The 2015 Total Spa 24 Hours was the 68th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It was also the fourth round of the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series season and was held on 25 and 26 July at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The race was won by BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS and drivers Nick Catsburg, Lucas Luhr and Markus Palttala.[1] The trio's No. 46 BMW Z4 GT3 finished a lap clear of Audi Sport Team WRT and their No. 2 Audi R8 LMS, driven by Nico Müller, Stéphane Ortelli and Frank Stippler.[2] Completing the podium in third place was the No. 5 Audi Sport Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra of Christian Mamerow, Christopher Mies and Nicki Thiim, two laps down on the winners.[3]

In the race's other classes, the No. 47 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of Gianmaria Bruni, Pasin Lathouras, Stéphane Lemeret and Alessandro Pier Guidi were the winners of the Pro-Am Cup in fourth place overall, while the Cup for amateur drivers was won by the No. 24 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Team Parker Racing, driven by Ian Loggie, Callum MacLeod, Benny Simonsen and Julian Westwood.[3]

Race result

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Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
1 Pro Cup 46   BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS   Markus Palttala
  Lucas Luhr
  Nick Catsburg
BMW Z4 GT3 536
2 Pro Cup 2   Audi Sport Team WRT   Frank Stippler
  Nico Müller
  Stéphane Ortelli
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 535
3 Pro Cup 5   Audi Sport Phoenix Racing   Christian Mamerow
  Christopher Mies
  Nicki Thiim
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 534
4 Pro-Am Cup 47   AF Corse   Alessandro Pier Guidi
  Pasin Lathouras
  Stéphane Lemeret
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 531
5 Pro Cup 6   Audi Sport Phoenix Racing   Marcel Fässler
  André Lotterer
  Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 530
6 Pro-Am Cup 51   AF Corse   Davide Rigon
  Duncan Cameron
  Matthew Griffin
  Francisco Guedes
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 529
7 Pro-Am Cup 79   Ecurie Ecosse   Devon Modell
  Alasdair McCaig
  Oliver Bryant
  Alexander Sims
BMW Z4 GT3 527
8 Pro-Am Cup 78   Team Russia by Barwell   Leo Machitski
  Jon Minshaw
  Jonny Cocker
  Phil Keen
BMW Z4 GT3 527
9 Pro Cup 84   Bentley Team HTP   Harold Primat
  Vincent Abril
  Mike Parisy
Bentley Continental GT3 527
10 Pro-Am Cup 32   Leonard Motorsport AMR   Tom Onslow-Cole
  Stefan Mücke
  Stuart Leonard
  Michael Meadows
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 523
11 Pro-Am Cup 52   AF Corse   Toni Vilander
  Adrien de Leener
  Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
  Raffaele Giammaria
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 521
12 Pro Cup 21   Black Falcon   Abdulaziz Al Faisal
  Hubert Haupt
  Yelmer Buurman
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 520
13 Pro Cup 77   BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil   Cacá Bueno
  Sérgio Jimenez
  Felipe Fraga
BMW Z4 GT3 516
14 Am Cup 24   Team Parker Racing   Ian Loggie
  Julian Westwood
  Callum MacLeod
  Benny Simonsen
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 513
15 Pro Cup 23   Nissan GT Academy Team RJN   Alex Buncombe
  Katsumasa Chiyo
  Wolfgang Reip
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 513
16 Pro Cup 99   Rowe Racing   Daniel Juncadella
  Nico Bastian
  Stef Dusseldorp
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 511
17 Am Cup 56   Attempto Racing   Jürgen Häring
  Frank Schmickler
  Philipp Wlazik
  Dimitrios Konstantinou
Porsche 997 GT3 R 511
18 Pro Cup 59   Von Ryan Racing   Bruno Senna
  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
  Álvaro Parente
McLaren 650 S GT3 511
19 Am Cup 111   Kessel Racing   Liam Talbot
  Stephen Earle
  Marco Zanuttini
  Marc Rostan
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 510
20 Am Cup 10   AKKA ASP   Christophe Bourret
  Pascal Gibon
  Philippe Polette
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 510
21 Pro Cup 1   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   René Rast
  Laurens Vanthoor
  Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 508
22 Am Cup 28   Delahaye Racing Team   Pierre-Etienne Bordet
  Alexandre Viron
  Emmanuel Orgeval
  Paul-Loup Chatin
Porsche 997 GT3 R 504
23 Am Cup 42   Sport Garage   Christoff Corten
  Marc Guillot
  Tony Samon
  Christian Beroujon
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 504
24 Pro-Am Cup 333   Rinaldi Racing   Marco Seefried
  Rinat Salikhov
  Stef Vancampenhoudt
  Norbert Siedler
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 503
25 Pro Cup 9   ROAL Motorsport   Timo Glock
  Alex Zanardi
  Bruno Spengler
BMW Z4 GT3 500
26 Pro-Am Cup 22   Nissan GT Academy Team RJN   Olivier Pla
