | 78 | Barwell Motorsport
|
Sandy Mitchell James Pull Jordan Witt
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 361 | +2 Lap |
| 16 | P | 63 | GRT Grasser Racing Team
|
Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 361 | +2 Lap |
| 17 | S | 90 | AKKA ASP Team
|
Felipe Fraga Timur Boguslavskiy Nico Bastian
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 361 | +2 Lap |
| 18 | P | 18 | KCMG
|
Oliver Jarvis Alexandre Imperatori Edoardo Liberati
|
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 360 | +3 Lap |
| 19 | P | 76 | R-Motorsport
|
Marvin Kirchhöfer Alex Lynn Jake Dennis
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 360 | +3 Lap |
| 20 | P | 44 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing
|
Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 360 | +3 Lap |
| 21 | P | 519 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team
|
Phil Keen Franck Perera Giovanni Venturini
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 360 | +3 Lap |
| 22 | PA | 97 |  Oman Racing With TF Sport
|
 Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç Nicki Thiim
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 359 | +4 Lap |
| 23 | P | 1 | Audi Sport Team WRT
|
Robin Frijns Nico Müller Rene Rast
|
Audi R8 LMS | 358 | +5 Laps |
| 24 | S | 6 | Black Falcon
|
Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Abdulaziz Al Faisal
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 358 | +5 Laps |
| 25 | P | 2 | Audi Sport Team WRT
|
Dries Vanthoor Frank Stippler Alex Riberas
|
Audi R8 LMS | 358 | +5 Lap |
| 26 | PA | 74 | Ram Racing
|
Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Vos Darren Burke Christiaan Frankenhout
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 358 | +5 Lap |
| 27 | P | 54 | Dinamic Motorsport
|
Klaus Bachler Zaid Ashkanani Andrea Rizzoli
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 357 | +6 Lap |
| 28 | Am | 33 | Rinaldi Racing
|
Christian Hook Manuel Lauck Alexander Mattschull Hendrik Still
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 357 | +6 Lap |
| 29 | P | 110 | M-Sport Team Bentley
|
Pipo Derani Andy Soucek Lucas Ordóñez
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 357 | +6 Lap |
| 30 | P | 66 | Attempto Racing
|
Clemens Schmid Kelvin van der Linde Milan Dontje
|
Audi R8 LMS | 357 | +6 Lap |
| 31 | S | 22 | Jenson Team Rocket RJN
|
Philipp Frommenwiler Matt McMurry Struan Moore Ricárdo Sanchez
|
Honda NSX GT3 | 357 | +6 Lap |
| 32 | PA | 43 | Strakka Racing
|
David Fumanelli Jack Hawksworth Richard Heistand Christina Nielsen
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 357 | +6 Laps |
| 33 | S | 19 | GRT Grasser Racing Team
|
Lucas Mauron Arno Santamato Gerhard Tweraser Andrea Amici
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 356 | +7 Laps |
| 34 | S | 17 | Team WRT
|
Shae Davies Alex MacDowall Paul Petit
|
Audi R8 LMS | 356 | +7 Laps |
| 35 | Am | 77 | Barwell Motorsport
|
Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski Richard Abra Patrick Kujala
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 356 | +7 Lap |
| 36 | Am | 29 | Raton Racing by Target
|
Stefano Costantini Toni Forné Christoph Lenz Alberto Di Folco
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 355 | +8 Lap |
| 37 | S | 12 | Ombra Racing
|
Fabrizio Crestani Nicolas Pohler Denis Dupont Corey Lewis
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 353 | +10 Lap |
| 38 | Am | 444 | HB Racing
|
Jens Liebhauser Thomas Neubauer Florian Scholze Philipp Wlazik
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 353 | +10 Laps |
| 39 | P | 35 | KCMG
|
Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Josh Burdon
|
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 352 | +11 Lap |
| 40 | PA | 93 | Tempesta Racing
|
Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Edward Cheever Giancarlo Fisichella
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 351 | +12 Lap |
| 41 | Am | 488 | Rinaldi Racing
|
 José Manuel Balbiani Martin Berry Pierre Ehret Rory Penttinen
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 350 | +13 Lap |
| 42 | PA | 16 | Modena Motorsport
|
Mathias Beche Philippe Descombes John Shen Benny Simonsen
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 348 | +15 Laps |
| 43 | PA | 133 | Scuderia Villorba Corse
|
Mauro Calamia Ivan Jacoma Stefano Monaco Roberto Pampanini
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 347 | +16 Laps |
| 44 | Am | 23 | Tech 1 Racing
|
Fabien Barthez Bernard Delhez Éric Cayrolle Timothé Buret
