2010 24 Hours of Spa

August 2010 2010 Total Spa 24 Hours 2009 2011 thumb|250px|Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The 2010 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 63rd running of the Spa 24 Hours. The race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps between 31 July and 1 August 2010. 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. 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 Qualifying result Class leaders are in bold, the fastest lap for each car is in gray. Pos No. Team Class Qualifying 1Qualifying 1 http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying gt2europe.com Stéphane Ratel Organisation 2010-07-29 2010-07-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying 2011-07-11 Qualifying 2http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying Qualifying 2 Stéphane Ratel Organisation gt2europe.com 2010-07-29 2010-07-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying 2011-07-11 Qualifying 3http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying Qualifying 3 Stéphane Ratel Organisation gt2europe.com 2010-07-29 2010-07-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132244/http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Qualifying 2011-07-11 Grid 1 2 AF CorseALD 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 Race result Race http://www.gt2europe.com/results.php?event=1&season=2010&session=Race%20Result gt2europe.com Stéphane Ratel Organisation 2010-08-01 2010-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100813153509/http://gt2europe.com/results.php?season=2010&event=1&session=Race%20Result 2010-08-13 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT2 23 ITA BMS Scuderia Italia FRA Romain DumasAUT Martin RaggingerDEU Jörg BergmeisterDEU Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 541 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 2 GT2 16 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Raymond NaracFRA Patrick PiletUSA Patrick LongAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 541 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 3 GTN 79 DEU BMW Motorsport DEU Dirk WernerDEU Dirk MüllerDEU Dirk Adorf BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 540 BMW 4.0 L V8 4 GTN 78 DEU BMW Motorsport DEU Jörg MüllerDEU Uwe AlzenPOR Pedro Lamy BMW M3 GT2 Dunlop 534 BMW 4.0 L V8 5 GT2 1 ITA AF CorseDEU ALD Team Vitaphone USA Michael WaltripUSA Robert KauffmanITA Niki CadeiITA Marco Cioci Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 519 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 6 GT3 53 BEL Mühlner Motorsport DEU Jürgen HäringGRE Dimitrios KonstantinouFRA Gilles VanneletFRA Arnaud Peyroles Porsche 997 GT3-R Michelin 518 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 7 GT2 4 BEL Prospeed Competition NED Paul van SplunterenNED Niek HommersonNED Phil BastiaansBEL Louis Machiels Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 515 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 8 GT3 99 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Bas LeindersBEL Maxime MartinBEL Marc Duez Ford GT GT3 Michelin 512 Ford 5.0 L V8 9 GT3 68 USA United Autosports RSA Mark PattersonSWE Stefan JohanssonHKG Alain LiUSA Emil Assentato Audi R8 LMS Michelin 503 Audi 5.2 L V10 10 GT3 67 USA United Autosports USA Eddie CheeverUSA Zak BrownGBR Richard DeanGBR Mark Blundell Audi R8 LMS Michelin 501 Audi 5.2 L V10 11 GT2 7 GBR Trackspeed GBR David AshburnSWE Carl RosenbladDEU Sebastian AschDEU Tim Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Avon 500 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 12 GT2 17 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Jean-Philippe BellocFRA Richard BalandrasFRA Christophe BourretFRA Pascal Gibon Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 498 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GT3 73 BEL WRT Belgian Audi Club MON Stéphane OrtelliBEL Stéphane LémeretBEL François VerbistBEL Kurt Mollekens Audi R8 LMS Michelin 497 Audi 5.2 L V10 14 GT3 71 GBR Team RPM GBR Alex MortimerGBR Peter BamfordIRL Matt Griffin Ford GT GT3 Michelin 492 Ford 5.0 L V8 15 GT3 60 BEL Prospeed Competition NED Jos MentenBEL Julien SchroyenBEL Maxime SouletBEL Oskar Slingerland Porsche 997 GT3-R Michelin 488 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GTN 81 BEL Gravity International FRA Romain GrosjeanBEL Vincent RadermeckerNED Ron MarchalITA Diego Alessi Mosler MT900R Michelin 466 Chevrolet LS1 5.7 L V8 17 GTN 66 AUT Jetalliance Racing AUT Lukas Lichtner-HoyerAUT Vitus EckertDEU Marco SeefriedGBR Martin