The Spa 24 Hours celebrates its a centesimal anniversary in 2024, with a whopping 67 automobiles set to deal with the world-famous occasion famend as one of many hardest in motorsport.
BMW squad Rowe Racing arrive because the defending occasion winners, after its M4 GT3 of Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly claimed victory by 11.1 seconds in 2023 forward of the ASP group’s Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Rowe additionally took victory within the first GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup occasion of the yr at Paul Ricard courtesy of Augusto Farfus, Dan Harper and Max Hesse in April.
However given the dimensions of the grid and the way lengthy the race is, a back-to-back win on the occasion which varieties a part of each the Intercontinental GT Problem and GTWCE Endurance is very uncommon. The final time it occurred was in 2006, 5 years earlier than the present GT3 period started.
It actually is simply too near name and the scene is about to be one other thriller at Spa-Francorchamps. Right here is how and when to look at the motion.
Can Eng, Wittmann and Yelloly repeat their 2023 success for ROWE?
Picture by: BMW AG
When is the 2024 Spa 24 Hours?
- Date: Saturday 29 June – Sunday 30 June
- Begin time: 3:30pm BST/4:30pm native time
The 2024 Spa 24 Hours begins on Saturday 29 June at 3:30pm in the UK and 4:30pm native time. It’s then scheduled to complete at 3:30pm BST and 4:30pm native on Sunday 30 June to cap off 4 consecutive days of monitor motion in Belgium.
It begins with free apply on Thursday 27 June, the place drivers will begin a 90-minute session at 10:20am BST (11:20am native time) earlier than pre-qualifying that afternoon. Pre-qualifying is successfully one other free apply, this time lasting for 60 minutes, nevertheless the outcomes from this session will decide Saturday’s grid if qualifying for any motive can’t occur.
Thursday is about to be very busy, as pre-qualifying is simply the second of 4 classes taking place that day. What follows is qualifying, as a consequence of begin at 7:35pm BST (8:35pm native time) which is able to consist of 4 15-minute classes the place one driver from every automobile will contest a distinct half. Three-driver crews skip Q1.
The common lap time throughout the classes establishes the order, with qualifying figuring out who begins from twenty first downwards as the highest 20 quickest automobiles progress to Friday’s Tremendous Pole Shootout.
Earlier than then, nevertheless, is a 90-minute apply session at 9:25pm BST (10:25pm native) on Thursday which provides groups the prospect to check their automobiles at night time, usually essentially the most difficult a part of the race given the decreased visibility and drop in temperature.
Friday is all about Tremendous Pole. A 30-minute session starting at 2:45pm BST (3:45pm) entails every group nominating a driver to set two flying laps, with one of the best time being recorded. This can decide the highest 20 grid spots, whereas there may be additionally a 30-minute warm-up session at 7:10pm BST (8:10pm native) on Friday night earlier than the race begins the next day.
#51 AF Corse – Francorchamps Motors Ferrari 296 GT3: Alessio Rovera, Robert Shwartzman, Nicklas Nielsen
Picture by: Eric Le Galliot
What are the timings for the 2024 Spa 24 Hours?
Listed here are the total timings for this week’s Spa 24 Hours:
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Date |
Session |
Begin time |
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Thursday 27 June |
Free apply |
10:20am BST/11:20am native time |
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Thursday 27 June |
Pre-qualifying |
3:30pm BST/4:30pm native time |
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Thursday 27 June |
Qualifying |
7:35pm BST/8:35pm native time |
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Thursday 27 June |
Night time apply |
9:25pm BST/10:25pm native time |
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Friday 28 June |
Tremendous Pole Shootout |
2:45pm BST/3:45pm native time |
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Friday 28 June |
Heat-up |
7:10pm BST/8:10pm native time |
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Saturday 29 June |
Race begin |
3:30pm BST/4:30pm native time |
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Sunday 30 June |
Race ends |
3:30pm BST/4:30pm native time |
How can I watch the 2024 Spa 24 Hours?
The Spa 24 Hours is on the market to look at through Motorsport.tv, which is able to reside stream qualifying, Tremendous Pole, the race warm-up and the primary occasion which suggests the apply classes should not being broadcast. On Saturday, there can even be a one-hour build-up to the race whereas shortly after the 24-hour contest has completed, Motorsport.tv will add highlights of the motion.
Motorsport.tv‘s protection is on the market worldwide – apart from in Japan – and this yr’s Spa 24 Hours will be watched through the platform without spending a dime.
