2018 24 Hours of Spa

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2018 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 71st running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 28 and 29 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.[1]

Entry list

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The following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:[2]

Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
N Group N
Team Car Drivers Class
Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 1 Belgium Dries Vanthoor P
Spain Alex Riberas
Germany Christopher Mies
2 Germany René Rast P
Switzerland Nico Müller
Netherlands Robin Frijns
Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 4 Netherlands Yelmer Buurman P
Germany Luca Stolz
Germany Maro Engel
5 Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal PA
Greece Kriton Lendoudis
Portugal Rui Aguas
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
6 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal S
Germany Hubert Haupt
Germany Manuel Metzger
Italy Gabriele Piana
Bentley Team M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 7 South Africa Jordan Pepper P
United Kingdom Steven Kane
France Jules Gounon
8 Monaco Vincent Abril P
Spain Andy Soucek
Belgium Maxine Soulet
Target Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 9 Italy Alberto di Folco Am
Italy Stefano Costantini
Belgium Bernard Delhez
France Sylvain Debs
Ombra Racing 12 China Kang Ling S
Italy Alex Frassinetti
France Romain Monti
Italy Andrea Rizzoli
Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 14 Germany Marco Seefried P
Austria Christian Klien
Spain Albert Costa
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 17 Brazil Daniel Serra P
United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Antonelli Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 18 United States Juan Perez PA
Italy Gianluca Giraudi
Italy Loris Spinelli
Italy Giacomo Altoè
GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 Argentina Ezequiel Perez Companc P
Italy Raffaelle Giammaria
Italy Marco Mapelli
63 Italy Andrea Cadarelli P
Germany Christian Engelhart
Italy Mirko Bortolotti
82 Switzerland Rolf Ineichen P
United Kingdom Phil Keen
France Franck Perera
GT SPORT-MOTUL Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 22 United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw S
United Kingdom Jordan Witt
Mexico Ricardo Sanchez
United Kingdom Struan Moore
23 United Kingdom Matt Parry P
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Spain Lucas Ordoñez
Audi Sport Team Sainteloc Audi R8 LMS 25 Germany Markus Winkelhock P
Belgium Frederic Vervisch
Germany Christopher Haase
Sainteloc Racing 26 Belgium Christian Kelders Am
France Nyls Stievenart
France Marc Rostan
France Simon Gachet
Daiko Lazarus Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 28 France Arno Santamato S
Italy Stefano Gattuso
Germany Nicolas Pohler
Italy Fabrizio Crestani
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 29 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde P
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt
Castrol Honda Racing Acura Honda NSX GT3 30 Italy Riccardo Patrese PA
France Loic Depailler
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
Belgium Bertrand Baguette
Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 31 United Kingdom Rob Smith PA
United Kingdom Derek Pierce
United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
United Kingdom Seb Morris
Wakenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 34 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist P
Norway Christian Krognes
Austria Philipp Eng
36 Norway Anders Buchardt Am
Germany Henry Walkenhorst
Germany Ralf Oeverhaus
Germany Immanuel Vinke
SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 35 United Kingdom Michael Meadows P
Russia Denis Bulatov
Russia Vitaly Petrov
Strakka Racing 42 United Kingdom Chris Buncombe PA
United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Italy David Fumanelli
43 Germany Maxi Buhk P
Portugal Alvaro Parente
Germany Maxi Götz
44 Brazil Rubens Barrichello P
Germany Christian Vietoris
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Ram Racing 49 United Kingdom Darren Burke PA
Turkey Salih Yoluc
United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 51 United Kingdom Duncan Cameron PA
Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli
United Kingdom Aaron Scott
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin PA
53 Netherlands Niek Hommerson
Belgium Lous Machiels
Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar 54 Switzerland Alex Fontana S
Switzerland Adrian Zaugg
Canada Mikael Grenier
Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS 55 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm P
Austria Clemens Schmid
Germany Pierre Kaffer
66 Netherlands Pieter Schothorst P
Netherlands Steijn Schothorst
United Kingdom Jamie Green
Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 58 France Côme Ledogar P
France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
188 Sweden Alexander West Am
United Kingdom Chris Harris
United Kingdom Chris Goodwin
United Kingdom Andrew Watson
R-Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 62 Austria Dominik Baumann P
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Belgium Maxime Martin
76 France Matthieu Vaxiviere P
United Kingdom Jake Dennis
Denmark Nicki Thiim
GDL Racing Lamborghini Super Trofeo 67 Indonesia Andrew Haryanto N
Argentina Andres Josephsohn
Italy Beniamino Caccia
Belgium Sarah Bovy
Speed Lover Porsche 991 Cup 70 Belgium Pierre-Yves Paque N
Belgium Gregory Paisse
Luxembourg Bob Wilwert
France Gilles Petit
SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 72 Russia Mikhail Aleshin P
Spain Miguel Molina
Italy Davide Rigon
T2 Motorsport 75 Singapore Gregory Teo Am
India David Tjiptobiantoro
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 77 Switzerland Adrian Amstutz Am
Russia Leo Machitski
Finland Patrick Kujala
78 Italy Michele Beretta S
Netherlands Rik Breukers
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Croatia Martin Kodric
Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER Mercedes-AMG GT3 84 Netherlands Renger van der Zande P
Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
United Kingdom Gary Paffett
AKKA ASP Team 88 Italy Raffaele Marciello P
Spain Daniel Juncadella
France Tristan Vautier
89 France Nico Jamin Am
Switzerland Philippe Giauque
France Eric Debard
France Fabien Barthez
90 United Kingdom Jack Manchester S
Netherlands Jules Szymkowiak
Germany Fabian Schiller
Germany Nico Bastian
Oman Racing with TF Sport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 97 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy S
United Kingdom Euan Mckay
United Kingdom Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
ROWE Racing BMW M6 GT3 98 United Kingdom Ricky Collard P
Germany Marco Wittmann
Finland Jesse Krohn
99 United Kingdom Alexander Sims P
Germany Jens Klingmann
Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Brussels Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage 100 Belgium Nicolas Van Dierendonck PA
Belgium Koen Wauters
Belgium Tim Verbergt
Belgium Sam Dejonghe
Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 111 Switzerland Nikolaj Rogivue S
Netherlands Loris Hezemans
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler
Germany Tobias Dauenhauer
Emil Frey Lexus Racing Lexus RC F GT3 114 Austria Norbert Siedler P
Monaco Stephane Ortelli
Finland Markus Palttala
KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R 117 New Zealand Earl Bamber P
Germany Timo Bernhard
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Sun Energy 1 Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 175 Australia Kenny Habul PA
Germany Bernd Schneider
Germany Thomas Jäger
Austria Martin Konrad
Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 333 Germany Daniel Keilwitz PA
Germany Alexander Mattschull
Russia Rinat Salikhov
South Africa David Perel
488 Germany Murod Sultanov Am
South Korea Rick Yoon
United States Nicholas Boulle
Germany Pierre Ehret
Black Swan Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 540 United States Tim Pappas PA
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United States Marc Miller
Germany Marc Lieb
Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 666 Austria Sven Heyrowsky Am
Switzerland Jürgen Krebs
Switzerland Tim Müller
Germany John Louis Jasper
Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 911 France Frédéric Makowiecki P
France Romain Dumas
Germany Dirk Werner
Herberth Motorsport 991 Germany Jürgen Häring Am
Germany Edward Lewis
Germany Wolfgang Triller
Germany Alfred Renauer

