2020 24 Hours of Spa

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Belgium 2020 24 Hours of Spa
Event Information
Round 3 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Date22–25 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
VenueCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Results
Race 1
Distance 527 laps 3691.108 km
Pole position Italy Raffaele Marciello
AKKA ASP
2:32.166
Winner New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Rowe Racing
24:00:38.727

The 2020 24 Hours of Spa (also known as Total 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place on 22–25 October 2020. Although it was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, it was announced on 15 April that the race would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background[]

The 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Spa took place on 22–25 October 2020. It was previously scheduled to held on 25–26 July, but in March the race was postponed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] This will be the first time that the race will be held in October.[4] The race was set to be unique as it would run for a 25 hours duration due to the race being held on the weekend when the clocks change.[5][6] However, this idea was pulled when it became clear that the event was not permitted to allow spectators to the race.[7][8] The race will be the third round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and also the third round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.[9][10] The official test days took place on the 29 and 30 September.[4] The GT4 European, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Renault Eurocup and TCR Europe series will all run support races at the event.[2][4][11][12]

Following practice and qualifying track limits was an issue. Drivers were told initially that only track limits would be enforced at the Eau Rouge sequence. However due to "exaggerated abuse" including running out of the bus stop chicane across 10 metres of tarmac runoff up to the barrier, drivers were told that the white lines were the limit of the track and that the cars must remain in contact with the track. The exceptions were at Eau Rouge, Speaker's or No Name Corner, Blanchimont and the exit of the Bus Stop where the drivers were permitted to use the kerbs beyond the white line. Drivers were allowed 3 infringements of the rule before being given a drive through penalty. Any driver gaining an advantage and not giving it back would be penalised 5 or 10 seconds at the next pit stop. The warnings would be reset every 6 hours.[13]

Results[]

Super Pole[]

Pos. No. Team Driver Car Time Gap
1 88 France AKKA ASP Italy Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:32.166
2 31 Belgium Team WRT South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.386 +0.220
3 4 Germany Haupt Racing Team Germany Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:32.522 +0.356
4 66 Germany Attempto Racing Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.881 +0.715
5 25 France Saintéloc Racing Germany Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:32.979 +0.813
6 40 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Austria Thomas Preining Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:32.990 +0.824
7 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:33.024 +0.858
8 63 China FFF Racing Team Italy Andrea Caldarelli Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:33.294 +1.128
9 163 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Spain Alberto Costa Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:33.400 +1.234
10 47 Hong Kong KCMG France Kévin Estre Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.404 +1.238
11 12 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing France Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.541 +1.375
12 32 Belgium Team WRT Belgium Charles Weerts Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:33.568 +1.402
13 99 Germany Rowe Racing France Julien Andlauer Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.768 +1.602
14 22 Germany Frikadelli Racing Team France Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:33.780 +1.614
15 54 Italy Dinamic Motorsport Italy Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:34.119 +1.953
16 27 Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa Sweden Tom Blomqvist Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:34.170 +2.004
17 30 Belgium Team WRT France Matthieu Vaxivière Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:34.280 +2.114
18 72 Russia SMP Racing Italy Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2:34.338 +2.172
19 89 France AKKA ASP Chile Benjamín Hites Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:34.791 +2.625
20 98 Germany Rowe Racing Belgium Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 911 GT3-R 2:35.546 +3.380
Source:[14]

Race[]

