2024 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, were the race was held.

The 2024 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps) was an endurance sportscar racing held on 20 and 21 April 2024, as the second of five rounds of the 2024 24H Series. It was the sixth running of the event as part of the 24H Series.

The event was announced on 16 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2024 24H Series calendar.[1]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 19 April 2024, and featured 45 cars: 15 GT3 cars, 18 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 4 GTX cars, 5 GT4 cars, and 3 TCX cars.[2]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (15 entries)
1 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Belgium Xavier Knauf Switzerland Tim Müller Belgium Gregory Servais
5 Switzerland Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Am United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert Switzerland Nicolò Rosi Spain Fran Rueda Netherlands Fons Scheltema
11 Switzerland Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Am Germany Kenneth Heyer Switzerland Michael Kroll Germany Max Partl Germany Alexander Prinz Switzerland Chantal Prinz
12 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA United States "Hash" Switzerland Alex Fontana Switzerland Ivan Jacoma Switzerland Yannick Mettler
18 France Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Austria Michael Doppelmayr Germany Elia Erhart Switzerland Ernst Inderbitzin Germany Pierre Kaffer
34 Germany Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Norway Wiggo Dalmo Germany Max Edelhoff Germany Dr. Johannes Kirchhof Germany Tim Vogler
44 Slovakia ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Am Slovakia Anton Kiaba Slovakia Miro Konôpka Italy Mateo Llarena Slovakia Zdeno Mikulasko
58 Italy MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Italy Corinna Gostner Italy David Gostner Italy Manuela Gostner Italy Thomas Gostner
69 Lithuania RD Signs - Siauliai racing team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 PA Lithuania Audrius Butkevicius Italy Nicola Michelon Lithuania Paulius Paskevicius
71 Lithuania Juta Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Lithuania Arunas Geciauskas Sweden Lukas Sundahl United Kingdom Lars Viljoen
80 Germany Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Hong Kong Antares Au Hong Kong Jonathan Hui Hong Kong Kevin Tse
84 New Zealand EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Malaysia Adrian D'Silva Australia Shae Davies Estonia Martin Rump
85 United States CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am United States Charles Espenlaub United States Joe Foster United States Shane Lewis United States Charles Putman
90 Spain E2P Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) PA Spain Pablo Burguera Portugal Álvaro Parente Spain Antonio Sainero
91 Germany Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Germany Ralf Bohn United States Jason Hart United States Scott Noble
GTX (4 entries)
701 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Lionel Amrouche France Philippe Bonnel France Gilles Courtois
702 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Arnaud Gomez France Olivier Gomez France Lucas Sugliano
719 Germany 9und11 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II MR Germany Georg Goder Germany Tim Scheerbarth Germany Martin Schlüter
795 France Team CMR Ginetta G56 Cup United Kingdom Mike Simpson United Kingdom Freddie Tomlinson United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson
992 (18 entries)
902 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Denmark Jonas Holmgaard Denmark Magnus Holmgaard Germany Marlon Menden France Stéphane Perrin Denmark Martin Vedel Mortensen
903 Belgium Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Lithuania Julius Adomavičius Belgium Ayrton Redant Belgium Yannick Redant
904 Belgium Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Belgium Peter Guelinckx Belgium Michiel Haverans Belgium Brent Verheyen
907 Germany RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Germany Philip Hamprecht Sweden Niclas Jönsson United States Tracy Krohn
908 France SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am France Gilles Blasco France Jean-François Demorge France Philippe Polette France Benjamin Roy
909 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Netherlands Ivo Breukers Netherlands Luc Breukers Netherlands Rik Breukers Switzerland Fabian Danz
911 South Korea Hankook Competition Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am South Korea Roelof Bruins Canada Steven Cho Hong Kong Dr. Ma
917 Switzerland Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Switzerland Daniel Gillioz France Laurent Misbach Switzerland Alexandre Mottet
925 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Netherlands Marcel van Berlo Netherlands Bob Herber
927 Germany SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Germany Heiko Eichenberg Switzerland Patrik Grütter Austria Bernhard Wagner
967 Germany HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Switzerland Linus Diener Germany Kim André Hauschild Italy Amadeo Pampanini Switzerland Nicolas Stürzinger
969 San Marino GDL Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am United States Dallas Carroll United States Matt Kehoe United States Mark Smith
972 Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Netherlands Mark van Eldik Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Ralph Poppelaars Netherlands Edwin Schilt
979 Belgium Speedlover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Belgium Olivier Dons Belgium Wim Meulders Belgium Rik Renmans
985 Austria Neuhofer Rennsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Austria Felix Neuhofer Austria Markus Neuhofer Germany Manuel Zlof
988 Germany MRS GT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Costa Rica Amadeo Quiros Estonia Antti Rammo El Salvador Rolando Saca
992 Netherlands NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Netherlands Gijs Bessem Netherlands Harry Hilders
993 Lithuania Porsche Baltic Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Lithuania Robertas Kupcikas Lithuania Domas Raudonis Lithuania Tautvydas Rudokas
GT4 (5 entries)
400 Sweden ALFAB Racing McLaren Artura GT4 Sweden Erik Behrens Sweden Daniel Roos
416 United Arab Emirates Buggyra ZM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Seychelles Aliyyah Koloc Czech Republic Adam Lacko Czech Republic David Vrsecky
419 Belgium Hamofa Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Belgium Kris Verhoeven Belgium Mark Verhoeven Belgium Rob Verhoeven
424 Germany Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Germany Dennis Bohn United States José Garcia Germany Patrick Kolb United States Daniel Miller
438 United Kingdom Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II United Kingdom Ravi Ramyead United Kingdom Charlie Robertson Cyprus Vasily Vladykin
TCE/TCX (3 entries)
127 Germany SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Germany Henning Eschweiler Germany Christoph Krombach Germany Heinz Jürgen Kroner Mexico Benito Tagle
169 Belgium HY Racing Porsche Cayman GTS Belgium "Brody" Italy Bruno Barbaro Belgium Jacques Derenne France Brice Pineau
178 United Kingdom CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup United Kingdom Daniel Morris United Kingdom Colin White
Source:[3]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
PA GT3-Pro Am
Am GT3-Am
992 entries
Icon Class
P 992-Pro
Am 992-Am

