SPA 24 Hours
The Spa 24 Hours is an automobile race held annually in Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Conceived by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the race was run under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. It was held for the first time in 1924 over a 9.3 mile circuit on public roads between the towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot. The present 6.978 km circuit was inaugurated in 1979. With the participation of Swiss driver Lilian Bryner on the victorious BMS Scuderia Italia team, the 2004 race marked the first time in history that a female has won a 24 hour endurance race for sports cars. At the 1996 and 1997 24h of Nürburgring, Sabine Reck won in a BMW M3 touring car. *1924 : Henri Springuel / Henri Becquet - Bignan *1925 : André Lagache / René Leonard - Chenard-Walcker *1926 : André Boillot / Louis Rigal - Peugeot *1927 : Robert Sénéchal / Nicolas Caerels - Excelsior *1928 : Boris Ivanowski / Attilio Marinoni - Alfa Romeo *1929 : Robert Benoist / Attilio Marinoni - Alfa Romeo *1930 : Attilio Marinoni / Pietro Ghersi - Alfa Romeo *1931 : Dimitri Djordjadze / Goffredo Zehender - Mercedes-Benz *1932 : Antonio Brivio / Eugenio Siena - Alfa Romeo *1933 : Louis Chiron / Luigi Chinetti - Alfa Romeo *1934 : Jean Desvignes / Norbert Mahe - Bugatti *1936 : Francesco Severi / Raymond Sommer - Alfa Romeo *1938 : Carlo Pintacuda / Francesco Severi - Alfa Romeo *1939 : No races held through 1947 *1948 : St John Horsfall / Leslie Johnson - Aston Martin *1949 : Luigi Chinetti / Jean Lucas - Ferrari *1953 : Giuseppe Farina / Mike Hawthorn - Ferrari 340MM *1964 : Robert Crevits / Gustave Gosselin - Mercedes-Benz 300SE *1965 : Pascal Ickx / Gérard Langlois van Ophem - BMW *1966 : Jacky Ickx / Hubert Hahne - BMW 2000TI *1967 : Jean-Pierre Gaban / Norbert Van Assche - Porsche 911 *1968 : Erwin Kremer / Willi Kauhsen / Helmut Kelleners - Porsche 911 *1969 : Guy Chasseuil / Claude Ballot-Lena - Porsche 911 *1970 : Gunther Huber / Helmut Kelleners - BMW 2800CS *1971 : Dieter Glemser / Alex Soler-Roig - Ford Capri RS *1972 : Jochen Mass / Hans-Joachim Stuck - Ford Capri RS2600 *1973 : Toine Hezemans / Dieter Quester - BMW 3.0 CSL *1974 : John Xhenceval / Alain Peltier / Pierre Dieudonne - BMW 3.0 CSL *1975 : Pierre Dieudonne / Jean Xhenceval / Hughes de Fierlandt - BMW 3.0 CSL *1976 : Jean-Marie Detrin / Nino Demuth / Charles Van Stolle - BMW 3.0 CSL *1977 : Eddy Joosen / Jean-Claude Andruet - BMW 530i *1978 : Gordon Spice / Teddy Pilette - Ford Capri *1979 : Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin - Ford Capri *1980 : Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin - Ford Capri *1981 : Pierre Dieudonne / Tom Walkinshaw - Mazda RX-7 *1982 : Hans Heyer / Armin Hahne / Eddy Joosen - BMW 528i *1983 : Thierry Tassin / Hans Heyer / Armin Hahne - BMW 635 CSi *1984 : Tom Walkinshaw / Hans Heyer / Win Percy - Jaguar XJS *1985 : Roberto Ravaglia / Gerhard Berger / Marc Surer - BMW 635 CSi *1986 : Dieter Quester / Thierry Tassin / Altfrid Heger - BMW 635 CSi *1987 : Jean-Michel Martin / Didier Theys / Eric van der Poele - BMW M3 *1988 : Altfrid Heger / Dieter Quester / Roberto Ravaglia - BMW M3 *1989 : Gianfranco Brancatelli / Win Percy / Bernd Schneider - Ford Sierra RS500 *1990 : Fabien Giroix / Johnny Cecotto / Markus Östreich - BMW M3 *1991 : Anders Olofsson / David Brabham / Naoki Hattori - Nissan Skyline GT-R *1992 : Steve Soper / Jean-Michel Martin / Christian Danner - BMW M3 *1993 : Christian Fittipaldi / Uwe Alzen / Jean-Pierre Jarier - Porsche RS *1994 : Roberto Ravaglia / Thierry Tassin / Alex Burgstaller - BMW 318i *1995 : Joachim Winkelhock / Steve Soper / Peter Kox - BMW 318i *1996 : Jörg Müller / Thierry Tassin / Alex Burgstaller - BMW 320i *1997 : Didier de Radigues / Marc Duez / Eric Hélary - BMW 320i *1998 : Marc Duez / Eric van de Poele / Alain Cudini - BMW 320i *1999 : Frédéric Bouvy / Emmanuel Collard / Anthony Beltoise - Peugeot 306 GTi *2000 : Frédéric Bouvy / Kurt Mollekens / Didier Defourny - Peugeot 306 GTi *2001 : Christophe Bouchut / Jean-Philippe Beloc / Marc Duez - Chrysler Viper GTS-R *2002 : Christophe Bouchut / David Terrien / Vincent Vosse - Chrysler Viper GTS-R *2003 : Stéphane Ortelli / Marc Lieb / Romain Dumas - Porsche 996 GT3-RS *2004 : Luca Cappellari / Fabrizio Gollin / Lilian Bryner / EnzoCalderari - Ferrari 550 Maranello *2005 : Michael Bartels / Timo Scheider / Eric van de Poele - Maserati MC12...