2018 24 Hours of Spa
The 2018 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 70th running of the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It was also the fourth round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was held on 28 and 29 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.[1]

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Entry list
    
The following drivers will attend the 2018 24 Hours of Spa:[2]
Qualifying
    
These were the 10 fastest cars in qualifying[3]
| Pos | N° | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Dif | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dries Vanthoor | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:18,578 | |
| 2 | 62 | Maxime Martin | R-Motorsport | Aston Martin V12 Vantage | 2:19.183 | +0,605 | 
| 3 | 2 | Nico Müller | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.366 | +0,788 | 
| 4 | 72 | Davide Rigon | SMP Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:19.433 | +0,855 | 
| 5 | 29 | Kevin van der Linde | Montaplast by Land-Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.493 | +0,915 | 
| 6 | 58 | Côme Ledogar | Garage 59 | McLaren 650S GT3 | 2:19.512 | +0,934 | 
| 7 | 25 | Markus Winkelhock | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Audi R8 LMS | 2:19.515 | +0,937 | 
| 8 | 34 | Philipp Eng | Wakenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:19.517 | +0,939 | 
| 9 | 911 | Frédéric Makowiecki | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 | 2:19.649 | +1,071 | 
| 10 | 63 | Mirko Bortolotti | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 2:19.697 | +1,119 | 
Race
    
