2020 24 Hours of Spa explained

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2020 24 Hours of Spa
Round No:3
Season No:4
Year:2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Track Map:File:Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Date:22–25 October
Location:Spa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Circuit:Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Race1 Laps:527
Pole1: Raffaele Marciello
Pole1 Team:AKKA ASP
Pole1 Time:2:32.166
Winner1: Earl Bamber
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
Winner1 Team:Rowe Racing
Winner1 Time: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. The GT4 European, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Renault Eurocup and TCR Europe series will all run support races at the event.[2] [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

TeamDriverCarTimeGap
188 AKKA ASP Raffaele MarcielloMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:32.166
231 Team WRT Kelvin van der LindeAudi R8 LMS Evo2:32.386+0.220
34 Haupt Racing Team Maro EngelMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:32.522+0.356
466 Attempto Racing Frédéric VervischAudi R8 LMS Evo2:32.881+0.715
525 Saintéloc Racing Christopher HaaseAudi R8 LMS Evo2:32.979+0.813
640 GPX Racing Thomas PreiningPorsche 911 GT3-R2:32.990+0.824
751 AF Corse Alessandro Pier GuidiFerrari 488 GT3 Evo2:33.024+0.858
863 FFF Racing Team Andrea CaldarelliLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:33.294+1.128
9163 Emil Frey Racing Alberto CostaLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:33.400+1.234
1047 KCMG Kévin EstrePorsche 911 GT3-R2:33.404+1.238
1112 GPX Racing Patrick PiletPorsche 911 GT3-R2:33.541+1.375
1232 Team WRT Charles WeertsAudi R8 LMS Evo2:33.568+1.402
1399 Rowe Racing Julien AndlauerPorsche 911 GT3-R2:33.768+1.602
1422 Frikadelli Racing Team Frédéric MakowieckiPorsche 911 GT3-R2:33.780+1.614
1554 Dinamic Motorsport Matteo CairoliPorsche 911 GT3-R2:34.119+1.953
1627 HubAuto Corsa Tom BlomqvistFerrari 488 GT3 Evo2:34.170+2.004
1730 Team WRT Matthieu VaxivièreAudi R8 LMS Evo2:34.280+2.114
1872 SMP Racing Davide RigonFerrari 488 GT3 Evo2:34.338+2.172
1989 AKKA ASP Benjamín HitesMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:34.791+2.625
2098 Rowe Racing Laurens VanthoorPorsche 911 GT3-R2:35.546+3.380
Source:[14]

