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2009 24 Hours of Spa

Motor racing meeting

Layout of the [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The 2009 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 62nd running of the Spa 24 Hours and the fourth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. The race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps between 25 and 26 July 2009. Joining the FIA GT Championship competitors were cars from numerous national GT series as well as competitors from the FIA GT3 European Championship. This was the last time GT1 machinery was eligible for the race, as well as the last Spa 24 Hours that was part of the FIA GT Championship.

PK Carsport's Anthony Kumpen, Mike Hezemans, Kurt Mollekens, and Jos Menten won the race for the second time for Corvette, leading a Vitaphone Racing Maserati and a Phoenix Racing Audi for the overall podium. The GT2 category was won by AF Corse Ferrari, while the Ford GT of Matech GT Racing won amongst G3 entries.

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Qualifying

Qualifying's three sessions were hampered by rain, with the only dry track time coming in the early minutes of the first session. The three Vitaphone Maseratis were able to quickly grab the top positions before the rains came, locking them into that position as no improvements were able to be made in any of the latter wet sessions.

The No. 120 Rossa Corsa Ferrari and No. 11 Full Speed Racing Saleen were required to start from pit lane after they both changed engines following qualifying. The two PMB Motorsports Porsches did not participate in any of the three qualifying sessions and also had to start from pit lane.

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	Team	Lap Time
GT1	No.2 Vitaphone Racing Team	2:18.030	1
GT1	No.33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	2:18.591	2
GT1	No.1 Vitaphone Racing Team	2:19.222	3
GT1	No.8 Sangari Team Brazil	2:19.530	4
GT1	No.3 Selleslagh Racing Team	2:19.670	5
GT1	No.40 Marc VDS Racing Team	2:21.881	6
GT1	No.4 PK Carsport	2:22.640	7
GT1	No.35 Nissan Motorsports	2:24.109	8
GT2	No.50 AF Corse	2:25.232	9
GT2	No.55 CRS Racing	2:26.349	10
G3	No.121 Matech GT Racing	2:26.364	11
GT2	No.59 Trackspeed Racing	2:26.471	12
GT2	No.77 BMS Scuderia Italia	2:26.584	13
GT2	No.51 AF Corse	2:27.245	14
GT2	No.70 IMSA Performance Matmut	2:28.038	15
GT2	No.60 Prospeed Competition	2:28.133	16
G2	No.111 Phoenix Racing	2:28.327	17
GT2	No.97 Brixia Racing	2:29.320	18
G3	No.172 Barwell Motorsports	2:30.014	19
G3	No.145 First Motorsport	2:30.458	20
GT2	No.56 CRS Racing	2:30.593	21
G3	No.123 Mühlner Motorsport	2:30.648	22
G3	No.174 M.P. Sport	2:31.472	23
G2	No.118 Gravity Racing International	2:31.601	24
G3	No.124 Mühlner Motorsport	2:31.693	25
G3	No.122 Matech GT Racing	2:31.796	26
GT2	No.99 JMB Racing	2:32.294	27
GT2	No.61 Prospeed Competition	2:36.050	28
G2	No.116 Jetalliance Racing	2:39.943	29
G3	No.120 Rossa Corsa	2:39.981	Pit
G3	No.160 Prospeed Competition	2:41.463	30
GT1	No.11 Full Speed Racing Team	2:41.902	Pit
G2	No.110 G&A Racing	2:52.360	31
G3	No.161 Prospeed Competition	2:55.564	32
GT2	No.78 BMS Scuderia Italia	2:58.437	33
GT2	No.95 PeCom Racing	2:59.646	35
G3	No.175 M.P. Garage	3:00.933	34
G2	No.117 PMB Motorsport	No Time	Pit
G2	No.115 PMB Motorsport	No Time	Pit

Race

Victory in the race went to the number 4 PK Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1, which finished 11 laps ahead of the second placed Maserati MC12 GT1 of Vitaphone Racing Team DHL. Phoenix Racing, AF Corse and Matech GT Racing took class victories.

