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I know it's about 2 months early, but this looks to be one of the biggest and closest editions ever. And it's a bit stupid to be discussing it in a "random" discussion thread. Really making a statement towards being "the" GT 24 Hours. It's also round 3 of the Blancpain Endurance Series, but there'll be loads of guests.

Time table (CET)
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Stream/live timing
Live timing

TV (CET)
Motors TV
Saturday 30 July
from 15:30 to 19:00
from 21:00 to 22:30
from 23:30 to 00:00

Sunday 31 July
from 09:00 to 12:00
from 14:00 to 16:30

Entry list
:GT3 Pro:
1 Vita4One - Eric van de Poele/Nico Verdonck/Jean-Karl Vernay - Ferrari 458 Italia
3 HEXIS AMR - Yann Clairay/Pierre-Brice Mena/Julien Rodrigues - Aston Martin DBRS9
4 HEXIS AMR - Frédéric Makowiecki/Henri Moser/Stef Dusseldorp - Aston Martin DBRS9
9 Autorlando - Paolo Ruberti/Gianluca Roda/Raffaele Giammaria - Porsche 997 GT3 R
10 Team Sofrev-ASP - Julien Jousse/Patrice Goueslard/Olivier Pla - Ferrari 458 Italia
15 Racing Team Holland - Anthony Kumpen/Mike Hezemans/Koen Wauters - Mercedes SLS AMG
25 Blancpain-Reiter - Albert v Thurn & Taxis/Nikolaus Meyr-Melnhof/Eugenio Amos - Lamborghini LP560
29 Vita4One - Matteo Bobbi/Frank Kechele/Giacomo Petrobelli - Ferrari 458 Italia
32 Audi Sport Team WRT - Bert Longin/Stéphane Ortelli/Filipe Albuquerque - Audi R8 LMS
33 Audi Sport Team WRT - Greg Franchi/Mattias Ekström/Timo Scheider - Audi R8 LMS
35 Black Falcon - Kenneth Heyer/Thomas Jäger/Stéphane Lémeret - Mercedes SLS AMG
40 Marc VDS - Bas Leinders/Maxime Martin/Marc Hennerici - BMW Z4
41 Marc VDS - Markus Palttala/Jonathan Hirschi/Antoine Leclerc - Ford GT
58 McLaren GT - Rob Bell/Chris Goodwin/Tim Mullen - McLaren MP4-12C
59 McLaren GT - Alvaro Parente/Andrew Kirkaldy/Oliver Turvey - McLaren MP4-12C
75 ProSpeed - Marc Goossens/Maxime Soulet/Jan Heylen - Porsche 997 GT3 R
76 Schubert Motorsport - Edward Sandström/Claudia Hürtgen/Dirk Werner - BMW Z4
98 Audi Sport Team Phoenix - Marcel Fässler/Andrea Piccini/Mike Rockenfeller - Audi R8 LMS
99 Audi Sport Team Phoenix - Marc Basseng/Christopher Haase/Frank Stippler - Audi R8 LMS

