# Spa 24 Hours

The 24 Hours of Spa is an endurance racing event for cars held annually since 1924 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It is currently sponsored by CrowdStrike.

## History

The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem just one year after the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans was run. It debuted in 1924 over a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) circuit on public roads between the towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot, under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB). The present 7.004 kilometres (4.352 mi) circuit was inaugurated in 1979 with only slight variations since then.
The Spa 24 Hours was part of the European Touring Car Championship from 1966 to 1973, again in 1976 and from 1982 to 1988 (with the exception of 1987 when it was part of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship). The event also counted towards the World Sportscar Championship in 1953 and the World Endurance Championship in 1981. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24h and a 1000 km race is held at Spa, as the 1000 km Spa for sports car racing were introduced in 1966.
Cars entered have spanned from the Russian Moskvitch and models with sub-1 liter engines such as the NSU Prinz TT to the luxurious V8-powered Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3. Tuned by Mercedes-AMG, the 6834 cc and 420 hp (313 kW) so-called "Red pig" finished as high as second in 1971.
During the 1975 race, Dutch driver Wim Boshuis and a track marshal were killed in two separate incidents. Boshuis was killed when his vehicle collided with other cars on the track, while the track marshal was killed 30 minutes later when Belgian driver Alain Peltier collided with a railing.
With the participation of Swiss Lilian Bryner on the victorious Ferrari 550 of the BMS Scuderia Italia team, the 2004 race marked the first time in history that a female driver was part of the winning team of a 24-hour endurance race in a Gran Turismo with more than 500 hp (370 kW).
The current version of the Spa 24 Hours is an event under the GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar, although it was previously run as part of the FIA GT Championship featuring GT1 and GT2 machinery, and by various touring car series. Currently, the cars run fall under the FIA GT3 and GT3 Cup classifications. It has also been a round of the SRO Group's Intercontinental GT Challenge since its inaugural season in 2016.
2020 saw the race held behind closed doors for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In September 2022, the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix Formula 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.

### Coupe du Roi

The best manufacturer wins the Coupe du Roi (King's Cup), which is not necessarily the race winners. The cup is won by the manufacturer with the most points, accrued by cars that are made by the same manufacturer. For example, Australian car manufacturer Holden won the Coupe du Roi in 1986 despite their cars finishing the race in 18th, 22nd and 23rd positions outright.

