2018 24 Hours of Spa
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
[edit]The following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:[2]
Qualifying
[edit]These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[3]
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dries Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:18,578 | |
| 2 | 62 | Maxime Martin | R-Motorsport | Aston Martin V12 Vantage | 2:19.183 | +0,605 |
| 3 | 2 | Nico Müller | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.366 | +0,788 |
| 4 | 72 | Davide Rigon | SMP Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:19.433 | +0,855 |
| 5 | 29 | Kevin van der Linde | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.493 | +0,915 |
| 6 | 58 | Côme Ledogar | Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 2:19.512 | +0,934 |
| 7 | 25 | Markus Winkelhock | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.515 | +0,937 |
| 8 | 34 | Philipp Eng | Wakenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:19.517 | +0,939 |
| 9 | 911 | Frédéric Makowiecki | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 | 2:19.649 | +1,071 |
| 10 | 63 | Mirko Bortolotti | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 2:19.697 | +1,119 |
Race
[edit]Race Result
[edit]| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pro | 34 |  Walkenhorst Motorsport |  Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng Christian Krognes | BMW M6 GT3 | 511 |
| 2 | Pro | 99 | Rowe Racing |  Nick Catsburg Jens Klingmann Alexander Sims | BMW M6 GT3 | 511 |
| 3 | Pro | 29 | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport |  Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde Jeffrey Schmidt | Audi R8 LMS | 511 |
| 4 | Pro | 25 |  Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS | 511 |
| 5 | Pro | 4 | Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon | Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 511 |
| 6 | Pro | 88 | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP |  Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 510 |
| 7 | Pro | 23 | GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN | Alex Buncombe Lucas Ordóñez Matt Parry | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 510 |
| 8 | Pro | 2 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Robin Frijns Nico Müller René Rast | Audi R8 LMS | 509 |
| 9 | Pro | 76 | R-Motorsport | Jake Dennis Nicki Thiim Matthieu Vaxiviere | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 508 |
| 10 | Pro | 72 |  SMP Racing | Davide Rigon Miguel Molina Mikhail Aleshin | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 508 |
| 11 | Pro | 43 | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Álvaro Parente | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 508 |
| 12 | Pro | 84 | Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER | Edoardo Mortara Gary Paffett Renger van der Zande | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 507 |
| 13 | Pro | 14 | Emil Frey Lexus Racing | Albert Costa Christian Klien Marco Seefried | Lexus RC F GT3 | 507 |
| 14 | Pro | 19 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 506 |
| 15 | Pro-Am | 333 | Rinaldi Racing | Daniel Keilwitz Alexander Mattschull Rinat Salikhov David Perel | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 506 |
| 16 | Pro | 35 | SMP Racing by AKKA ASP | Denis Bulatov Michael Meadows Vitaly Petrov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 505 |
| 17 | Pro-Am | 42 | Strakka Racing | Chris Buncombe David Fumanelli Nick Leventis Lewis Williamson | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 504 |
| 18 | Silver | 12 | Ombra Racing | Alex Frassineti Kang Ling Romain Monti Andrea Rizzoli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 504 |
| 19 | Silver | 78 | Barwell Motorsport | Michele Beretta Rik Breukers Martin Kodrić Sandy Mitchell | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 504 |
| 20 | Pro-Am | 175 | SunEnergy 1 Team HTP Motorsport |  Kenny Habul Thomas Jäger Martin Konrad Bernd Schneider | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 503 |
| 21 | Pro-Am | 51 | AF Corse | Lorenzo Bontempelli Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Aaron Scott | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 503 |
| 22 | Pro | 58 | Garage 59 | Ben Barnicoat Côme Ledogar Olivier Pla | McLaren 650S GT3 | 503 |
| 23 | Silver | 6 | Black Falcon |  Abdulaziz Al Faisal Hubert Haupt Manuel Metzger Gabriele Piana | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 501 |
| 24 | Pro | 55 | Attempto Racing | Pierre Kaffer Clemens Schmid Kim-Luis Schramm | Audi R8 LMS | 501 |
| 25 | Pro | 7 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 499 |
| 26 | Pro-Am | 53 | AF Corse | Andrea Bertolini Marco Cioci Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 499 |
| 27 | Am | 77 | Barwell Motorsport | Richard Abra Adrian Amstutz Patrick Kujala Leo Machitski | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 496 |
| 28 | Silver | 54 | Emil Frey Jaguar Racing | Alex Fontana Mikaël Grenier Adrian Zaugg | Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar | 496 |
| 29 | Pro | 911 | Manthey Racing | Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 493 |