:GT3 Pro-Am:
2 Vita4One - Michael Bartels/Andrea Bertolini/Niek Hommerson/Louis Machiels - Ferrari 458 Italia
6 Rhino's Leipert - Duarte Felix da Costa/Lourenco Beirao da Veiga/Ricardo Bravo - Lamborghini LP600
008 GPR AMR - Eddy Renard/Gavin Pickering/Jan Stovicek/Tomas Enge - Aston Martin DBRS9
11 United Autosport - Matt Bell/Mark Blundell/Eddie Cheever/Mark Patterson - Audi R8 LMS
12 United Autosport - Alain Li/Arie Luyendijk/Richard Meins/Henri Richard - Audi R8 LMS
16 Racing Team Holland - Marius Ritskes/Bernhard van Oranje/Dennis Retera/Raf Vanthoor - Mercedes SLS AMG
18 De Lorenzi Racing - Gianluca de Lorenzi/Alessandro Bonetti/Beniamino Caccia/Lorenzo Bontempelli - Porsche 997 GT3 R
20 Team Sofrev-ASP - Ludovic Badey/Jean-Luc Beaubelique/Franck Morel/Guillaume Moreau - Ferrari 458 Italia
23 United Autosport - Zak Brown/Richard Dean/Johnny Herbert/Stefan Johansson - Audi R8 LMS
24 Blancpain-Reiter - Marc. A Hayek/Peter Kox/Jos Menten - Lamborghini LP600
26 Delahaye Racing - Fred Bouvy/Damien Coens/Christian Kelders/Jean-Luc Blanchemain - Corvette Z06
38 Black Falcon - Andrii Lebed/Bret Curtis/Peter van der Kolk/Jeroen van den Heuvel - Mercedes SLS AMG
42 Sport Garage - Eric Cayrolle/Christophe Jouet/Michaël Petit/Romain Brandela - Ferrari 430 Scuderia
43 Faster Racing - Jeroen den Boer/Simon Knap/David Hart - BMW Z4
44 Faster Racing - Harrie Kolen/Hoevert Vos/Archie Hamilton/Xavier Maassen - BMW Z4
45 Gulf Team First - Frédéric Fatien/Karim Al-Azhari/Andrea Barlesi/Roald Goethe - Lamborghini Gallardo
50 AF Corse - Jack Gerber/Matt Griffin/Niki Cadei/Marco Cioco - Ferrari 458 Italia
51 AF Corse - Yannick Mallegol/Jean-Marc Bachelier/Howard Blanc - Ferrari 458 Italia
54 Graff Racing - Olivier Panis/Nicolas Lapierre/Eric Debard/Grégoire Demoustier - Mercedes SLS AMG
55 Graff Racing - Philippe Haezebrouck/Massimo Vignali/Mike Parisy/Gilles Vannelet - Mercedes SLS AMG
60 McLaren/VonRyan Racing - Adam Christodoulou/Glynn Geddie/Phil Quaife/Roger Wills - McLaren MP4-12C
74 Prospeed - Paul van Splunteren/Ludovic Sougnez/Nicolas de Crem/Bryce Miller - Porsche 997 GT3 R
79 Ecurie Ecosse - Alasdair McCaig/Andrew Smith/Joe Twyman/Oliver Bryant - Aston Martin DBRS9
90 Team Preci Spark - David Jones/Godfrey Jones/Mike Jordan - Mercedes SLS AMG
92 Marc VDS - Marc Duez/Jean-Michel Martin/Eric Bachelart - Ford Mustang FR500
123 Mühlner Motorsport - Armand Fumal/Jérôme Thiry/Carl Rosenblad/Christian Lefort - Porsche 997 GT3 R
888 Team Manthey - Richard Westbrook/Christian Menzel/Mike Stursberg/Hans-Guido Riegel - Porsche 997 GT3 R

:GT3 Gentleman:
19 Level Racing - Brody/Christophe Corten/Mathijs Harkema/Kurt Dujardin - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S
22 Sport Garage - Lionel Comole/André Alain Corbel/Thomas Duchêne/Eric Vaissière - Ferrari 430 Scuderia
78 JRT - Pierre Grivegnée/Jean-Pierre van de Wauwer/Alexis van de Poele - Aston Martin DBRS9
82 GCR - Dominique Nury/Bernard Salam/Jean-Marc Merlin/Guy Clairay - Dodge Viper
85 VDS Adventures - Raphael vd Straten/Benjamin Bailly/Julien Schroyen/José Close - Ford Mustang
116 Signa Racing - Patrick Chaillet/Thierry de Latre du Bousqueau/Pierre-Yves Rosoux/Benoit Galand - Dodge Viper
124 Mühlner Motorsport - Martin Rich/Tim Bergmeister/Sebastian Asch/Jochen Krumbach - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S

