| Event Information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 3 of 5 in the2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 29 June–2 July 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | |||||||||||||
| Location | Spa-Francorchamps,Wallonia, Belgium | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
The2023 24 Hours of Spa (also known as theCrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa) was the 76th running of the24 Hours of Spa. The race took place from June 29 to July 2, 2023. The race was a part of both the2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
In September 2022, the2023 Belgian Grand PrixFormula One race was scheduled to be held on July 28-30, which clashed with the traditional date of the Spa 24 Hours, so the latter was forced to be rescheduled to early July.
Supporting the race weekend were theMcLaren Trophy Europe,Lamborghini Super Trofeo,Formula Regional European Championship,GT4 European Series and GT1 Sports Club.[1]
During the Saturday morning support race featuring the Formula Regional European Championship, a crash on Lap 9, the penultimate lap of the 30-minute plus one lap race, German driverTim Tramnitz crashed on the restart exiting Radillon, on the Kemmel Straight. Dutch driverDilano van't Hoff then collided with a barrier. Without visibility at the circuit, Irish driver Adam Fitzgerald then crashed into the side of the van't Hoff's vehicle, causing it to tear in half. Van't Hoff was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.[2]
A 70-car field contested the race — 20 in Pro class, 7 in Gold Cup, 10 in Silver Cup, 21 in Bronze Cup and 12 in Pro-Am Cup. 8 manufacturers were represented, with 15Mercedes cars, 14Porsche cars, 13Audi cars, 10Lamborghini cars, 7BMW cars, 5Ferrari cars (4Ferrari 296 GT3 and 1Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020), 5McLaren cars and 1Aston Martin car. Compared to theprevious edition of the race, Porsche and Ferrari introduced brand-new models, while Lamborghini and McLaren provided the teams with updated kits.[3]
Fastest times for each car are denoted inbold.
Pole positions in each class are denoted inbold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Car | Overall Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 3 | Time 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronze | 911 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:28.569 | 2:18.937 | 2:21.486 | 2:36.778 | 2:37.078 | ||
| 2 | Gold | 5 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 2:28.923 | 2:20.971 | 2:22.479 | 2:35.645 | 2:36.598 | ||
| 3 | Bronze | 20 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:28.923 | 2:20.971 | 2:22.479 | 2:35.645 | 2:36.598 | ||
| 4 | Bronze | 83 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:29.829 | 2:19.199 | 2:24.568 | 2:38.727 | 2:36.822 | ||
| 5 | Gold | 9 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:29.880 | 2:18.543 | 2:23.377 | 2:38.999 | 2:38.601 | ||
| 6 | Bronze | 44 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:30.323 | 2:22.223 | 2:23.684 | 2:37.244 | 2:38.143 | ||
| 7 | Pro | 92 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:30.456 | 2:20.441 | 2:35.746 | 2:35.182 | |||
| 8 | Bronze | 91 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:30.497 | 2:21.019 | 2:24.781 | 2:38.371 | 2:37.819 | ||
| 9 | Pro | 999 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:30.677 | 2:20.684 | 2:36.058 | 2:35.291 | |||
| 10 | Pro | 40 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:30.773 | 2:20.509 | 2:36.117 | 2:35.694 | |||
| 11 | Pro-Am | 78 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:30.853 | 2:20.591 | 2:28.241 | 2:39.171 | 2:35.409 | ||
| 12 | Pro | 51 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:31.026 | 2:23.095 | 2:35.120 | 2:34.864 | |||
| 13 | Silver | 60 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:31.258 | 2:20.457 | 2:23.139 | 2:43.265 | 2:38.173 | ||
| 14 | Pro | 11 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:31.351 | 2:22.686 | 2:36.381 | 2:34.987 | |||
| 15 | Silver | 12 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:31.444 | 2:25.045 | 2:24.734 | 2:38.536 | 2:37.463 | ||
| 16 | Pro | 17 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:31.451 | 2:22.282 | 2:37.334 | 2:34.739 | |||
| 17 | Pro | 6 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:31.463 | 2:21.359 | 2:37.173 | 2:35.858 | |||
| 18 | Silver | 58 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:31.489 | 2:18.487 | 2:23.532 | 2:40.689 | 2:43.251 | ||
| 19 | Bronze | 79 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:31.496 | 2:21.299 | 2:27.353 | 2:38.698 | 2:38.634 | ||
| 20 | Bronze | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:31.502 | 2:26.240 | 2:24.981 | 2:37.595 | 2:37.194 | ||
| 21 | Pro | 46 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:31.539 | 2:22.110 | 2:35.511 | 2:36.998 | |||
| 22 | Pro | 32 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:31.667 | 2:22.677 | 2:37.100 | 2:35.224 | |||
| 23 | Pro | 88 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:31.691 | 2:22.011 | 2:38.021 | 2:35.042 | |||
| 24 | Silver | 10 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:31.712 | 2:19.109 | 2:22.007 | 2:47.303 | 2:38.429 | ||
| 25 | Pro | 998 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:31.922 | 2:22.034 | 2:37.243 | 2:36.491 | |||
| 26 | Pro | 98 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:31.955 | 2:22.824 | 2:35.927 | 2:37.116 | |||
