61st Total 24 Hours of Spa - live video

7.004 km circuit of Spa Francorchamps in Belgium

The 61st edition of the Total 24 Hours of Spa. Total first sponsored the race last year and the endurance race has been on the FIA GT Championship's schedule since 2001. Michelin, Pirelli, and Dunlop are competing this year. The past two years have seen GT1 battles go down to the wire.

Race to start at 16:00 (noon for ET ? as they are 6 hours ahead)

[url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=48]Current local time in Brussels - Belgium[/url]

Live video

[url=http://gt1live.tv/]gt1live.tv[/url]

Live timing

[url=http://www.mstworld.com/live/LivetimingGT.html]LiveTimingGt[/url]

Patrick Long will race in his fourth 24 hour race with both Richard Lietz and Raymond Narac with the # 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche. The three won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2007. They raced at Spa last year and at Le Mans this year. The team will debut the new 4.0 liter engine.

[URL="http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=6104"]picture of new engine[/URL]

[url=http://patricklong.com/]Welcome to Patrick Long Motorsport[/url]

[url=http://www.richard-lietz.at/]Richard Lietz - Home[/url]

[URL="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.matmut.fr/le-groupe-Matmut/Team-IMSA-Performance.asp"]French GT2 team from the Le Mans Series[/URL]

Entry list with pictures

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/fia-gt-2008-total-24-hours-of-spa-entry-list/]Planetlemans.com | FIA GT - 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa Entry List[/url]

[url=http://www.total24hours.com/]Proximus 24 hours - Official site[/url]

[url]http://www.fiagt.com/[/url]

[url=http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en07/home/index.php]Circuit de Spa Francorchamps[/url]

Complete news

[url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=FIA-GT]Motorsport.com: News channel[/url]

Pictures

[url=http://www.motorsport.com/photos/series.asp?S=FIA-GT]Motorsport.com: Photos channel[/url]

[url=http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=6104]24H Spa : Les photos de la première séance. - Endurance Info - Endurance Info WebSite[/url]

Testing from last month

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPNucPv4M8]YouTube - TOTAL Spa 24 Hours 2008: Testday[/url]

GT1 preview

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/07/26/the-planetlemans-spa-24-hours-gt1-preview/]Planetlemans.com | The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT1 preview[/url]

GT2 preview

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/07/30/the-planetlemans-spa-24-hours-gt2-preview/]Planetlemans.com | The Planetlemans Spa 24 Hours GT2 preview[/url]

My choices for the race:

GT1: # 7 Saleen S7R of Larbre Competition (2001-02 winners with a Viper GTS-R) with Michelin tires. Drivers Pedro Lamy, Vincent Vosse, Greg Franchi, and Steve Zacchia.

[url=http://www.larbre-competition.com/indexgb.htm]LARBRE COMPETITION[/url]

GT2: # 77 Ferrari F430 GTC of BMS Scuderia Italia (2007 GT2 winner with Porsche) with Pirelli tires. Drivers Paolo Ruberti, Matteo Malucelli, Joel Camathias, and Davide Rigon.

[url=http://www.scuderiaitalia.it/]BMS Scuderia Italia[/url]

[I]G2 class is for non-homologated GT1/GT2 cars while G3 is for GT3 cars from the FIA GT3 Championship.[/I]

G2: # 102 Porsche 996 GT2-R of McDonald's Racing with Michelin tires. Drivers Wolfgang Kaufmann, Aliaksandr Talkanitsa, Philippe Ullman, and Kenneth Heyer.

[url=http://mcdonaldsracing.be/]mcdonaldsracing.be[/url]

G3: # 112 Ferrari F430 GT3 of AS Events with Pirelli tires. Drivers Christopher Campbell, François Jakubowski, Mathieu Zangarelli, and Ange Barde.

Coupe du Roi is a relay race. A team has three cars and each car runs 8 hours. JMB Racing is the only team in it this year with Ferraris.

More pictures

[url=http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=6119]24H Spa : Les qualifications dans l'objectif de V'Images. - Endurance Info - Endurance Info WebSite[/url]

Thank Jetalliance for GT1Live :D

My main interest is in GT2 class, hoping that AF Corse Ferrari of Vilander/Bruni/Melo/Salo will have great race. I just hope Melo doesn't crash the car, he have destroyed two cars in ALMS this season. Other car i'll be keeping my eye on is Prospeed Porsche of Forsten/Palttala/Henzler/Horion.

Zacchia destroyed the Saleen that was on pole in the dying seconds of the warm-up.

[QUOTE=Wouter Melissen;822347]Zacchia destroyed the Saleen that was on pole in the dying seconds of the warm-up.[/QUOTE]

How badly it was damaged, any chance they will start the race??

[QUOTE=ErWin76;822372]How badly it was damaged, any chance they will start the race??[/QUOTE]

It was quite bad, they did not start the race.

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I wasn't sure of Steve Zacchia from the # 33 Speedy Racing – Team Sebah Lola B08/80 Judd. Larbre put in such a great effort.

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/08/02/total-24-hours-of-spa-warm-up-report/]Planetlemans.com | Total 24 Hours of Spa: Warm Up Report[/url]

Updates

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/08/02/total-24-hours-of-spa-live-at-planetlemans-chapter-1/]Planetlemans.com | Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 1[/url]

I've changed my GT1 pick to the # 6 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R of Phoenix Carsport with drivers Mike Hezemans, Marcel Fässler, Jean-Denis Deletraz, Fabrizio Gollin and Michelin tires. The same drivers and car won last year's endurance race.

[url]http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=1347[/url]

Ferrari and Pirelli in the GT2 lead after 4 hours

Matteo Malucelli at the wheel of the # 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari

Emmanuel Collard 4 seconds behind in second with # 61 Prospeed Competition Porsche with factory drivers Westbrook and Lieb.

Fabrizio Gollin leading overall after 100 laps in Phoenix Carsport's # 6 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R.

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/08/02/total-24-hours-of-spa-live-at-planetlemans-3/]Planetlemans.com | Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 3[/url]

live chat

[url=http://www.corvettemotorsport.com/chat.htm]Corvette Motorsport[/url]

I'm thinking for Phoenix #6 and Prospeed #61 for winners.

Jan Lammers 4th in GT1 with the # 8 Lamborghini - 16 hours left

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/08/02/total-24-hours-of-spa-live-at-planetlemans-5/]Planetlemans.com | Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 5[/url]

[url=http://www.janlammers.com/engels/XmlParser/index.asp?xmlfile=algemeennieuws\engels\nieuwsuk.xml&xslfile=algemeennieuws\item.xsl&id=519]Jan Lammers - Lammers 9th after second qualifying[/url]

Seems to be typical Spa weather, anything can happen.

[B]Around 7 1/2 hours left[/B]

# 1 Maserati MC12 in the lead with Matteo Malucelli at the wheel of the # 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari leading in GT2

[url=http://www.corvettemotorsport.com/video.htm]Corvette Motorsport[/url]

[url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/08/03/total-24-hours-of-spa-live-at-planetlemans-9/]Planetlemans.com | Total 24 Hours of Spa: LIVE at Planetlemans - 9[/url]

Is there any live timing for the race or video or anything?

EDIT: Never mind I found it.

here are some pics from the Event...Courtesy of [COLOR="Red"][B]Speedhunters.com[/B][/COLOR].

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[url=http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008/08/09/event-gt-gt-spa-24-hours-through-the-lens.aspx]EVENT>>SPA 24 HOURS THROUGH THE LENS - Speedhunters[/url]