2020 24 Hours of Spa

2020 24 Hours of Spa

Event Information
Round 3 of 4 in the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	22–25 October 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Location	Spa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Venue	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Results
Race 1 Distance 527 laps 3691.108 km Pole position Raffaele Marciello AKKA ASP 2:32.166 Winner Earl Bamber Nick Tandy 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 73rd 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	AKKA ASP	Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:32.166
2	31	Team WRT	Kelvin van der Linde	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:32.386	+0.220
3	4	Haupt Racing Team	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:32.522	+0.356
4	66	Attempto Racing	Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:32.881	+0.715
5	25	Saintéloc Racing	Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:32.979	+0.813
6	40	GPX Racing	Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:32.990	+0.824
7	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	2:33.024	+0.858
8	63	FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:33.294	+1.128
9	163	Emil Frey Racing	Alberto Costa	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:33.400	+1.234
10	47	KCMG	Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:33.404	+1.238
11	12	GPX Racing	Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:33.541	+1.375
12	32	Team WRT	Charles Weerts	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:33.568	+1.402
13	99	Rowe Racing	Julien Andlauer	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:33.768	+1.602
14	22	Frikadelli Racing Team	Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:33.780	+1.614
15	54	Dinamic Motorsport	Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:34.119	+1.953
16	27	HubAuto Corsa	Tom Blomqvist	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	2:34.170	+2.004
17	30	Team WRT	Matthieu Vaxivière	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:34.280	+2.114
18	72	SMP Racing	Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo	2:34.338	+2.172
19	89	AKKA ASP	Benjamín Hites	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:34.791	+2.625
20	98	Rowe Racing	Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3-R	2:35.546	+3.380
Source:[14]

Race

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

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

References

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