2010 24 Hours of Spa

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Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2010 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 63rd running of the Spa 24 Hours. The race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps between 31 July and 1 August 2010. Following the break-up of the FIA GT Championship, the 2010 running of the Spa 24 Hours served as part of the FIA GT2 European Cup, with cars from the GT3, GT4, and national-level GT categories also being allowed to participate. Due to a transaxle gearbox the BMW M3 GT2 was not allowed to compete in the GT2 class, forcing them to race in GTN instead. This was the last year GT2 cars were eligible for the race.

Shortly after the start it was becoming a 3-class car battle with the #2 Ferrari, #50 Audi and #79 BMW. The #2 Ferrari with Gianmaria Bruni behind the wheel quickly build up a sizeable gap over the rest of the field, but small problems threw them back to 2nd position. Shortly into the night the second place #2 Ferrari and the 3rd place #50 Audi collided and both cars were retired. Late into the night, the safety car gave a one lap advantage to the lead BMW. The positions remained there until the last half hour of the race when the #79 BMW got a suspension problem and went straight into Pouhon, allowing the two Porsches to take the two top spots. The race was won by the BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche, the second 24 Hours of Spa victory for the team and fifth for the manufacturer. Local team Mühlner Motorsport also earned Porsche the GT3 category win after all the leading Audis and Ford retired. Aston Martin's Jota Sport won the GT4 category.

Qualifying result

Class leaders are in bold, the fastest lap for each car is in gray.

Pos No. Team Class Qualifying 1[1] Qualifying 2[2] Qualifying 3[3] Grid
1 2 AF Corse
ALD Team Vitaphone
GT2 2:28.296 2:22.403 2:23.086 1
2 79 BMW Motorsport GTN 2:28.164 2:22.549 2:24.419 2
3 50 Phoenix Racing GT3 2:24.608 2:22.807 2:24.605 3
4 51 Phoenix Racing GT3 2:23.964 2:23.206 2:23.022 4
5 84 Reiter Engineering GT3 2:27.046 2:35.757 2:23.252 5
6 78 BMW Motorsport GTN 2:26.954 2:24.302 2:23.531 6
7 16 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 2:26.338 2:23.960 2:27.011 7
8 13 Prospeed Competition GT2 2:30.738 2:25.839 2:24.456 8
9 73 WRT Belgian Audi Club GT3 2:28.581 2:25.603 2:24.659 9
10 60 Prospeed Competition GT3 2:31.945 2:24.909 2:24.775 10
11 23 BMS Scuderia Italia GT2 2:30.923 2:26.035 2:24.887 11
12 99 Marc VDS Racing Team GT3 2:33.834 2:25.270 2:26.492 12
13 72 WRT Belgian Audi Club GT3 2:26.912 2:25.388 2:27.659 13
14 74 WRT Belgian Audi Club GT3 2:28.944 2:25.702 2:35.438 14
15 61 Prospeed Competition GT3 2:29.316 2:30.392 2:25.706 15
16 68 United Autosports GT3 2:31.924 2:31.139 2:25.745 16
17 81 Gravity International GTN 2:26.033 2:25.764 2:29.700 17
18 86 Gulf Team First GT3 2:27.351 2:54.625 2:25.964 18
19 1 AF Corse GT2 2:27.477 2:27.510 2:27.072 19
20 98 Marc VDS Racing Team GT3 2:31.430 2:27.193 2:32.862 20
21 67 United Autosports GT3 2:40.645 2:29.127 2:27.220 21
22 4 Prospeed Competition GT2 2:32.792 2:27.488 2:31.774 22
23 56 Sport Garage GT3 2:30.685 2:41.259 2:28.826 23
24 17 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 2:28.983 2:30.365 2:33.690 24
25 71 Team RPM GT3 2:30.167 2:37.166 2:29.203 25
26 7 Trackspeed GT2 2:36.807 2:32.506 2:29.328 26
27 85 Gulf Team First GT3 2:29.931 2:29.336 2:31.366 27
28 64 BRS Aston Martin Racing GT3 2:29.978 2:32.818 2:31.597 28
29 55 Sport Garage GT3 2:30.275 2:30.147 2:31.091 29
30 53 Mühlner Motorsport GT3 2:30.761 2:32.774 No Time 30
31 66 Jet Alliance GTN 2:30.761 2:40.276 2:32.580 31
32 52 Mühlner Motorsport GT3 2:50.278 No Time 2:31.199 32
33 100 First Motorsport GTN 2:45.756 2:31.351 2:36.257 33
34 92 G2 Racing GT3 2:35.861 2:32.729 2:47.755 34
35 58 VDS Racing Aventures GT3 2:43.570 2:37.995 2:37.182 35
36 62 RJN Motorsport GT4 2:50.149 2:41.937 2:39.099 36
37 59 Team Jota GT4 2:43.773 2:40.789 2:55.197 37
38 63 BRS Aston Martin Racing GT3 2:52.682 2:46.935 2:43.154 38
39 91 EBRT/Level Racing GTN 3:00.830 2:58.774 2:43.349 39
40 70 Speedlover GT4 3:04.141 2:52.540 2:47.881 40

Race

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