    Race Result
    
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pro | 34 |  Walkenhorst Motorsport |  Tom Blomqvist  Philipp Eng  Christian Krognes | BMW M6 GT3 | 511 | 
| 2 | Pro | 99 |  Rowe Racing |  Nick Catsburg  Jens Klingmann  Alexander Sims | BMW M6 GT3 | 511 | 
| 3 | Pro | 29 |  Montaplast by Land-Motorsport |  Kelvin van der Linde  Sheldon van der Linde .svg.png.webp) Jeffrey Schmidt | Audi R8 LMS | 511 | 
| 4 | Pro | 25 |  Audi Sport Team Saintéloc |  Christopher Haase .svg.png.webp) Frédéric Vervisch  Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS | 511 | 
| 5 | Pro | 4 |  Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon |  Yelmer Buurman  Maro Engel  Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 511 | 
| 6 | Pro | 88 |  Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP |  Daniel Juncadella  Raffaele Marciello  Tristan Vautier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 510 | 
| 7 | Pro | 23 |  GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN |  Alex Buncombe  Lucas Ordóñez  Matt Parry | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 510 | 
| 8 | Pro | 2 | .svg.png.webp) Audi Sport Team WRT |  Robin Frijns .svg.png.webp) Nico Müller  René Rast | Audi R8 LMS | 509 | 
| 9 | Pro | 76 | .svg.png.webp) R-Motorsport |  Jake Dennis  Nicki Thiim  Matthieu Vaxiviere | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 508 | 
| 10 | Pro | 72 |  SMP Racing |  Davide Rigon  Miguel Molina  Mikhail Aleshin | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 508 | 
| 11 | Pro | 43 |  Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing |  Maximilian Buhk  Maximilian Götz  Álvaro Parente | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 508 | 
| 12 | Pro | 84 |  Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER | .svg.png.webp) Edoardo Mortara  Gary Paffett  Renger van der Zande | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 507 | 
| 13 | Pro | 14 | .svg.png.webp) Emil Frey Lexus Racing |  Albert Costa  Christian Klien  Marco Seefried | Lexus RC F GT3 | 507 | 
| 14 | Pro | 19 |  GRT Grasser Racing Team |  Raffaele Giammaria  Ezequiel Pérez Companc  Marco Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 506 | 
| 15 | Pro-Am | 333 |  Rinaldi Racing |  Daniel Keilwitz  Alexander Mattschull  Rinat Salikhov  David Perel | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 506 | 
| 16 | Pro | 35 |  SMP Racing by AKKA ASP |  Denis Bulatov  Michael Meadows  Vitaly Petrov | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 505 | 
| 17 | Pro-Am | 42 |  Strakka Racing |  Chris Buncombe  David Fumanelli  Nick Leventis  Lewis Williamson | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 504 | 
| 18 | Silver | 12 |  Ombra Racing |  Alex Frassineti  Kang Ling  Romain Monti  Andrea Rizzoli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 504 | 
| 19 | Silver | 78 |  Barwell Motorsport |  Michele Beretta  Rik Breukers  Martin Kodrić  Sandy Mitchell | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 504 | 
| 20 | Pro-Am | 175 |  SunEnergy 1 Team HTP Motorsport | .svg.png.webp) Kenny Habul  Thomas Jäger  Martin Konrad  Bernd Schneider | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 503 | 
| 21 | Pro-Am | 51 |  AF Corse |  Lorenzo Bontempelli  Duncan Cameron  Matt Griffin  Aaron Scott | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 503 | 
| 22 | Pro | 58 |  Garage 59 |  Ben Barnicoat  Côme Ledogar  Olivier Pla | McLaren 650S GT3 | 503 | 
| 23 | Silver | 6 |  Black Falcon |  Abdulaziz Al Faisal  Hubert Haupt  Manuel Metzger  Gabriele Piana | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 501 | 
| 24 | Pro | 55 |  Attempto Racing |  Pierre Kaffer  Clemens Schmid  Kim-Luis Schramm | Audi R8 LMS | 501 | 
| 25 | Pro | 7 |  Bentley Team M-Sport |  Jules Gounon  Steven Kane  Jordan Pepper | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 499 | 
| 26 | Pro-Am | 53 |  AF Corse |  Andrea Bertolini  Marco Cioci  Niek Hommerson .svg.png.webp) Louis Machiels | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 499 | 
| 27 | Am | 77 |  Barwell Motorsport |  Richard Abra .svg.png.webp) Adrian Amstutz  Patrick Kujala  Leo Machitski | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 496 | 
| 28 | Silver | 54 | .svg.png.webp) Emil Frey Jaguar Racing | .svg.png.webp) Alex Fontana .svg.png.webp) Mikaël Grenier .svg.png.webp) Adrian Zaugg | Emil Frey GT3 Jaguar | 496 | 
| 29 | Pro | 911 |  Manthey Racing |  Romain Dumas  Frédéric Makowiecki  Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 493 | 
| 30 | Am | 9 |  Target Racing |  Stefano Costantini  Sylvain Debs .svg.png.webp) Bernard Delhez  Alberto Di Folco | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 491 | 
| 31 | Pro-Am | 5 |  Black Falcon |  Rui Águas  Saud Al Faisal  Kriton Lendoudis  Tom Onslow-Cole | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 490 | 
| 32 | Pro-Am | 30 |  Castrol Honda Racing | .svg.png.webp) Bertrand Baguette  Loïc Depailler  Esteban Guerrieri  Riccardo Patrese | Honda NSX GT3 | 490 | 
| 33 | Pro-Am | 49 |  Ram Racing |  Euan Hankey  Salih Yoluç  Darren Burke  Felix Rosenqvist | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 489 | 
