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.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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 edit

Qualifying result edit

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 edit

Race result edit

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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 M 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 M 541
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3 GTN 79   BMW Motorsport   Dirk Werner
  Dirk Müller
  Dirk Adorf
BMW M3 GT2 D 540
BMW 4.0 L V8
4 GTN 78   BMW Motorsport   Jörg Müller
  Uwe Alzen
  Pedro Lamy
BMW M3 GT2 D 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 M 519
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
6 GT3 53   Mühlner Motorsport   Jürgen Häring
  Dimitrios Konstantinou
  Gilles Vannelet
  Arnaud Peyroles
Porsche 997 GT3-R M 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 M 515
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
8 GT3 99   Marc VDS Racing Team   Bas Leinders
  Maxime Martin
  Marc Duez
Ford GT GT3 M 512
Ford 5.0 L V8
9 GT3 68   United Autosports   Mark Patterson
  Stefan Johansson
  Alain Li
  Emil Assentato
Audi R8 LMS M 503
Audi 5.2 L V10
10 GT3 67   United Autosports   Eddie Cheever
  Zak Brown
  Richard Dean
  Mark Blundell
Audi R8 LMS M 501
Audi 5.2 L V10
11 GT2 7   Trackspeed   David Ashburn
  Carl Rosenblad
  Sebastian Asch
  Tim Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR A 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 M 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 M 497
Audi 5.2 L V10
14 GT3 71   Team RPM   Alex Mortimer
  Peter Bamford
  Matt Griffin
Ford GT GT3 M 492
Ford 5.0 L V8
15 GT3 60   Prospeed Competition   Jos Menten
  Julien Schroyen
  Maxime Soulet
  Oskar Slingerland
Porsche 997 GT3-R M 488
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 GTN 81   Gravity International   Romain Grosjean
  Vincent Radermecker
  Ron Marchal
  Diego Alessi
Mosler MT900R M 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 M 461
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18 GT3 56   Sport Garage   André-Alain Corbel
  Thomas Duchene
  Christian Beroujon
BMW Alpina B6 GT3 M 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 M 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 M 410
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
21 GT4 59   Jota Sport   Sam Hancock
  Simon Dolan
  Roger Wills
  Joe Twyman
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 M 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 M 338
Aston Martin 4.7 L V8
23 GT4 69   Speed Lover   Patrick Deblauwe
  René Brugmans
  Didier Grandjean
  Jean-Michel Gérome
Porsche 997 GT3 M 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 M 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 M 374
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
26
DNF
GT3 64   Brussels Racing   Eddy Renard
  Tim Verbergt
  Koen Wauters
  Jeffrey van Hooydonk
Aston Martin DBRS9 M 328
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
27
DNF
GT3 51   Phoenix Racing   Andrea Piccini
  Marc Hennerici
  Henri Moser
  Alexandros Margaritis
Audi R8 LMS M 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 M 295
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
29
DNF
GT3 50   Phoenix Racing   Mike Rockenfeller
  Lucas Luhr
  Marcel Fässler
  Anthony Kumpen
Audi R8 LMS M 294
Audi 5.2 L V10
30
DNF
GT3 98   Marc VDS Racing Team   Eric De Doncker
  Renaud Kuppens
  Markus Palttala
Ford GT GT3 M 249
Ford 5.0 L V8
31
DNF
GTN 91   Level Racing   Philippe Broodcooren
  René Marin
  Christoff Corten
  Bruno Barbaro
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 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 M 57
Audi 5.2 L V10
38
DNF
GT3 61   Prospeed Competition   Philippe Nozière
  Remy Brouard
  Christophe Kerkhove
Porsche 997 GT3-R M 43
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
39
DNF
GT3 63   Brussels Racing   Pierre Grivegnée
  Christophe D'Ansembourg
  Jérôme Demay
Aston Martin DBRS9 M 25
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
40
DNF
GT4 62   RJN Motorsport   Rob Barff
  Alex Buncombe
  Chris Buncombe
  Lucas Ordoñez
Nissan 370Z GT4 M 23
Nissan 3.8 L V6
DNS GTN 92   G2 Racing   Björn Grossmann
  Claudio Sdanewitsch
  Stéphane Clareton
  Cédric Mézard
Ferrari F430 GT3 M
Ferrari 4.3 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualifying 1". gt2europe.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2010-07-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  2. ^ "Qualifying 2". gt2europe.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2010-07-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  3. ^ "Qualifying 3". gt2europe.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2010-07-29. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  4. ^ "Race". gt2europe.com. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

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