2019 24 Hours of Spa

The 2019 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 72nd running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 27 and 28 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

The race was won by GPX Racing and drivers Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen and Richard Lietz. The trio's No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished only by 3.347 of Rowe Racing and their No. 998 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Nick Tandy, Frédéric Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet. Third place went to the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 shared by Maro Engel, Yelmer Buurman and Luca Stolz.^[1]

The following drivers attended the 2019 24 Hours of Spa:^[2]

Team Car N° Drivers Class Good Smile Racing & Type-Moon Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 00 Nobuteru Taniguchi P Tatsuya Kataoka Adam Christodoulou Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 1 Robin Frijns P Nico Müller Rene Rast 2 Alex Riberas P Frank Stippler Dries Vanthoor Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Maro Engel P Luca Stolz Yelmer Buurman Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS 5 Finlay Hutchison S Iván Pareras Kim-Luis Schramm Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 6 Patrick Assenheimer S Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Abdulaziz Al Faisal Boutsen Ginion BMW M6 GT3 9 Karim Ojjeh Am Marc Rostan Gennaro Bonafede Erik Maris Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 10 Rik Breukers P Norman Nato Charles Weerts Ombra Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 12 Fabrizio Crestani S Nicolas Pohler Denis Dupont Corey Lewis Bohemia Energy racing with Scuderia Praha Ferrari 488 GT3 14 Josef Král PA Gabriele Lancieri Matteo Malucellil Jiří Písařík Modena Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 16 Mathias Beche PA Philippe Descombes John Shen Benny Simonsen Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 17 Shae Davies S Alex MacDowall Paul Petit KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 18 Alexandre Imperatori P Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 19 Lucas Mauron S Arno Santamato Gerhard Tweraser Andrea Amici GPX Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 20 Kévin Estre P Michael Christensen Richard Lietz OpenRoad Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 21 Antares Au Am Remo Ruscitti Michael Soeryadjaya Francis Tjia Jenson Team Rocket RJN Honda NSX GT3 22 Philipp Frommenwiler S Matt McMurry Struan Moore Ricárdo Sanchez Tech 1 Racing Lexus RC F GT3 23 Fabien Barthez Am Bernard Delhez Éric Cayrolle Timothé Buret Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS 25 Christopher Haase P Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock Saintéloc Racing 26 Pierre-Yves Paque S Michael Blanchemain Simon Gachet Steven Palette Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 27 Graham Davidso Am Sylvain Debs Fernando Navarrete Immanuel Vinke Raton Racing by Target Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 29 Stefano Costantini Am Toni Forné Christoph Lenz Alberto Di Folco Honda Team Motul Honda NSX GT3 30 Bertrand Baguette P Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 31 Derek Pierce PA Glynn Geddie Andy Meyrick Ryan Ratcliffe Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 33 Christian Hook Am Manuel Lauck Alexander Mattschull Hendrik Still Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 Nick Catsburg P Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 35 Katsumasa Chiyo P Tsugio Matsuda Josh Burdon Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 36 Anders Buchardt Am David Pittard Henry Walkenhorst Don Yount 3Y Technology BMW M6 GT3 37 Philippe Bourgeois Am Jean-Paul Buffin Philippe Haezebrouck Gilles Vannelet BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M6 GT3 42 Augusto Farfus P John Edwards Martin Tomczyk Strakka Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 43 David Fumanelli PA Jack Hawksworth Richard Heistand Christina Nielsen Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 44 Gary Paffett P Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson 1969 Tribute Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR 50 Loïc Deman INV Angélique Detavernier Marc Duez Stéphane Lémeret AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 51 Sam Bird P James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 52 Andrea Bertolini PA Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Toni Vilander Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 54 Zaid Ashkanani P Klaus Bachler Andrea Rizzoli Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 55 Mattia Drudi S Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 59 Jonny Adam P Côme Ledogar Andrew Watson R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 62 Maxime Martin P Matt Parry Matthieu Vaxivière 76 Jake Dennis P Alex Lynn Marvin Kirchhöfer 762 Ricky Collard S Ferdinand Habsburg Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 63 Mirko Bortolotti P Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 66 Kelvin van der Linde P Clemens Schmid Milan Dontje SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72 Davide Rigon P Mikhail Aleshin Miguel Molina Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 74 Tom Onslow-Cole PA Remon Vos Darren Burke Christiaan Frankenhout Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 77 Adrian Amstutz Am Leo Machitski Richard Abra Patrick Kujala 78 Sandy Mitchell S James Pull Jordan Witt Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup Audi R8 LMS 80 Andrew Haryanto Am Jeffrey Lee Yasser Shahin Jingzu Sun Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 88 Vincent Abril P Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller AKKA ASP Team 90 Nico Bastian S Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 91 Daniel Allemann PA Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 93 Chris Froggatt PA Jonathan Hui Edward Cheever Giancarlo Fisichella Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 97 Charlie Eastwood PA Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç Nicki Thiim Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 98 Romain Dumas P Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller 99 Matt Campbell P Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 107 Jules Gounon P Steven Kane Jordan Pepper 108 Maxime Soulet P Alex Buncombe Markus Palttala M-Sport Team Bentley 109 Rodrigo Baptista P Callum MacLeod Seb Morris 110 Pipo Derani P Lucas Ordóñez Andy Soucek KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 117 Laurens Vanthoor P Timo Bernhard Earl Bamber Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 129 Jamie Green P Christopher Mies Ricardo Feller Scuderia Villorba Corse Mercedes-AMG GT3 133 Mauro Calamia PA Ivan Jacoma Stefano Monaco Roberto Pampanini Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 188 Chris Goodwin Am Alexander West Chris Harris Ross Gunn HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 227 Nick Cassidy P Nick Foster Daniel Serra Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 Denis Bulatov S David Perel Rinat Salikhov Indy Dontje HB Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 444 Jens Liebhauser Am Florian Scholze Thomas Neubauer Philipp Wlazik Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 488 José Manuel Balbiani Am Martin Berry Pierre Ehret Rory Penttinen Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) 519 Phil Keen P Franck Perera Giovanni Venturini 555 Michele Beretta S Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto Giacomo Altoè 563 Andrea Caldarelli P Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli Rowe Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 998 Frédéric Makowiecki P Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Mercedes-AMG GT3 999 Lucas Auer P Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz

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These were the 20 fastest cars in qualifying:

Pos	N°	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Dif
1	4	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:18.588
2	117	Laurens Vanthoor	KÜS Team75 Benhard	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:18.605	+0.017
3	72	Davide Rigon	SMP Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:18.806	+0.218
4	998	Nick Tandy	Rowe Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:18.822	+0.234
5	227	Daniel Serra	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:18.854	+0.266
6	2	Dries Vanthoor	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	2:18.923	+0.335
7	1	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	2:18.994	+0.406
8	55	Mattia Drudi	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS	2:19.007	+0.419
9	999	Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:19.013	+0.425
10	98	Mathieu Jaminet	Rowe Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:19.027	+0.439
11	20	Kevin Estre	GPX Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:19.067	+0.479
12	99	Dennis Olsen	Rowe Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:19.259	+0.671
13	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:19.326	+0.738
14	62	Maxime Martin	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:19.341	+0.753
15	44	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:19.501	+0.913
16	54	Klaus Bachler	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:19.881	+1.293
17	129	Jamie Green	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	2:19.894	+1.306
18	59	Andrew Watson	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:20.470	+1.882
19	563	Dennis Lind	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	2:21.3971	+2.809
20	35	Katsumasa Chiyo	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	2:26.9211	+8.333
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 - Penalised for not leaving pits at the correct time.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Reason
1	P	20	GPX Racing	Michael Christensen Richard Lietz Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3 R	363	24:00:17.511
2	P	998	Rowe Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 GT3 R	363	+3.347
3	P	4	Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon	Maro Engel Yelmer Buurman Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	363	+17.945
4	P	25	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc	Christopher Haase Frédéric Vervisch Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	363	+22.425
5	P	98	Rowe Racing	Romain Dumas Sven Müller Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	362	+1 Lap
6	P	30	Honda Team Motul	Bertrand Baguette Renger van der Zande Mario Farnbacher	Honda NSX GT3	362	+1 Lap
7	P	99	Rowe Racing	Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 GT3 R	362	+1 Lap
8	P	563	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli Dennis Lind	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	362	+1 Lap
9	P	117	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3 R	362	+1 Lap
10	P	999	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Lucas Auer Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-AMG GT3	362	+1 Lap
11	P	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mikkel Jensen Nick Catsburg Christian Krognes	BMW M6 GT3	362	+1 Lap
12	P	10	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Norman Nato Rik Breukers Charles Weerts	Audi R8 LMS	362	+1 Lap
13	P	88	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	Raffaele Marciello Fabian Schiller Vincent Abril	Mercedes-AMG GT3	361	+2 Laps