Qualifying

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These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[3]

Pos Driver Team Car Time Dif
1 1 Dries Vanthoor Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 2:18,578
2 62 Maxime Martin R-Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage 2:19.183 +0,605
3 2 Nico Müller Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS 2:19.366 +0,788
4 72 Davide Rigon SMP Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2:19.433 +0,855
5 29 Kevin van der Linde Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 2:19.493 +0,915
6 58 Côme Ledogar Garage 59 McLaren 650S GT3 2:19.512 +0,934
7 25 Markus Winkelhock Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS 2:19.515 +0,937
8 34 Philipp Eng Wakenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:19.517 +0,939
9 911 Frédéric Makowiecki Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 2:19.649 +1,071
10 63 Mirko Bortolotti GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 2:19.697 +1,119

Race

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Race Result

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 Pro 34 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Austria Philipp Eng
Norway Christian Krognes
BMW M6 GT3 511
2 Pro 99 Germany Rowe Racing Netherlands Nick Catsburg
Germany Jens Klingmann
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
BMW M6 GT3 511
3 Pro 29 Germany Montaplast by Land-Motorsport South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt
Audi R8 LMS 511
4 Pro 25 France Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Germany Christopher Haase
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
Germany Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS 511
5 Pro 4 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 511
6 Pro 88 France Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Spain Daniel Juncadella
Italy Raffaele Marciello
France Tristan Vautier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 510
7 Pro 23 United Kingdom GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
United Kingdom Matt Parry
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 510
8 Pro 2 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Switzerland Nico Müller
Germany René Rast
Audi R8 LMS 509
9 Pro 76 Switzerland R-Motorsport United Kingdom Jake Dennis
Denmark Nicki Thiim
France Matthieu Vaxiviere
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 508
10 Pro 72 Russia SMP Racing Italy Davide Rigon
Spain Miguel Molina
Russia Mikhail Aleshin
Ferrari 488 GT3 508
11 Pro 43 United Kingdom Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Maximilian Götz
Portugal Álvaro Parente
Mercedes-AMG GT3 508
12 Pro 84 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
United Kingdom Gary Paffett
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Mercedes-AMG GT3 507
13 Pro 14 Switzerland Emil Frey Lexus Racing Spain Albert Costa
Austria Christian Klien
Germany Marco Seefried
Lexus RC F GT3 507
14 Pro 19 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Argentina Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Italy Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 506
15 Pro-Am 333 Germany Rinaldi Racing Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Alexander Mattschull
Russia Rinat Salikhov
South Africa David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3 506
16 Pro 35 Russia SMP Racing by AKKA ASP Russia Denis Bulatov
United Kingdom Michael Meadows
Russia Vitaly Petrov
Mercedes-AMG GT3 505
17 Pro-Am 42 United Kingdom Strakka Racing United Kingdom Chris Buncombe
Italy David Fumanelli
United Kingdom Nick Leventis
United Kingdom Lewis Williamson
Mercedes-AMG GT3 504
18 Silver 12 Italy Ombra Racing Italy Alex Frassineti
China Kang Ling
France Romain Monti
Italy Andrea Rizzoli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 504
19 Silver 78 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport Italy Michele Beretta
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Croatia Martin Kodrić
United Kingdom Sandy Mitchell
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 504
20 Pro-Am 175 Germany SunEnergy 1 Team HTP Motorsport Australia Kenny Habul
Germany Thomas Jäger
Austria Martin Konrad
Germany Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-AMG GT3 503
21 Pro-Am 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Lorenzo Bontempelli
United Kingdom Duncan Cameron
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Aaron Scott
Ferrari 488 GT3 503
22 Pro 58 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
France Côme Ledogar
France Olivier Pla
McLaren 650S GT3 503
23 Silver 6 Germany Black Falcon Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al Faisal
Germany Hubert Haupt
Germany Manuel Metzger
Italy Gabriele Piana
Mercedes-AMG GT3 501
24 Pro 55 Germany Attempto Racing Germany Pierre Kaffer
Austria Clemens Schmid
Germany Kim-Luis Schramm
Audi R8 LMS 501
25 Pro 7 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport France Jules Gounon
United Kingdom Steven Kane
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 499
26 Pro-Am 53 Italy AF Corse Italy Andrea Bertolini
Italy Marco Cioci
Netherlands Niek Hommerson
Belgium Louis Machiels
Ferrari 488 GT3 499
27 Am 77 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom Richard Abra
Switzerland Adrian Amstutz
Finland Patrick Kujala
Russia Leo Machitski
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 496
28 Silver 54 Switzerland Emil Frey Jaguar Racing Switzerland Alex Fontana
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Switzerland Adrian Zaugg
Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar 496
29 Pro 911 Germany Manthey Racing France Romain Dumas
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R 493
30 Am 9 Italy Target Racing Italy Stefano Costantini
France Sylvain Debs
Belgium Bernard Delhez
Italy Alberto Di Folco
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 491
31 Pro-Am 5 Germany Black Falcon Portugal Rui Águas
Saudi Arabia Saud Al Faisal
Greece Kriton Lendoudis
United Kingdom Tom Onslow-Cole