Race

Class winners denoted in bold and with

PosClassNoTeamDriversCarLapsTime/Reason
1P98 Rowe Racing Earl Bamber
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R52724:00:38.727
2P66 Attempto Racing Mattia Drudi
Patric Niederhauser
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS GT3527+4.687
3P54 Dinamic Motorsport Matteo Cairoli
Christian Engelhart
Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R527+28.750
4P12 GPX Racing Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R527+36.882
5P51 AF Corse James Calado
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3527+38.225
6P25 Saintéloc Racing Dorian Boccolacci
Christopher Haase
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3527+38.481
7P4 Haupt Racing Team Vincent Abril
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3527+41.357
8P22 Frikaelli Racing Team Jörg Bergmeister
Frédéric Makowiecki
Dennis Olsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R527+1:39.997
9P29 JAS Motorsport Dane Cameron
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Honda Acura NSX GT3526+1 Lap
10P3 K-Pax Racing Jules Gounon
Maxime Soulet
Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3525+2 Laps
11P40 GPX Racing Louis Delétraz
Romain Dumas
Thomas Preining
Porsche 911 GT3 R525+2 Laps
12P9 K-Pax Racing Rodrigo Baptista
Álvaro Parente
Andy Soucek
Bentley Continental GT3524+3 Laps
13P47 KCMG Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 GT3 R522+5 Laps
14P30 Team WRT Ferdinand von Habsburg
Dennis Marschall
Matthieu Vaxivière
Audi R8 LMS GT3522+5 Laps
15PA77 Barwell Motorsport Ricky Collard
Rob Collard
Leo Machitski
Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo521+6 Laps
16P14 Emil Frey Racing Ricardo Feller
Mikaël Grenier
Norbert Siedler
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo520+7 Laps
17PA93 Tempesta Racing Eddie Cheever III
Giancarlo Fisichella
Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT3520+7 Laps
18S5 Haupt Racing Team Sergey Afanasyev
Michele Beretta
Hubert Haupt
Gabriele Piana
Mercedes-AMG GT3520+7 Laps
19
DNF
P72 SMP Racing Miguel Molina
Davide Rigon
Sergey Sirotkin
Ferrari 488 GT3519Collision damage
20PA188 Garage 59 Jonathan Adam
Chris Goodwin
Maxime Martin
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3519+8 Laps
21S84 HTP Motorsport Indy Dontje
Philip Ellis
Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3517+10 Laps
22PA488 Rinaldi Racing Pierre Ehret
Daniel Keilwitz
Rino Mastronardi
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3516+11 Laps
23
DNF
P27 HubAuto Corsa Tom Blomqvist
Marcos Gomes
Kamui Kobayashi
Ferrari 488 GT3515Drivetrain
24S555 FFF Racing Team Hugo Chevalier
Florian Latorre
Baptiste Moulin
Taylor Proto
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo514+13 Laps
25PA10 Boutsen Ginion Racing Benjamin Lessennes
Jens Klingmann
Karim Ojjeh
Gilles Vannelet
BMW M6 GT3514+13 Laps
26S90 MadPanda Motorsport Patrick Assenheimer
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Juuso Puhakka
Ricardo Sanchez
Mercedes-AMG GT3510+17 Laps
27PA20 SPS Automotive Performance Dominik Baumann
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3509+18 Laps
28S11 Team Parker Racing Frank Bird
Nicolai Kjærgaard
Euan McKay
Bentley Continental GT3500+27 Laps
29S89 AKKA ASP Alex Fontana
Benjamin Hites
Lucas Legeret
Mercedes-AMG GT3497+30 Laps
30Am108 Classic and Modern Racing Stéphane Lémeret
Clément Mateu
Romano Ricci
Stéphane Tribaudini
Bentley Continental GT3497+30 Laps
31
DNF
P163 Emil Frey Racing Giacomo Altoè
Albert Costa
Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo496Accident damage
32
DNF
P99 Rowe Racing Julien Andlauer
Klaus Bachler
Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R495Accident damage
33P107 Classic and Modern Racing Pierre-Alexandre Jean
Nelson Panciatici
Seb Morris
Bentley Continental GT3476+51 Laps
34
DNF
S33 Team WRT Rik Breukers
Benjamin Goethe
Stuart Hall
Audi R8 LMS GT3453Accident
35
DNF
PA52 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Niek Hommerson
Louis Machiels
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GT3380Accident
36
DNF
S78 Barwell Motorsport Patrick Kujala
Alex MacDowall
Frederik Schandorff
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo377Collision
37
DNF
PA991 Herberth Motorsport Daniel Allemann
Ralf Bohn
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R375Collision
38
DNF
P63 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli
Marco Mapelli
Dennis Lind
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo371Accident
DNFP35 Walkenhorst Motorsport David Pittard
Martin Tomczyk
Nick Yelloly
BMW M6 GT3359Accident
DNFAm129 Raton Racing Stefano Costantini
Christopher Lenz
Lucas Mauron
Michael Petit
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo318Accident
DNFPA87 AKKA ASP Fabian Barthez
Jean-Luc Beaubelique
Thomas Drouet
Jim Pla
Mercedes-AMG GT3275Accident damage
DNFP88 AKKA ASP Timur Boguslavskiy
Felipe Fraga
Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3263Brakes
DNFP21 KCMG Josh Burdon
Alexandre Imperatori
Edoardo Liberati
Porsche 911 GT3 R253Vibration
DNFS15 Tech 1 Racing Timothé Buret
Thomas Neubauer
Aurélien Panis
Lexus RC F GT3213Mechanical
DNFS159 Garage 59 Roman de Angelis
Valentin Hasse-Clot
James Pull
Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3201Accident damage
DNFAm918 Herberth Motorsport Jürgen Häring
Michael Joos
Dimitrios Konstantinou
Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 GT3 R158Accident damage
DNFP69 Optimum Motorsport Rob Bell
Joe Osborne
Oliver Wilkinson
McLaren 720S GT3157Collision damage
DNFS56 Dinamic Motorsport Adrian de Leener
Mikkel Pedersen
Andrea Rizzoli
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Porsche 911 GT3 R148Accident
DNFP31 Team WRT Kelvin van der Linde
Christopher Mies
Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS GT3138Drivetrain
DNFPA111 JP Motorsport Mathias Lauda
Jens Liebhauser
Christian Klien
Patryk Krupiński
Mercedes-AMG GT3135Accident
DNFAm26 Saintéloc Racing Christophe Cresp
Gregory Paisse
Steven Palette
Pierre Yves Paque
Audi R8 LMS GT3126Accident
DNFPA74 Ram Racing Martin Konrad
Callum MacLeod
Tom Onslow-Cole
Remon Vos
Mercedes-AMG GT3121Accident damage
DNFP34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg
Philipp Eng
Augusto Farfus, Jr.
BMW M6 GT3107Collision damage
DNFP32 Team WRT Edoardo Mortara
Frank Stippler
Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS GT370Collision
DNFPA19 FFF Racing Team Raffaele Giammaria
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Phil Keen
Luigi Moccia
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo33Gearbox
DNFS55 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Simon Gachet
Finlay Hutchinson
Nicolas Schöll
Audi R8 LMS GT39Puncture
Final Classification