## List of winners

| Year | Drivers | Team | Car | Layout | Distance (km) | Average (km/h) | Series | Notes |
| 1924 | Henri Springuel Maurice Becquet | | Bignan 2L | 15 km | | | | |
| 1925 | André Lagache René Léonard | | Chenard-Walcker | 15 km | | | | |
| 1926 | André Boillot Louis Rigal | | Peugeot 174 S | 15 km | | | | |
| 1927 | Robert Sénéchal Nicolas Caerels | | Excelsior | 15 km | | | | |
| 1928 | Boris Ivanowski Attilio Marinoni | | Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 S | 15 km | | | | |
| 1929 | Robert Benoist Attilio Marinoni | | Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS | 15 km | | | | |
| 1930 | Attilio Marinoni Pietro Ghersi | | Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS | 15 km | | | | |
| 1931 | Dimitri Jorjadze Goffredo Zehender | | Mercedes-Benz SSK | 15 km | | | | |
| 1932 | Antonio Brivio Eugenio Siena | | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM | 15 km | | | | |
| 1933 | Louis Chiron Luigi Chinetti | | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM | 15 km | | | | |
| 1934 | Jean Desvignes Norbert Mahé | | Bugatti Type 44 | 15 km | | | | Reduced to 10 hours. |
| 1935 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1936 | Francesco Severi Raymond Sommer | | Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 A | 15 km | | | | |
| 1937 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1938 | Carlo Pintacuda Francesco Severi | | Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B | 15 km | | | | |
| 1939 – 1947 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1948 | St. John Horsfall Leslie Johnson | | Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports | 15 km | | | | |
| 1949 | Luigi Chinetti Jean Lucas | | Ferrari 166 MM | 15 km | | | | |
| 1950 – 1952 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1953 | Giuseppe Farina Mike Hawthorn | | Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina | 14 km | | | World Sportscar Championship. | First use of 14km layout. |
| 1954 – 1963 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1964 | Robert Crevits Gustave Gosselin | | Mercedes-Benz 300 SE | 14 km | 3962.100 | 164.825 | | |
| 1965 | Pascal Ickx Gérard Langlois van Ophem | | BMW 1800 Ti/SA | 14 km | 3812.591 | 158.855 | | |
| 1966 | Hubert Hahne Jacky Ickx | | BMW 2000 Ti | 14 km | 4048.368 | 168.681 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1967 | Jean-Pierre Gaban Noël Van Assche | | Porsche 911 | 14 km | 4052.883 | 168.867 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1968 | Erwin Kremer Willi Kauhsen Helmut Kelleners | | Porsche 911 | 14 km | 4004.827 | 166.867 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1969 | Guy Chasseuil Claude Ballot-Léna | | Porsche 911 | 14 km | 4272.231 | 187.006 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1970 | Günther Huber Helmut Kelleners | | BMW 2800 CS | 14 km | 4252.407 | 177.183 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1971 | Dieter Glemser Alex Soler-Roig | | Ford Capri RS | 14 km | 4385.100 | 182.690 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1972 | Jochen Mass Hans-Joachim Stuck | | Ford Capri RS 2600 | 14 km | 4498.436 | 187.431 | European Touring Car Championship | All time distance record. |
| 1973 | Toine Hezemans Dieter Quester | | BMW 3.0 CSL | 14 km | 4422.980 | 184.290 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1974 | Jean Xhenceval Alain Peltier | | BMW 3.0 CSi | 14 km | 4147.289 | 172.804 | Trophée de l'Avenir | Pierre Dieudonné was an entered driver but did not drive. |
| 1975 | Jean Xhenceval Hughes de Fierlandt | | BMW 3.0 CSi | 14 km | 4249.270 | 177.053 | Trophée de l'Avenir | Pierre Dieudonné was an entered driver but did not drive. |
| 1976 | Jean-Marie Detrin Nico Demuth Charles Van Stalle | | BMW 3.0 CSL | 14 km | 4087.904 | 170.329 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1977 | Eddy Joosen Jean-Claude Andruet | | BMW 530 i | 14 km | 4083.835 | 170.159 | Trophée de l'Avenir | |
| 1978 | Gordon Spice Teddy Pilette | | Ford Capri III 3.0S | 14 km | 4315.594 | 179.816 | Trophée de l'Avenir | |
| 1979 | Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin | | Ford Capri III 3.0S | 7 km | 3083.632 | 128.485 | Trophée de l'Avenir | First use of 7km layout. |
| 1980 | Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin | | Ford Capri III 3.0 S | 7 km | 2952.318 | 123.013 | | First team to win back-to-back races. The Ford Capri took its 5th win and 3rd in a row. |
| 1981 | Pierre Dieudonné Tom Walkinshaw | | Mazda RX-7 | 7 km | 3183.952 | 132.737 | World Endurance Championship Trophée de l'Avenir | First Japanese manufacturer to win. |
| 1982 | Hans Heyer Armin Hahne Eddy Joosen | | BMW 528 i | 7 km | 3132.224 | 130.808 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1983 | Thierry Tassin Hans Heyer Armin Hahne | | BMW 635 CSi | 7 km | 3333.726 | 130.808 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1984 | Hans Heyer Tom Walkinshaw Win Percy | | Jaguar XJS | 7 km | 3055.485 | 131.091 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1985 | Roberto Ravaglia Marc Surer Gerhard Berger | | BMW 635 CSi | 7 km | 3470.000 | 144.344 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1986 | Dieter Quester Altfrid Heger Thierry Tassin | | BMW 635 CSi | 7 km | 3463.060 | 144.232 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1987 | Jean-Michel Martin Didier Theys Eric van de Poele | | BMW M3 | 7 km | 3338.140 | 139.908 | World Touring Car Championship | |
| 1988 | Altfrid Heger Dieter Quester Roberto Ravaglia | | BMW M3 | 7 km | 3532.460 | 146.929 | European Touring Car Championship | |
| 1989 | Gianfranco Brancatelli Win Percy Bernd Schneider | | Ford Sierra RS500 | 7 km | 3338.140 | 139.130 | | Sixth win for Ford, and the first since 1980 with the Capri. |
| 1990 | Markus Oestreich Fabien Giroix Johnny Cecotto | | BMW M3 Evolution | 7 km | 3247.920 | 135.330 | | |
| 1991 | Anders Olofsson David Brabham Naoki Hattori | | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 7 km | 3587.980 | 149.456 | | |
| 1992 | Steve Soper Jean-Michel Martin Christian Danner | | BMW M3 Evolution | 7 km | 3560.220 | 148.947 | | |
| 1993 | Uwe Alzen Christian Fittipaldi Jean-Pierre Jarier | | Porsche 911 RSR | 7 km | 2154.904 | 144.667 | | Race stopped after 15 hours due to the death of King Baudouin. |
| 1994 | Roberto Ravaglia Thierry Tassin Alexander Burgstaller | | BMW 318 is | 7 km | 3625.960 | 151.047 | | |
