2015 24 Hours of Spa
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.
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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 |
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 | 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
- "Marc VDS win 24 Hours of Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- Watkins, Gary (26 July 2015). "#46 Marc VDS BMW Z4 wins with Catsburg/Paltalla/Luhr". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- "Audi R8 LMS clinches second and third place at Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.