2007 Spa 24 Hours

The 2007 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 60th running of the Spa 24 Hours as well as the fifth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. The G3 class also included cars running in the GT3 specification seen in the FIA GT3 European Championship, although this event was not part of their scheduled season. It took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on July 28 and 29 2007.

Report

The race was run under varying weather conditions over the 24-hour period, with occasional heavy rain leading to length safety car periods several times. The #33 Jetalliance Aston Martin led the race early on, yet was forced to drop out after 158 laps. The lead was then shared by a group of cars all running on the same lap, including both Vitaphone Racing Maseratis as well as the Scuderia Playteam Maserati, as well as the PK Carsport and Carsport Holland Corvettes.

Nearing the final hour of the race, the #1 Vitaphone Racing Maserati had a lap lead over Carsport Holland, but a mistake on a slippery track led to the car becoming buried in a gravel trap. While the car was being extracted, the Carsport Holland Corvette would take over the lead, remaining there to take the victory. The margin of victory was 1:17.756.

In GT2, the BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche lead for nearly the entire event, eventually earning a four lap margin of victory. In the G2 class, the pair of Mosler MT900s would easily defeat other competitors, with the Belgian G&A Racing team taking the class win. Fellow Belgian team Mühlner Motorsport would take the G3 class victory, with their Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 16 laps ahead of the nearest competitor. In the Coupe du Roi relay, the JMB Racing Ferrari would be the only car to finish the event, earning them the win.

Half-point Leaders

In the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top eight teams are awarded half-points for their position both at the six hour mark as well as at the midway point of the race. Points for the top eight go in the order of 5 – 4 – 3 – 2.5 – 2 – 1.5 – 1 – 0.5.

6 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	33	Jetalliance Racing	148
2	11	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	148
3	5	Carsport Holland	148
4	3	Luc Alphand Aventures	147
5	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
6	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	147
7	23	Aston Martin Racing BMS	147
8	4	PK Carsport	147

6 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	142
2	51	AF Corse Motorola	141
3	52	Racing Team Edil Cris	140
4	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	140
5	74	Ebimotors	139
6	99	Tech9 Motorsport	139
7	62	Scuderia Ecosse	136
8	63	Scuderia Ecosse	134

12 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	5	Carsport Holland	292
2	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	291
3	11	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	291
4	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	290
5	4	PK Carsport	290
6	3	Luc Alphand Aventures	289
7	18	Selleslagh Racing Team	284
8	16	JMB Racing	280

12 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos	No	Team	Laps
1	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	280
2	51	AF Corse Motorola	278
3	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	277
4	52	Racing Team Edil Cris	276
5	99	Tech9 Motorsport	274
6	74	Ebimotors	274
7	63	Scuderia Ecosse	268
8	70	Easy Race	260

