2015 24 Hours of Spa

2015 Total Spa 24 Hours
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The 2015 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 67th 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 ultra, 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

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

References

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. "Audi R8 LMS clinches second and third place at Spa". Motorsport.com (Motorsport.com, Inc.). 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.