10EME EDITION DE SPA-CLASSIC A LA CONQUETE DU RAIDILLON
produits, 450 ont le volant à droite et 1 416 sont fabriquées en Afrique du Sud grâce à des kits complets provenant d’Allemagne. GROUP C MERCEDES SAUBER C9 DE 1987 La Mercedes Sauber C9 est le parfait exemple de succès collaboratif. Pour signer son grand retour dans le monde du sport automobile après trente ans d’absence, Mercedes s’unit à l’époque avec la marque suisse Sauber. Une alliance judicieuse qui va permettre à cette automobile de remporter le Championnat du Monde des Voitures de Sport
The CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa in 24 facts
total of 536 almost exactly matched the average for this period (532). 3. When it comes to Super Pole, Mercedes-AMG is without doubt the brand to beat this year. In 2022 it became the first GT manufacturer to secure four successive pole positions... 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2014. The average starting position for the winner during this period is P9, although no car has started from ninth and gone on to win. 5. Defending overall winner Mercedes-AMG has the biggest entry this year with 16 cars
Haase keeps Comtoyou Racing Audi on top as chequered flag falls on first day of official Prologue
Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG in the Gold Cup (P10 overall); and the #70 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini in Pro-Am (P12 overall). While the morning session was largely quiet, the longer afternoon run was interrupted by several red flags. The first was for #89 Akkodis ASP Mercedes-AMG, which hit the outer barrier at Raidillon, damaging the front and rear of the car. Soon after, the #58 Grasser Racing Lamborghini found itself beached in the gravel at Les Combes; there was no damage, though the incident
History and legends unite for CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa centenary poster
Mercedes-AMGs climbing the legendary Raidillon, with the iconic endurance grandstand visible in the background. On the left, the 300 SEL that finished second in 1971; on the right, the AMG GT3 EVO that will tackle the centenary edition in the colours of CrowdStrike. Each of the posters features two cars – one modern, one historic – running side-by-side in the same location. After Mercedes-AMG, the other current Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS manufacturers Aston Martin, Audi, BMW
Youngtimer Festival Spa
cars like the NSU TT, Ford Anglia or Escort Mk1; Peugeot 205 GTI, VW Golf GTI, Alfa Romeo GTV, and so on but also the more impressive cars such as the BMW M3 or 635 CSI, Mercedes 190 E 2.3 or 500 SEC, Porsche 944 Turbo, 911 3.0 SC and the 911 Turbo
Comtoyou Racing Audi tops opening morning session at official Prologue
Comtoyou Racing ended the opening morning of the 2023 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Prologue at the top of the timing screens courtesy of its #11 Audi. Christopher Haase posted a 2m18.525s lap early in the three-hour session, after which rain left the circuit damp and prevented any improvement on the German driver's benchmark. The #11 Audi was 0.471s faster than the #79 HRT Mercedes-AMG, which was also the best of the Bronze Cup runners. The #19 Iron Lynx Lamborghini was the top Gold Cup entrant
CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa set for record-breaking grid with 72 cars confirmed for 2023 edition
, while it's a similar story for Optimum Motorsport, which handles the #5 crew and the sister Inception Racing entry. Event newcomer 7TSIX completes the McLaren roster, which has the numbers to mount a serious challenge for Bronze Cup glory. MERCEDES-AMG (AMG GT3) • Increased firepower marks 2022 overall winner out as brand to beat • 16 entries: 4 Pro | 2 Gold | 2 Silver | 5 Bronze | 2 Pro-Am | 1 TBD Mercedes-AMG will be the best represented brand at this year's CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa thanks to
Racing Festival
. This competition, organised by our neighbours to the north, offers an array of spectacular cars to the public: some PROTOS like the Ligier LMP3 or the Ginetta LMP3, Radicals, Pragas, but also GTs such as the Mosler, Mercedes SLS, Ferrari F458
Deux journées d’essais officiels bien chargées avant les TotalEnergies 24 Hours of Spa
était aussi celui des quatre séances cumulées avec la Porsche #18 de KCMG et la Mercedes-AMG #57 du Winward Racing dans le sillage direct de la BMW. Parmi les 61 voitures, on recensait quelques invités qui ne participeront pas à la course cette année
Let battle commence: who will capture overall glory at the 2023 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa?