Schedule

Date Time (local: CEST) Event Duration
Friday, 19 April 12:10 - 13:40 Free Practice 90 Minutes
15:30 - 16:25 Qualifying 3x15 Minutes
Saturday, 20 April 12:50 - 17:50 Race - Part 1 5 Hours
Sunday, 21 April 10:50 - 17:50 Race - Part 2 7 Hours
Source:[4]

Practice

The first and only practice session started on 12:10 CEST on Friday. Gregory Servais ended up quickest in the No. 1 HAAS RT Audi, with a lap time of 2:45.856. Ralf Bohn was second-quickest in the No. 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche. Martin Rump was quickest in the GT3 Pro/Am class in the No. 84 EBM Porsche.

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 1 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Belgium Gregory Servais 2:45.856
GTX 702 France Vortex V8 France Arnaud Gomez 2:57.376
992 985 Austria Neuhofer Rennsport Austria Felix Neuhofer 2:48.761
GT4 438 United Kingdom Simpson Motorsport Cyprus Vasily Vladykin 2:54.739
TCE 178 United Kingdom CWS Engineering United Kingdom Colin White 3:15.654
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into three parts. The average of the best times per qualifying session determined the starting order. Car Collection Motorsport locked out the front row, the No. 12 Porsche in front of the No. 80 Porsche. The No. 1 HAAS RT Audi secured third place.[7] However, the No. 80 Porsche was promoted to pole position after the No. 12 crew failed to attend the drivers' meeting.[8]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos. Class No. Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
1 GT3 Pro/Am 12 Germany Car Collection Motorsport 2:44.222 2:40.513 2:39.566 2:41.433
2 GT3 Am 80 Germany Car Collection Motorsport 2:44.348 2:42.405 2:40.297 2:42.350
3 GT3 Am 1 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT 2:42.539 2:41.953 2:43.020 2:42.504
4 GT3 Am 44 Slovakia ARC Bratislava 2:49.656 2:39.724 2:39.160 2:42.846
5 GT3 Am 91 Germany Herberth Motorsport 2:51.065 2:41.129 2:38.007 2:43.400
6 GT3 Am 5 Switzerland Kessel Racing 2:48.523 2:46.314 2:37.865 2:44.234
7 992 Pro 903 Belgium Red Ant Racing 2:45.405 2:45.210 2:42.133 2:44.249
8 GT3 Am 11 Switzerland Hofor Racing 2:46.549 2:43.373 2:43.047 2:44.323
9 GT3 Am 34 Germany Land Motorsport 2:52.723 2:43.201 2:38.847 2:44.923
10 GT3 Pro/Am 18 France Saintéloc Junior Team 2:54.782 2:43.365 2:37.186 2:45.111
11 GT3 Pro/Am 71 Lithuania Juta Racing 2:48.511 2:45.362 2:41.830 2:45.234
12 GT3 Pro/Am 69 Lithuania RD Signs - Siauliai racing team 2:45.724 2:43.729 2:47.109 2:45.520
13 992 Pro 909 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl 2:48.578 2:45.298 2:43.240 2:45.705
