2015 24 Hours of Spa

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2015 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 68th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It was also the fourth round of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season and was held on 25 and 26 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

The race was won by BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS and drivers Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and Markus Palttala.[1] The trio's No. 46 BMW Z4 GT3 finished a lap clear of Audi Sport Team WRT and their No. 2 Audi R8 LMS, driven by Nico Müller, Stéphane Ortelli and Frank Stippler.[2] Completing the podium in third place was the No. 5 Audi Sport Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra of Christian Mamerow, Christopher Mies and Nicki Thiim, two laps down on the winners.[3]

In the race's other classes, the No. 47 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of Gianmaria Bruni, Pasin Lathouras, Stéphane Lemeret and Alessandro Pier Guidi were the winners of the Pro-Am Cup in fourth place overall, while the Cup for amateur drivers was won by the No. 24 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Team Parker Racing, driven by Ian Loggie, Callum MacLeod, Benny Simonsen and Julian Westwood.[3]

Race result

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
1 Pro Cup 46 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Finland Markus Palttala
Germany Lucas Luhr
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
BMW Z4 GT3 536
2 Pro Cup 2 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Frank Stippler
Switzerland Nico Müller
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 535
3 Pro Cup 5 Germany Audi Sport Phoenix Racing Germany Christian Mamerow
Germany Christopher Mies
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 534
4 Pro-Am Cup 47 Italy AF Corse Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Thailand Pasin Lathouras
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 531
5 Pro Cup 6 Germany Audi Sport Phoenix Racing Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Germany André Lotterer
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 530
6 Pro-Am Cup 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matthew Griffin
Portugal Francisco Guedes
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 529
7 Pro-Am Cup 79 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Devon Modell
United Kingdom Alasdair McCaig
United Kingdom Oliver Bryant
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
BMW Z4 GT3 527
8 Pro-Am Cup 78 Russia Team Russia by Barwell Russia Leo Machitski
United Kingdom Jon Minshaw
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
United Kingdom Phil Keen
BMW Z4 GT3 527
9 Pro Cup 84 Germany Bentley Team HTP Switzerland Harold Primat
France Vincent Abril
France Mike Parisy
Bentley Continental GT3 527
10 Pro-Am Cup 32 United Kingdom Leonard Motorsport AMR United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Germany Stefan Mücke
United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
United Kingdom Michael Meadows
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 523
11 Pro-Am Cup 52 Italy AF Corse Finland Toni Vilander
Belgium Adrien de Leener
Monaco Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 521
12 Pro Cup 21 Germany Black Falcon Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Germany Hubert Haupt
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 520
13 Pro Cup 77 Brazil BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil Brazil Cacá Bueno
Brazil Sérgio Jimenez
Brazil Felipe Fraga
BMW Z4 GT3 516
14 Am Cup 24 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Ian Loggie
United Kingdom Julian Westwood
United Kingdom Callum MacLeod
Denmark Benny Simonsen
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 513
15 Pro Cup 23 Japan Nissan GT Academy Team RJN United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Belgium Wolfgang Reip
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 513
16 Pro Cup 99 Germany Rowe Racing Spain Daniel Juncadella
Germany Nico Bastian
Netherlands Stef Dusseldorp
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 511
17 Am Cup 56 Germany Attempto Racing Germany Jürgen Häring
Germany Frank Schmickler
Germany Philipp Wlazik
Greece Dimitrios Konstantinou
Porsche 997 GT3 R 511
18 Pro Cup 59 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing Brazil Bruno Senna
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Portugal Álvaro Parente
McLaren 650 S GT3 511
19 Am Cup 111 Switzerland Kessel Racing Australia Liam Talbot
United States Stephen Earle
Italy Marco Zanuttini
France Marc Rostan
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 510
20 Am Cup 10 France AKKA ASP France Christophe Bourret
France Pascal Gibon
France Philippe Polette
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 510
21 Pro Cup 1 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Germany René Rast
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 508
22 Am Cup 28 France Delahaye Racing Team France Pierre-Etienne Bordet
France Alexandre Viron
France Emmanuel Orgeval
France Paul-Loup Chatin
Porsche 997 GT3 R 504
23 Am Cup 42 France Sport Garage Belgium Christoff Corten
France Marc Guillot
France Tony Samon
France Christian Beroujon
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 504
24 Pro-Am Cup 333 Italy Rinaldi Racing Germany Marco Seefried
Russia Rinat Salikhov
Belgium Stef Vancampenhoudt
Austria Norbert Siedler
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 503
25 Pro Cup 9 Italy ROAL Motorsport Germany Timo Glock
Italy Alex Zanardi
Canada Bruno Spengler
BMW Z4 GT3 500
26 Pro-Am Cup 22 Japan Nissan GT Academy Team RJN France Olivier Pla
Mexico Ricardo Sanchez
France Gaëtan Paletou
Germany Florian Strauss
