2006 Spa 24 Hours

The 2006 Proximus Spa 24 Hours was the fourth race is the final race before the summer break for the 2006 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on 29 and 30 July 2006. It set a record for the farthest distance run since the event changed to the shorter 7 km track in 1979.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (2004-2006)

This race saw Porsche debut their new 997-generation GT3-RSR in the hands of Manthey Racing.

Half-point Leaders

In the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 classes), the top 8 teams are awarded half-points for their position both at the six-hour mark and at the midway point of the race.

6 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos No Team Laps
1 5 Germany Phoenix Racing 148
2 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team 148
3 4 Belgium GLPK-Carsport 148
4 9 Germany Zakspeed Racing 146
5 33 Austria Race Alliance 144
6 24 Italy Aston Martin Racing BMS 144
7 23 Italy Aston Martin Racing BMS 144
8 36 Belgium PSI Experience 141

6 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos No Team Laps
1 59 Italy AF Corse 143
2 58 Italy AF Corse 143
3 70 Italy GPC Sport 140
4 80 Netherlands Spyker Squadron 139
5 62 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse 136
6 52 Austria Renauer Motorsport Team 136
7 78 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team 134
8 63 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse 134

12 Hour Leaders in GT1

Pos No Team Laps
1 5 Germany Phoenix Racing 293
2 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team 292
3 4 Belgium GLPK-Carsport 292
4 9 Germany Zakspeed Racing 290
5 23 Italy Aston Martin Racing BMS 286
6 34 Belgium PSI Experience 281
7 36 Belgium PSI Experience 278
8 33 Austria Race Alliance 257

12 Hour Leaders in GT2

Pos No Team Laps
1 58 Italy AF Corse 280
2 59 Italy AF Corse 280
3 70 Italy GPC Sport 275
4 80 Netherlands Spyker Squadron 275
5 62 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse 271
6 52 Austria Renauer Motorsport Team 263
7 74 Italy Ebimotors 262
8 66 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 262