| 34 | Am | 488 |  Rinaldi Racing |  Nicolas Boulle  Pierre Ehret  Murad Sultanov  Rick Yoon | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 488 | 
| 35 | Pro | 62 | .svg.png.webp) R-Motorsport |  Dominik Baumann  Marvin Kirchhöfer .svg.png.webp) Maxime Martin | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 485 | 
| 36 | Am | 75 |  T2 Motorsport |  Christian Colombo  Matteo Cressoni  Gregory Teo  David Tjiptobiantoro | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 482 | 
| 37 | Silver | 22 |  GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN |  Struan Moore  Ricardo Sánchez  Sean Walkinshaw  Jordan Witt | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) | 482 | 
| 38 | Am | 36 |  Walkenhorst Motorsport |  Anders Buchardt  Ralf Oeverhaus  Immanuel Vinke  Henry Walkenhorst | BMW M6 GT3 | 478 | 
| 39 | Am | 991 |  Herberth Motorsport |  Edward Lewis Brauner  Jürgen Häring  Wolfgang Triller  Alfred Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 475 | 
| 40 | Pro | 1 | .svg.png.webp) Audi Sport Team WRT |  Christopher Mies  Alex Riberas .svg.png.webp) Dries Vanthoor | Audi R8 LMS | 456 | 
| 41 | Pro-Am | 540 |  Black Swan Racing |  Jeroen Bleekemolen  Marc Lieb  Marc Miller  Tim Pappas | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 447 | 
| 42 | Am | 188 |  Garage 59 |  Chris Goodwin  Chris Harris  Andrew Watson  Alexander West | McLaren 650S GT3 | 391 | 
| 43 | Group Nat. | 70 | .svg.png.webp) SpeedLover | .svg.png.webp) Grégory Paisse .svg.png.webp) Pierre-Yves Paque  Gilles Petit  Bob Wilwert | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 390 | 
| 44 | Pro | 66 |  Attempto Racing |  Jamie Green  Pieter Schothorst  Steijn Schothorst | Audi R8 LMS | 384 | 
| 45 | Pro-Am | 100 | .svg.png.webp) Brussels Racing | .svg.png.webp) Sam Dejonghe .svg.png.webp) Nicolas Vandierendonck .svg.png.webp) Tim Verbergt .svg.png.webp) Koen Wauters | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 376 | 
| 46 | Pro-Am | 18 |  Antonelli Motorsport |  Giacomo Altoè  Gianluca Giraudi  Juan Perez  Loris Spinelli | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 374 | 
| 47 | Group Nat. | 67 |  GDL Racing | .svg.png.webp) Sarah Bovy  Beniamino Caccia  Andrew Haryanto  Andrés Josephsohn | Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo | 364 | 
| DNF | Pro | 117 |  KÜS Team75 Bernhard |  Earl Bamber  Timo Bernhard .svg.png.webp) Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 353 | 
| DNF | Pro | 8 |  Bentley Team M-Sport |  Vincent Abril  Andy Soucek .svg.png.webp) Maxime Soulet | Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) | 349 | 
| DNF | Silver | 111 |  Aust Motorsport |  Tobias Dauenhauer .svg.png.webp) Philipp Frommenwiler  Loris Hezemans .svg.png.webp) Nikolaj Rogivue | Audi R8 LMS | 342 | 
| DNF | Pro | 82 |  GRT Grasser Racing Team | .svg.png.webp) Rolf Ineichen  Phil Keen  Franck Perera | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 311 | 
| DNF | Silver | 90 |  AKKA ASP Team |  Nico Bastian  Jack Manchester  Fabian Schiller  Jules Szymkowiak | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 261 | 
| DNF | Am | 666 |  Attempto Racing |  Sven Heyrowsky  John-Louis Jasper .svg.png.webp) Jürgen Krebs .svg.png.webp) Tim Müller  Rory Penttinen | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 227 | 
| DNF | Pro | 114 | .svg.png.webp) Emil Frey Lexus Racing |  Stéphane Ortelli  Markus Palttala  Norbert Siedler | Lexus RC F GT3 | 196 | 
| DNF | Pro-Am | 31 |  Team Parker Racing |  Andy Meyrick  Seb Morris  Derek Pierce  Rob Smith | Bentley Continental GT3 (2016) | 195 | 
| DNF | Pro | 98 |  Rowe Racing |  Ricky Collard  Jesse Krohn  Marco Wittmann | BMW M6 GT3 | 194 | 
| DNF | Silver | 28 |  Daiko Lazarus Racing |  Fabrizio Crestani  Stefano Gattuso  Nicolas Pohler  Arno Santamato | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 135 | 
| DNF | Pro | 44 |  Strakka Racing |  Rubens Barrichello  Felipe Fraga  Christian Vietoris | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 117 | 
| DNF | Pro | 63 |  GRT Grasser Racing Team |  Mirko Bortolotti  Andrea Caldarelli  Christian Engelhart | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 113 | 
| DNF | Pro | 17 | .svg.png.webp) Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | .svg.png.webp) Marcel Fässler  Stuart Leonard  Daniel Serra | Audi R8 LMS | 93 | 
| DNF | Silver | 97 |  Oman Racing with TF Sport |  Charlie Eastwood  Ross Gunn  Ahmad Al Harthy  Euan McKay | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 72 | 
| DNF | Am | 89 |  AKKA ASP Team |  Fabian Barthez  Eric Debard .svg.png.webp) Philippe Giauque  Nico Jamin | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 43 | 
| DNF | Am | 26 |  Saintéloc Racing |  Simon Gachet .svg.png.webp) Christian Kelders  Marc Rostan  Nyls Stievenart | Audi R8 LMS | 39 | 
References
    
- "PREVIEW: 2018 Total 24 Hours of Spa - Pro Cup Class - The Checkered Flag". 25 July 2018.
- "Official Site of Blancpain GT Series". www.blancpain-gt-series.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- Watkins, Gary. "Spa 24 Hours Blancpain GT: Dries Vanthoor puts WRT Audi on pole". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
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