| 1995 | Joachim Winkelhock Steve Soper Peter Kox | | BMW 320 i | 7 km | 3612.532 | 150.531 | | |
| 1996 | Jörg Müller Alexander Burgstaller Thierry Tassin | | BMW 320 i | 7 km | 3507.821 | 145.956 | | |
| 1997 | Didier de Radiguès Marc Duez Éric Hélary | | BMW 320 i | 7 km | 3372.680 | 140.252 | | |
| 1998 | Alain Cudini Marc Duez Eric van de Poele | | BMW 318 i | 7 km | 3344.807 | 139.344 | | |
| 1999 | Frédéric Bouvy Emmanuel Collard Anthony Beltoise | | Peugeot 306 GTI | 7 km | 3428.427 | 142.588 | | |
| 2000 | Didier Defourny Frédéric Bouvy Kurt Mollekens | | Peugeot 306 GTI | 7 km | 3330.870 | 138.686 | | Second team to win back-to-back races. Third win for Peugeot. Last race for touring cars. |
| 2001 | Marc Duez Christophe Bouchut Jean-Philippe Belloc | Larbre Compétition | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | 7 km | 3679.104 | 152.999 | FIA GT Championship | First race for GT cars. First American manufacturer to win. |
| 2002 | Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Bourdais David Terrien Vincent Vosse | Larbre Compétition | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | 7 km | 3654.059 | 152.019 | FIA GT Championship | Third team to win back-to-back races. |
| 2003 | Romain Dumas Stéphane Ortelli Marc Lieb | Freisinger Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | 7 km | 3327.613 | 138.557 | FIA GT Championship | |
| 2004 | Luca Cappellari Fabrizio Gollin Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari | BMS Scuderia Italia | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | 7 km | 3888.144 | 161.974 | FIA GT Championship | Third win for Ferrari, and the first since 1958. First and only victory for a female driver. |
| 2005 | Michael Bartels Timo Scheider Eric van de Poele | Vitaphone Racing | Maserati MC12 | 7 km | 4000.896 | 166.638 | FIA GT Championship | First ever victory for Maserati. |
| 2006 | Eric van de Poele Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini | Vitaphone Racing Team | Maserati MC12 | 7 km | 4092.961 | 171.034 | FIA GT Championship | Fourth team to win back-to-back races since Larbre Compétition in 2002. |
| 2007 | Fabrizio Gollin Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler | Carsport Holland Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 7 km | 3726.660 | 155.241 | FIA GT Championship | |
| 2008 | Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Stéphane Sarrazin Eric van de Poele | Vitaphone Racing Team | Maserati MC12 | 7 km | 4041.885 | 168.096 | FIA GT Championship | Third win for the Maserati MC12. |
| 2009 | Anthony Kumpen Kurt Mollekens Mike Hezemans Jos Menten | PK Carsport | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | 7 km | 3915.236 | 163.128 | FIA GT Championship | |
| 2010 | Romain Dumas Martin Ragginger Jörg Bergmeister Wolf Henzler | BMS Scuderia Italia | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | 7 km | 3789.164 | 157.832 | | First team to win with two different manufacturers. |
| 2011 | Timo Scheider Greg Franchi Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | 7 km | 3817.180 | 158.898 | Blancpain Endurance Series | First ever victory for Audi. |
| 2012 | Andrea Piccini René Rast Frank Stippler | Audi Sport Performance Team | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 7 km | 3565.036 | 148.543 | Blancpain Endurance Series | |
| 2013 | Bernd Schneider Maximilian Götz Maximilian Buhk | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 7 km | 3950.256 | 164.594 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Third win for Mercedes-Benz, and the first since 1964. |
| 2014 | René Rast Markus Winkelhock Laurens Vanthoor | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | 7 km | 3691.108 | 153.732 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Red flag (1 hour). |
| 2015 | Nick Catsburg Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala | BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS | BMW Z4 GT3 | 7 km | 3754.144 | 156.423 | Blancpain Endurance Series | |
| 2016 | Philipp Eng Maxime Martin Alexander Sims | ROWE Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | 7 km | 3719.403 | 154.975 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | |
| 2017 | Jules Gounon Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock | Audi Sport Team Saintéloc | Audi R8 LMS | 7 km | 3824.184 | 159.341 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | |
| 2018 | Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng Christian Krognes | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 7 km | 3579.044 | 149.127 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | |
| 2019 | Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Michael Christensen | GPX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 7 km | 2542.45 | 105.78 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | First team from the Middle East to win. 18-hour race. Racing suspended from 4:00 AM to 11:30 AM (rain), initially by safety car, then red flag at 5:40 AM. |
| 2020 | Earl Bamber Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor | Rowe Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 7 km | 3691.10 | 153.7 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | Second team to win with two different manufacturers after BMS Scuderia Italia. |
| 2021 | Côme Ledogar Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Iron Lynx | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 7 km | 3894.22 | 162.0 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | Fourth win for Ferrari, and the first since 2004. |
| 2022 | Jules Gounon Daniel Juncadella Raffaele Marciello | AMG Team AKKodis ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 7 km | 3754.14 | 156.2 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | Fourth win for Mercedes-Benz |
| 2023 | Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly | ROWE Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | 7 km | 3761.14 | 156.7 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | A record-extending twenty-fifth win for BMW. |
| 2024 | Mattia Drudi Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim | Comtoyou Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | 7 km | 3347.91 | 139.2 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Intercontinental GT Challenge | Centenary edition. First win for a Belgian team since 2015, and first win for Aston Martin since 1948. |