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 1 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Italy Andrea Bertolini
Germany Michael Bartels
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Maserati MC12 GT1 P 589
Maserati 6.0L V12
2 GT1 5 Germany Phoenix Racing Italy Andrea Piccini
Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
Belgium Stéphane Lemeret
Aston Martin DBR9 M 589
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
3 GT1 4 Belgium GLPK-Carsport Netherlands Mike Hezemans
Belgium Bert Longin
Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Belgium Kurt Mollekens
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 580
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
4 GT1 23 Italy Aston Martin Racing BMS Italy Christian Pescatori
Italy Fabio Babini
Netherlands Peter Kox
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Aston Martin DBR9 P 578
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
5 GT1 34 Belgium PSI Experience Netherlands Jos Menten
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Patrick Bornhauser
Belgium Fréderic Bouvy
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R D 565
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6 GT2 59 Italy AF Corse Finland Mika Salo
Portugal Rui Águas
Germany Timo Scheider
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 560
Ferrari 4.0L V8
7 GT2 58 Italy AF Corse Brazil Jaime Melo
Italy Matteo Bobbi
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 557
Ferrari 4.0L V8
8 GT1 9 Germany Zakspeed Racing Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš
Germany Sascha Bert
Italy Andrea Montermini
Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Saleen S7-R M 554
Ford 7.0L V8
9 GT2 62 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse United Kingdom Nathan Kinch
United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 548
Ferrari 4.0L V8
10 GT2 80 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Netherlands Donny Crevels
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R D 541
Audi 3.8L V8
11 GT1 36 Belgium PSI Experience Finland Pertti Kuismanen
Finland Markus Palttala
Belgium Bernard Dehez
Belgium Vincent Radermecker
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R D 530
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
12 GT2 66 Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton Germany Christian Ried
Germany Gerold Ried
Austria Horst Felbermayr Sr.
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr.
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR M 530
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
13 GT2 63 United Kingdom Scuderia Ecosse United Kingdom Tim Mullen
Canada Chris Niarchos
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 524
Ferrari 4.0L V8
14 G2 197 Germany Manthey Racing
Germany Porsche AG
Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Marcel Tiemann
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 518
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
15 G2 111 Germany Manthey Racing
Germany Porsche AG
Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Marc Lieb
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 512
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16 GT2 78 Belgium Ice Pol Racing Team Belgium Yves Lambert
Belgium Christian Lefort
Belgium Marc Goossens
Belgium Marc Duez
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 512
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 G3 116 Belgium Signa Racing Belgium Patrick Chaillet
Belgium Laurent Nef
Belgium Loïc Deman
Belgium Christophe Geoffroy
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe P 511
Dodge 8.3L V10
18 GT2 71 Spain RSV Motorsport Germany Ronald Severin
Spain Domingo Romero
France Michel Ligonnet
Sweden Peter Sundberg
Ferrari F430 GT2 M 510
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19 GT2 72 Italy AB Motorsport Italy Antonio De Castro
Italy Bruno Barbaro
Italy Renato Premoli
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 507
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 G3 195 Belgium Prospeed Competition Belgium François Duval
Belgium Christophe Kerkhove
Belgium Christian Kelders
Belgium Pascal Nelissen-Grade
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup M 504
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 G2 179 Monaco JMB Racing Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Belgium Charles de Pauw
Belgium Alain van den Hove
France Paul Belmondo
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 498
Ferrari 3.6L V8
22 G2 199 Austria Race Alliance Austria Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer
Austria Thomas Gruber
Austria Klaus Engelhorn
Belgium Armand Fumal
BMW M3 GTR P 492
BMW 3.2L I6
23 G3 113 France Pouchelon Racing France Gilles Duqueine
France Gaël Lesoudier
France Benoit Rousselot
France Stéphane Lacroix-Wasover
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 484
Dodge 8.3L V10
24 G3 117 France Jean Charles Levy France Philippe Levy
France Jean Charles Levy
France Michel Mitieus
France Gérard Tremblay
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup D 481
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 GT2 74 Italy Ebimotors Italy Luigi Moccia
Italy Emanuele Busnelli
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 468
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26 G2 194 Belgium Prospeed Competition Belgium Rudi Penders
Belgium Franz Lamot
Belgium Jean-François Hemroulle
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 464
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27 G2 107 France Red Racing France Romain Yvon
France Thierry Stépec
France Hervé Knapick
Belgium Olivier Muytjens
Chrysler Viper GTS-R P 441
Chrysler 8.0L V10
28 G3 121 Belgium Speedlover France Julien Schell
Belgium Jürgen van Hover
Netherlands Roger Grouwels
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup  ? 437
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29 GT1 33 Austria Race Alliance Austria Karl Wendlinger
Austria Philipp Peter
France Christophe Bouchut
Austria Robert Lechner
Aston Martin DBR9 D 413
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
30
DNF
GT2 70 Italy GPC Sport Switzerland Gabriele Gardel
Italy Fabrizio De Simone
Italy Luca Drudi
Italy Marco Cioci
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 390
Ferrari 4.0L V8
31
DNF
G3 110 Belgium GPR Racing Belgium Nicolas de Gastines
France Philippe Haezebrouck
Belgium Tom Cloet
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (997)  ? 388
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
32
DNF
GT2 52 Austria Renauer Motorsport Team Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
Italy Luca Moro
Austria Manfred Jurasz
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR D 307
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33
DNF
G3 115 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Italy Franco Groppi
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Italy Davide Stancheris
Italy Diego Alessi
Aston Martin DBRS9 P 264
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
34
DNF
G3 105 Belgium First Motorsport Belgium Jean-Claude Meert
Belgium Peter Van Delm
Belgium Maxime Martin
Belgium Dries Heyman
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup P 232
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
35
DNF
GT1 24 Italy Aston Martin Racing BMS Italy Fabrizio Gollin
Portugal Miguel Ramos
Italy Gabriele Lancieri
Italy Matteo Malucelli
Aston Martin DBR9 P 179
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
36
DNF
GT2 56 Monaco JMB Racing France Antoine Gosse
Netherlands Peter Kutemann
France Jean-Pierre Malcher
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 144
Ferrari 4.0L V8
37
DNF
GT2 75 Italy Ebimotors France Emmanuel Collard
Italy Luca Riccitelli
France Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR P 141
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
38
DNF
GT2 55 Monaco JMB Racing United Kingdom Tim Sugden
Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Belgium Jean-Michel Martin
France Stéphane Daoudi
Ferrari F430 GT2 P 133
Ferrari 4.0L V8
39
DNF
G3 114 France Pouchelon Racing United Kingdom Anthony Reid
United Kingdom Ian Khan
Netherlands Paul van Splunteren
Belgium Maxime Dumarey
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M 125
Dodge 8.3L V10
40
DNF
G3 118 France Pilotage Passion France Christian Beau
France Philippe Nozière
France Rémy Brouard
France Olivier Baron
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe P 55
Dodge 8.3L V10
41
DNF
GT1 35 Belgium Renstal Excelsior Monaco Geoffroy Horion
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Netherlands David Hart
United Kingdom Chris Buncombe
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R M 52
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
42
DNF
GT1 2 Germany Vitaphone Racing Team Italy Thomas Biagi
United Kingdom Jamie Davies
Belgium Vincent Vosse
Maserati MC12 GT1 P 44
Maserati 6.0L V12
43
DNF
G2 101 Belgium Belgian Racing Belgium Bas Leinders
Belgium Renaud Kuppens
Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Gillet Vertigo Streiff D 43
Alfa Romeo 3.6L V6

Statistics

  • Pole Position – #5 Phoenix Racing – 2:14.9
  • Distance – 4104.152 km
  • Average Speed – 171.00 km/h
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