:Cup:
36 De Lorenzi Racing - Sergio Negroni/Stefano Crotti/Roberto Fecchio/Giorgio Piodi - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
56 RMS - Marc Faggoniato/Thierry Prignaud/Thierry Stepec/Franck Racinet - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
57 RMS - Manuel Nicolaïdis/Fabio Spirgi/Richard Feller/Olivier Baron - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
104 Speedlover - Michel de Coster/Rik Renmans/Oskar Slingerland - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
161 Freeman Gepa 161 - Pascal Muller/Patrick Geladé/Didier Grandjean/Dominique Sandona - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

:GT4:
63 RJN Motorsport - Alex Buncombe/Jordan Tresson/Christopher Ward - Nissan 370Z
70 Lotus Italia - Eduardo Piscopo/Leo Mansell/Greg Mansell/Gianni Giudici - Lotus Evora
100 DVB Racing - Christophe Legrand/Raffaele Sangiuolo/Giuseppe de Pasquale/Wolfgang Haugg - BMW M3
103 Speedlover - Peter van Audenhove/Sven van Laere/Christophe Bigourie - Aston Martin Vantage

away on holiday while this is on

To be honest I lost interest when GT1 was kicked out.

Also on holiday BTW, are there any good races in Barcelona in the first weeks of August?

Kicking out GT1 is one of the few good things they have done, barely any teams were interested in doing GT1 anymore, especially at Spa. We had like 4 candidates for the win, now at least 15-20.

Added another couple of cars btw, including a Mustang, Ginetta and a Viper

How long before it'll BBQ itself?

MASSIVE entry-list update, as the organisation have released the official one (which was weird, because they usually only do that about 2 weeks ahead). I couldn't believe what I saw

70 cars + 8 on a waiting list, because 70 is the maximum capacity Spa can handle. Damn

:GT3 Pro:
1 Vita4One - Michael Bartels/Nico Verdonck/Frank Kechele - Ferrari 458 Italia
3 HEXIS AMR - Yann Clairay/Pierre-Brice Mena/Julien Rodrigues - Aston Martin DBRS9
4 HEXIS AMR - Frédéric Makowiecki/Henri Moser/Gilles Vannelet - Aston Martin DBRS9
7 Rhino's Leipert - Mika Vähämäki/Olivier Tielemans/Dennis Vollmair - Lamborghini LP600
9 Autorlando - Paolo Ruberti/Gianluca Roda/Raffaele Giammaria - Porsche 997 GT3 R
10 Team Sofrev-ASP - Jérôme Policand/Julien Jousse/Patrice Goueslard - Ferrari 458 Italia
25 Blancpain-Reiter - Albert v Thurn & Taxis/Nikolaus Meyr-Melnhof/Eugenio Amos - Lamborghini LP560
32 WRT - Bert Longin/Stéphane Ortelli/Filipe Albuquerque - Audi R8 LMS
33 WRT - Greg Franchi/Mattias Ekström/Timo Scheider - Audi R8 LMS
38 Scuderia Vittoria - Giacomo Petrobelli/Matteo Bobbi/Carlos Iacomelli - Ferrari 458 Italia
40 Marc VDS - Bas Leinders/Maxime Martin/Markus Palttala - Ford GT
## Marc VDS - Marc Hennerici/Antoine Leclerc - Ford GT
## MS Racing - Anthony Kumpen/Xavier Maassen/Mike Hezemans - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Petronas-Barwell Racing - Tim Verbergt/Jeffrey van Hooydonk/Tom Kimber-Smith - Aston Martin DBRS9
## United Autosport - Arie Luyendyk - Audi R8 LMS
## United Autosport - Mark Blundell/Eddie Cheever/Stefan Johansson - Audi R8 LMS
## ProSpeed - Marc Goossens/Maxime Soulet/Paul van Splunteren - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## Prospeed - TBA - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## Audi Sport Team Phoenix - Marcel Fässler/Andrea Piccini/Mike Rockenfeller - Audi R8 LMS
## Audi Sport Team Phoenix - Marc Basseng/Christopher Haase/Frank Stippler - Audi R8 LMS
## Schubert Motorsport - Patrick Söderlund/Edward Sandström - BMW Z4
## CRS Racing - Alvaro Parente/Andrew Kirkaldy/Oliver Turvey - McLaren MP4-12C