|
Lexus RC F GT3 | 345 | +18 Laps |
| 45 | Am | 21 | OpenRoad Racing
|
Antares Au Remo Ruscitti Michael Soeryadjaya Francis Tjia
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 343 | +20 Lap |
| 46 | Am | 9 | Boutsen Ginion
|
Karim Ojjeh Marc Rostan Gennaro Bonafede Erik Maris
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 339 | +24 Lap |
| 47 | Am | 188 | Garage 59
|
Chris Goodwin Alexander West Chris Harris Ross Gunn
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 339 | +24 Lap |
| 48 | PA | 26 | Saintéloc Racing
|
Pierre Yves-Paque Michael Blanchemain Simon Gachet Steven Palette
|
Audi R8 LMS | 338 | +25 Laps |
| 49 | P | 107 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Jordan Pepper Steven Kane Jules Gounon
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 321 | +42 Lap |
| 50 | Am | 80 | Audi Sport R8 LMS CUP
|
Andrew Haryanto Jeffrey Lee Yasser Shahin Jingzu Sun
|
Audi R8 LMS | 303 | +60 Lap |
| 51 | P | 72 | SMP Racing
|
Miguel Molina Mikhail Aleshin Davide Rigon
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 294 | +69 Lap |
| NC | Am | 27 | Daiko Lazarus Racing
|
Graham Davidson Sylvain Debs Fernando Navarrete Immanuel Vinke
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 252 | |
| NC | PA | 14 |  Scuderia Praha
|
Josef Král Gabriele Lancieri Matteo Malucellil Jiří Písařík
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 240 | |
| NC | P | 42 | BMW Team Schnitzer
|
Augusto Farfus John Edwards Martin Tomczyk
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 237 | |
| NC | S | 5 | Phoenix Racing
|
Finlay Hutchison Iván Pareras Kim-Luis Schramm
|
Audi R8 LMS | 229 | |
| NC | S | 555 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team
|
Michele Beretta Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto Giacomo Altoè
|
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | 224 | |
| NC | P | 00 | Good Smile Racing & Type-Moon Racing
|
Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka Adam Christodoulou
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 217 | |
| NC | P | 51 | AF Corse
|
Sam Bird James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 199 | |
| NC | PA | 52 | AF Corse
|
Andrea Bertolini Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Toni Vilander
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 186 | |
| NC | PA | 91 | Herberth Motorsport
|
Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 179 | |
| NC | S | 333 | Rinaldi Racing
|
Denis Bulatov David Perel Rinat Salikhov Indy Dontje
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 168 | |
| NC | S | 55 | Attempto Racing
|
Mattia Drudi Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst
|
Audi R8 LMS | 147 | |
| NC | P | 108 | Bentley Team M-Sport
|
Maxime Soulet Alex Buncombe Markus Palttala
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 118 | |
| NC | INV | 50 | 1969 Tribute
|
Loïc Deman Angélique Detavernier Marc Duez Stéphane Lémeret
|
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR | 94 | |
| NC | P | 62 | R-Motorsport
|
Maxime Martin Matt Parry Matthieu Vaxivière
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 84 | |
| NC | PA | 31 | Team Parker Racing
|
Derek Pierce Glynn Geddie Andy Meyrick Ryan Ratcliffe
|
Bentley Continental GT3 | 51 | |
| NC | Am | 37 | 3Y Technology
|
Philippe Bourgeois Jean-Paul Buffin Philippe Haezebrouck Gilles Vannelet
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 33 | |
| NC | S | 762 | R-Motorsport
|
Ricky Collard Ferdinand Habsburg Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 30 | |
| NC | P | 227 | HubAuto Corsa
|
Nick Cassidy Nick Foster Daniel Serra
|
Ferrari 488 GT3 | 25 | |
| NC | Am | 36 | Walkenhorst Motorsport
|
Anders Buchardt David Pittard Henry Walkenhorst Don Yount
|
BMW M6 GT3 | 21 | |
| NC | P | 59 | Garage 59
|
Jonathan Adam Côme Ledogar Andrew Watson
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 10 | |
| NC | P | 109 | M-Sport Team Bentley
|
Rodrigo Baptista Callum MacLeod Seb Morris
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Bentley Continental GT3 | 6 | |
| Source:[4] | |||||||
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2019 24 Hours of Spa.
- ^ Kilshaw, Jake (28 July 2019). "GPX Porsche Wins Rain-Affected 24H Spa". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Site of Blancpain GT Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ "Provisional Super Pole Result" (PDF). SRO. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Provisional Result List Result" (PDF). SRO. Retrieved 29 July 2019.