2018 24 Hours of Spa

The 2018 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 70th 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]

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Entry list

The following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:^[2]

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
S	Silver Cup
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup
N	Group N


Team	Car	N°	Drivers	Class
Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	1	Dries Vanthoor	P
			Alex Riberas
			Christopher Mies
		2	René Rast	P
			Nico Müller
			Robin Frijns
Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	4	Yelmer Buurman	P
			Luca Stolz
			Maro Engel
		5	Saud Al Faisal	PA
			Kriton Lendoudis
			Rui Aguas
			Tom Onslow-Cole
		6	Abdulaziz Al Faisal	S
			Hubert Haupt
			Manuel Metzger
			Gabriele Piana
Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	7	Jordan Pepper	P
			Steven Kane
			Jules Gounon
		8	Vincent Abril	P
			Andy Soucek
			Maxine Soulet
Target Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	9	Alberto di Folco	Am
			Stefano Costantini
			Bernard Delhez
			Sylvain Debs
Ombra Racing		12	Kang Ling	S
			Alex Frassinetti
			Romain Monti
			Andrea Rizzoli
Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	14	Marco Seefried	P
			Christian Klien
			Albert Costa
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	17	Daniel Serra	P
			Stuart Leonard
			Marcel Fässler
Antonelli Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	18	Juan Perez	PA
			Gianluca Giraudi
			Loris Spinelli
			Giacomo Altoè
GRT Grasser Racing Team		19	Ezequiel Perez Companc	P
			Raffaelle Giammaria
			Marco Mapelli
		63	Andrea Cadarelli	P
			Christian Engelhart
			Mirko Bortolotti
		82	Rolf Ineichen	P
			Phil Keen
			Franck Perera
GT SPORT-MOTUL Team RJN	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	22	Sean Walkinshaw	S
			Jordan Witt
			Ricardo Sanchez
			Struan Moore
		23	Matt Parry	P
			Alex Buncombe
			Lucas Ordoñez
Audi Sport Team Sainteloc	Audi R8 LMS	25	Markus Winkelhock	P
			Frederic Vervisch
			Christopher Haase
Sainteloc Racing		26	Christian Kelders	Am
			Nyls Stievenart
			Marc Rostan
			Simon Gachet
Daiko Lazarus Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	28	Arno Santamato	S
			Stefano Gattuso
			Nicolas Pohler
			Fabrizio Crestani
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	29	Kelvin van der Linde	P
			Sheldon van der Linde
			Jeffrey Schmidt
Castrol Honda Racing	Acura Honda NSX GT3	30	Riccardo Patrese	PA
			Loic Depailler
			Esteban Guerrieri
			Bertrand Baguette
Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	31	Rob Smith	PA
			Derek Pierce
			Andy Meyrick
			Seb Morris
Wakenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	34	Tom Blomqvist	P
			Christian Krognes
			Philipp Eng
		36	Anders Buchardt	Am
			Henry Walkenhorst
			Ralf Oeverhaus
			Immanuel Vinke
SMP Racing by AKKA ASP	Mercedes-AMG GT3	35	Michael Meadows	P
			Denis Bulatov
			Vitaly Petrov
Strakka Racing		42	Chris Buncombe	PA
			Nick Leventis
			Lewis Williamson
			David Fumanelli
		43	Maxi Buhk	P
			Alvaro Parente
			Maxi Götz
		44	Rubens Barrichello	P
			Christian Vietoris
			Felipe Fraga
Ram Racing		49	Darren Burke	PA
			Salih Yoluc
			Euan Hankey
			Felix Rosenqvist
AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	51	Duncan Cameron	PA
			Lorenzo Bontempelli
			Aaron Scott
			Matt Griffin	PA
		53	Niek Hommerson
			Lous Machiels
			Marco Cioci
			Andrea Bertolini
Emil Frey Jaguar Racing	Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar	54	Alex Fontana	S
			Adrian Zaugg
			Mikael Grenier
Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS	55	Kim-Luis Schramm	P