Following the race, Porsche revealed that all of their cars participating in the GT2 category had used steel sleeves which did not match the homologation papers for the 997 GT3-RSR. The FIA later disqualified all Porsches from the GT2 category for this violation, amending the final race results.

Race result

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

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis
DNF	19
DNF	20
NC	21
DNF	22
NC	23
DNF	24
DNF	25
DNF	26
DNF	27
DNF	28
DNF	29
DNF	30
DNF	31
DNF	32
DNF	33
DNF	34
DNF	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ
GT1	4	BEL PK Carsport	BEL Anthony Kumpen
BEL Kurt Mollekens
NLD Mike Hezemans
NLD Jos Menten	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		559
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
GT1	33	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team DHL	BEL Vincent Vosse
BEL Stéphane Léméret
ITA Alessandro Pier Guidi
SWE Carl Rosenblad	Maserati MC12 GT1		548
Maserati 6.0 L V12
G2	111	DEU Phoenix Racing	CHE Marcel Fässler
CHE Henri Moser
GRC Alexandros Margaritis
DEU Marc Basseng	Audi R8 LMS		544
Audi 5.2 L V10
GT2	50	ITA AF Corse	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
FIN Toni Vilander
BRA Jaime Melo
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	Ferrari F430 GT2		540
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	56	GBR CRS Racing	GBR Rob Bell
GBR Andrew Kirkaldy
ESP Antonio García
NLD Peter Kox	Ferrari F430 GT2		528
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	55	GBR CRS Racing	CAN Chris Niarchos
GBR Tim Mullen
GBR Phil Quaife
GBR Chris Goodwin	Ferrari F430 GT2		525
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
G3	121	CHE Matech GT Racing	DEU Thomas Mutsch
DEU Marc Hennerici
BEL Maxime Martin
CHE Peter Wyss	Ford GT GT3		519
Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8
G3	123	BEL Mühlner Motorsport	BEL Christian Lefort
BEL François Verbist
AUS Rodney Forbes	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		518
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
G3	161	BEL Prospeed Competition	FIN Markus Palttala
AUT Niki Lanik
BEL David Loix
NLD Oskar Slingerland	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		517
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT1	35	JPN Nissan Motorsports
GBR Gigawave Motorsport	GBR Darren Turner
GBR Anthony Davidson
DEU Michael Krumm	Nissan GT-R GT1		513
Nissan 5.6 L V8
G3	172	GBR Barwell Motorsport	BEL Eddy Renard
BEL Koen Wauters
BEL Jeffrey van Hooydonk
BEL Julien Schroyen	Aston Martin DBRS9		503
Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
G3	145	BEL First Motorsport	BEL Christian Kelders
BEL Philippe Greisch
FRA Éric Hélary
FRA Daniel Desbrueres	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		497
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT1	1	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	DEU Michael Bartels
ITA Andrea Bertolini
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin
BRA Alexandre Negrão	Maserati MC12 GT1		489
Maserati 6.0 L V12
G2	116	AUT Jetalliance Racing	AUT Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
AUT Vitus Eckert
GBR Martin Rich
GBR Ryan Sharp	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		487
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
GT1	3	BEL Selleslagh Racing Team	BEL Bert Longin
BEL Maxime Soulet
FRA James Ruffier
GBR Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		485
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
G3	160	BEL Prospeed Competition	BEL Christophe Kerhove
FRA Rémy Brouard
FRA Eric Havette
FRA Philippe Nozière	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		484
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
G3	120	IRL Rosso Corsa	IRL Michael Cullen
IRL Paddy Shovlin
USA Mark Patterson
USA Peter Ludwig	Ferrari F430 GT3		476
Ferrari 4.3 L V8
GT1	2	DEU Vitaphone Racing Team	PRT Miguel Ramos
PRT Pedro Lamy
DEU Alex Müller
BEL Eric van de Poele	Maserati MC12 GT1		419
Maserati 6.0 L V12
GT2	99	MCO JMB Racing	CHE Maurizio Basso
NLD Peter Kutemann
GBR John Hartshorne
FRA Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari F430 GT2		406
