2021 24 Hours of Spa

2021 24 Hours of Spa
Event Information
Round 1 of 3 in the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date29 July–1 August 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge
LocationSpa-Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
VenueCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Results
Race 1
Distance 556 laps 3894.224 km
Pole position Raffaele Marciello
AKKA ASP
2:17.949
Winner Côme Ledogar
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Iron Lynx
24:01:16.554

The 2021 24 Hours of Spa (also known as the TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th running of the 24 Hours of Spa. It took place from 29 July–1 August 2021. The race was part of both the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Background

After being delayed the previous year to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, the race returned to its traditional end of July date for 2021. Spectators were allowed for the race, but were restricted to two bubbles and were required to wear a mask at all times. Initial plans also would have required spectators to provide proof of vaccination or a negative test result for the COVID-19 virus, but this was scrapped days before the event.[1]

Supporting the race weekend were the GT4 European Series, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, TCR Europe Championship, Renault Clio Cup Europe, and a new TC France series.[2]

Prior to the race, Frikadelli Racing was forced to withdraw due to the impacts of the 2021 European floods.[3] Their spot was taken over by Schnabl Engineering.[4]

Entry list

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
Pro Cup (25 entries)
3 Schnabl Engineering Porsche 911 GT3 R Michael Christensen[5] Frédéric Makowiecki[5] Dennis Olsen[5] -
4 BWT Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Vincent Abril Maro Engel Luca Stolz -
18 KCMG Porsche 911 GT3 R Josh Burdon[6] Alexandre Imperatori[6] Edoardo Liberati[6] -
21 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Kévin Estre[7] Richard Lietz[7] Sven Müller[7] -
22 GPX Martini Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet -
25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Audi R8 LMS Evo Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Markus Winkelhock -
26 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Jamie Green Finlay Hutchison Adrien Tambay -
32 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts -
34 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Sheldon van der Linde David Pittard Marco Wittmann -
35 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Timo Glock Thomas Neubauer Martin Tomczyk -
37 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Robin Frijns Dennis Lind Nico Müller -
38 Jota Sport McLaren 720S GT3 Ben Barnicoat Rob Bell Oliver Wilkinson -
47 KCMG Porsche 911 GT3 R Maxime Martin[6] Nick Tandy[6] Laurens Vanthoor[6] -
50 HubAuto Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maximilian Buhk[8] Nicky Catsburg[9] Maximilian Götz[8] -
51 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Alessandro Pier Guidi Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen -
54 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Klaus Bachler Matteo Cairoli Christian Engelhart -
56 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Romain Dumas Mikkel O. Pedersen Andrea Rizzoli -
63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli -
66 Audi Sport Team Attempto Audi R8 LMS Evo Mattia Drudi Christopher Mies Kim-Luis Schramm -
71 Iron Lynx Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Antonio Fuoco Callum Ilott Davide Rigon -
88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jules Gounon Raffaele Marciello Daniel Juncadella -
89 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lucas Auer Timur Boguslavskiy Felipe Fraga -
95 Garage 59 AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Ross Gunn[10] Marco Sørensen[10] Nicki Thiim[10] -
114 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Jack Aitken Konsta Lappalainen Arthur Rougier -
163 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa Franck Perera -
Silver Cup (16 entries)
5 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Patrick Assenheimer Michele Beretta Indy Dontje Hubert Haupt
7 Toksport WRT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Marvin Dienst Axcil Jefferies Paul Petit Óscar Tunjo
14 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Alex Fontana Ricardo Feller Rolf Ineichen -
16 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Alberto Di Folco Kikko Galbiati Clemens Schmid Tim Zimmermann
27 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Alexandre Cougnaud Lucas Légeret Aurélien Panis Louis Prette
30 ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Franco Colapinto[11] Benjamin Goethe James Pull -
31 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Valdemar Eriksen Frank Bird Ryuichiro Tomita -
33 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Fabrizio Crestani Benjamin Hites David Perel -
40 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lance David Arnold Miklas Born Jordan Love Yannick Mettler
57 Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Mikaël Grenier Russel Ward -
87 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Thomas Drouet Simon Gachet Konstantin Tereshchenko Răzvan Umbrărescu
90 Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Rik Breukers Ezequiel Pérez Companc Patrick Kujala Ricardo Sanchez[12]
99 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Alex Aka Max Hofer Fabien Lavergne Dennis Marschall
159 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Valentin Hasse-Clot Nicolai Kjærgaard Alex MacDowall -
222 Allied-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Julien Apotheloz Bastian Buus Lars Kern Arno Santamato
666 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Glenn van Berlo Baptiste Moulin Yuki Nemoto Martin Rump
Pro-Am Cup (15 entries)
2 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Nico Bastian Olivier Grotz Florian Scholze -
10 Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW M6 GT3 Jens Klingmann Jens Liebhauser Karim Ojjeh Yann Zimmer
11 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 David Fumanelli Tim Kohmann Giorgio Roda Francesco Zollo
19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Bertrand Baguette Stefano Costantini Hiroshi Hamaguchi Phil Keen
20 SPS Automotive Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Dominik Baumann Colin Braun George Kurtz Valentin Pierburg
52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Andrea Bertolini Lorenzo Bontempelli Louis Machiels Alessio Rovera
53 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Duncan Cameron Matt Griffin Rino Mastronardi Miguel Molina
61 EBM Giga Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Will Bamber Adrian D'Silva Reid Harker Carlos Rivas
69 Ram Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ricky Collard Rob Collard Sam De Haan Fabian Schiller
70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Brendan Iribe Kevin Madsen Ollie Millroy Jordan Pepper
77 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Henrique Chaves Leo Machitski Sandy Mitchell Miguel Ramos
93 Sky - Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Eddie Cheever III Matteo Cressoni Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui
107 CMR Bentley Continental GT3 Nelson Panciatici Ulysse de Pauw Gilles Vannelet Stuart White
188 Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Charlie Eastwood Chris Goodwin Marvin Kirchhöfer Alexander West
911 Precote Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Antares Au Daniel Allemann Alfred Renauer Robert Renauer
Am Cup (2 entries)
23 Huber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Ivan Jacoma Nicolas Leutwiler Nico Menzel Jacob Schell
166 Hägeli by T2 Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Marc Basseng Dennis Busch Pieder Decurtins Manuel Lauck

