7.004 km circuit of Spa Francorchamps in Belgium
The 61st edition of the Total 24 Hours of Spa. Total first sponsored the race last year and the endurance race has been on the FIA GT Championship's schedule since 2001. Michelin, Pirelli, and Dunlop are competing this year. The past two years have seen GT1 battles go down to the wire.
Race to start at 16:00 (noon for ET ? as they are 6 hours ahead)
Current local time in Brussels - Belgium
Live video
gt1live.tv
Live timing
LiveTimingGt
Patrick Long will race in his fourth 24 hour race with both Richard Lietz and Raymond Narac with the # 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche. The three won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2007. They raced at Spa last year and at Le Mans this year. The team will debut the new 4.0 liter engine.
picture of new engine
Welcome to Patrick Long Motorsport
Richard Lietz - Home
French GT2 team from the Le Mans Series
Entry list with pictures
Planetlemans.com | FIA GT - 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa Entry List
Proximus 24 hours - Official site
http://www.fiagt.com/
Circuit de Spa Francorchamps
Complete news
Motorsport.com: News channel
Pictures
Motorsport.com: Photos channel
24H Spa : Les photos de la première séance. - Endurance Info - Endurance Info WebSite
Testing from last month
YouTube - TOTAL Spa 24 Hours 2008: Testday
GT1 preview
Planetlemans.com | The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT1 preview
GT2 preview
Planetlemans.com | The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT2 preview
My choices for the race:
GT1: # 7 Saleen S7R of Larbre Competition (2001-02 winners with a Viper GTS-R) with Michelin tires. Drivers Pedro Lamy, Vincent Vosse, Greg Franchi, and Steve Zacchia.
LARBRE COMPETITION
GT2: # 77 Ferrari F430 GTC of BMS Scuderia Italia (2007 GT2 winner with Porsche) with Pirelli tires. Drivers Paolo Ruberti, Matteo Malucelli, Joel Camathias, and Davide Rigon.
BMS Scuderia Italia
G2 class is for non-homologated GT1/GT2 cars while G3 is for GT3 cars from the FIA GT3 Championship.
G2: # 102 Porsche 996 GT2-R of McDonald's Racing with Michelin tires. Drivers Wolfgang Kaufmann, Aliaksandr Talkanitsa, Philippe Ullman, and Kenneth Heyer.
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G3: # 112 Ferrari F430 GT3 of AS Events with Pirelli tires. Drivers Christopher Campbell, François Jakubowski, Mathieu Zangarelli, and Ange Barde.
Coupe du Roi is a relay race. A team has three cars and each car runs 8 hours. JMB Racing is the only team in it this year with Ferraris.