| 27 | Pro | 777 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:31.963 | 2:24.347 | 2:36.536 | 2:35.006 | |||
| 28 | Bronze | 188 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 2:31.987 | 2:21.035 | 2:24.790 | 2:40.667 | 2:41.457 | ||
| 29 | Pro | 25 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:32.026 | 2:21.585 | 2:37.661 | 2:36.832 | |||
| 30 | Pro | 96 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:32.039 | 2:22.011 | 2:35.648 | 2:38.460 | |||
| 31 | Bronze | 62 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:32.104 | 2:24.613 | 2:28.029 | 2:40.068 | 2:35.709 | ||
| 32 | Gold | 21 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:32.283 | 2:23.411 | 2:37.304 | 2:36.134 | |||
| 33 | Bronze | 50 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:32.319 | 2:23.912 | 2:27.031 | 2:38.130 | 2:40.206 | ||
| 34 | Bronze | 52 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:32.371 | 2:19.549 | 2:28.320 | 2:41.605 | 2:40.010 | ||
| 35 | Pro-Am | 24 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:32.405 | 2:21.840 | 2:34.230 | 2:36.777 | 2:36.773 | ||
| 36 | Bronze | 66 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:32.482 | 2:23.393 | 2:25.895 | 2:43.350 | 2:37.290 | ||
| 37 | Pro | 54 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:32.704 | 2:22.139 | 2:38.176 | 2:37.797 | |||
| 38 | Pro | 87 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:32.836 | 2:23.648 | 2:37.007 | 2:37.855 | |||
| 39 | Pro-Am | 2 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:33.015 | 2:22.957 | 2:29.345 | 2:40.819 | 2:38.940 | ||
| 40 | Pro-Am | 38 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:33.098 | 2:22.438 | 2:26.654 | 2:40.474 | 2:42.828 | ||
| 41 | Pro | 159 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 2:33.101 | 2:21.532 | 2:37.397 | 2:40.374 | |||
| 42 | Bronze | 89 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:33.230 | 2:25.905 | 2:25.257 | 2:40.941 | 2:40.820 | ||
| 43 | Gold | 157 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:33.389 | 2:25.705 | 2:36.861 | 2:37.603 | |||
| 44 | Pro-Am | 64 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:33.390 | 2:25.868 | 2:23.456 | 2:37.207 | 2:47.030 | ||
| 45 | Gold | 30 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:33.491 | 2:24.626 | 2:38.451 | 2:37.398 | |||
| 46 | Bronze | 93 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 2:33.699 | 2:20.397 | 2:28.605 | 2:46.486 | 2:39.310 | ||
| 47 | Pro | 71 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:33.935 | 2:22.647 | 2:38.313 | 2:40.846 | |||
| 48 | Bronze | 35 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:34.094 | 2:20.133 | 2:32.140 | 2:42.472 | 2:41.631 | ||
| 49 | Silver | 99 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:34.169 | 2:24.249 | 2:40.744 | 2:37.514 | |||
| 50 | Silver | 85 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:34.277 | 2:21.689 | 2:42.353 | 2:38.791 | |||
| 51 | Pro-Am | 888 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:34.303 | 2:23.164 | 2:35.095 | 2:40.033 | 2:38.920 | ||
| 52 | Gold | 57 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:34.363 | 2:24.727 | 2:39.050 | 2:39.314 | |||
| 53 | Bronze | 81 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:34.976 | 2:39.346 | 2:21.763 | 2:39.327 | 2:39.469 | ||
| 54 | Gold | 19 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:35.012 | 2:23.708 | 2:39.324 | 2:42.006 | |||
| 55 | Bronze | 55 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:35.620 | 2:40.259 | 2:23.380 | 2:41.884 | 2:36.960 | ||
| 56 | Silver | 26 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:36.355 | 2:20.865 | 2:35.768 | 2:45.411 | 2:43.379 | ||
| 57 | Bronze | 31 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:38.382 | 2:36.114 | 2:38.206 | 2:40.828 | |||
| 58 | Silver | 56 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:38.436 | 2:38.958 | 2:34.153 | 2:41.423 | 2:39.212 | ||
| 59 | Bronze | 8 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:38.599 | 2:37.336 | 2:40.260 | 2:38.202 | |||
| 60 | Silver | 33 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:39.329 | 2:42.171 | 2:23.782 | 2:39.623 | 2:51.742 | ||
| 61 | Pro-Am | 16 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:39.881 | 2:24.278 | 2:35.409 | 3:00.204 | 2:39.636 | ||
| 62 | Pro | 63 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:30.472 | 2:23.144 | 2:37.800 | ||||
| 63 | Bronze | 3 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:33.107 | 2:21.197 | 2:39.314 | 2:38.810 | |||
| 64 | Silver | 90 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:38.182 | 2:28.045 | 2:39.584 | 2:46.918 | |||
| 65 | Pro-Am | 70 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2 | 2:40.812 | 2:49.794 | 2:37.822 | 2:41.766 | 2:42.849 | ||
| 66 | Pro-Am | 4 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:30.050 | 2:21.489 | 2:38.612 | ||||
| 67 | Pro-Am | 216 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:24.465 | 2:24.465 | |||||
| 68 | Bronze | 7 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 2:33.064 | 2:33.064 | |||||
| 69 | Pro-Am | 132 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | No Time | ||||||
| 70 | Pro-Am | 75 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | DNQ/No Time | ||||||
| Source:[8] | ||||||||||
Pole positions in each class are denoted inbold.
Class winners denoted inbold and with ‡
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours | 2023 season | Next race: 2023 Indianapolis 8 Hours |