can count on world-class professional drivers, while the teams represent the very best in the business. So, who will be the latest to add their name to Spa's roll of honour? The natural starting point is last year's victorious brand, Mercedes-AMG... Fanatec GT Europe Endurance Cup event at Circuit Paul Ricard thanks to the trio of Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy. The sister #87 Mercedes-AMG Team Akkodis ASP machine unites 2013 winner Maxi Götz with Lorenzo Ferrari and
INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN - MAY 24-25-26
Faithful to its annual rendez-vous with Spa-Francorchamps, the International GT Open will be back to the Ardennes on the weekend of 25-26 May. One of the top GT series in Europe, the GT Open offers the highest performance level of GT3 racing and the best pro-am racing platform in the continent. This year, over 30 contenders including top drivers and teams are in action, with all the great GT brands (Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes, Porsche, etc) represented
INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN 2025
More than 30 competitors will take to the track this weekend, including some of the biggest GT manufacturers such as Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes, Porsche and many more. The programme includes GT Cup Europe, the Euroformula Open, the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine and TCR Europe. And to round off the weekend, a 2h40 race on Sunday. PRACTICAL INFORMATION OPENING HOURS Friday 16 May: 8am to 8pmSaturday 17 May: 8am to 7pmSunday 18 May: 8am to
Total 24 Hours of Spa
presence of eleven cars. Mercedes also takes this meeting very seriously with no fewer than eight AMG GT3s lined up. After its victory in 2015 with the BMW Z4 of the Belgian team Marc VDS, the Bavarian manufacturer will start an entirely new model: the
Total 24 hours
. Whether Audi, Bentley, McLaren, Mercedes, Nissan, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar, or Aston Martin, all of these manufacturers have one or several teams which include top-flight drivers ready to gallantly defend their chance. 12 former winners of this
Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix
to succeed Lewis Hamilton? With the domination exercised by the Mercedes drivers for three years now, it seems logical that Hamilton and his teammate Nico Rosberg are once again the big favourites this year. Everything will depend also on the weather
Let's GOOOOO for the weekend of the Brûleurs de gommes (BDG #5 2023) at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The BDG have a memorable weekend in store for you: new features, exceptional cars, more shows, etc... The event is getting stronger every season. The BDG, it's a trackday on Saturday and Sunday but it's also and especially animations on the whole site of the Circuit. Let's start with the Track Introduction sessions offered as a passenger in racing cars such as LMP2, Ferrari 488/430 Challenge, Porsche 991/992 GT3 CUP, Mercedes AMG GT4, Bmw M2 CS Racing CUP, Radical, FunCup, etc... but also in
CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa glory up for grabs in ultra-competitive class battles
the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa. The only two-car Gold Cup effort comes from Winward Racing, which has shown impressive pace with its Mercedes-AMG entries. The experienced #57 line-up of Ward/Ellis/Dontje must be considered a leading class contender... Dorrbecker/Moulin/Paverud/Petrov set to handle the #60 machine. The popular Madpanda Motorsport squad conquered Spa in 2021 and will fly the Mercedes-AMG flag again this year. Its Fanatec GT Europe Endurance Cup line-up of Perez Companc/Nesov/Gustavsen is
SPA HISTORIC COMPETITION + ADAC RACING WEEKEND
edition of the ADAC GT Masters in 2015, a BMW Z4 GT3 and a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 both took victory. The current season looks very similar: These two German constructors are currently setting the tone, but a third team is also making a name for
Spa-Classic. The Circuit in Vintage Mode!
chapters of the Le Mans 24 Hours. First dominated by the Porsche 956 - despite the valiant resistance of the Lancia LC2 - competition gradually became even more intense to achieve its peak with the rise in power of Jaguar, Mercedes, Toyota, Nissan and
INTERNATIONAL GT OPEN (Free Entrance)
. Seven brands will be represented (Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes and Porsche), with the presence of some of the top GT3 teams, like AF Corse, Kessel Racing, Huber Motorsport, Oregon Team, Getspeed, Optimum Motorsport or
