The 2024 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the Hankook 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps) was an endurance sportscar racing held on 20 and 21 April 2024, as the second of five rounds of the 2024 24H Series. It was the sixth running of the event as part of the 24H Series.
Background The event was announced on 16 October 2023 along with the rest of the 2024 24H Series calendar.
Entry list The entry list was revealed on 19 April 2024, and featured 45 cars: 15 GT3 cars, 18 Porsche 992 GT3 Cup cars, 4 GTX cars, 5 GT4 cars, and 3 TCX cars.
Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5 GT3 (15 entries) 1 HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Xavier Knauf Tim Müller Gregory Servais 5 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Am Andrew Gilbert Nicolò Rosi Fran Rueda Fons Scheltema 11 Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Am Kenneth Heyer Michael Kroll Max Partl Alexander Prinz Chantal Prinz 12 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA "Hash" Alex Fontana Ivan Jacoma Yannick Mettler 18 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Michael Doppelmayr Elia Erhart Ernst Inderbitzin Pierre Kaffer 34 Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Wiggo Dalmo Max Edelhoff Dr. Johannes Kirchhof Tim Vogler 44 ARC Bratislava Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Am Anton Kiaba Miro Konôpka Mateo Llarena Zdeno Mikulasko 58 MP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Corinna Gostner David Gostner Manuela Gostner Thomas Gostner 69 RD Signs - Siauliai racing team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 PA Audrius Butkevicius Nicola Michelon Paulius Paskevicius 71 Juta Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Arunas Geciauskas Lukas Sundahl Lars Viljoen 80 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Antares Au Jonathan Hui Kevin Tse 84 EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Adrian D'Silva Shae Davies Martin Rump 85 CP Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman 90 E2P Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) PA Pablo Burguera Álvaro Parente Antonio Sainero 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Am Ralf Bohn Jason Hart Scott Noble GTX (4 entries) 701 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Lionel Amrouche Philippe Bonnel Gilles Courtois 702 Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez Lucas Sugliano 719 9und11 Racing Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II MR Georg Goder Tim Scheerbarth Martin Schlüter 795 Team CMR Ginetta G56 Cup Mike Simpson Freddie Tomlinson Lawrence Tomlinson 992 (18 entries) 902 Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Jonas Holmgaard Magnus Holmgaard Marlon Menden Stéphane Perrin Martin Vedel Mortensen 903 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Julius Adomavičius Ayrton Redant Yannick Redant 904 Red Ant Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Peter Guelinckx Michiel Haverans Brent Verheyen 907 RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Philip Hamprecht Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Gilles Blasco Jean-François Demorge Philippe Polette Benjamin Roy 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Rik Breukers Fabian Danz 911 Hankook Competition Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Roelof Bruins Steven Cho Dr. Ma 917 Orchid Racing Team Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Daniel Gillioz Laurent Misbach Alexandre Mottet 925 Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Marcel van Berlo Bob Herber 927 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Heiko Eichenberg Patrik Grütter Bernhard Wagner 967 HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Linus Diener Kim André Hauschild Amadeo Pampanini Nicolas Stürzinger 969 GDL Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Dallas Carroll Matt Kehoe Mark Smith 972 Hans Weijs Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Mark van Eldik Paul Meijer Ralph Poppelaars Edwin Schilt 979 Speedlover Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Olivier Dons Wim Meulders Rik Renmans 985 Neuhofer Rennsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Felix Neuhofer Markus Neuhofer Manuel Zlof 988 MRS GT Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Amadeo Quiros Antti Rammo Rolando Saca 992 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders 993 Porsche Baltic Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Robertas Kupcikas Domas Raudonis Tautvydas Rudokas GT4 (5 entries) 400 ALFAB Racing McLaren Artura GT4 Erik Behrens Daniel Roos 416 Buggyra ZM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4 Aliyyah Koloc Adam Lacko David Vrsecky 419 Hamofa Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Kris Verhoeven Mark Verhoeven Rob Verhoeven 424 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Dennis Bohn José Garcia Patrick Kolb Daniel Miller 438 Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Ravi Ramyead Charlie Robertson Vasily Vladykin TCE/TCX (3 entries) 127 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Henning Eschweiler Christoph Krombach Heinz Jürgen Kroner Benito Tagle 169 HY Racing Porsche Cayman GTS "Brody" Bruno Barbaro Jacques Derenne Brice Pineau 178 CWS Engineering Ginetta G55 Supercup Daniel Morris Colin White Source: GT3 entries Icon Class PA GT3-Pro Am Am GT3-Am 992 entriesIconClass P 992-Pro Am 992-Am
Schedule Date Time (local: CEST) Event Duration Friday, 19 April 12:10 - 13:40 Free Practice 90 Minutes 15:30 - 16:25 Qualifying 3x15 Minutes Saturday, 20 April 12:50 - 17:50 Race - Part 1 5 Hours Sunday, 21 April 10:50 - 17:50 Race - Part 2 7 Hours Source:
Practice The first and only practice session started on 12:10 CEST on Friday. Gregory Servais ended up quickest in the No. 1 HAAS RT Audi, with a lap time of 2:45.856. Ralf Bohn was second-quickest in the No. 91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche. Martin Rump was quickest in the GT3 Pro/Am class in the No. 84 EBM Porsche.