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
G2	110	BEL G&A Racing	BEL Guino Kenis
BEL Michael De Keersmaecker
BEL Patrick Smets
BEL Joël Schuybroeck	Mosler MT900R GT3		403
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
GT2	77	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Matteo Malucelli
ITA Diego Romanini
DEU Kenneth Heyer	Ferrari F430 GT2		329
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT1	40	BEL Marc VDS Racing Team	BEL Renaud Kuppens
BEL Bas Leinders
BEL Eric De Doncker	Ford GT1		318
Ford 5.0 L V8
GT2	51	ITA AF Corse	ESP Álvaro Barba
ITA Niki Cadei
ARG Matías Russo
DEU Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2		316
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
G3	174	FRA M.P. Racing
FRA Sport Garage	FRA Romain Brandela
FRA Gaël Lesoudier
FRA Thierry Prignaud
FRA André Alain Corbel	BMW Alpina B6 GT3		288
BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
G3	122	CHE Matech GT Racing	BRA Alexandre Funari Negrão
BRA Constantino de Oliveira Jr.
BRA Luiz Clemente Lunardi
BRA Andreas Mattheis	Ford GT GT3		272
Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8
G3	124	BEL Mühlner Motorsport	DEU Jürgen Häring
DEU Achim Dürr
DEU René Bourdeaux
GRC Dimitrios Konstantinou	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S		234
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
G2	117	BEL PMB Motorsport	DEU Wolfgang Kaufmann
FRA Philippe Ullman
FRA Gilles Vannelet
CHE Jonathan Hirschi	Porsche 996 GT2-R		159
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
GT1	11	AUT Full Speed Racing Team	BEL Robert Dierick
BEL Carlo van Dam
NLD Arjan van der Zwaan
NLD Rob van der Zwaan	Saleen S7-R		128
Ford 7.0 L V8
G2	118	BEL Gravity Racing International	CAN Jacques Villeneuve
BEL Vincent Radermecker
BEL Loris de Sordi
CHN Ho-Pin Tung	Mosler MT900R GT3		65
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
GT1	8	BRA Sangari Team Brazil	BRA Enrique Bernoldi
BRA Roberto Streit
NLD Xavier Maassen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		55
Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8
G2	115	BEL PMB Motorsport	FRA Gérard Tremblay
FRA Dominique Nury
FRA Christophe Lapierre
FRA Jean-Charles Perrin	Porsche 996 GT2-R		26
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
G3	175	FRA M.P. Racing
FRA Sport Garage	FRA Michaël Petit
FRA Ange Barde
FRA Pascal Hugot
DEU Valentin Hummel	BMW Alpina B6 GT3		3
BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8
GT2	78	ITA BMS Scuderia Italia	ITA Fabio Babini
ITA Christian Pescatori
ITA Marcello Zani	Ferrari F430 GT2		3
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	95	ARG PeCom Racing Team
ITA AF Corse	ITA Lorenzo Casè
MCO Cédric Sbirrazzuoli	Ferrari F430 GT2		3
Ferrari 4.0 L V8
GT2	97	ITA Brixia Racing	ITA Luigi Lucchini
AUT Martin Ragginger
DEU Marco Holzer
USA Bryce Miller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		535
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	61	BEL Prospeed Competition	NLD Paul van Splunteren
NLD Raymond Coronel
NLD Niek Hommerson
BEL Louis Machiels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		527
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	60	BEL Prospeed Competition	FRA Emmanuel Collard
GBR Richard Westbrook
GBR Sean Edwards
HKG Darryl O'Young	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		526
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	59	GBR Trackspeed Racing	GBR Tim Sugden
GBR David Ashburn
MCO Stéphane Ortelli
DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		486
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
GT2	70	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	FRA Raymond Narac
FRA Patrick Pilet
USA Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		425
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References

(2009-07-24). "Müller and Bruni on pole after wet qualifying". [[FIA GT Championship]].
(2009-07-24). "Combined Qualifying". [[FIA GT Championship]].
(2009-10-03). "Oschersleben and Spa results finalised". [[FIA GT Championship]].
(2009-07-26). "Race Result". [[FIA GT Championship]].

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