Results

Race

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Reason
1 Pro 51 Iron Lynx Côme Ledogar
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 556 24:01:16.554‡
2 Pro 32 Audi Sport Team WRT Dries Vanthoor
Kelvin van der Linde
Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo 556 +3.978
3 Pro 95 Garage 59 AMR Ross Gunn
Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 556 +1:24.957
4 Pro 37 Audi Sport Team WRT Robin Frijns
Dennis Lind
Nico Müller
Audi R8 LMS Evo 554 +2 Laps
5 Pro 47 KCMG Maxime Martin
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R 554 +2 Laps
6 Pro 25 Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Christopher Haase
Patric Niederhauser
Marcus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Evo 554 +2 Laps
7 Pro 38 Jota Sport Ben Barnicoat
Rob Bell
Oliver Wilkinson
McLaren 720S GT3 554 +2 Laps
8 Pro 63 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Mirko Bortolotti
Andrea Caldarelli
Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 554 +2 Laps
9 Pro 66 Audi Sport Team Attempto Mattia Drudi
Christopher Mies
Kim-Luis Schramm
Audi R8 LMS Evo 554 +2 Laps
10 Pro 89 AKKA ASP Team Lucas Auer
Timur Boguslavskiy
Felipe Fraga
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 552 +4 Laps
11 Silver 90 MadPanda Motorsport Rik Breukers
Patrick Kujala
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Ricardo Sanchez
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 551 +5 Laps‡
12 Pro 18 KCMG Josh Burdon
Alexandre Imperatori
Edoardo Liberati
Porsche 911 GT3 R 550 +6 Laps
13 Silver 7 Toksport WRT Marvin Dienst
Axcil Jefferies
Paul Petit
Óscar Tunjo
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 550 +6 Laps
14 Silver 159 Garage 59 Valentin Hasse-Clot
Nicolai Kjærgaard
Alex MacDowall
Tuomas Tujula
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 550 +6 Laps
15 Silver 99 Attempto Racing Alex Aka
Max Hofer
Fabien Lavergne
Audi R8 LMS Evo 550 +6 Laps
16 Pro-Am 53 AF Corse Duncan Cameron
Matthew Griffin
Rino Mastronardi
Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 550 +6 Laps‡
17 Pro-Am 52 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Louis Machiels
Alessio Rovera
John Wartique
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 549 +7 Laps
18 Pro-Am 77 Barwell Motorsport Henrique Chaves
Leo Machitski
Sandy Mitchell
Miguel Ramos
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 547 +9 Laps
19 Pro-Am 93 Sky - Tempesta Racing Eddie Cheever III
Matteo Cressoni
Chris Froggatt
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 547 +9 Laps
20 Pro-Am 61 EBM Giga Racing Will Bamber
Adrian Henry D'Silva
Reid Harker
Carlos Rivas
Porsche 911 GT3 R 547 +9 Laps
21 Silver 40 SPS Automotive Performance Miklas Born
Lance David Arnold
Jordan Love
Yannick Mettler
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 547 +9 Laps
22 Silver 30 ROFGO Racing with Team WRT Franco Colapinto
Benjamin Goethe
James Pull
Audi R8 LMS Evo 546 +10 Laps
23 Silver 87 AKKA ASP Team Thomas Drouet
Simon Gachet
Konstantin Tereshchenko
Răzvan Umbrărescu
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 545 +11 Laps
24 Silver 31 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Frank Bird
Valdemar Eriksen
Ryuichiro Tomita
Audi R8 LMS Evo 545 +11 Laps
25 Pro-Am 20 SPS Automotive Performance Dominik Baumann
Colin Braun
George Kurtz
Valentin Pierburg
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 544 +12 Laps
26 Pro-Am 911 Precote Herberth Motorsport Antares Au
Daniel Allemann
Alfred Renauer
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R 542 +14 Laps
27 Silver 222 Allied-Racing Julien Apotheloz
Bastian Buus
Lars Kern
Arno Santamato
Porsche 911 GT3 R 542 +14 Laps
28 Pro-Am 70 Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport Brendan Iribe
Kevin Madsen
Oliver Millroy
Jordan Pepper
McLaren 720S GT3 537 +19 Laps
29 Silver 27 Saintéloc Racing Alexandre Cougnaud
Lucas Légeret
Louis Prette
Aurélien Panis
Audi R8 LMS Evo 534 +22 Laps
30 Silver 33 Rinaldi Racing Fabrizio Crestani