:GT3 Pro-Am:
2 Vita4One - Niek Hommerson/Louis Machiels - Ferrari 458 Italia
# Vita4One - TBA - Ferrari 458 Italia
6 Rhino's Leipert - Duarte Felix da Costa/Lourenco Beirao da Veiga/Ricardo Bravo - Lamborghini LP600
8 GPR AMR - Ludovic Sougnez/Eddy Renard/Jonathan Hirschi - Aston Martin DBRS9
18 De Lorenzi Racing - Gianluca de Lorenzi/Stefano Borghi/Alessandro Bonetti - Porsche 997 GT3 R
20 Team Sofrev-ASP - Ludovic Badey/Jean-Luc Beaubelique/Franck Morel/Guillaume Moreau - Ferrari 458 Italia
24 Blancpain-Reiter - Marc. A Hayek/Peter Kox - Lamborghini LP600
42 Sport Garage - Eric Cayrolle/Christophe Jouet/Michaël Petit - Ferrari 430 Scuderia
## Sport Garage - TBA - Ferrari 430 Scuderia
50 AF Corse - Jack Gerber/Matt Griffin - Ferrari 458 Italia
## AF Corse - Yannick Mallegol/Jean-Marc Bachelier - Ferrari 458 Italia
## AF Corse - TBA - Ferrari 458 Italia
100 Gulf Team First - Frédéric Fatien/Jean-Pierre Valentini/Andrea Barlesi - Lamborghini Gallardo
## Kessel Racing - Michael Broniszewski/Philipp Peter
## Team Preci Spark - David Jones/Godfrey Jones/Mike Jordan - Mercedes SLS AMG
## DB Motorsport - Jeroen den Boer/Simon Knap - BMW Z4
## DB Motorsport - Harrie Kolen/Hoevert Vos/Nick Catsburg - BMW Z4
## Team Manthey - Richard Westbrook/Christian Menzel/Mike Stursberg/Hans-Guido Riegel - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## Black Falcon - Kenneth Heyer - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Black Falcon - TBA - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Graff Racing - Olivier Panis/Eric Debard/Grégoire Demoustier - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Graff Racing - Philippe Haezebrouck/Philippe Bougois/Gilles Challandon - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Ecurie Ecosse - Alasdair McCaig/Andrew Smith/Joe Twyman/Oliver Bryant - Aston Martin DBRS9
## Marc VDS - Marc Duez/Jean-Michel Martin/Eric Bachelart - Ford Mustang FR500
## Charouz - TBA - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Mühlner Motorsport - Armand Fumal/Jérôme Thiry - Porsche 997 GT3 R

:GT3 Gentleman:
19 Level Racing - Brody/Cyril Calmon/Christophe Corten - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S
22 Sport Garage - Philip Shearer/Lionel Comole/Amandine Foulard - Ferrari 430 Scuderia
## VDS Adventures - Raphael vd Straten/Benjamin Bailly/Julien Schroyen/José Close - Ford Mustang
## JRT - Pierre Grivegnée/John Svensson - Aston Martin DBRS9
## GCR - Dominique Nury/Bernard Salam/Jean-Marc Merlin/Guy Clairay - Dodge Viper
## Delahaye Racing - Christian Kelders - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S
## Signa Racing - Patrick Chaillet/Thierry de Latre du Bousqueau/Pierre-Yves Rosoux - Dodge Viper

