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.

Belgium 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 Italy Raffaele Marciello
AKKA ASP
2:17.949
Winner France Côme Ledogar
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Iron Lynx
24:01:16.554

Background

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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

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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

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Race

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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.

References

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