Mercedes-AMG GT3 490
32 Pro-Am 30 Italy Castrol Honda Racing Belgium Bertrand Baguette
France Loïc Depailler
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
Italy Riccardo Patrese
Honda NSX GT3 490
33 Pro-Am 49 United Kingdom Ram Racing United Kingdom Euan Hankey
Turkey Salih Yoluç
United Kingdom Darren Burke
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Mercedes-AMG GT3 489
34 Am 488 Germany Rinaldi Racing United States Nicolas Boulle
Germany Pierre Ehret
Germany Murad Sultanov
South Korea Rick Yoon
Ferrari 488 GT3 488
35 Pro 62 Switzerland R-Motorsport Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 485
36 Am 75 Singapore T2 Motorsport Italy Christian Colombo
Italy Matteo Cressoni
Singapore Gregory Teo
Indonesia David Tjiptobiantoro
Ferrari 488 GT3 482
37 Silver 22 United Kingdom GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN United Kingdom Struan Moore
Mexico Ricardo Sánchez
United Kingdom Sean Walkinshaw
United Kingdom Jordan Witt
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 482
38 Am 36 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Norway Anders Buchardt
Germany Ralf Oeverhaus
Germany Immanuel Vinke
Germany Henry Walkenhorst
BMW M6 GT3 478
39 Am 991 Germany Herberth Motorsport Germany Edward Lewis Brauner
Germany Jürgen Häring
Germany Wolfgang Triller
Germany Alfred Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 475
40 Pro 1 Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT Germany Christopher Mies
Spain Alex Riberas
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS 456
41 Pro-Am 540 United States Black Swan Racing Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Germany Marc Lieb
United States Marc Miller
United States Tim Pappas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 447
42 Am 188 United Kingdom Garage 59 United Kingdom Chris Goodwin
United Kingdom Chris Harris
United Kingdom Andrew Watson
Sweden Alexander West
McLaren 650S GT3 391
43 Group Nat. 70 Belgium SpeedLover Belgium Grégory Paisse
Belgium Pierre-Yves Paque
France Gilles Petit
Luxembourg Bob Wilwert
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 390
44 Pro 66 Germany Attempto Racing United Kingdom Jamie Green
Netherlands Pieter Schothorst
Netherlands Steijn Schothorst
Audi R8 LMS 384
45 Pro-Am 100 Belgium Brussels Racing Belgium Sam Dejonghe
Belgium Nicolas Vandierendonck
Belgium Tim Verbergt
Belgium Koen Wauters
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 376
46 Pro-Am 18 Italy Antonelli Motorsport Italy Giacomo Altoè
Italy Gianluca Giraudi
United States Juan Perez
Italy Loris Spinelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 374
47 Group Nat. 67 Italy GDL Racing Belgium Sarah Bovy
Italy Beniamino Caccia
Indonesia Andrew Haryanto
Argentina Andrés Josephsohn
Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo 364
DNF Pro 117 Germany KÜS Team75 Bernhard New Zealand Earl Bamber
Germany Timo Bernhard
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 353
DNF Pro 8 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Monaco Vincent Abril
Spain Andy Soucek
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 349
DNF Silver 111 Germany Aust Motorsport Germany Tobias Dauenhauer
Switzerland Philipp Frommenwiler
Netherlands Loris Hezemans
Switzerland Nikolaj Rogivue
Audi R8 LMS 342
DNF Pro 82 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Switzerland Rolf Ineichen
United Kingdom Phil Keen
France Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 311
DNF Silver 90 France AKKA ASP Team Germany Nico Bastian
United Kingdom Jack Manchester
Germany Fabian Schiller
Netherlands Jules Szymkowiak
Mercedes-AMG GT3 261
DNF Am 666 Germany Attempto Racing Austria Sven Heyrowsky
Germany John-Louis Jasper
Switzerland Jürgen Krebs
Switzerland Tim Müller
Finland Rory Penttinen
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 227
DNF Pro 114 Switzerland Emil Frey Lexus Racing Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Finland Markus Palttala
Austria Norbert Siedler
Lexus RC F GT3 196
DNF Pro-Am 31 United Kingdom Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Andy Meyrick
United Kingdom Seb Morris
United Kingdom Derek Pierce
United Kingdom Rob Smith
Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) 195
DNF Pro 98 Germany Rowe Racing United Kingdom Ricky Collard
Finland Jesse Krohn
Germany Marco Wittmann
BMW M6 GT3 194
DNF Silver 28 Italy Daiko Lazarus Racing Italy Fabrizio Crestani
Italy Stefano Gattuso
Germany Nicolas Pohler
France Arno Santamato
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 135
DNF Pro 44 United Kingdom Strakka Racing Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Brazil Felipe Fraga
Germany Christian Vietoris
Mercedes-AMG GT3 117
DNF Pro 63 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Germany Christian Engelhart
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 113
DNF Pro 17 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Switzerland Marcel Fässler
United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
Brazil Daniel Serra
Audi R8 LMS 93
DNF Silver 97 Oman Oman Racing with TF Sport Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
United Kingdom Ross Gunn
Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United Kingdom Euan McKay
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 72
DNF Am 89 France AKKA ASP Team France Fabian Barthez
France Eric Debard
Switzerland Philippe Giauque
France Nico Jamin
Mercedes-AMG GT3 43
DNF Am 26 France Saintéloc Racing France Simon Gachet
Belgium Christian Kelders
France Marc Rostan
France Nyls Stievenart
Audi R8 LMS 39

References

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  1. ^ "PREVIEW: 2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Cup Class - The Checkered Flag". 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Official Site of Blancpain GT Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  3. ^ Watkins, Gary. "Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT: Dries Vanthoor puts WRT Audi on pole". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.


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