Spa 24 Hours 2006 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Proximus 24 Spa		Date: 30.7.2006
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.976 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
FIA GT Championship (round 4)

Weather:	mainly bright, dry
Start time:	29/7 15:59
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	45
Practiced:	44
Qualified:	44
Started:	43
Finished:	25
Classified:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT1	11	11	8
FIA GT2	16	15	10
FIA Group 2	7	7	6
FIA Group 3	10	10	5

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 27/7
3 qualifying session held for a total of 195 minutes on 27-28/7
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1	Bertolini / van de Poele / Bartels
FIA GT2:	59	Ferrari F430 GTC	Aguas / Salo / Scheider
FIA Group 2:	197	Porsche 997.I GT3 RSR	Maassen / Tiemann / Luhr
FIA Group 3:	116	Dodge Viper Competition Coupé	Chaillet / Nef / Deman / Geoffroy
Leaders:
laps 1-25:	2	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 154-162:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
lap 163:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 164-170:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 171-489:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 26-28:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
laps 29-31:	2	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 32-51:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 490-499:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 500-514:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 515-524:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 525-539:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 52-56:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R
laps 540-551:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 552-563:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
laps 564-589:	1	Maserati MC12 GT1
laps 57-153:	5	Aston Martin DBR9
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Maserati MC12 GT1	Vosse / Davies / Biagi	2:16.8470	183.5100 km/h	lap 2
FIA GT2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kinch / Kirkaldy / Franchitti	2:23.8760	174.5500 km/h	lap 312
FIA Group 2:	197	Porsche 997.I GT3 RSR	Maassen / Tiemann / Luhr	2:24.5930	173.6800 km/h	lap 2
FIA Group 3:	115	Aston Martin DBRS9	Alessi / Groppi / Seiler / Stancheris	2:29.1910	168.3300 km/h	lap 215
Pole Positions:
Overall:	5	Aston Martin DBR9	Fässler / Lémeret / Delétraz / Piccini	2:14.8710	186.2000 km/h
FIA GT2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Kinch / Kirkaldy / Franchitti	2:22.0950	176.7300 km/h
FIA Group 2:	111	Porsche 997.I GT3 RSR	Bernhard / Lamy / Lieb	2:21.4200	177.5800 km/h
FIA Group 3:	115	Aston Martin DBRS9	Alessi / Groppi / Seiler / Stancheris	2:28.6060	168.9900 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (14), Ferrari (9), Aston Martin (5), Chevrolet (4), Dodge (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Ferrari (9), Aston Martin (5), Chevrolet (4), Dodge (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Ferrari F430 (8), Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (5), Aston Martin DBR9 (4), Dodge Viper (4)
Driver nationalities:	B (41), F (27), I (23), D (12), GB (11), NL (9), A (9), CH (5), CZ (3), FIN (3), P (3)
Team nationalities:	B (10), I (9), D (7), F (6), MC (4), A (3), GB (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (37%), rear-engined (32%), mid-engined (31%)
Average engine size:	5430 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Pertti Kuismanen (63), Manfred Jurasz (62), Horst Felbermayr (61)
Youngest known drivers:	Jan Charouz (19), Maxime Martin (20), Maxime Soulet (23)

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