14 GTX 702 France Vortex V8 2:49.934 2:47.814 2:40.417 2:46.055
15 992 Am 972 Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport 2:49.219 2:46.552 2:43.059 2:46.276
16 GTX 795 France Team CMR 2:55.357 2:45.154 2:40.849 2:47.120
17 GT3 Pro/Am 90 Spain E2P Racing 2:59.454 2:45.983 2:37.217 2:47.551
18 992 Am 925 Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 2:48.736 2:48.212 2:45.935 2:47.627
19 992 Pro 904 Belgium Red Ant Racing 2:53.901 2:45.591 2:45.036 2:48.176
20 992 Pro 902 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport 2:51.500 2:49.096 2:46.678 2:49.091
21 GT3 Am 58 Italy MP Racing 2:55.446 2:45.028 2:47.079 2:49.184
22 992 Am 967 Germany HRT Performance 2:55.450 2:49.611 2:43.994 2:49.685
23 992 Am 992 Netherlands NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing 2:53.403 2:49.906 2:46.526 2:49.945
24 GT3 Am 85 United States CP Racing 3:03.462 2:46.659 2:40.518 2:50.213
25 992 Am 911 South Korea Hankook Competition 2:59.664 2:47.990 2:44.472 2:50.708
26 992 Am 985 Austria Neuhofer Rennsport 2:59.045 2:54.510 2:42.677 2:52.077
27 992 Am 917 Switzerland Orchid Racing Team 2:54.429 2:54.789 2:48.720 2:52.646
28 GT4 400 Sweden ALFAB Racing 2:57.713 2:49.914 2:50.422 2:52.683
29 992 Am 927 Germany SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 2:51.213 2:48.954 2:58.320 2:52.829
30 GT4 438 United Kingdom Simpson Motorsport 2:54.794 2:54.132 2:50.358 2:53.094
31 GT4 424 Germany Lionspeed GP 2:54.457 2:54.015 2:51.221 2:53.231
32 992 Pro 993 Lithuania Porsche Baltic 3:07.111 2:48.012 2:45.695 2:53.606
33 992 Am 907 Germany RPM Racing 2:53.532 3:00.985 2:46.812 2:53.776
34 992 Am 969 San Marino GDL Racing 2:57.082 2:51.597 2:53.084 2:53.921
35 GT4 416 United Arab Emirates Buggyra ZM Racing 2:56.135 2:52.970 2:52.676 2:53.927
36 992 Am 979 Belgium Speedlover 2:52.958 2:59.903 2:56.661 2:56.507
37 992 Am 908 France SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 3:11.487 2:51.184 2:48.869 2:57.180
38 GTX 701 France Vortex V8 3:00.737 3:10.746 2:50.154 3:00.545
39 GT4 419 Belgium Hamofa Motorsport 3:14.454 2:56.574 2:56.447 3:02.491
40 GTX 719 Germany 9und11 Racing 3:17.802 3:07.656 2:42.840 3:02.766
41 TCX 178 United Kingdom CWS Racing 3:07.265 3:03.680 2:59.158 3:03.367
42 992 Am 988 Germany MRS GT Racing 3:41.784 2:50.667 2:49.098 3:07.183
43 TCX 127 Germany SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 3:21.880 3:16.330 3:03.061 3:13.757
44 TCX 169 Belgium HY Racing 3:21.086 3:21.190 3:12.408 3:18.228
GT3 Pro/Am 84 New Zealand EBM No time No time No time No time
Source:[9]

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