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	5	Carsport Holland Phoenix Racing	Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler Fabrizio Gollin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	532
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
2	GT1	1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Michael Bartels Thomas Biagi Eric van de Poele Pedro Lamy	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	532
					Maserati 6.0L V12
3	GT1	4	PK Carsport	Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens Frédéric Bouvy	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	M	529
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
4	GT1	2	Vitaphone Racing Team	Miguel Ramos Christian Montanari Matteo Bobbi Stéphane Lemeret	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	529
					Maserati 6.0L V12
5	GT1	11	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	Andrea Bertolini Andrea Piccini Alessandro Pier Guidi Fabrizio de Simone	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	527
					Maserati 6.0L V12
6	GT1	3	Luc Alphand Aventures	Vincent Vosse Gregory Franchi Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	521
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
7	GT1	16	JMB Racing	Joe Macari Ben Aucott Marino Franchitti Philipp Peter	Maserati MC12 GT1	M	515
					Maserati 6.0L V12
8	GT2	97	BMS Scuderia Italia	Emmanuel Collard Matteo Malucelli Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	511
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
9	GT2	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	507
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
10	GT1	18	Selleslagh Racing Team	Marc Duez Damien Coens Maxime Soulet Steve Van Bellingen	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	M	502
					Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
11	GT2	99	Tech9 Motorsport	Leo Machitski Sean Edwards Sascha Maassen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	501
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
12	GT2	74	Ebimotors	Emanuele Busnelli Marcello Zani Andrea Ceccato Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	495
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
13	GT2	52	Racing Team Edil Cris	Paolo Ruberti Damien Pasini Matteo Cressoni Lorenzo Casè	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	483
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
14	G3	124	Mühlner Motorsport	Paul van Splunteren Simon Frederiks Pim van Riet Ian Khan	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	475
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15	GT2	63	Scuderia Ecosse	Chris Niarchos Andrew Kirkaldy Tim Sugden	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	474
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
16	GT2	70	Easy Race	Giampaolo Tenchini Maurice Basso Roberto Plati Bo McCormick	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	474
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
17	G3	160	Prospeed Competition	Christian Lefort Christian Kelders Christophe Kerkhove Philippe Greisch	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	459
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GT1	12	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	Giambattista Giannoccaro Max Busnelli Alex Müller Yves Lambert	Maserati MC12 GT1	P	458
					Maserati 6.0L V12
19	G2	105	G&A Racing Renstal de Bokkenrijders	Guino Kenis Michael de Keersmaecker Patrick Smets Chris Mattheus	Mosler MT900 GT3	M	455
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8
20	G3	141	Emeraude Racing RMS	Romain Rautureau Patrice Fournet Patrick Herbert Matthieu Lahaye	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	453
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT2	95	James Watt Automotive	Paul Daniels David Cox Joël Camathias Oliver Moorey	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	450
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
22	G2	103	Gravity International	Vincent Radermecker David Dermont Olivier Muytjens Loris De Sordi	Mosler MT900 GT3	M	448
					Chevrolet LS7 7.0L V8
23	Coupe du Roi	201A	JMB Racing	Peter Kutemann Henk Haane	Ferrari F430 GT3	M	439
		201B		Nicolas Comar Philippe Rambeaud	Ferrari 4.3L V8
		201C		Pascal Ballay Damien Chanard
24	G3	140	Emeraude Racing RMS	Laurent Pasquali Olivier Baron Andrea Lancorpel	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	437
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25	G3	121	GS Motorsport	Philippe Broodcooren Roger Grouwels Kenneth Heyer Mark J. Thomas	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	M	411
					Dodge 8.3L V10
26	G3	178	G Private Racing	Patrick Ortlieb Paul Pfefferkorn Martin Sagmeister Philip Zumstein	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	399
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27	G3	177	G Private Racing	Otto Dragun Mikael Forsten Jörg Peham Mathias Schmitter	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	382
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
28	G3	174	Sport Garage	Gaël Lesoudier François Jakubowski Gilles Vannelet Hector Lester	Ferrari F430 GT3	M	381
					Ferrari 4.3L V8
29	GT2	78	JMB Racing	Charles de Pauw Alain van den Hove Didier de Radiguès Paul Belmondo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	369
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
30	GT2	51	AF Corse Motorola	Gianmaria Bruni Stéphane Ortelli Rui Águas	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	365
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
31	G3	175	Sport Garage	François-Xavier Boucher Michel Keyzer Sébastien Carcone Thierry Stépec	Ferrari F430 GT3	M	354
					Ferrari 4.3L V8
32	G2	106	Champion Racing	Philippe Noziere Rémy Brouard Philippe Roussaud Manuel Ferreira	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	M	348
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33	G3	118	Trackspeed Racing	David Ashburn Martin Rich Johnny Lang Luke Hines	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	M	341
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
34 DNF	GT1	23	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Jamie Davies Fabio Babini Ferdinando Monfardini Diego Alessi	Aston Martin DBR9	P	330
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
35 DNF	GT1	28	Reiter Lamborghini	Jos Menten Peter Kox Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	M	268
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
36 DNF	Coupe du Roi	215A	S-Berg Racing	Jan Charouz Jaromir Jírik	Lamborghini Gallardo GT3	M	232
		215B		Antoine Leclerc Vadim Kuzminykh	Lamborghini 5.0L V10
		215C		Milan Urban Jan Urban
37 DNF	GT1	33	Jetalliance Racing	Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Robert Lechner	Aston Martin DBR9	M	158
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
38 DNF	G3	116	Signa Motorsport	Patrick Chaillet Laurent Nef Christophe Geoffroy	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	M	153
					Dodge 8.3L V10
39 DNF	GT2	62	Scuderia Ecosse	Tim Mullen Jaroslav Janiš Tomáš Enge Jonny Kane	Ferrari F430 GT2	P	136
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
40 DNF	GT1	7	All-Inkl.com Racing	Christophe Bouchut Stefan Mücke Frank Stippler	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	M	83
					Lamborghini 6.0L V12
41 DNF	G2	101	Belgian Racing	Sarah Bovy Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	P	64
					Alfa Romeo 3.6L V6
42 DNF	G2	107	AB Motorsport	Antonio de Castro Renato Premoli Bruno Barbaro	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	D	63
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
43 DNF	GT2	50	AF Corse Motorola	Toni Vilander Dirk Müller Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	M	58
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
44 DNF	GT2	60	Prospeed Competition	Rudi Penders Franz Lamot Bart Couwberghs François Duval	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	57
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
45 DNF	G3	117	Pilotage Passion	Thierry Guiod Jean-Charles Levy Philippe Levy Michel Mitieus	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	T	45
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
46 DNF	GT1	22	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Enrico Toccacelo Alex Frassinetti Gabriele Lancieri Riccardo Ragazzi	Aston Martin DBR9	P	13
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12

Statistics

• Pole Position – #5 Carsport Holland – 2:14.554
• Average Speed – 155.21 km/h

External links

• Official FIA GT website – Race Results
• Total 24 Hours – Official website