Class winners denoted in bold and with double-dagger

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 P 98 Germany Rowe Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 24:00:38.727double-dagger
2 P 66 Germany Attempto Racing Italy Mattia Drudi
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS GT3 527 +4.687
3 P 54 Italy Dinamic Motorsport Italy Matteo Cairoli
Germany Christian Engelhart
Germany Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +28.750
4 P 12 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Australia Matt Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +36.882
5 P 51 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 527 +38.225
6 P 25 France Saintéloc Racing France Dorian Boccolacci
Germany Christopher Haase
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3 527 +38.481
7 P 4 Germany Haupt Racing Team France Vincent Abril
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Luca Stolz
Merecedes-AMG GT3 527 +41.357
8 P 22 Germany Frikaelli Racing Team Germany Jörg Bergmeister
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Norway Dennis Olsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 527 +1:39.997
9 P 29 Italy JAS Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Germany Mario Farnbacher
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Honda Acura NSX GT3 526 +1 Lap
10 P 3 United States K-Pax Racing France Jules Gounon
Belgium Maxime Soulet
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 525 +2 Laps
11 P 40 United Arab Emirates GPX Racing Switzerland Louis Delétraz
France Romain Dumas
Austria Thomas Preining
Porsche 911 GT3 R 525 +2 Laps
12 P 9 United States K-Pax Racing Brazil Rodrigo Baptista
Portugal Álvaro Parente
Spain Andy Soucek
Bentley Continental GT3 524 +3 Laps
13 P 47 Hong Kong KCMG Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R 522 +5 Laps
14 P 30 Belgium Team WRT Austria Ferdinand von Habsburg
Germany Dennis Marschall
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Audi R8 LMS GT3 522 +5 Laps
15 PA 77 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom Ricky Collard
United Kingdom Rob Collard
Russia Leo Machitski
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 521 +6 Lapsdouble-dagger
16 P 14 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Austria Norbert Siedler
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 520 +7 Laps
17 PA 93 United Kingdom Tempesta Racing Italy Eddie Cheever III
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
United Kingdom Chris Froggatt
Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT3 520 +7 Laps
18 S 5 Germany Haupt Racing Team Russia Sergey Afanasyev
Italy Michele Beretta
Germany Hubert Haupt
Italy Gabriele Piana
Merecedes-AMG GT3 520 +7 Lapsdouble-dagger
19
DNF
P 72 Russia SMP Racing Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
Russia Sergey Sirotkin
Ferrari 488 GT3 519 Collision damage
20 PA 188 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
United Kingdom Chris Goodwin
Belgium Maxime Martin
Sweden Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 519 +8 Laps
21 S 84 Germany HTP Motorsport Netherlands Indy Dontje
United Kingdom Philip Ellis
United States Russell Ward
Merecedes-AMG GT3 517 +10 Laps
22 PA 488 Germany Rinaldi Racing Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Italy Rino Mastronardi
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3 516 +11 Laps
23
DNF
P 27 Chinese Taipei HubAuto Corsa Sweden Tom Blomqvist
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Ferrari 488 GT3 515 Drivetrain
24 S 555 China FFF Racing Team France Hugo Chevalier
France Florian Latorre
Belgium Baptiste Moulin
United Kingdom Taylor Proto
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 514 +13 Laps
25 PA 10 Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing Belgium Benjamin Lessennes
Germany Jens Klingmann
Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh
France Gilles Vannelet
BMW M6 GT3 514 +13 Laps
26 S 90 Argentina MadPanda Motorsport Germany Patrick Assenheimer
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Finland Juuso Puhakka
Mexico Ricardo Sanchez
Merecedes-AMG GT3 510 +17 Laps
27 PA 20 Germany SPS Automotive Performance Austria Dominik Baumann
United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz
Germany Valentin Pierburg
Merecedes-AMG GT3 509 +18 Laps
28 S 11 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Frank Bird
Denmark Nicolai Kjærgaard
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Bentley Continental GT3 500 +27 Laps
29 S 89 France AKKA ASP Switzerland Alex Fontana
Chile Benjamin Hites
Switzerland Lucas Legeret
Merecedes-AMG GT3 497 +30 Laps
30 Am 108 France Classic and Modern Racing Belgium Stéphane Lémeret
France Clément Mateu
