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Jeez, you better all camp on the field of that old man on the left when you come up the road from Burnenville as he's usually faily priced and quite relaxed on camp size

For the fields on the right between the old circuit and the new road they charge 50 Euros per car and 30 Euros for a tent

But 80 Euros for a a minor 24h race that it sadly is without the GT2 European Championship and GT1 only doing their silly 2x60min
Luckily I can't leave before friday noon, so I sleep in the car

Wasn't Les Combes a left back in the day?

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And so it begins tomorrow, 41 cars on the final list.

Also updated first post with a link to the Broadcast Schedule (not too sure if all the times are correct though...) and extra link to a live streaming

Some pics from today (credits to mr Vertigo)

I see Greg has been busy with his camera again

I take it the parade is in Spa itself. That looks so awesome. Is it an annual thing?

Yep, cars line up in town for the crowd, à la Le Mans. Then at about 8PM they take off for a trip to the track, which is about 8km.

Wait

A Gulf Lambo?

I had no idea machines of such pure awesomeness existed

Go 85 and 86

Even in this night qualifying GT3 cars continue to see the pace. Certainly balance isn´t that good.

Qualif result:
1. vd Poele/Vilander/Bruni/Longin - Ferrari F430 GT2, 2:22.403
2. D. Müller/Werner/Adorf - BMW M3 E92, 2:22.549
3. Kumpen/Fässler/Luhr/Rockenfeller - Audi R8 LMS, 2:22.807
4. Moser/Margaritis/Hennerici/Piccini - Audi R8 LMS, 2:23.022
5. Kox/Hayek/Bonaldi/Lee - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560, 2:23.252
6. J. Müller/Lamy/Alzen - BMW M3 E92, 2:23.531
7. Lietz/Narac/Pilet/Long - Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 2:23.960
8. Westbrook/Goossens/Holzer/Lieb - Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 2:24.456
9. Mollekens/Lémeret/Verbist/Ortelli - Audi R8 LMS, 2:24.659
10. Soulet/Schroyen/Menten/Slingerland - Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2:24.775
11. Dumas/Ragginger/J. Bergmeister/Henzler - Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 2:24.887
12. Leinders/Martin/Duez - Ford GT, 2:25.270
13. Franchi/Vosse/Biela/Stippler - Audi R8 LMS, 2:25.388
14. Tuchbant/Kelders/Blanchemain/Bouvy - Audi R8 LMS, 2:25.702
15. Brouard/Nozière/Kerkhove/Sougnez - Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2:25.706
16. Blundell/Brown/Dean/Cheever - Audi R8 LMS, 2:25.745
17. Grosjean/Radermecker/Marchal/Alessi - Mosler MT900R, 2:25.764
18. André/De Moustier/Wainwright/Goethe - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560, 2:25.964
19. Waltrip/Kauffman/Cadei/Cioci - Ferrari F430 GT2, 2:27.072
20. de Doncker/Kuppens/Palttala - Ford GT, 2:27.193
21. Stefan Johansson/Mark Patterson/Alain Li/Emil Assentato - Audi R8 LMS, 2:27.220
22. Machiels/van Splunteren/Hommerson/Bastiaans - Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 2:27.488
23. Corbel/Duchene/Beroujon/Bernard - Alpina B6, 2:28.826
24. Christophe Bourret/Pascal Gibon/J-P Belloc/Richard Balandras - Porsche 911 GT3 RS
25. Mortimer/Bamford/Griffin - Ford GT, 2:29.203
26. Ashburn/Rosenblad/Asch/T. Bergmeister - Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 2:29.328
27. Giroix/Fatien/Valentini/Beltoise - Lamborghini Gallardo LP560, 2:29.366
28. Renard/van Hooydonk/Wauters/Verbergt - Aston Martin DBRS9, 2:29.978
29. Brandela/Lesoudier/Pignaud/Stepec - Alpina B6, 2:30.147
30. Häring/Konstantinou/Vannelet/Peyroles - Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2:30.761
31. Lichtner-Hoyer/Eckert/Seefried/Rich - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup, 2:30.761
32. Fumal/Thiry/Thomas/de Lorenzi - Porsche 911 GT3 R, 2:31.199
33. Coronel/Schothorst/Vos/Kolen - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S, 2:31.351
34. Grossmann/Sdanewitsch/Clareton/Mezard- Ferrari F430 GT3, 2:32.729
35. Close/Qvick/Al-Azhari/van der Straten - Ford Mustang FR500, 2:37.182
36. Barff/Ordonez/A. Buncombe/C. Buncombe - Nissan 370Z GT4, 2:39.099
37. Dolan/Hancock/Willis/Twyman - Aston Martin Vantage GT4, 2:40.789
38. Grivegnée/D'Ansembourg/Demay/Merche - Aston Martin DBRS9, 2:43.154
39. Broodcoren/Barbaro/Corten/Marin - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup, 2:43.349
40. Viale/de Coster/Renmans/Pascal Nelissen-Grade - Aston Martin Vantage GT4, 2:47.881
41. Deblauwe/Brugmans/Grandjean/Gerome - Porsche 997 GT4, 2:54.081

Something is extremely wrong if a GT3 car is just as fast as a GT2. Who fucked up GT racing?

any livestream for the GT1 Qualifying race in about an hour?

Apparantely the camermen/directors are too lazy to get their asses up to the track and cover the race :roll: (cameras etc are all installed)
No streaming for today, sadly...

horrible

Maassen and Menten won the GT1 quali race. No score for Bartels and Bertolini, and Grosjean crashed at Blanchimont. The Zonta/Kechele Reiter Lambo was 2nd, ahead of the Phoenix/Carsport Corvette of Hennerici and Hezemans

Apparantely Grosjean crashed in the very very last lap, haven't seen the car yet

What happens if you go a bit too fast at the green flag after JUST cleaned oil on Eau Rouge, at night.

Found out that Mikey is doing a sort of video diary, pretty awesome. Hopefully he'll bring some attention to the race back in the USA!
And apparantely he's gonna start the race, looking forward

For my fellow Belgians who don't go to the race, here's EXQI Sport schedule:

11:45 - Fia GT 1 World Championship 2010
15:45 - 17:05 - 24 Uur van Francorchamps 2010 Deel 1
18:00 - 21:10 - 24 Uur van Francorchamps 2010 Deel 2
09:00 - 13:05 - 24 Uur van Francorchamps 2010 Deel 3
15:00 - 16:30 - 24 Uur van Francorchamps 2010 Deel 4

Sascha Roos is commentating the GT1 race for Sport1.

why?! How on earth can a commentator sound that bored.

+1

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Getting quite excited for this race... Not much longer now! Should be a real cracker, with the BMW's against the Ferraris, and then the Audis right there to pick up any slack. GT3's inter-class battles should be great racing as well.

Race start in 15 minutes I suppose? Assuming Belgium is GMT+2 at this point.

Streaming supposed to start here 15 minutes before race start: http://www.total24hours.com/24h-spa/nl/videolive2.cfm
Live Timing supposed to be found here: http://static.sportresult.com/federatio ... lass=TOTAL