| 30 | Am | 9 | Target Racing | Stefano Costantini Sylvain Debs Bernard Delhez Alberto Di Folco | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 491 |
| 31 | Pro-Am | 5 | Black Falcon | Rui Águas Saud Al Faisal Kriton Lendoudis Tom Onslow-Cole | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 490 |
| 32 | Pro-Am | 30 | Castrol Honda Racing | Bertrand Baguette Loïc Depailler Esteban Guerrieri Riccardo Patrese | Honda NSX GT3 | 490 |
| 33 | Pro-Am | 49 | Ram Racing | Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç Darren Burke Felix Rosenqvist | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 489 |
| 34 | Am | 488 | Rinaldi Racing |  Nicolas Boulle Pierre Ehret Murad Sultanov Rick Yoon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 488 |
| 35 | Pro | 62 | R-Motorsport | Dominik Baumann Marvin Kirchhöfer Maxime Martin | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 485 |
| 36 | Am | 75 |  T2 Motorsport | Christian Colombo Matteo Cressoni Gregory Teo David Tjiptobiantoro | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 482 |
| 37 | Silver | 22 | GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN | Struan Moore Ricardo Sánchez Sean Walkinshaw Jordan Witt | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) | 482 |
| 38 | Am | 36 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Anders Buchardt Ralf Oeverhaus Immanuel Vinke Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | 478 |
| 39 | Am | 991 | Herberth Motorsport | Edward Lewis Brauner Jürgen Häring Wolfgang Triller Alfred Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 475 |
| 40 | Pro | 1 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Christopher Mies Alex Riberas Dries Vanthoor | Audi R8 LMS | 456 |
| 41 | Pro-Am | 540 | Black Swan Racing | Jeroen Bleekemolen Marc Lieb Marc Miller Tim Pappas | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 447 |
| 42 | Am | 188 | Garage 59 | Chris Goodwin Chris Harris Andrew Watson Alexander West | McLaren 650S GT3 | 391 |
| 43 | Group Nat. | 70 | SpeedLover | Grégory Paisse Pierre-Yves Paque Gilles Petit Bob Wilwert | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 390 |
| 44 | Pro | 66 | Attempto Racing | Jamie Green Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst | Audi R8 LMS | 384 |
| 45 | Pro-Am | 100 | Brussels Racing | Sam Dejonghe Nicolas Vandierendonck Tim Verbergt Koen Wauters | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 376 |
| 46 | Pro-Am | 18 | Antonelli Motorsport | Giacomo Altoè Gianluca Giraudi Juan Perez Loris Spinelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 374 |
| 47 | Group Nat. | 67 | GDL Racing | Sarah Bovy Beniamino Caccia Andrew Haryanto Andrés Josephsohn | Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo | 364 |
| DNF | Pro | 117 | KÜS Team75 Bernhard |  Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 353 |
| DNF | Pro | 8 | Bentley Team M-Sport |  Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 349 |
| DNF | Silver | 111 | Aust Motorsport | Tobias Dauenhauer Philipp Frommenwiler Loris Hezemans Nikolaj Rogivue | Audi R8 LMS | 342 |
| DNF | Pro | 82 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Rolf Ineichen Phil Keen Franck Perera | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 311 |
| DNF | Silver | 90 | AKKA ASP Team | Nico Bastian Jack Manchester Fabian Schiller Jules Szymkowiak | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 261 |
| DNF | Am | 666 | Attempto Racing | Sven Heyrowsky John-Louis Jasper Jürgen Krebs Tim Müller Rory Penttinen | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 227 |
| DNF | Pro | 114 | Emil Frey Lexus Racing | Stéphane Ortelli Markus Palttala Norbert Siedler | Lexus RC F GT3 | 196 |
| DNF | Pro-Am | 31 | Team Parker Racing | Andy Meyrick Seb Morris Derek Pierce Rob Smith | Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) | 195 |
| DNF | Pro | 98 | Rowe Racing | Ricky Collard Jesse Krohn Marco Wittmann | BMW M6 GT3 | 194 |
| DNF | Silver | 28 | Daiko Lazarus Racing | Fabrizio Crestani Stefano Gattuso Nicolas Pohler Arno Santamato | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 135 |
| DNF | Pro | 44 | Strakka Racing |  Rubens Barrichello Felipe Fraga Christian Vietoris | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 117 |
| DNF | Pro | 63 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 113 |
| DNF | Pro | 17 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Marcel Fässler Stuart Leonard Daniel Serra | Audi R8 LMS | 93 |
| DNF | Silver | 97 |  Oman Racing with TF Sport | Charlie Eastwood Ross Gunn Ahmad Al Harthy Euan McKay | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 72 |
| DNF | Am | 89 | AKKA ASP Team | Fabian Barthez Eric Debard Philippe Giauque Nico Jamin | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 43 |
| DNF | Am | 26 | Saintéloc Racing | Simon Gachet Christian Kelders Marc Rostan Nyls Stievenart | Audi R8 LMS | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ "PREVIEW: 2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Cup Class - The Checkered Flag". 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Official Site of Blancpain GT Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ Watkins, Gary. "Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT: Dries Vanthoor puts WRT Audi on pole". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.