The 24 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps Motos (previously called 24 Heures de Liège moto) is a motorcycle endurance race held annually since 1971 on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium and is part of the Endurance FIM World Championship. From 2024, the race has been run in 8 hours format.
History The inaugural event took place on August 28 and 29, 1971 on the Zolder circuit. The competition took place on two different circuits:
from 1971 to 1972: Circuit Zolder; from 1973 to 2003 and after 2022: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
When the Bol d'Or moved from Bugatti Circuit to Circuit Paul Ricard at the end of 1977, the ACO created the 24 Heures Moto. The race became one of "the classics" of endurance racing along with the 24 Hours of Liège, the 8 Hours Of Suzuka, and the Bol d'Or.
At the end of 2001, the three 24 Hour classic races (Le Mans, Liège and the Bol d'Or) withdrew from the Endurance World Championship to create the Master of Endurance (an Endurance competition consisting on the 3 races that was held between 2002 and 2005). Le Mans and Bol d'Or returned to the Endurance FIM World Championship in 2006, but 24 Hours of Liége didn't while the track had lost FIM homolgation.
After twenty years of interruption, the race returned renamed as 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and as part of the FIM Endurance World Championship calendar with a ten-year contract..
Winners +24 Hours of Spa winners. Year Riders Bike Rider 1 Rider 2 Rider 31971 Clive Brown Nigel RollasonBSA1972 Georges Godier Alain GenoudHonda1973 John Williams Charlie WilliamsHonda1974 Jean-Claude Chemarin Gérard DebrockHonda1975 Roger Ruiz Christian HuguetJapauto1976 Jean-Claude Chemarin Christian LéonHonda1977 Jacques Luc Pierre SoulasHonda1978 Jacques Luc Jack BuytaertHonda1979 Jacques Luc Jack BuytaertHonda1980 Marc Fontan Hervé MoineauHonda1981 Jacques Luc Pierre-Étienne SaminSuzuki1982 Jean-Claude Chemarin Jacques Cornu Sergio PelandiniKawasaki1983 Jacques Cornu Thierry Espié Didier de RadiguèsKawasaki1984 Gérard Coudray Patrick Igoa Alex VieiraHonda1985 Hervé Moineau Richard Hubin Jean-Pierre OudinSuzuki1986 Gérard Coudray Patrick Igoa Alex VieiraHonda1987 Richard Hubin Michel Siméon Michel SimulSuzuki1988 Hervé Moineau Bruno Le Bihan Thierry CrineSuzuki1989 Alex Vieira Stéphane Mertens Roger BurnettSuzuki1990Race cancelled1991 Stéphane Mertens Dominique Sarron Christian LavieilleSuzuki1992 Terry Rymer Carl Fogarty Jehan d'OrgeixKawasaki1993 Steve Manley Simon Buckmaster Doug TolandKawasaki1994 Adrien Morillas Jean-Louis Battistini Denis BonorisKawasaki1995 Jean-Michel Mattioli Stéphane Mertens Michel SiméonHonda1996 Piergiorgio Bontempi Stéphane Coutelle Brian MorrisonKawasaki1997 Juan-Eric Gomez Doug Polen Peter GoddardSuzuki1998 Christian Lavieille Doug Polen William CostesHonda1999 Telmo Pereira Michel Graziano Bruno BonhuilSuzuki2000 Jean-Marc Delétang Fabien Foret Mark WillisYamaha2001 Christian Lavieille Brian Morrison Laurent BrianSuzuki2002 Christian Lavieille Brian Morrison Laurent BrianSuzuki2003 Olivier Four Sébastien Gimbert Nicolas DussaugeSuzukirace not held2022.. Markus Reiterberger Illia Mykhalchyk Jeremy Guarnoni BMW2023. Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika Yamaha2024 Niccolò Canepa Marvin Fritz Karel Hanika Yamaha2025 Alan Techer Corentin Perolari Honda2026 Michael van der Mark Markus Reiterberger Steven OdendaalBMW
By manufacturer Wins Manufacturer Year13 Honda 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1998, 202511 Suzuki1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 20036 Kawasaki1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1994, 19963 Yamaha2000, 2023, 20242 BMW2022, 2026 Japauto1975 BSA1971
See also FIM Endurance World Championship
References
External links Official website