2009 24 Hours of Spa

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2009 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 62nd running of the Spa 24 Hours and the fourth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. The race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps between 25 and 26 July 2009. Joining the FIA GT Championship competitors were cars from numerous national GT series as well as competitors from the FIA GT3 European Championship. This was the last time GT1 machinery was eligible for the race, as well as the last Spa 24 Hours that was part of the FIA GT Championship.

PK Carsport's Anthony Kumpen, Mike Hezemans, Kurt Mollekens, and Jos Menten won the race for the second time for Corvette, leading a Vitaphone Racing Maserati and a Phoenix Racing Audi for the overall podium. The GT2 category was won by AF Corse Ferrari, while the Ford GT of Matech GT Racing won amongst G3 entries.

Report

Qualifying

Qualifying's three sessions were hampered by rain, with the only dry track time coming in the early minutes of the first session. The three Vitaphone Maseratis were able to quickly grab the top positions before the rains came, locking them into that position as no improvements were able to be made in any of the latter wet sessions.^[1]

The No. 120 Rossa Corsa Ferrari and No. 11 Full Speed Racing Saleen were required to start from pit lane after they both changed engines following qualifying. The two PMB Motorsports Porsches did not participate in any of the three qualifying sessions and also had to start from pit lane.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Lap Time	Grid
1	GT1	No.2 Vitaphone Racing Team	2:18.030	1
2	GT1	No.33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	2:18.591	2
3	GT1	No.1 Vitaphone Racing Team	2:19.222	3
4	GT1	No.8 Sangari Team Brazil	2:19.530	4
5	GT1	No.3 Selleslagh Racing Team	2:19.670	5
6	GT1	No.40 Marc VDS Racing Team	2:21.881	6
7	GT1	No.4 PK Carsport	2:22.640	7
8	GT1	No.35 Nissan Motorsports	2:24.109	8
9	GT2	No.50 AF Corse	2:25.232	9
10	GT2	No.55 CRS Racing	2:26.349	10
11	G3	No.121 Matech GT Racing	2:26.364	11
12	GT2	No.59 Trackspeed Racing	2:26.471	12
13	GT2	No.77 BMS Scuderia Italia	2:26.584	13
14	GT2	No.51 AF Corse	2:27.245	14
15	GT2	No.70 IMSA Performance Matmut	2:28.038	15
16	GT2	No.60 Prospeed Competition	2:28.133	16
17	G2	No.111 Phoenix Racing	2:28.327	17
18	GT2	No.97 Brixia Racing	2:29.320	18
19	G3	No.172 Barwell Motorsports	2:30.014	19
20	G3	No.145 First Motorsport	2:30.458	20
21	GT2	No.56 CRS Racing	2:30.593	21
22	G3	No.123 Mühlner Motorsport	2:30.648	22
23	G3	No.174 M.P. Sport	2:31.472	23
24	G2	No.118 Gravity Racing International	2:31.601	24
25	G3	No.124 Mühlner Motorsport	2:31.693	25
26	G3	No.122 Matech GT Racing	2:31.796	26
27	GT2	No.99 JMB Racing	2:32.294	27
28	GT2	No.61 Prospeed Competition	2:36.050	28
29	G2	No.116 Jetalliance Racing	2:39.943	29
30	G3	No.120 Rossa Corsa	2:39.981	Pit
31	G3	No.160 Prospeed Competition	2:41.463	30
32	GT1	No.11 Full Speed Racing Team	2:41.902	Pit
33	G2	No.110 G&A Racing	2:52.360	31
34	G3	No.161 Prospeed Competition	2:55.564	32
35	GT2	No.78 BMS Scuderia Italia	2:58.437	33
36	GT2	No.95 PeCom Racing	2:59.646	35
37	G3	No.175 M.P. Garage	3:00.933	34
–	G2	No.117 PMB Motorsport	No Time	Pit
–	G2	No.115 PMB Motorsport	No Time	Pit

Race

Victory in the race went to the number 4 PK Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1, which finished 11 laps ahead of the second placed Maserati MC12 GT1 of Vitaphone Racing Team DHL. Phoenix Racing, AF Corse and Matech GT Racing took class victories.

