At midnight, with seven and a half hours completed in the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the #8 Bentley Team M-Sport is leading from the #2 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi and the #63 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini. Different pit stop sequences lead to several lead changes, with cars from six different brands in the top seven, all on the lead lap.
29 July 2017
Different pit stop strategies from the various teams saw several cars taking turns in the lead. Next to the #55 Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari and the #63 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini, other cars leading the race included the #1 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi and the two Bentley Team M-Sport Bentleys (#7 and #8), but once they simultaneously also came into the pits at the end of lap 75, the Ferrari and the Lamborghini were back into first and second place again, with the #1 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi next up and the #84 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes in fourth. That is the situation after four hours, with the Music Festival in the Fan Zone already going on in full swing.
29 July 2017
The second hour of the Total 24 Hours of Spa ended behind the safety car which was deployed on lap 45 following a major crash by Pasin Lathouras in the #50 AF Corse Ferrari at the top of Raidillon. The Thai driver walked away unscathed, but the first neutralisation was called to allow for the massive amount of debris to be cleared.
29 July 2017
Once the thousands of guests who had enjoyed the pre-race festivities on the starting grid had found their way to the grandstands and the roof of the pit buildings, everything was set for the formation lap that preceded the rolling start of the 69th running of the Total 24 Hours of Spa.
28 July 2017
For the first time since the Total 24 Hours of Spa have been part of the Blancpain GT Series, a Ferrari will start from pole position. James Calado clocked a superb 2’17.390, the fastest-ever lap of a GT3 car on the Spa track, at the wheel of the #55 Kaspersky Motorsport Ferrari. Mirko Bortolotti (#63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini) will be next to him on the front row, with Belgian drivers Frédéric Vervisch (#2 Audi Sport Team WRT R8) and Laurens Vanthoor (#117 KÜS Team75 Bernhard Porsche) sharing the second row.
28 July 2017
At his annual press conference during the Total 24 Hours of Spa, Founder and CEO Stephane Ratel unveiled the plans of the SRO Motorsports Group for the near future. Not only will all the existing SRO Series continue, with some minor tweaks, but there will also be some new initiatives.
28 July 2017
• #90 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG driver sets fastest time in first session • Jonny Adam only Pro-Am Cup driver in Friday’s Superpole • 36 cars within the same second
27 July 2017
After the hour long pre-qualifying session the timesheets were again topped by the #63 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti. This time the Italian preceded the #333 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari of Norbert Siedler, which was also the fastest of the Pro-Am cars.
27 July 2017
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the loss of Jean-François Chaumont. Jean-François was best known as the long-time promoter and organiser of the Spa 24 Hours. He started working for the Belgian endurance classic in 1978, and for three decades he headed the organisation committee.