France Romano Ricci
France Stéphane Tribaudini
Bentley Continental GT3 497 +30 Lapsdouble-dagger
31
DNF
P 163 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Italy Giacomo Altoè
Spain Albert Costa
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 496 Accident damage
32
DNF
P 99 Germany Rowe Racing France Julien Andlauer
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 495 Accident damage
33 P 107 France Classic and Modern Racing France Pierre-Alexandre Jean
France Nelson Panciatici
United Kingdom Seb Morris
Bentley Continental GT3 476 +51 Laps
34
DNF
S 33 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Rik Breukers
Denmark Benjamin Gøthe
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
Audi R8 LMS GT3 453 Accident
35
DNF
PA 52 Italy AF Corse Italy Andrea Bertolini
Netherlands Niek Hommerson
Belgium Louis Machiels
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3 380 Accident
36
DNF
S 78 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport Finland Patrick Kujala
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
Denmark Frederik Schandorff
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 377 Collision
37
DNF
PA 991 Germany Herberth Motorsport Switzerland Daniel Allemann
Germany Ralf Bohn
Germany Alfred Renauer
Germany Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 375 Collision
38
DNF
P 63 China FFF Racing Team Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Italy Marco Mapelli
Denmark Dennis Lind
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 371 Accident
DNF P 35 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport United Kingdom David Pittard
Germany Martin Tomczyk
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3 359 Accident
DNF Am 129 Italy Raton Racing Italy Stefano Constantini
Switzerland Christopher Lenz
Switzerland Lucas Mauron
France Michael Petit
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 318 Accident
DNF PA 87 France AKKA ASP France Fabian Barthez
France Jean-Luc Beaubelique
France Thomas Drouet
France Jim Pla
Mercedes-AMG GT3 275 Accident damage
DNF P 88 France AKKA ASP Russia Timur Boguslavskiy
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 263 Brakes
DNF P 21 Hong Kong KCMG Australia Josh Burdon
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori
Italy Edoardo Liberati
Porsche 911 GT3 R 253 Vibration
DNF S 15 France Tech 1 Racing France Timothé Buret
France Thomas Neubauer
France Aurélien Panis
Lexus RC F GT3 213 Mechanical
DNF S 159 United Kingdom Garage 59 Canada Roman de Angelis
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
United Kingdom James Pull
United Kingdom Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 201 Accident damage
DNF Am 918 Germany Herberth Motorsport Germany Jürgen Häring
Germany Michael Joos
Greece Dimitrios Konstantinou
Germany Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT3 R 158 Accident damage
DNF P 69 United Kingdom Optimum Motorsport United Kingdom Rob Bell
United Kingdom Joe Osborne
United Kingdom Oliver Wilkinson
McLaren 720S GT3 157 Collision damage
DNF S 56 Italy Dinamic Motorsport Belgium Adrian de Leener
Denmark Mikkel Pedersen
Italy Andrea Rizzoli
Monaco Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Porsche 911 GT3 R 148 Accident
DNF P 31 Belgium Team WRT South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Germany Christopher Mies
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS GT3 138 Drivetrain
DNF PA 111 Poland JP Motorsport Austria Mathias Lauda
Germany Jens Liebhauser
Austria Christian Klien
Poland Patryk Krupinski
Mercedes-AMG GT3 135 Accident
DNF Am 26 France Saintéloc Racing France Christophe Cresp
Belgium Gregory Paisse
France Steven Palette
Belgium Pierre Yves Paque
Audi R8 LMS GT3 126 Accident
DNF PA 74 United Kingdom Ram Racing Austria Martin Konrad
United Kingdom Callum MacLeod
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Netherlands Remon Vos
Mercedes-AMG GT3 121 Accident damage
DNF P 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Austria Philipp Eng
Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
BMW M6 GT3 107 Collision damage
DNF P 32 Belgium Team WRT Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Germany Frank Stippler
Belgium Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS GT3 70 Collision
DNF PA 19 China FFF Racing Team Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguchi
United Kingdom Phil Keen
Italy Luigi Moccia
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 33 Gearbox
DNF S 55 Germany Attempto Racing Germany Alex Aka
France Simon Gache
United Kingdom Finlay Hutchinson
Austria Nicolas Schöll
Audi R8 LMS GT3 9 Puncture
Final Classification

References[]

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