Race details Date 3–6 October 2019 Official name TCR Spa 500 Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium Course Modern circuit with new pit lane and Bus Stop Chicane (2007–present) Distance Main Race500 laps / OR 23 hours Qualifying Pole Drivers Gjis Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing 2nd Drivers Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers Red Camel-Jordans.nl 3rd Drivers Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen GDL Racing Team Australia Spa 500 Fastest lap Drivers Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché DG Sport Compétition Time 2:34.616 Podium First Pepe Oriola Tom Coronel Rik Breukers Ivo Breukers Red Camel-Jordans.nl Second Aurélien Comte Teddy Clairet Julien Briché DG Sport Compétition Third Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing
The 2019 TCR Spa 500 was the first and only edition of the TCR Spa 500 endurance touring car race. It was promoted by the WSC, the group behind the TCR concept, and Creventic, who promotes the 24H Series.
The race was scheduled for 500 laps of the circuit, for a total of , with a time-certain finish of 23 hours from the green flag of the race.
The race was won by Red Camel-Jordans.nl with Pepe Oriola, Tom Coronel, Rik Breukers and Ivo Breukers, which completed 454 laps. In second place came DG Sport Compétition with Aurélien Comte, Julien Briché and Teddy Clairet, with third place going to the TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing team of Mikel Azcona, Julien Apotheloz, Fabian Danz, Antti Buri and Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Class Holmgaard Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2 Jérimy DanielAm Roy Edland Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Rowan Shepherd AC MotorsportAudi RS 3 LMS TCR 8 Mathieu DetryPA Vincent Radermecker Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin GDL Racing Team Australia Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 9 Darryl Clarke Am Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen Teamwork Huff MotorsportAudi RS 3 LMS TCR 22 Yan Chuang PA Rainey He Neric Wei Andy Yan 852 Alex Hui PA Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong Wimmer Werk MotorsportCUPRA León TCR 33 Günter Benninger PA Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Constantin Schöll Burton RacingPeugeot 308 TCR46 Caren BurtonAm Pierre-Yves Corthals Armand Fumal Olivier Meurens Philippe Steveny Ferda Autosport By QSR Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 54 Chris Allen Am Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller Viper Niza Racing CUPRA León TCR 65 Dominc AngPA Fariqe Hairuman Douglas Khoo Melvin Moh Vmax-EngineeringOpel Astra TCR 85 Steven Cho PA Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Ward Sluys Red Camel-Jordans.nl CUPRA León TCR 101 Ivo BreukersP Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola Motorsport developpement Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 102 Pierre-Étienne Chaumat Am Hervé Maillien Sebastien Tyhon Philippe Ulivieri Lestrup Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 110 Peter Fahlström Am Marcus Fluch Stefan Nilsson Mats Olsson Bas Koeten Racing TOPCAR sport with Bas Koeten Racing NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 125 Alex Au Am Eric Kwong Eric Lo Kevin Tse CUPRA León TCR 131 Mikel Azcona P Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen 175 Gijs Bessem PA Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen DG Sport Compétition Peugeot 308 TCR 308 Julien Briché[ P Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte Macau PS Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 853 Filipe de Souza Am Louis Ng Kelvin Wong Ryan Wong Lam Kam SanSource: Icon Class P Pro Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