Following the race, Porsche revealed that all of their cars participating in the GT2 category had used steel sleeves which did not match the homologation papers for the 997 GT3-RSR. The FIA later disqualified all Porsches from the GT2 category for this violation, amending the final race results.^[3]

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[4]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	4	PK Carsport	Anthony Kumpen Kurt Mollekens Mike Hezemans Jos Menten	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	559
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
2	GT1	33	Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	Vincent Vosse Stéphane Léméret Alessandro Pier Guidi Carl Rosenblad	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	548
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
3	G2	111	Phoenix Racing	Marcel Fässler Henri Moser Alexandros Margaritis Marc Basseng	Audi R8 LMS	M	544
					Audi 5.2 L V10
4	GT2	50	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Jaime Melo Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	540
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
5	GT2	56	CRS Racing	Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy Antonio García Peter Kox	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	528
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
6	GT2	55	CRS Racing	Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Phil Quaife Chris Goodwin	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	525
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
7	G3	121	Matech GT Racing	Thomas Mutsch Marc Hennerici Maxime Martin Peter Wyss	Ford GT GT3	M	519
					Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8
8	G3	123	Mühlner Motorsport	Christian Lefort François Verbist Rodney Forbes	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	M	518
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9	G3	161	Prospeed Competition	Markus Palttala Niki Lanik David Loix Oskar Slingerland	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	M	517
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10	GT1	35	Nissan Motorsports Gigawave Motorsport	Darren Turner Anthony Davidson Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R GT1	M	513
					Nissan 5.6 L V8
11	G3	172	Barwell Motorsport	Eddy Renard Koen Wauters Jeffrey van Hooydonk Julien Schroyen	Aston Martin DBRS9	M	503
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
12	G3	145	First Motorsport	Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Éric Hélary Daniel Desbrueres	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	M	497
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Stéphane Sarrazin Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	489
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
14	G2	116	Jetalliance Racing	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitus Eckert Martin Rich Ryan Sharp	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	487
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
15	GT1	3	Selleslagh Racing Team	Bert Longin Maxime Soulet James Ruffier Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	485
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
16	G3	160	Prospeed Competition	Christophe Kerhove Rémy Brouard Eric Havette Philippe Nozière	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	M	484
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	G3	120	Rosso Corsa	Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin Mark Patterson Peter Ludwig	Ferrari F430 GT3	P	476
					Ferrari 4.3 L V8
18 DNF	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Pedro Lamy Alex Müller Eric van de Poele	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	419
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
19 DNF	GT2	99	JMB Racing	Maurizio Basso Peter Kutemann John Hartshorne Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	406
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
20 NC	G2	110	G&A Racing	Guino Kenis Michael De Keersmaecker Patrick Smets Joël Schuybroeck	Mosler MT900R GT3	P	403
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
21 DNF	GT2	77	BMS Scuderia Italia	Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli Diego Romanini Kenneth Heyer	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	329
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
22 NC	GT1	40	Marc VDS Racing Team	Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders Eric De Doncker	Ford GT1	M	318
					Ford 5.0 L V8
23 DNF	GT2	51	AF Corse	Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei Matías Russo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	316
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
24 DNF	G3	174	M.P. Racing Sport Garage	Romain Brandela Gaël Lesoudier Thierry Prignaud André Alain Corbel	BMW Alpina B6 GT3	M	288
					BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
25 DNF	G3	122	Matech GT Racing	Alexandre Funari Negrão Constantino de Oliveira Jr. Luiz Clemente Lunardi Andreas Mattheis	Ford GT GT3	M	272
					Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8
26 DNF	G3	124	Mühlner Motorsport	Jürgen Häring Achim Dürr René Bourdeaux Dimitrios Konstantinou	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	M	234
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
27 DNF	G2	117	PMB Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Philippe Ullman Gilles Vannelet Jonathan Hirschi	Porsche 996 GT2-R	P	159
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
28 DNF	GT1	11	Full Speed Racing Team	Robert Dierick Carlo van Dam Arjan van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan	Saleen S7-R	P	128
					Ford 7.0 L V8
29 DNF	G2	118	Gravity Racing International	Jacques Villeneuve Vincent Radermecker Loris de Sordi Ho-Pin Tung	Mosler MT900R GT3	M	65
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
30 DNF	GT1	8	Sangari Team Brazil	Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	55
					Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
31 DNF	G2	115	PMB Motorsport	Gérard Tremblay Dominique Nury Christophe Lapierre Jean-Charles Perrin	Porsche 996 GT2-R	P	26
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
32 DNF	G3	175	M.P. Racing Sport Garage	Michaël Petit Ange Barde Pascal Hugot Valentin Hummel	BMW Alpina B6 GT3	M	3
					BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
33 DNF	GT2	78	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabio Babini Christian Pescatori Marcello Zani	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	3
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
34 DNF	GT2	95	PeCom Racing Team AF Corse	Lorenzo Casè Cédric Sbirrazuoli	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	3
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
DSQ	GT2	97	Brixia Racing	Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger Marco Holzer Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	535
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	61	Prospeed Competition	Paul van Splunteren Raymond Coronel Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	527
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook Sean Edwards Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	526
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	59	Trackspeed Racing	Tim Sugden David Ashburn Stéphane Ortelli Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	486
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ	GT2	70	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	425
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References

1. "Müller and Bruni on pole after wet qualifying". FIA GT Championship. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
2. "Combined Qualifying". FIA GT Championship. 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
3. "Oschersleben and Spa results finalised". FIA GT Championship. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
4. "Race Result". FIA GT Championship. 2009-07-26. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

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