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Date |
Session |
Channel |
Protection from |
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Thursday 27 June |
Qualifying |
7:30pm BST/8:30pm native time |
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Friday 28 June |
Tremendous Pole Shootout |
2:40pm BST/3:40pm native time |
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Friday 28 June |
Heat-up |
7:10pm BST/8:10pm native time |
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Saturday 29 June |
Race |
2:30pm BST/3:30pm native time |
Race motion
Picture by: AG Picture
Reside stream hyperlinks for the 2024 Spa 24 Hours
Listed here are the totally different hyperlinks for every session that’s out there through Motorsport.tv:
Qualifying: https://motorsport.tv/gt-world/video/round-4-24-hours-of-spa-qualifying/192376Â
Tremendous Pole Shootout: https://motorsport.tv/gt-world/video/round-4-24-hours-of-spa-super-pole-shootout/192377Â
Heat-up: https://motorsport.tv/gt-world/video/round-4-24-hours-of-spa-warmup/192375Â
Spa 24 Hours: https://motorsport.tv/gt-world/video/round-4-24-hours-of-spa-race/192378Â
Entry listing for the 2024 Spa 24 Hours
The Spa 24 Hours is break up throughout 5 classes: Professional, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Professional-Am. Eligibility is set by the FIA grading system.
The Professional class, the highest-ranked class, has no restrictions on driver grading. However within the Gold class, a most of three gold-rated drivers should pair up with one silver; whereas the Silver class might comprise totally of drivers with that grading.Â
A most line-up of platinum-silver-silver-bronze is permitted within the Bronze Cup, whereas within the Professional-Am class, groups should subject a driver line-up that consists of not more than two platinum and two bronze drivers.
#17 Scherer Sport PHX Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II: Luca Engstler, Kelvin Van Der Linde, Nicki Thiim
Picture by: SRO
For this yr’s Spa 24 Hours, 9 producers might be represented. Mercedes has essentially the most automobiles entered with 14, forward of Porsche on 12, Audi with eight and 7 for Ferrari. Aston Martin, BMW, Lamborghini and McLaren all have six automobiles competing, whereas there is only one Ford Mustang GT3.
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Automobile Quantity |
Workforce |
Automobile |
Drivers |
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Professional – 24 automobiles |
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2 |
Mercedes-AMG Workforce |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Jules Gounon Fabian Schiller Luca Stolz |
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7 |
Comtoyou Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Mattia Drudi Marco Sorensen Nicki Thiim |
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9 |
Boutsen VDS |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Thomas Drouet Maximilian Gotz Ulysse de Pauw |
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22 |
Schumacher CLRT |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Dorian Boccolacci Ayhancan Guven Laurin Heinrich |
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23 |
Phantom International Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Joel Eriksson Jaxon Evans Thomas Preining |
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28 |
HAAS RT |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Simon Gachet Jan Heylen Dennis Lind |
|
32 |
Workforce WRT |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
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34 |
Walkenhorst Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Henrique Chaves Ross Gunn David Pittard |
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46 |
Workforce WRT |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi |
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48 |
Mercedes-AMG Workforce |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Lucas Auer Maro Engel Daniel Morad |
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51 |
AF Corse |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Alessandro Pier Guidi Davide Rigon Alessio Rovera |
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63 |
Iron Lynx |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Mirko Bortolotti Matteo Cairoli Andrea Caldarelli |
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64 |
Proton Competitors |
Ford Mustang GT3 |
Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen Frederic Vervisch |
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71 |
AF Corse |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Vincent Abril Thomas Neubauer David Vidales |
|
92 |
SSR Efficiency with Herberth |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Matt Campbell Mathieu Jasmine Frederic Makowiecki |
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96 |
Rutronik Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Julien Andlauer Sven Muller Patric Niederhauser |
|
98 |
Rowe Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly |
|
99 |
Tresor Attempto Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Alex Aka Ricardo Feller Christopher Haase |
|
130 |
Mercedes-AMG Workforce |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Ralf Aron Daniel Juncadella Frederik Vesti |
|
159 |
Storage 59 |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
Tom Gamble Benjamin Goethe Dean MacDonald |
|
163 |
Grasser Racing Workforce |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Marco Mapelli Jordan Pepper Franck Perera |
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911 |
Pure Rxcing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm |
|
992 |
HubAuto Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Kevin Estre Patrick Pilet Laurens Vanthoor |
|
998 |
Rowe Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Augusto Farfus Dan Harper Max Hesse |
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Gold – 6 automobiles |
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25 |
Sainteloc Junior Workforce |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Paul Evrard Gilles Magnus Jim Pla Ugo de Wilde |