Benjamín Hites
David Perel
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 533 +23 Laps†
31 Silver 14 Emil Frey Racing Ricardo Feller
Alex Fontana
Rolf Ineichen
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 527 +29 Laps†
32 Pro-Am 11 Kessel Racing David Fumanelli
Tim Kohmann
Giorgio Roda
Francesco Zollo
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 525 +31 Laps†
33 Am 166 Hägeli by T2 Racing Marc Basseng
Dennis Busch
Pieder Decurtins
Manuel Lauck
Porsche 911 GT3 R 518 +38 Laps‡
34 Pro-Am 69 Ram Racing Ricky Collard
Rob Collard
Sam de Haan
Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 474 +82 Laps†
35 Pro-Am 10 Boutsen Ginion Racing Jens Liebhauser
Jens Klingmann
Karim Ojjeh
Yann Zimmer
BMW M6 GT3 439 +117 Laps
36 Pro 4 BWT Haupt Racing Team Vincent Abril
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 431 +125 Laps†
37 Pro 50 HubAuto Racing Maximilian Buhk
Nick Catsburg
Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 408 +148 Laps
38 Am 23 Huber Motorsport Ivan Jacoma
Nicolas Leutwiler
Nico Menzel
Jacob Schell
Porsche 911 GT3 R 395 +161 Laps†
NC Pro-Am 2 GetSpeed Performance Nico Bastian
Olivier Grotz
Florian Scholze
Jim Pla
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 376 Mechanical
NC Silver 16 GRT Grasser Racing Team Alberto Maria di Folco
Emilian Galbiati
Clemens Schmid
Tim Zimmermann
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 349 Accident
NC Pro 88 Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP Jules Gounon
Daniel Juncadella
Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 344 Dampers
NC Pro 54 Dinamic Motorsport Klaus Bachler
Matteo Cairoli
Christian Engelhart
Porsche 911 GT3 R 341 Mechanical
NC Pro-Am 107 CMR Nelson Panciatici
Ulysse de Pauw
Gilles Vannelet
Stuart White
Bentley Continental GT3 300 Mechanical
NC Pro-Am 188 Garage 59 Charlie Eastwood
Chris Goodwin
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 292 Gearbox
NC Pro 3 Schnabl Engineering Michael Christensen
Frédéric Makowiecki
Dennis Olsen
Porsche 911 GT3 R 254 Accident
NC Pro 22 GPX Martini Racing Earl Bamber
Matthew Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Porsche 911 GT3 R 246 Steering
NC Silver 666 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Glenn van Berlo
Baptiste Moulin
Yuki Nemoto
Martin Rump
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 245 Mechanical
NC Pro 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport David Pittard
Sheldon van der Linde
Marco Wittmann
BMW M6 GT3 221 Engine
NC Pro 35 Walkenhorst Motorsport Timo Glock
Thomas Neubauer
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 213 Accident damage
NC Pro-Am 19 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Bertrand Baguette
Stefano Costantini
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
Phil Keen
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 180 Electrical
NC Silver 57 Winward Motorsport Philip Ellis
Mikaël Grenier
Russell Ward
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 167 Accident
NC Pro 26 Saintéloc Racing Jamie Green
Finlay Hutchinson
Adrien Tambay
Audi R8 LMS Evo 155 Accident damage
NC Pro 56 Dinamic Motorsport Romain Dumas
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Andrea Rizzoli
Porsche 911 GT3 R 134 Mechanical
NC Silver 5 Haupt Racing Team Patrick Assenheimer
Michele Beretta
Indy Dontje
Hubert Haupt
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 71 Mechanical
NC Pro 114 Emil Frey Racing Jack Aitken
Konsta Lappalainen
Arthur Rougier
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 9 Accident
NC Pro 163 Emil Frey Racing Giacomo Altoè
Albert Costa
Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 9 Accident
NC Pro 71 Iron Lynx Antonio Fuoco
Callum Ilott
Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 9 Accident
NC Pro 21 Rutronik Racing Kévin Estre
Richard Lietz
Sven Müller
Porsche 911 GT3 R 9 Accident
FINAL RESULTS
  • † indicates car was classified, but not running at the finish.

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