Class Entrant Driver Time GT3 1 HAAS RT Gregory Servais 2:45.856 GTX 702 Vortex V8 Arnaud Gomez 2:57.376 992 985 Neuhofer Rennsport Felix Neuhofer 2:48.761 GT4 438 Simpson Motorsport Vasily Vladykin 2:54.739 TCE 178 CWS Engineering Colin White 3:15.654 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying Qualifying was split into three parts. The average of the best times per qualifying session determined the starting order. Car Collection Motorsport locked out the front row, the No. 12 Porsche in front of the No. 80 Porsche. The No. 1 HAAS RT Audi secured third place. However, the No. 80 Porsche was promoted to pole position after the No. 12 crew failed to attend the drivers' meeting.
Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 GT3 Pro/Am 12 Car Collection Motorsport 2:44.222 2:40.513 2:39.566 2:41.433 2 GT3 Am 80 Car Collection Motorsport 2:44.348 2:42.405 2:40.297 2:42.350 3 GT3 Am 1 HAAS RT 2:42.539 2:41.953 2:43.020 2:42.504 4 GT3 Am 44 ARC Bratislava 2:49.656 2:39.724 2:39.160 2:42.846 5 GT3 Am 91 Herberth Motorsport 2:51.065 2:41.129 2:38.007 2:43.400 6 GT3 Am 5 Kessel Racing 2:48.523 2:46.314 2:37.865 2:44.234 7 992 Pro 903 Red Ant Racing 2:45.405 2:45.210 2:42.133 2:44.249 8 GT3 Am 11 Hofor Racing 2:46.549 2:43.373 2:43.047 2:44.323 9 GT3 Am 34 Land Motorsport 2:52.723 2:43.201 2:38.847 2:44.923 10 GT3 Pro/Am 18 Saintéloc Junior Team 2:54.782 2:43.365 2:37.186 2:45.111 11 GT3 Pro/Am 71 Juta Racing 2:48.511 2:45.362 2:41.830 2:45.234 12 GT3 Pro/Am 69 RD Signs - Siauliai racing team 2:45.724 2:43.729 2:47.109 2:45.520 13 992 Pro 909 Red Camel-Jordans.nl 2:48.578 2:45.298 2:43.240 2:45.705 14 GTX 702 Vortex V8 2:49.934 2:47.814 2:40.417 2:46.055 15 992 Am 972 Hans Weijs Motorsport 2:49.219 2:46.552 2:43.059 2:46.276 16 GTX 795 Team CMR 2:55.357 2:45.154 2:40.849 2:47.120 17 GT3 Pro/Am 90 E2P Racing 2:59.454 2:45.983 2:37.217 2:47.551 18 992 Am 925 Bas Koeten Racing 2:48.736 2:48.212 2:45.935 2:47.627 19 992 Pro 904 Red Ant Racing 2:53.901 2:45.591 2:45.036 2:48.176 20 992 Pro 902 Holmgaard Motorsport 2:51.500 2:49.096 2:46.678 2:49.091 21 GT3 Am 58 MP Racing 2:55.446 2:45.028 2:47.079 2:49.184 22 992 Am 967 HRT Performance 2:55.450 2:49.611 2:43.994 2:49.685 23 992 Am 992 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing 2:53.403 2:49.906 2:46.526 2:49.945 24 GT3 Am 85 CP Racing 3:03.462 2:46.659 2:40.518 2:50.213 25 992 Am 911 Hankook Competition 2:59.664 2:47.990 2:44.472 2:50.708 26 992 Am 985 Neuhofer Rennsport 2:59.045 2:54.510 2:42.677 2:52.077 27 992 Am 917 Orchid Racing Team 2:54.429 2:54.789 2:48.720 2:52.646 28 GT4 400 ALFAB Racing 2:57.713 2:49.914 2:50.422 2:52.683 29 992 Am 927 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 2:51.213 2:48.954 2:58.320 2:52.829 30 GT4 438 Simpson Motorsport 2:54.794 2:54.132 2:50.358 2:53.094 31 GT4 424 Lionspeed GP 2:54.457 2:54.015 2:51.221 2:53.231 32 992 Pro 993 Porsche Baltic 3:07.111 2:48.012 2:45.695 2:53.606 33 992 Am 907 RPM Racing 2:53.532 3:00.985 2:46.812 2:53.776 34 992 Am 969 GDL Racing 2:57.082 2:51.597 2:53.084 2:53.921 35 GT4 416 Buggyra ZM Racing 2:56.135 2:52.970 2:52.676 2:53.927 36 992 Am 979 Speedlover 2:52.958 2:59.903 2:56.661 2:56.507 37 992 Am 908 SebLajoux Racing by DUWO Racing 3:11.487 2:51.184 2:48.869 2:57.180 38 GTX 701 Vortex V8 3:00.737 3:10.746 2:50.154 3:00.545 39 GT4 419 Hamofa Motorsport 3:14.454 2:56.574 2:56.447 3:02.491 40 GTX 719 9und11 Racing 3:17.802 3:07.656 2:42.840 3:02.766 41 TCX 178 CWS Racing 3:07.265 3:03.680 2:59.158 3:03.367 42 992 Am 988 MRS GT Racing 3:41.784 2:50.667 2:49.098 3:07.183 43 TCX 127 SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 3:21.880 3:16.330 3:03.061 3:13.757 44 TCX 169 HY Racing 3:21.086 3:21.190 3:12.408 3:18.228 GT3 Pro/Am 84 EBM No time No time No time No time Source:
Race Part 1 Class winners are in bold.