Rich Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Michelin 461 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 18 GT3 56 FRA Sport Garage FRA André-Alain CorbelFRA Thomas DucheneFRA Christian Beroujon BMW Alpina B6 GT3 Michelin 441 BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8 19 GTN 58 BEL VDS Racing Adventures BEL Raphaël van der StratenBEL Eric QvickBEL José CloseKSA Karim Al-Azhari Ford Mustang FR500GT3 Michelin 431 Ford 5.0 L V8 20 GT3 86 ARE Gulf Team First FRA Didier AndréFRA Grégoire de MoustierGBR Michael WainwrightDEU Roald Goethe Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Michelin 410 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 21 GT4 59 GBR Jota Sport GBR Sam HancockGBR Simon DolanNZL Roger WillsGBR Joe Twyman Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Michelin 376 Aston Martin 4.7 L V8 22 GT4 70 BEL Excelsior FRA Sébastian VialeBEL Michel de CosterBEL Pascal Nelissen-GradeBEL Rik Renmans Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 Michelin 338 Aston Martin 4.7 L V8 23 GT4 69 BEL Speed Lover BEL Patrick DeblauweBEL René BrugmansBEL Didier GrandjeanBEL Jean-Michel Gérome Porsche 997 GT3 Michelin 333 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 24DNF GT3 55 FRA Sport Garage FRA Gäel LesoudierFRA Thierry PrignaudFRA Thierry StépecFRA Romain Brandela BMW Alpina B6 GT3 Michelin 417 BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8 25DNF GT3 85 ARE Gulf Team First FRA Fabien GiroixFRA Frédéric FatienFRA Anthony BeltoiseFRA Jean-Pierre Valentini Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Michelin 374 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 26DNF GT3 64 BEL Brussels Racing BEL Eddy RenardBEL Tim VerbergtBEL Koen WautersBEL Jeffrey van Hooydonk Aston Martin DBRS9 Michelin 328 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 27DNF GT3 51 DEU Phoenix Racing ITA Andrea PicciniDEU Marc HennericiSUI Henri MoserGRE Alexandros Margaritis Audi R8 LMS Michelin 325 Audi 5.2 L V10 28DNF GT2 2 ITA AF CorseDEU ALD Team Vitaphone BEL Eric van de PoeleBEL Bert LonginITA Gianmaria BruniFIN Toni Vilander Ferrari F430 GTE Michelin 295 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 29DNF GT3 50 DEU Phoenix Racing DEU Mike RockenfellerDEU Lucas LuhrSUI Marcel FässlerBEL Anthony Kumpen Audi R8 LMS Michelin 294 Audi 5.2 L V10 30DNF GT3 98 BEL Marc VDS Racing Team BEL Eric De DonckerBEL Renaud KuppensFIN Markus Palttala Ford GT GT3 Michelin 249 Ford 5.0 L V8 31DNF GTN 91 BEL Level Racing BEL Philippe BroodcoorenBEL René MarinBEL Christoff CortenITA Bruno Barbaro Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Michelin 235 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 32DNF GT2 13 BEL Prospeed Competition DEU Marco HolzerDEU Marc LiebGBR Richard WestbrookBEL Marc Goossens Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 207 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 33DNF GT3 52 BEL Mühlner Motorsport BEL Armand FumalBEL Jérôme ThiryCAN Mark ThomasITA Gianluca De Lorenzi Porsche 997 GT3-R Michelin 135 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 34DNF GT3 74 BEL WRT Belgian Audi Club FRA David TuchbantFRA Jean-Luc BlanchemainBEL Christian KeldersBEL Frédéric Bouvy Audi R8 LMS Michelin 127 Audi 5.2 L V10 35DNF GTN 100 BEL First Motorsport NED Hoevert VosNED Jeroen SchothorstNED Raymond CoronelNED Harrie Kolen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Michelin 91 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 36DNF GT3 84 DEU Reiter Engineering NED Peter KoxDEU Marc HayekITA Ettore BonaldiTWN Jeffrey Lee Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 Michelin 63 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 37DNF GT3 72 BEL WRT Belgian Audi Club DEU Frank BielaDEU Frank StipplerBEL Vincent VosseBEL Grégory Franchi Audi R8 LMS Michelin 57 Audi 5.2 L V10 38DNF GT3 61 BEL Prospeed Competition FRA Philippe NozièreFRA Remy BrouardBEL Christophe Kerkhove Porsche 997 GT3-R Michelin 43 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 39DNF GT3 63 BEL Brussels Racing BEL Pierre GrivegnéeBEL Christophe D'AnsembourgFRA Jérôme Demay Aston Martin DBRS9 Michelin 25 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 40DNF GT4 62 GBR RJN Motorsport GBR Rob BarffGBR Alex BuncombeGBR Chris BuncombeESP Lucas Ordoñez Nissan 370Z GT4 Michelin 23 Nissan 3.8 L V6 DNS GTN 92 SUI G2 Racing DEU Björn GrossmannSUI Claudio SdanewitschFRA Stéphane ClaretonFRA Cédric Mézard Ferrari F430 GT3 Michelin – Ferrari 4.3 L V8 References External links Official Website (French) (Dutch) Spa 24 Hours of Spa Category:Spa 24 Hours