			Clemens Schmid
			Pierre Kaffer
		66	Pieter Schothorst	P
			Steijn Schothorst
			Jamie Green
Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	58	Côme Ledogar	P
			Olivier Pla
			Ben Barnicoat
		188	Alexander West	Am
			Chris Harris
			Chris Goodwin
			Andrew Watson
R-Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	62	Dominik Baumann	P
			Marvin Kirchhöfer
			Maxime Martin
		76	Matthieu Vaxiviere	P
			Jake Dennis
			Nicki Thiim
GDL Racing	Lamborghini Super Trofeo	67	Andrew Haryanto	N
			Andres Josephsohn
			Beniamino Caccia
			Sarah Bovy
Speed Lover	Porsche 991 Cup	70	Pierre-Yves Paque	N
			Gregory Paisse
			Bob Wilwert
			Gilles Petit
SMP Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	72	Mikhail Aleshin	P
			Miguel Molina
			Davide Rigon
T2 Motorsport		75	Gregory Teo	Am
			David Tjiptobiantoro
			Matteo Cressoni
Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	77	Adrian Amstutz	Am
			Leo Machitski
			Patrick Kujala
		78	Michele Beretta	S
			Rik Breukers
			Sandy Mitchell
			Martin Kodric
Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER	Mercedes-AMG GT3	84	Renger van der Zande	P
			Edoardo Mortara
			Gary Paffett
AKKA ASP Team		88	Raffaele Marciello	P
			Daniel Juncadella
			Tristan Vautier
		89	Nico Jamin	Am
			Philippe Giauque
			Eric Debard
			Fabien Barthez
		90	Jack Manchester	S
			Jules Szymkowiak
			Fabian Schiller
			Nico Bastian
Oman Racing with TF Sport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	97	Ahmad Al Harthy	S
			Euan Mckay
			Charlie Eastwood
			Ross Gunn
ROWE Racing	BMW M6 GT3	98	Ricky Collard	P
			Marco Wittmann
			Jesse Krohn
		99	Alexander Sims	P
			Jens Klingmann
			Nicky Catsburg
Brussels Racing	Aston Martin V12 Vantage	100	Nicolas Van Dierendonck	PA
			Koen Wauters
			Tim Verbergt
			Sam Dejonghe
Aust Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	111	Nikolaj Rogivue	S
			Loris Hezemans
			Philipp Frommenwiler
			Tobias Dauenhauer
Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	114	Norbert Siedler	P
			Stephane Ortelli
			Markus Palttala
KÜS Team75 Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3 R	117	Earl Bamber	P
			Timo Bernhard
			Laurens Vanthoor
Sun Energy 1 Team HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	175	Kenny Habul	PA
			Bernd Schneider
			Thomas Jäger
			Martin Konrad
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	333	Daniel Keilwitz	PA
			Alexander Mattschull
			Rinat Salikhov
			David Perel
		488	Murod Sultanov	Am
			Rick Yoon
			Nicholas Boulle
			Pierre Ehret
Black Swan Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	540	Tim Pappas	PA
			Jeroen Bleekemolen
			Marc Miller
			Marc Lieb
Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	666	Sven Heyrowsky	Am
			Jürgen Krebs
			Tim Müller
			John Louis Jasper
Manthey Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	911	Frédéric Makowiecki	P
			Romain Dumas
			Dirk Werner
Herberth Motorsport		991	Jürgen Häring	Am
			Edward Lewis
			Wolfgang Triller
			Alfred Renauer

Qualifying

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

Race Result

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

^ "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.

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[1] "PREVIEW: 2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Cup Class - The Checkered Flag". 25 July 2018.

[2] "Official Site of Blancpain GT Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.

[3] Watkins, Gary. "Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT: Dries Vanthoor puts WRT Audi on pole". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.

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