## Statistics
### By driver

Multiple wins by driver :
| Wins | Driver | Years |
| 5 | Eric van de Poele | 1987, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2008 |
| 4 | Jean-Michel Martin | 1979, 1980, 1987, 1992 |
| 4 | Thierry Tassin | 1983, 1986, 1994, 1996 |
| 3 | Attilio Marinoni | 1928, 1929, 1930 |
| 3 | Hans Heyer | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| 3 | Dieter Quester | 1973, 1986, 1988 |
| 3 | Roberto Ravaglia | 1985, 1988, 1994 |
| 3 | Marc Duez | 1997, 1998, 2001 |
| 3 | Michael Bartels | 2005, 2006, 2008 |
| 3 | Philipp Eng | 2016, 2018, 2023 |
| 2 | Francesco Severi | 1936, 1938 |
| 2 | Luigi Chinetti | 1933, 1949 |
| 2 | Helmut Kelleners | 1968, 1970 |
| 2 | Jean Xhenceval | 1974, 1975 |
| 2 | Philippe Martin | 1979, 1980 |
| 2 | Eddy Joosen | 1977, 1982 |
| 2 | Armin Hahne | 1982, 1983 |
| 2 | Tom Walkinshaw | 1981, 1984 |
| 2 | Altfrid Heger | 1986, 1988 |
| 2 | Win Percy | 1984, 1989 |
| 2 | Steve Soper | 1992, 1995 |
| 2 | Alexander Burgstaller | 1994, 1996 |
| 2 | Frédéric Bouvy | 1999, 2000 |
| 2 | Christophe Bouchut | 2001, 2002 |
| 2 | Fabrizio Gollin | 2004, 2007 |
| 2 | Andrea Bertolini | 2006, 2008 |
| 2 | Kurt Mollekens | 2000, 2009 |
| 2 | Mike Hezemans | 2007, 2009 |
| 2 | Romain Dumas | 2003, 2010 |
| 2 | Timo Scheider | 2005, 2011 |
| 2 | Bernd Schneider | 1989, 2013 |
| 2 | René Rast | 2012, 2014 |
| 2 | Markus Winkelhock | 2014, 2017 |
| 2 | Laurens Vanthoor | 2014, 2020 |
| 2 | Jules Gounon | 2017, 2022 |

### By manufacturer

Wins by manufacturer :
| Wins | Manufacturer | Years |
| 25 | BMW | 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023 |
| 8 | Porsche | 1967, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2003, 2010, 2019, 2020 |
| 7 | Alfa Romeo | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1938 |
| 6 | Ford | 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1989 |
| 4 | Audi | 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 1949, 1953, 2004, 2021 |
| 4 | Mercedes-Benz | 1931, 1964, 2013, 2022 |
| 3 | Peugeot | 1926, 1999, 2000 |
| 3 | Maserati | 2005, 2006, 2008 |
| 2 | Chrysler | 2001, 2002 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 2007, 2009 |
| 2 | Aston Martin | 1948, 2024 |
| 1 | Nissan | 1991 |
| 1 | Jaguar | 1984 |
| 1 | Mazda | 1981 |
| 1 | Bugatti | 1934 |
| 1 | Excelsior | 1927 |
| 1 | Chenard-Walcker | 1925 |
| 1 | Bignan | 1924 |