Notes and References

  1. News: Dagys . John . 15 April 2020 . 24H Spa Postponed . Sportscar365.com . 10 October 2020.
  2. Web site: GTWCE News: Spa 24 Hours rescheduled for October. Gary. Watkins. Autosport.com. 27 April 2020 .
  3. Web site: 15 April 2020 . Total 24 Hours of Spa Update . 10 October 2020 . 24 hours of Spa.
  4. Web site: 29 April 2020 . Total 24 Hours of Spa poised for unique autumn edition on 22-25 October . 10 October 2020 . 24 hours of Spa.
  5. Web site: Spa 24 Hours becomes 25-hour race for 2020. Gary. Watkins. Autosport.com. 22 June 2020 .
  6. Web site: 22 June 2020 . Once-in-a-lifetime 25-hour edition for the Total 24 Hours of Spa . 10 October 2020 . 24 hours of Spa.
  7. Web site: Plans for Spa 24 to run to 25 hours have been scrapped. Gary. Watkins. Autosport.com. 6 October 2020 .
  8. News: Lloyd . Daniel . 6 October 2020 . Spa to Run Without Spectators; 25-Hour Format Scrapped . Sportscar365.com . 10 October 2020.
  9. Web site: GTCWE News: Updated calendar features extended Nurburgring enduro. Gary. Watkins. Autosport.com. 15 May 2020 .
  10. Web site: IGTC 2020 calendar remains at four races, Suzuka 10 Hours not replaced. Gary. Watkins. Autosport.com. 10 July 2020 .
  11. Web site: 19 May 2020 . Lamborghini Super Trofeo and Formula Renault Eurocup continue as GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS support series . 10 October 2020 . 24 hours of Spa.
  12. Web site: 3 April 2020 . TCR Europe Series joins Total 24 Hours of Spa support package . 10 October 2020 . 24 hours of Spa.
  13. News: Gary. Watkins. Autosport. 24 October 2020. Track limits clampdown issued for Spa 24 Hours.
  14. News: Total 24 Hours of Spa - Super Pole. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 23 October 2020.