14	P	129	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Christopher Mies Jamie Green Ricardo Feller	Audi R8 LMS	361	+2 Laps
15	S	78	Barwell Motorsport	Sandy Mitchell James Pull Jordan Witt	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	361	+2 Lap
16	P	63	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti Christian Engelhart Rolf Ineichen	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	361	+2 Lap
17	S	90	AKKA ASP Team	Felipe Fraga Timur Boguslavskiy Nico Bastian	Mercedes-AMG GT3	361	+2 Lap
18	P	18	KCMG	Oliver Jarvis Alexandre Imperatori Edoardo Liberati	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	360	+3 Lap
19	P	76	R-Motorsport	Marvin Kirchhöfer Alex Lynn Jake Dennis	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	360	+3 Lap
20	P	44	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Gary Paffett Tristan Vautier Lewis Williamson	Mercedes-AMG GT3	360	+3 Lap
21	P	519	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Phil Keen Franck Perera Giovanni Venturini	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	360	+3 Lap
22	PA	97	Oman Racing With TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	359	+4 Lap
23	P	1	Audi Sport Team WRT	Robin Frijns Nico Müller Rene Rast	Audi R8 LMS	358	+5 Laps
24	S	6	Black Falcon	Patrick Assenheimer Hubert Haupt Gabriele Piana Abdulaziz Al Faisal	Mercedes-AMG GT3	358	+5 Laps
25	P	2	Audi Sport Team WRT	Dries Vanthoor Frank Stippler Alex Riberas	Audi R8 LMS	358	+5 Lap
26	PA	74	Ram Racing	Tom Onslow-Cole Remon Vos Darren Burke Christiaan Frankenhout	Mercedes-AMG GT3	358	+5 Lap
27	P	54	Dinamic Motorsport	Klaus Bachler Zaid Ashkanani Andrea Rizzoli	Porsche 911 GT3 R	357	+6 Lap
28	Am	33	Rinaldi Racing	Christian Hook Manuel Lauck Alexander Mattschull Hendrik Still	Ferrari 488 GT3	357	+6 Lap
29	P	110	M-Sport Team Bentley	Pipo Derani Andy Soucek Lucas Ordóñez	Bentley Continental GT3	357	+6 Lap
30	P	66	Attempto Racing	Clemens Schmid Kelvin van der Linde Milan Dontje	Audi R8 LMS	357	+6 Lap
31	S	22	Jenson Team Rocket RJN	Philipp Frommenwiler Matt McMurry Struan Moore Ricárdo Sanchez	Honda NSX GT3	357	+6 Lap
32	PA	43	Strakka Racing	David Fumanelli Jack Hawksworth Richard Heistand Christina Nielsen	Mercedes-AMG GT3	357	+6 Laps
33	S	19	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lucas Mauron Arno Santamato Gerhard Tweraser Andrea Amici	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	356	+7 Laps
34	S	17	Team WRT	Shae Davies Alex MacDowall Paul Petit	Audi R8 LMS	356	+7 Laps
35	Am	77	Barwell Motorsport	Adrian Amstutz Leo Machitski Richard Abra Patrick Kujala	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	356	+7 Lap
36	Am	29	Raton Racing by Target	Stefano Costantini Toni Forné Christoph Lenz Alberto Di Folco	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	355	+8 Lap
37	S	12	Ombra Racing	Fabrizio Crestani Nicolas Pohler Denis Dupont Corey Lewis	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	353	+10 Lap
38	Am	444	HB Racing	Jens Liebhauser Thomas Neubauer Florian Scholze Philipp Wlazik	Ferrari 488 GT3	353	+10 Laps
39	P	35	KCMG	Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Josh Burdon	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	352	+11 Lap
40	PA	93	Tempesta Racing	Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Edward Cheever Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GT3	351	+12 Lap
41	Am	488	Rinaldi Racing	José Manuel Balbiani Martin Berry Pierre Ehret Rory Penttinen	Ferrari 488 GT3	350	+13 Lap