Results Qualifying Class pole positions in bold. Class Team Drivers Car Time Laps 1 PA 175 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen CUPRA León TCR 2:37.916 10 2 P 101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola CUPRA León TCR 2:39.038 7 3 Am 9 GDL Racing Team Australia Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:39.664 10 4 PA 85 Vmax Engineering Steven Cho Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Ward Sluys Opel Astra TCR 2:39.761 9 5 PA 8 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry Vincent Radermecker Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:40.271 9 6 PA 33 Wimmer Werk Motorsport Günter Benninger Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Günther Wiesmeier CUPRA León TCR 2:40.308 11 7 P 131 TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen CUPRA León TCR 2:40.737 9 8 P 308 DG Sport Compétition Julien Briché Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte Peugeot 308 TCR 2:40.812 8 9 Am 110 Lestrup Racing Team Peter Fahlström Marcus Fluch Stefan Nilsson Mats Olsson Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2:40.822 11 10 Am 46 Burton Racing Caren Burton Pierre-Yves Corthals Armand Fumal Oliver Meurens Philippe Steveny Peugeot 308 TCR 2:41.110 9 11 Am 2 Holmgaard Motorsport Jérimy Daniel Roy Edland Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Rowan Shepherd Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 2:41.444 8 12 Am 853 Macau PS Racing Filipe de Souza Louis Ng Kelvin Wong Ryan Wong Lam Kam San Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:43.547 9 13 Am 54 Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing Chris Allen Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:43.973 9 14 PA 22 Teamwork Huff Motorsport Yan Chuang Rainey He Neric Wei Andy Yan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:45.727 9 15 PA 852 Teamwork Huff Motorsport Alex Hui Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:50.668 5 16 PA 65 Viper Niza Racing Dominic Ang Fariqe Hairuman Douglas Khoo Melvin Moh CUPRA León TCR 2:50.753 9 17 Am 125 Bas Koeten Racing Alex Au Eric Kwong Eric Lo Kevin Tse Audi RS 3 LMS TCR 2:52.932 9Source:
Race The minimum number of laps for classification (60% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 273 laps. Class winners in bold.
Class Team Drivers Car Time/Reason Laps 1 P 101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers Rik Breukers Tom Coronel Pepe Oriola CUPRA León TCR 23:02:11.018 454 2 P 308 DG Sport Compétition Julien Briché Teddy Clairet Aurélien Comte Peugeot 308 TCR +5 Laps 449 3 P 131 TOPCAR Sport with Bas Koeten Racing Mikel Azcona Julien Apotheloz Fabian Danz Antti Buri Kari-Pekka Laaksonen CUPRA León TCR +10 Laps 444 4 PA 65 Viper Niza Racing Dominic Ang Fariqe Hairuman Douglas Khoo Melvin Moh CUPRA León TCR +13 Laps 441 5 PA 8 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry Vincent Radermecker Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +15 Laps 439 6 Am 46 Burton Racing Caren Burton Pierre-Yves Corthals Armand Fumal Oliver Meurens Philippe Steveny Peugeot 308 TCR +18 Laps 436 7 PA 852 Teamwork Huff Motorsport Alex Hui Samuel Hsieh Paul Poon Sunny Wong Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +26 Laps 428 8DNF Am 110 Lestrup Racing Team Peter Fahlström Marcus Fluch Stefan Nilsson Mats Olsson Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Accident/Gravel Trap 424 9DNF PA 22 Teamwork Huff Motorsport Yan Chuang Rainey He Neric Wei Andy Yan Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Retired 409 10DNF Am 125 Bas Koeten Racing Alex Au Eric Kwong Eric Lo Kevin Tse Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash 361 11 Am 9 GDL Racing Team Australia Darryl Clarke Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall Rory Penttinen Audi RS 3 LMS TCR +98 Laps 356 12DNF Am 2 Holmgaard Motorsport Jérimy Daniel Roy Edland Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Rowan Shepherd Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Engine oil and cooling 319 DNF PA 33 Wimmer Werk Motorsport Günter Benninger Peter Gross Hans Peter Eder Christian Voithofer Günther Wiesmeier CUPRA León TCR Crash 225 DNF PA 85 Vmax Engineering Steven Cho Charles Espenlaub Charles Putman Ward Sluys Opel Astra TCR Fire 187 DNF Am 54 Ferda Autosport by QSR Racing Chris Allen Lance Bergstein Ramana Lagemann Jon Miller Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash 127 DNF Am 853 Macau PS Racing Filipe de Souza Louis Ng Kelvin Wong Ryan Wong Lam Kam San Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Crash damage 85 DNF PA 175 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem Christiaan Frankenhout Harry Hilders Jaap van Lagen CUPRA León TCR Crash 27Source:
2020 TCR Spa 500 A 2020 edition of the TCR Spa 500, supposed to take part on May 2 and 3, was announced in February 2020. It was later cancelled.
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