# 24 Hours of Spa (motorcycle race)

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. In 2024 the race will be 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.
* Circuit Zolder circuit until 1972
* Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the version used until 1978
* Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps after 1979

## Winners

24 Hours of Spa winners :
| Year | Riders | Riders | Riders | Bike |
| Year | Rider 1 | Rider 2 | Rider 3 | Bike |
| 1971 | Clive Brown | Nigel Rollason | | BSA |
| 1972 | Georges Godier | Alain Genoud | | Honda |
| 1973 | John Williams | Charlie Williams | | Honda |
| 1974 | Jean-Claude Chemarin | Gérard Debrock | | Honda |
| 1975 | Roger Ruiz | Christian Huguet | | Japauto |
| 1976 | Jean-Claude Chemarin | Christian Léon | | Honda |
| 1977 | Jacques Luc | Pierre Soulas | | Honda |
| 1978 | Jacques Luc | Jack Buytaert | | Honda |
| 1979 | Jacques Luc | Jack Buytaert | | Honda |
| 1980 | Marc Fontan | Hervé Moineau | | Honda |
| 1981 | Jacques Luc | Pierre-Étienne Samin | | Suzuki |
| 1982 | Jean-Claude Chemarin | Jacques Cornu | Sergio Pelandini | Kawasaki |
| 1983 | Jacques Cornu | Thierry Espié | Didier de Radiguès | Kawasaki |
| 1984 | Gérard Coudray | Patrick Igoa | Alex Vieira | Honda |
| 1985 | Hervé Moineau | Richard Hubin | Jean-Pierre Oudin | Suzuki |
| 1986 | Gérard Coudray | Patrick Igoa | Alex Vieira | Honda |
| 1987 | Richard Hubin | Michel Siméon | Michel Simul | Suzuki |
| 1988 | Hervé Moineau | Bruno Le Bihan | Thierry Crine | Suzuki |
| 1989 | Alex Vieira | Stéphane Mertens | Roger Burnett | Suzuki |
| 1990 | Race cancelled | Race cancelled | Race cancelled | Race cancelled |
| 1991 | Stéphane Mertens | Dominique Sarron | Christian Lavieille | Suzuki |
| 1992 | Terry Rymer | Carl Fogarty | Jehan d'Orgeix | Kawasaki |
| 1993 | Steve Manley | Simon Buckmaster | Doug Toland | Kawasaki |
| 1994 | Adrien Morillas | Jean-Louis Battistini | Denis Bonoris | Kawasaki |
| 1995 | Jean-Michel Mattioli | Stéphane Mertens | Michel Siméon | Honda |
| 1996 | Piergiorgio Bontempi | Stéphane Coutelle | Brian Morrison | Kawasaki |
| 1997 | Juan-Eric Gomez | Doug Polen | Peter Goddard | Suzuki |
| 1998 | Christian Lavieille | Doug Polen | William Costes | Honda |
| 1999 | Telmo Pereira | Michel Graziano | Bruno Bonhuil | Suzuki |
| 2000 | Jean-Marc Delétang | Fabien Foret | Mark Willis | Yamaha |
| 2001 | Christian Lavieille | Brian Morrison | Laurent Brian | Suzuki |
| 2002 | Christian Lavieille | Brian Morrison | Laurent Brian | Suzuki |
| 2003 | Olivier Four | Sébastien Gimbert | Nicolas Dussauge | Suzuki |
| race not held |||||
| 2022 | Markus Reiterberger | Illia Mykhalchyk | Jeremy Guarnoni | BMW |
| 2023 | Niccolò Canepa | Marvin Fritz | Karel Hanika | Yamaha |
| 2024 | Niccolò Canepa | Marvin Fritz | Karel Hanika | Yamaha |

### By manufacturer

| Wins | Manufacturer |
| 12 | Honda |
| 11 | Suzuki |
| 6 | Kawasaki |
| 3 | Yamaha |
| 1 | BMW |
| 1 | Japauto |
| 1 | BSA |