Spa 24 Hours 2005 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Proximus 24 Spa		Date: 31.7.2005
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.976 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
FIA GT Championship (round 6)

Weather:	brief rain, early & late
Start time:	30/7 16:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	43
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	37
Started:	37
Finished:	23
Classified:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT1	15	15	9
FIA GT2	7	7	6
FIA GT Group 2	12	12	8
FIA GT Group 3	3	3	2

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
No caution period.

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 28/7
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 195 minutes on 28-29/7
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	9	Maserati MC12 GT1	Scheider / Bartels / van de Poele
FIA GT2:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Lieb / Rockenfeller / Luhr
FIA GT Group 2:	191	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Penders / Lamot / Couwberghs
FIA GT Group 3:	124	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Fumal / Mattheus / Van Bellingen / Geoffroy
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	10	Maserati MC12 GT1	Biagi / Babini / Davies	2:15.5980
FIA GT2:	88	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Emmanuel Collard (F)	2:23.8620	174.5670 km/h
FIA GT Group 2:	191	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Bart Couwberghs (B)	2:26.6580	171.2390 km/h
FIA GT Group 3:	123	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Jean-François Hemroulle (B)	2:34.8450	162.1850 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	9	Maserati MC12 GT1	Michael Bartels (D)	2:14.8450	185.4400 km/h
FIA GT2:	88	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Emmanuel Collard (F)	2:22.8560	175.0400 km/h
FIA GT Group 2:	106	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Anthony Beltoise (F)	2:25.8980	171.3900 km/h
FIA GT Group 3:	123	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Vanina Ickx (B)	2:33.6580	162.7300 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (19), Maserati (5), Ferrari (5), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (19), Maserati (5), Ferrari (5), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (5), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5), Porsche 996 GT3 Cup (5)
Driver nationalities:	B (36), F (19), I (19), GB (11), D (10), CH (9), NL (8), A (4), BR (2), RUS (2), L (2), MC (2)
Team nationalities:	B (12), GB (8), I (6), F (4), D (3), MC (2)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (51%), front-engined (35%), mid-engined (14%)
Average engine size:	4794 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Horst Felbermayr (60), Gianni Giudici (59), Peter Kutemann (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (22), Michael Mallock (23), Steve Zacchia (23)
Female drivers:	Lilian Bryner, Sylvie Delcour, Liz Halliday, Vanina Ickx

Official Race Programme:

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