:Cup:
36 De Lorenzi Racing - Sergio Negroni/Luigi Emiliani/Marco Cassera - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
## RMS - Marc Faggoniato/Thierry Prignaud/Thierry Stepec/Franck Racinet - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
## RMS - Manuel Nicolaïdis/Fabio Spirgi/Richard Feller/Olivier Basen - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
## Freeman Gepa 161 - Pascal Muller/Patrick Geladé/Didier Grandjean/Dominique Sandon - Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

:GT4:
63 RJN Motorsport - Alex Buncombe/Jordan Tresson/Christopher Ward - Nissan 370Z
70 Lotus Italia - Eduardo Piscopo/Leo Mansell/Greg Mansell - Lotus Evora GT4
88 GPR AMR - Raffaele Sangiuolo/Giuseppe de Pasquale - Aston Martin Vantage
## Speedlover - TBA - Porsche 997

:Class TBC:
## CRS Racing - TBA - McLaren MP4-12C
## MS Racing - TBA - Mercedes SLS AMG
## Schubert Motorsport - TBA - BMW Z4
## Mühlner Motorsport - TBA - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## Delahaye Racing - Fred Bouvy/Damien Coens - Corvette Z06
## Trackspeed - TBA - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## Trackspeed - TBA - Porsche 997 GT3 R
## United Autosport - Matt Bell/Henri Richard/Richard Meins/Johnny Herbert - Audi R8 LMS
## Exagon Engineering - TBA - Porsche 997 GT3 R

:Waiting list:
## Sport Garage - TBA - Ferrari F430 Scuderia (GT3 Gentleman)
## Espace Bienvenue BMW - André Grammatico/Christophe Contre - BMW M3 (GT4)
## Kessel Racing - TBA - Ferrari F458 Italia (GT3 Pro-Am)
## Saintéloc - TBA - Audi R8 LMS (GT3 Pro-Am)
## Genpact - TBA - BMW M3 (GT4)
## DVB Racing - TBA - BMW M3 (GT4)
## AMR - TBA - Aston Martin Vantage (GT4)

fatalz

That list is awesome. I will go to this one for sure!

tempting, very tempting

Some strong rumours from the Spa-paddock last weekend (which saw a couple of teams preparing for the race)

4 Vitaphone (Vita4One) Ferrari's, including a car for Bruni-Fisichella-TBA and one for Van de Poele-Bertolini-TBA. Mika Salo is rumoured to be the third guy on the MS Mercedes of Kumpen-Hezemans, and BMW is rumoured to be sending Jörg Müller and Andy Priaulx over for one of the Schubert Z4's. If all of this is true, pretty amazing.

Also, the cars on the "waiting" list apparantely are not there because there's no more space left, it's just because they haven't paid their entry fee yet. So that means we might get to about 80 cars

as I posted on Twitter, this is going to be awesome fun. Hopefully the weather will be ok

also, British F3

This will be awesome. Looking forward to it

meeting imo

Also, the weather will not be OK. Which will make the race incredible.

Unless it's like 2003, with about 9 hours of torrential rain during the night:
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If I can't find a job before race weekend, it is sooooooooo tempting to apply to marshal this...

@Brendan: that would be pretty awesome! You'll need to dust off your French though

Motors TV timetable:
Saturday 30 July
from 15:30 to 19:00
from 21:00 to 22:30
from 23:30 to 00:00

Sunday 31 July
from 09:00 to 12:00
from 14:00 to 16:30

(all CET)

Salo is driving Ferraris, I don't think he'll switch to Mercedes, even if it is for 1 race.

I wouldn't be so sure of that, he stepped in on the Belgian MadCroc Corvette for 3 raceweekends in last year's GT1 World Championship, for example.

Also: MS Racing has been renamed to 'Racing Team Holland' for this race

Sport1 and Sport1+ will also broadcast this race live

Livestream on SATURDAY 03h30PM till 07h00PM - 09h00PM till 00h00AM

Livestream on SUNDAY 9h00AM till 12h00AM - 02h00PM - 04h30PM

Testday tomorrow, will report back with all the news that's going to be announced there