2021 24 Hours of Spa
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Round 1 of 3 in the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||||||||||||||
Date | 29 July–1 August 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge | |||||||||||||
Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | |||||||||||||
Venue | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||||||||||||
Results | ||||||||||||||
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The 2021 24 Hours of Spa (also known as the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place from 29 July–1 August 2021. The race was part of both the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
Background
After being delayed the previous year to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, the race returned to its traditional end of July date for 2021. Spectators were allowed for the race, but were restricted to two bubbles and were required to wear a mask at all times. Initial plans also would have required spectators to provide proof of vaccination or a negative test result for the COVID-19 virus, but this was scrapped days before the event.[1]
Supporting the race weekend were the GT4 European Series, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, TCR Europe Championship, Renault Clio Cup Europe, and a new TC France series.[2]
Prior to the race, Frikadelli Racing was forced to withdraw due to the impacts of the 2021 European floods.[3] Their spot was taken over by Schnabl Engineering.[4]
Entry list
Results
Race
Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Reason |
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1 | Pro | 51 | Iron Lynx | Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 556 | 24:01:16.554‡ |
2 | Pro | 32 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Dries Vanthoor Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 556 | +3.978 |
3 | Pro | 95 | Garage 59 AMR | Ross Gunn Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 556 | +1:24.957 |
4 | Pro | 37 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Robin Frijns Dennis Lind Nico Müller | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 554 | +2 Laps |
5 | Pro | 47 | KCMG | Maxime Martin Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 554 | +2 Laps |
6 | Pro | 25 | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Marcus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 554 | +2 Laps |
7 | Pro | 38 | Jota Sport | Ben Barnicoat Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson | McLaren 720S GT3 | 554 | +2 Laps |
8 | Pro | 63 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 554 | +2 Laps |
9 | Pro | 66 | Audi Sport Team Attempto | Mattia Drudi Christopher Mies Kim-Luis Schramm | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 554 | +2 Laps |
10 | Pro | 89 | AKKA ASP Team | Lucas Auer Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 552 | +4 Laps |
11 | Silver | 90 | MadPanda Motorsport | Rik Breukers Patrick Kujala Ezequiel Pérez Companc Ricardo Sanchez | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 551 | +5 Laps‡ |
12 | Pro | 18 | KCMG | Josh Burdon Alexandre Imperatori Edoardo Liberati | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 550 | +6 Laps |
13 | Silver | 7 | Toksport WRT | Marvin Dienst Axcil Jefferies Paul Petit Óscar Tunjo | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 550 | +6 Laps |
14 | Silver | 159 | Garage 59 | Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall Tuomas Tujula | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 550 | +6 Laps |
15 | Silver | 99 | Attempto Racing | Alex Aka Max Hofer Fabien Lavergne | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 550 | +6 Laps |
16 | Pro-Am | 53 | AF Corse | Duncan Cameron Matthew Griffin Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 550 | +6 Laps‡ |
17 | Pro-Am | 52 | AF Corse | Andrea Bertolini Louis Machiels Alessio Rovera John Wartique | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 549 | +7 Laps |
18 | Pro-Am | 77 | Barwell Motorsport | Henrique Chaves Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell Miguel Ramos | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 547 | +9 Laps |
19 | Pro-Am | 93 | Sky - Tempesta Racing | Eddie Cheever III Matteo Cressoni Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 547 | +9 Laps |
20 | Pro-Am | 61 | EBM Giga Racing | Will Bamber Adrian Henry D'Silva Reid Harker Carlos Rivas | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 547 | +9 Laps |
21 | Silver | 40 | SPS Automotive Performance | Miklas Born Lance David Arnold Jordan Love Yannick Mettler | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 547 | +9 Laps |
22 | Silver | 30 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Franco Colapinto Benjamin Goethe James Pull | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 546 | +10 Laps |
23 | Silver | 87 | AKKA ASP Team | Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko Petru Răzvan Umbrărescu | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 545 | +11 Laps |
24 | Silver | 31 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Frank Bird Valdemar Eriksen Ryuichiro Tomita | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 545 | +11 Laps |
25 | Pro-Am | 20 | SPS Automotive Performance | Dominik Baumann Colin Braun George Kurtz Valentin Pierburg | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 544 | +12 Laps |
26 | Pro-Am | 911 | Precote Herberth Motorsport | Antares Au Daniel Allemann Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 542 | +14 Laps |
27 | Silver | 222 | Allied-Racing | Julien Apotheloz Bastian Buus Lars Kern Arno Santamato | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 542 | +14 Laps |
28 | Pro-Am | 70 | Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport | Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Oliver Millroy Jordan Pepper | McLaren 720S GT3 | 537 | +19 Laps |
29 | Silver | 27 | Saintéloc Racing | Alexandre Cougnaud Lucas Légeret Louis Prette Aurélien Panis | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 534 | +22 Laps |
30 | Silver | 33 | Rinaldi Racing | Fabrizio Crestani Benjamín Hites David Perel | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 533 | +23 Laps† |