42	PA	16	Modena Motorsport	Mathias Beche Philippe Descombes John Shen Benny Simonsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	348	+15 Laps
43	PA	133	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Mauro Calamia Ivan Jacoma Stefano Monaco Roberto Pampanini	Mercedes-AMG GT3	347	+16 Laps
44	Am	23	Tech 1 Racing	Fabien Barthez Bernard Delhez Éric Cayrolle Timothé Buret	Lexus RC F GT3	345	+18 Laps
45	Am	21	OpenRoad Racing	Antares Au Remo Ruscitti Michael Soeryadjaya Francis Tjia	Porsche 911 GT3 R	343	+20 Lap
46	Am	9	Boutsen Ginion	Karim Ojjeh Marc Rostan Gennaro Bonafede Erik Maris	BMW M6 GT3	339	+24 Lap
47	Am	188	Garage 59	Chris Goodwin Alexander West Chris Harris Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	339	+24 Lap
48	PA	26	Saintéloc Racing	Pierre Yves-Paque Michael Blanchemain Simon Gachet Steven Palette	Audi R8 LMS	338	+25 Laps
49	P	107	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jordan Pepper Steven Kane Jules Gounon	Bentley Continental GT3	321	+42 Lap
50	Am	80	Audi Sport R8 LMS CUP	Andrew Haryanto Jeffrey Lee Yasser Shahin Jingzu Sun	Audi R8 LMS	303	+60 Lap
51	P	72	SMP Racing	Miguel Molina Mikhail Aleshin Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3	294	+69 Lap
NC	Am	27	Daiko Lazarus Racing	Graham Davidson Sylvain Debs Fernando Navarrete Immanuel Vinke	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	252
NC	PA	14	Scuderia Praha	Josef Král Gabriele Lancieri Matteo Malucellil Jiří Písařík	Ferrari 488 GT3	240
NC	P	42	BMW Team Schnitzer	Augusto Farfus John Edwards Martin Tomczyk	BMW M6 GT3	237
NC	S	5	Phoenix Racing	Finlay Hutchison Iván Pareras Kim-Luis Schramm	Audi R8 LMS	229
NC	S	555	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Michele Beretta Diego Menchaca Taylor Proto Giacomo Altoè	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	224
NC	P	00	Good Smile Racing & Type-Moon Racing	Nobuteru Taniguchi Tatsuya Kataoka Adam Christodoulou	Mercedes-AMG GT3	217
NC	P	51	AF Corse	Sam Bird James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GT3	199
NC	PA	52	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GT3	186
NC	PA	91	Herberth Motorsport	Daniel Allemann Ralf Bohn Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	179
NC	S	333	Rinaldi Racing	Denis Bulatov David Perel Rinat Salikhov Indy Dontje	Ferrari 488 GT3	168
NC	S	55	Attempto Racing	Mattia Drudi Pieter Schothorst Steijn Schothorst	Audi R8 LMS	147
NC	P	108	Bentley Team M-Sport	Maxime Soulet Alex Buncombe Markus Palttala	Bentley Continental GT3	118
NC	INV	50	1969 Tribute	Loïc Deman Angélique Detavernier Marc Duez Stéphane Lémeret	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR	94
NC	P	62	R-Motorsport	Maxime Martin Matt Parry Matthieu Vaxivière	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	84
NC	PA	31	Team Parker Racing	Derek Pierce Glynn Geddie Andy Meyrick Ryan Ratcliffe	Bentley Continental GT3	51
NC	Am	37	3Y Technology	Philippe Bourgeois Jean-Paul Buffin Philippe Haezebrouck Gilles Vannelet	BMW M6 GT3	33
NC	S	762	R-Motorsport	Ricky Collard Ferdinand Habsburg Hugo de Sadeleer Aaro Vainio	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	30
NC	P	227	HubAuto Corsa	Nick Cassidy Nick Foster Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GT3	25
NC	Am	36	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Anders Buchardt David Pittard Henry Walkenhorst Don Yount	BMW M6 GT3	21
NC	P	59	Garage 59	Jonathan Adam Côme Ledogar Andrew Watson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	10
NC	P	109	M-Sport Team Bentley	Rodrigo Baptista Callum MacLeod Seb Morris	Bentley Continental GT3	6
Source:[4]

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