  Ricardo Sanchez
  Gaëtan Paletou
  Florian Strauss
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 499
27 Pro-Am Cup 14   Emil Frey Racing   Fredy Barth
  Lorenz Frey
  Gabriele Gardel
  Jonathan Hirschi
Jaguar XK Emil Frey G3 497
28 Pro-Am Cup 41   Sport Garage   Gabriele Lancieri
  Gilles Vannelet
  Enzo Guibbert
  Eric Cayrolle
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 480
29 Pro Cup 58   Von Ryan Racing   Shane van Gisbergen
  Rob Bell
  Kévin Estre
McLaren 650 S GT3 457
30 Pro-Am Cup 44   Oman Racing Team   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Daniel Lloyd
  Jonathan Adam
  Jonathan Venter
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 444
31 Pro Cup 45   BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS   Augusto Farfus, Jr.
  Maxime Martin
  Dirk Werner
BMW Z4 GT3 399
32 Am Cup 50   AF Corse   Riccardo Ragazzi
  Alexander Moiseev
  Garry Kondakov
  Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 397
Ret Pro Cup 63   GRT Grasser Racing Team   Giovanni Venturini
  Adrian Zaugg
  Mirko Bortolotti
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 364
Ret Am Cup 36   Saintéloc Racing   Michael Blanchemain
  Beniamino Caccia
  Philippe Haezebrouck
  Gilles Lallement
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 361
Ret Pro-Am Cup 12   TDS Racing   Mathias Beche
  Eric Dermont
  Henry Hassid
  Franck Perera
BMW Z4 GT3 353
Ret Pro-Am Cup 71   GT Russian Team   Marko Asmer
  Aleksey Vasilyev
  Lewis Plato
  Indy Dontje
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 319
Ret Am Cup 30   Classic and Modern Racing   Christian Kelders
  Pierre Hirschi
  Jean-Luc Blanchemain
  Frederic Bouvy
BMW Z4 GT3 319
Ret Pro-Am Cup 100   DragonSpeed   Ryan Dalziel
  Henrik Hedman
  Elton Julian
  Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 277
Ret Pro Cup 8   Bentley Team M-Sport   Maximilian Buhk
  Andy Soucek
  Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 258
Ret Pro-Am Cup 18   Black Falcon   Maro Engel
  Bernd Schneider
  Oliver Morley
  Sean Johnston
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 226
Ret Pro-Am Cup 17   Insight Racing Denmark   Dennis Andersen
  Anders Fjordbach
  Martin Jensen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 198
Ret Pro Cup 35   Saintéloc Racing   Grégory Guilvert
  Marc Basseng
  Edward Sandström
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 179
Ret Pro Cup 3   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   Robin Frijns
  Stéphane Richelmi
  Jean-Karl Vernay
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 178
Ret Pro-Am Cup 4   Team WRT   James Nash
  Max Koebolt
  Pieter Schothorst
  Sacha Bottemanne
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 157
Ret Pro-Am Cup 83   Bentley Team HTP   Fabian Hamprecht
  Louis Machiels
  Clemens Schmid
  Max van Splunteren
Bentley Continental GT3 150
Ret Pro Cup 19   GRT Grasser Racing Team   Fabio Babini
  Jeroen Mul
  Andrew Palmer
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 129
Ret Pro Cup 7   Bentley Team M-Sport   Steven Kane
  Andy Meyrick
  Guy Smith
Bentley Continental GT3 118
Ret Pro Cup 29   Black Falcon   Adam Christodoulou
  Andreas Simonsen
  Nico Verdonck
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 106
Ret Pro-Am Cup 11   Kessel Racing   Andrea Piccini
  Alessandro Bonacini
  Michał Broniszewski
  Michael Lyons
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 106
Ret Pro-Am Cup 888   Triple Eight Racing   Dirk Müller
  Lee Mowle
  Joe Osborne
  Ryan Ratcliffe
BMW Z4 GT3 94
Ret Pro Cup 75   ISR   Marco Bonanomi
  Filip Salaquarda
  Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 76
Ret Pro-Am Cup 70   GT Russian Team   Christophe Bouchut
  Kenneth Heyer
  Alexey Karachev
  Miguel Toril
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 60
Ret Pro-Am Cup 240   BMW Racing Against Cancer   Marc Duez
  Jean-Michel Martin
  Eric van de Poele
  Pascal Witmeur
BMW Z4 GT3 42
Ret Pro Cup 73   MRS GT-Racing   Craig Dolby
  Martin Plowman
  Sean Walkinshaw
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 37
Ret Pro-Am Cup 53   AF Corse   Marco Cioci
  Piergiuseppe Perazzini
  Enzo Potolicchio
  Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 36
Ret Am Cup 15   Boutsen Ginion   Olivier Grotz
  Karim Ojjeh
  Jordan Grogor
  Werner Hamprecht
BMW Z4 GT3 14
Ret Am Cup 90   Duqueine Engineering   Romain Brandela
  Eric Clément
  Bernard Delhez
  Gilles Duqueine
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 7

References

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  1. ^ "Marc VDS win 24 Hours of Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ Watkins, Gary (26 July 2015). "#46 Marc VDS BMW Z4 wins with Catsburg/Paltalla/Luhr". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Audi R8 LMS clinches second and third place at Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.