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Spa, Bentley and M-Sport according to Jules Gounon

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

It is safe to say that the Bentley team did not enjoy their first few days of the Total Spa 24 Hours. The heat and a BOP change hurt their car and ensured they were outside the top 20, missing the Super Pole shootout. The race didn’t go much better and the team never looked […]

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GPX and Porsche take out the Spa 24 Hours

Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019

Porsche won a battle of the heavyweights to clinch victory at the 2019 Total 24 Hours of Spa. The German marque beat fierce rivals Mercedes-AMG and Audi to climb the top step of the podium for the first time since 2010 and capture a one-two finish in the world’s toughest GT race. It came in […]

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Gallery: More action from the Spa 24 Hours

Posted on July 28, 2019

So it is a red flag for rain at the Total 24 Hours of Spa. So it seems like a perfect opportunity for a gallery. Check out what we saw during a couple of points during the race…If you want to see qualifying, click here. The RacerViews info By Sam Tickell We are passionate, dedicated […]

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Total 24 Hours of Spa race start notes

Posted on July 28, 2019July 28, 2019

We are here about one hour before the start of the 2019 Total 24 Hours of Spa. The weather has changed incredibly. Yesterday and the day before for qualifying practice, it was hotter, some 40 degrees ambient temperature. It actually felt very, very unpleasant and now it’s raining! It’s halved in temperature. We’re about 20 […]

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Gallery: Our first photos from Spa 24 Hours

Posted on July 27, 2019

The Total Spa 24 Hours is well and truly go. With practice and qualifying being run in stifling hot conditions, the action has been great. People have kept it clean though, with 72 cars on track, the drivers need to be well behaved. Here is our first gallery from the weekend. Enjoy The RacerViews info […]

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Engel takes pole in tight shootout in Spa

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon will start this year’s Total 24 Hours of Spa from the front of a record 72-car grid after securing top spot from a dramatic Super Pole battle. The result was decided on the very last lap of the session, which concluded with three brands among the top three as Porsche and […]

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Tom Onslow-Cole: “It is a risk versus reward”

Posted on July 27, 2019

There is little doubt about the challenge of the Total 24 Hours of Spa this year. From an ambient temperature of 39 degrees in qualifying, the race looks like it will be all wet. Though Tom Onslow-Cole, is on for the challenge. Onslow-Cole qualified on class pole in the Pro-Am Cup. He said in the […]

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SRO calendars announced at Spa 24

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

The provisional calendar for the 2020 season was revealed today during Stephane Ratel’s annual press conference ahead of the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The annual SRO conference Posted by RacerViews on Friday, July 26, 2019 Monza will open the season and remains in its traditional date (17-19 April), followed by the opening sprint race at […]

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Black Falcon and Mercedes lead Spa 24 qualifying

Posted on July 26, 2019

Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon secured provisional pole position in tonight’s Total 24 Hours of Spa qualifying session, ensuring its place among the 20 cars that will contest the deciding Super Pole session on Friday evening. The German squad will enter the two-lap shootout among the favourites, but with a set of world-class GT3 competitors also […]

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Matt Campbell: “If someone told me this would happen in my life…”

Posted on June 14, 2019June 14, 2019

It has been quite the 12 months for Queensland’s Matt Campbell. It started by taking the class win in the GTE Am category in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It kept going by taking all bar the Fuji race wins in the category with Christian Reid and the Dempsey Proton Porsche squad. An outright […]