31 | Silver | 14 | Emil Frey Racing | Ricardo Feller Alex Fontana Rolf Ineichen | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 527 | +29 Laps† |
32 | Pro-Am | 11 | Kessel Racing | David Fumanelli Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 525 | +31 Laps† |
33 | Am | 166 | Hägeli by T2 Racing | Marc Basseng Dennis Busch Pieder Decurtins Manuel Lauck | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 518 | +38 Laps‡ |
34 | Pro-Am | 69 | Ram Racing | Ricky Collard Rob Collard Sam de Haan Fabian Schiller | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 474 | +82 Laps† |
35 | Pro-Am | 10 | Boutsen Ginion Racing | Jens Liebhauser Jens Klingmann Karim Ojjeh Yann Zimmer | BMW M6 GT3 | 439 | +117 Laps |
36 | Pro | 4 | BWT Haupt Racing Team | Vincent Abril Maro Engel Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 431 | +125 Laps† |
37 | Pro | 50 | HubAuto Racing | Maximilian Buhk Nick Catsburg Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 408 | +148 Laps |
38 | Am | 23 | Huber Motorsport | Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Jacob Schell | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 395 | +161 Laps† |
NC | Pro-Am | 2 | GetSpeed Performance | Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze Jim Pla | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 376 | Mechanical |
NC | Silver | 16 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Alberto Maria di Folco Emilian Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 349 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 88 | Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP | Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 344 | Dampers |
NC | Pro | 54 | Dinamic Motorsport | Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 341 | Mechanical |
NC | Pro-Am | 107 | CMR | Nelson Panciatici Ulysse de Pauw Gilles Vannelet Stuart White | Bentley Continental GT3 | 300 | Mechanical |
NC | Pro-Am | 188 | Garage 59 | Charlie Eastwood Chris Goodwin Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 292 | Gearbox |
NC | Pro | 3 | Schnabl Engineering | Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 254 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 22 | GPX Martini Racing | Earl Bamber Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 246 | Steering |
NC | Silver | 666 | Vincenzo Sospiri Racing | Glenn van Berlo Baptiste Moulin Yuki Nemoto Martin Rump | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 245 | Mechanical |
NC | Pro | 34 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | David Pittard Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann | BMW M6 GT3 | 221 | Engine |
NC | Pro | 35 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | Timo Glock Thomas Neubauer Martin Tomczyk | BMW M6 GT3 | 213 | Accident damage |
NC | Pro-Am | 19 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Bertrand Baguette Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 180 | Electrical |
NC | Silver | 57 | Winward Motorsport | Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier Russell Ward | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 167 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 26 | Saintéloc Racing | Jamie Green Finlay Hutchinson Adrien Tambay | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 155 | Accident damage |
NC | Pro | 56 | Dinamic Motorsport | Romain Dumas Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 134 | Mechanical |
NC | Silver | 5 | Haupt Racing Team | Patrick Assenheimer Michele Beretta Indy Dontje Hubert Haupt | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 71 | Mechanical |
NC | Pro | 114 | Emil Frey Racing | Jack Aitken Konsta Lappalainen Arthur Rougier | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 9 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 163 | Emil Frey Racing | Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa Franck Perera | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 9 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 71 | Iron Lynx | Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 9 | Accident |
NC | Pro | 21 | Rutronik Racing | Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Sven Müller | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 9 | Accident |
FINAL RESULTS |
- † indicates car was classified, but not running at the finish.
References
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (July 29, 2021). "Further Revision To Spectator Access Rules For 2021 Spa 24 Hours; No Proof of Vaccination or Negative Test Required". DailySportsCar.com. Dailysportscar. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa launches official poster and timetable, confirms fans will attend". totalenergies24hours.com. SRO Motorsports Group. July 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (July 20, 2021). "Frikadelli Withdraws from 24H Spa Due to Flooding Impacts". SportsCar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (July 24, 2021). "Schnabl Takes Over One of Frikadelli's Porsches for Spa". SportsCar365.com. John Dagys Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ a b c Lloyd, Daniel (24 July 2021). "Schnabl Takes Over One of Frikadelli's Porsches for Spa". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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- ^ a b c Lloyd, Daniel (23 June 2021). "Rutronik to Make 24H Spa Debut with Two 2019 Winners". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b Lloyd, Daniel (11 June 2021). "HubAuto to Run Pro-Class Mercedes-AMG at 24H Spa". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Dagys, John (29 July 2021). "Catsburg Replaces Buurman in HubAuto Mercedes-AMG GT3". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Lloyd, Daniel (1 June 2021). "Pro Aston Martin to Contest 24H Spa with WEC Champions". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Colapinto Drafted In For Spa 24 Hours". Dailysportscar. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "GT News Notebook: Vanthoor To Rutronik – Sanchez To MadPanda". dailysportscar. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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