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60 |
2 Seas Motorsport |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Isa Al Khalifa Frank Hen Martin Kodric Lewis Williamson |
|
77 |
Haupt Racing Workforce |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Michele Beretta Arjun Maini Jusuf Owega |
|
88 |
Tresor Attempto Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Glenn van Berlo Lorenzo Ferrari Leonardo Moncini Lorenzo Patrese |
|
111 |
CSA Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Romain Carton Adam Eteki Arthur Rougier Steven Palette |
|
777 |
AlManar Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Al Faisal Al Zubair Dominik Baumann Philip Ellis Mikael Grenier |
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Silver – 10 automobiles |
|||
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3 |
GetSpeed |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Anthony Bartone James Kell Yannick Mattler Aaron Walker |
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10 |
Boutsen VDS |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Sebastien Baud Cesar Gazeau Roee Meyuhas Aurelien Panis |
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12 |
Comtoyou Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Nicolas Baert Erwan Bastard Esteban Muth Sebastian Ogaard |
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19 |
Grasser Racing Workforce |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Hugo {Cook} Baptise Moulin Mateo Llarena Haytham Qarajouli |
|
21 |
Comtoyou Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Charles Clark Sam Dejonghe Matisse Lismont Xavier Maassen |
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26 |
Sainteloc Junior Workforce |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Ivan Klymenko Gilles Stadsbader Marcus Paverud Alban Varutti |
|
35 |
Walkenhorst Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Lorcan Hanafin Romain Leroux Maxime Robin |
|
55 |
Dinamic GT |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Axel Blom Marius Nakken Theo Nouet Jop Rappange |
|
57 |
Winward Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Daan Arrow Colin Caresani Tanart Sathienthirakul |
|
90 |
Madpanda Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Patrick Assenheimer Karol Basz Ezequiel Perez Companc Alain Valente |
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Bronze – 21 automobiles |
|||
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5 |
Optimum Motorsport |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
Ben Barnicoat Shaun Balfe Sam Neary Ruben del Sarte |
|
8 |
Kessel Racing |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Daniele Di Amato David Fumanelli Nicolo Rosi Niccolo Schiro |
|
11 |
Comtoyou Racing |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Kobe Pauwels Dante Rappange Job van Uitert John de Wilde |
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27 |
Optimum Motorsport |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
Rob Bell Ollie Millroy Mark Radcliffe Fran Rueda |
|
30 |
OQ by Oman Racing |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Ahmad Al Harthy Sam De Haan Jens Klingmann Calan Williams |
|
36 |
Walkenhorst Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo |
Tim Creswick Bijoy Garg Ben Inexperienced Mex Jansen |
|
52 |
AF Corse |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Andrea Bertolini Jef Machiels Louis Machiels Tommaso Mosca |
|
54 |
Dinamic GT |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Marvin Dienst Guilherme Oliveira Philipp Sager Christopher Zochling |
|
66 |
Tresor Attempto Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Max Hofer Andrey Mukovoz Alexey Nesov Dylan Pereira |
|
72 |
Barwell Motorsport |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Patrick Kujala Mattia Michelotto Gabriel Rindone Casper Stevenson |
|
74 |
Kessel Racing |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
John Hartshorne Chandler Hull Phil Eager Ben Tuck |
|
78 |
Barwell Motorsport |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Until Bechtolsheimer Ricky Collard Antoine Doquin Sandy Mitchell |
|
80 |
Lionspeed GP with Herberth |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Antares Au Alexander Fach Alessio Picariello Martin Rump |
|
83 |
Iron Dames |
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 |
Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting |
|
91 |
Herberth Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Morris Schuring |
|
93 |
Tempesta Racing |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Lilou Wadoux |
|
97 |
Rutronik Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Dustin Blattner Loek Hartog Dennis Marschall Zacharie Robichon |
|
158 |
Storage 59 |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
James Baldwin Nicolai Kjærgaard Chris Salkeld Mark Sansom |
|
188 |
Storage 59 |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
Marvin Kirchhofer Louis Prette Miguel Ramos Adam Smalley |
|
333 |
Rinaldi Racing |
Ferrari 296 GT3 |
Fabrizio Crestani Felipe Fernandez Laser Christian Hook David Perel |
|
991 |
Century Motorsport |
BMW M4 GT3 |
Pedro Ebrahim Darren Leung Connor De Phillippi Toby Sowery |
|
Professional-Am – 6 automobiles |
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|
4 |
CrowdStrike Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Colin Braun Nicky Catsburg Ian James George Kurtz |
|
16 |
Uno Racing Workforce |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Indy Dontje David Pun RIO Kevin Tse |
|
38 |
HAAS RT |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II |
Julius Adomavicius Olivier Bertels Armand Fumal Brad Schumacher |
|
61 |
Earl Bamber Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
Earl Bamber Adrian D’Silva Brendon Leitch Kerong Li |
|
100 |
Workforce RJN |
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo |
Alex Buncombe Chris Buncombe Josh Caygill Jann Mardenborough |
|
888 |
Triple Eight JMR |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo |
Prince Jefri Ibrahim Martin Konrad Jordan Love Alexander Sims |