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 499
27 Pro-Am Cup 14 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Switzerland Fredy Barth
Switzerland Lorenz Frey
Switzerland Gabriele Gardel
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 497
28 Pro-Am Cup 41 France Sport Garage Italy Gabriele Lancieri
France Gilles Vannelet
France Enzo Guibbert
France Eric Cayrolle
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 480
29 Pro Cup 58 New Zealand Von Ryan Racing New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
United Kingdom Rob Bell
France Kévin Estre
McLaren 650 S GT3 457
30 Pro-Am Cup 44 Oman Oman Racing Team Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Daniel Lloyd
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Australia Jonathan Venter
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 444
31 Pro Cup 45 Belgium BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Brazil Augusto Farfus, Jr.
Belgium Maxime Martin
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW Z4 GT3 399
32 Am Cup 50 Italy AF Corse Italy Riccardo Ragazzi
Russia Alexander Moiseev
Russia Garry Kondakov
Portugal Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 397
Ret Pro Cup 63 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Giovanni Venturini
South Africa Adrian Zaugg
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 364
Ret Am Cup 36 France Saintéloc Racing France Michael Blanchemain
Italy Beniamino Caccia
France Philippe Haezebrouck
France Gilles Lallement
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 361
Ret Pro-Am Cup 12 France TDS Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Eric Dermont
France Henry Hassid
France Franck Perera
BMW Z4 GT3 353
Ret Pro-Am Cup 71 Russia GT Russian Team Estonia Marko Asmer
Russia Aleksey Vasilyev
United Kingdom Lewis Plato
Netherlands Indy Dontje
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 319
Ret Am Cup 30 France Classic and Modern Racing Belgium Christian Kelders
Switzerland Pierre Hirschi
France Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Belgium Frederic Bouvy
BMW Z4 GT3 319
Ret Pro-Am Cup 100 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Sweden Henrik Hedman
United States Elton Julian
United States Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 277
Ret Pro Cup 8 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Germany Maximilian Buhk
Spain Andy Soucek
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 258
Ret Pro-Am Cup 18 Germany Black Falcon Germany Maro Engel
Germany Bernd Schneider
United Kingdom Oliver Morley
United States Sean Johnston
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 226
Ret Pro-Am Cup 17 Denmark Insight Racing Denmark Denmark Dennis Andersen
Denmark Anders Fjordbach
Denmark Martin Jensen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 198
Ret Pro Cup 35 France Saintéloc Racing France Grégory Guilvert
Germany Marc Basseng
Sweden Edward Sandström
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 179
Ret Pro Cup 3 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
France Jean-Karl Vernay
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 178
Ret Pro-Am Cup 4 Belgium Team WRT United Kingdom James Nash
Netherlands Max Koebolt
Netherlands Pieter Schothorst
France Sacha Bottemanne
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 157
Ret Pro-Am Cup 83 Germany Bentley Team HTP Germany Fabian Hamprecht
Belgium Louis Machiels
Austria Clemens Schmid
Netherlands Max van Splunteren
Bentley Continental GT3 150
Ret Pro Cup 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Fabio Babini
Netherlands Jeroen Mul
United States Andrew Palmer
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 129
Ret Pro Cup 7 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport United Kingdom Steven Kane
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Bentley Continental GT3 118
Ret Pro Cup 29 Germany Black Falcon United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou
Sweden Andreas Simonsen
Belgium Nico Verdonck
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 106
Ret Pro-Am Cup 11 Switzerland Kessel Racing Italy Andrea Piccini
Italy Alessandro Bonacini
Poland Michał Broniszewski
United Kingdom Michael Lyons
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 106
Ret Pro-Am Cup 888 United Kingdom Triple Eight Racing Germany Dirk Müller
United Kingdom Lee Mowle
United Kingdom Joe Osborne
United Kingdom Ryan Ratcliffe
BMW Z4 GT3 94
Ret Pro Cup 75 Czech Republic ISR Italy Marco Bonanomi
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 76
Ret Pro-Am Cup 70 Russia GT Russian Team France Christophe Bouchut
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Russia Alexey Karachev
Spain Miguel Toril
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 60
Ret Pro-Am Cup 240 Belgium BMW Racing Against Cancer Belgium Marc Duez
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
BMW Z4 GT3 42
Ret Pro Cup 73 Germany MRS GT-Racing United Kingdom Craig Dolby
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 37
Ret Pro-Am Cup 53 Italy AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
Italy Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 36
Ret Am Cup 15 Belgium Boutsen Ginion Luxembourg Olivier Grotz
Saudi Arabia Karim Ojjeh
South Africa Jordan Grogor
Germany Werner Hamprecht
BMW Z4 GT3 14
Ret Am Cup 90 France Duqueine Engineering France Romain Brandela
France Eric Clément
Belgium Bernard Delhez
France Gilles Duqueine
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7

References

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  1. ^ "Marc VDS win 24 Hours of Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ Watkins, Gary (26 July 2015). "#46 Marc VDS BMW Z4 wins with Catsburg/Paltalla/Luhr". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Audi R8 LMS clinches second and third place at Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.