Maserati snatch final-hour Spa win
The Vitaphone Maserati team have taken a shock victory in the 24 Hours of Spa, moving ahead of race-long leaders Phoenix Racing in the final hour
The MC12 of Michael Bartels, Andrea Bertolini and Eric van de Poele jumped the DBR9 of Andrea Piccini, Jean-Denis Deletraz, Stephane Lemeret and Marcel Fassler in what appeared to be the last round of pitstops.
However, the Phoenix car came in for a final stop with just minutes of the race left, leaving the Maserati to secure a second consecutive victory in the FIA GT Championship's flagship event.
The GLPK Corvette C6.R of Mike Hezemans, Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Kurt Mollekens claimed the final podium position, finishing ahead of the Aston Martin BMS DBR9 of Christian Pescatori, Fabio Babini, Thomas Enge and Peter Kox.
In the GT2 class, AF Corse scored a one-two finish, the Ferrari 430 of Rui Aguas, Mika Salo and Timo Scheider finishing ahead of team-mates Matteo Bobbi, Jaime Melo and Stephane Ortelli.
Completing the GT2 podium was the Scuderia Ecosse 430 of Andrew Kirkaldy, Nathan Kinch and Marino Franchitti.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Cl. Drivers Make
1. GT1 Van De Poele/Bartels/Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1
2. GT1 Lemeret/Deletraz/Piccini/Fassler Aston Martin DBR9
3. GT1 Longin/Kumpen/Hezemans/Mollekens Corvette C6R
4. GT1 Pescatori/Babini/Enge/Kox Aston Martin DBR9
5. GT1 Menten/Belloc/Bornhauser/Bouvy Corvette C6R
6. GT2 Salo/Aguas/Scheider Ferrari 430 GT2
7. GT2 Bobbi/Melo/Ortelli Ferrari 430 GT2
8. GT1 Bert/Janis/Montermini/Charouz Saleen S7R
9. GT2 Kinch/Kirkaldy/Franchitti Ferrari 430 GT2
10. GT2 Bleekemolen/Kane/Crevels Spyker C8 Spyder GT2 R
11. GT1 Kuismanen/Palttala/Dehez/Radermecker Corvette C5R
12. GT2 Ried/Felbermayr Jr/Felbermayer/Reid Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
13. GT2 Niarchos/Mullen/Simonsen Ferrari 430 GT2
14. G2 Luhr/Maassen/Tiemann Porsche 997 GT2
15. G2 Bernhard/Lieb/Lamy Porsche 997 GT2
16. GT2 Lambert/Lefort/Goossens/Duez Porsche 996 GT3 RS
17. G3 Chaillet/Nef/Deman/Geoffroy Dodge Viper Comp
18. GT2 Severin/Romero/Ligonnet/Sundberg Ferrari 430 GT2
19. GT2 De Castro/Premoli/Barbaro Porsche 996 GT3 RS
20. G3 Duval/Kerkhove/Kelders/Nelissen-Grad Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
21. G2 De Radigues/De Pauw/Van Den Hove/Belmond Ferrari 360 Modena
22. G2 Lichtner-Hoyer/Gruber/Engelhorn/Fumal BMW GTR M3
23. G3 Duqueine/Lesoudier/Rousselot/Wasover Dodge Viper Comp
24. G3 Levy/Levy/Mitieus/Tremblay Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
25. GT2 Moccia/Busnelli/Mowlem Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
26. G2 Penders/Lamot/Hemroulle Porsche GT3 RS
27. G2 Yvon/Stepec/Knapick/Muytjens Chrysler Viper GTS-R
28. G3 Van Hover/Grouwels/Schell Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
29. GT1 Wendlinger/Peter/Bouchut/Lechner Aston Martin DBR9
NOT CLASSIFIED
Cl. Drivers Make
GT2 Gardel/De Simone/Drudi/Cioci Ferrari 430 GT2
G3 De-Gastines/Haezebock/Cloet Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
GT2 Kaufmann/Moro/Jurasz/O'Young Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
G3 Groppi/Seiler/Stancheris/Alessi Aston Martin DBRS9
G3 Van Delm/Meert/Martin/Heymann Porsche 996 RS Cup
GT1 Gollin/Ramos/Lancieri/Malucelli Aston Martin DBR9
GT2 Gosse/Kutemann/Malcher Ferrari 430 GT2
GT2 Collard/Riccitelli/Dumas Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
GT2 Sugden/Alexander/Martin/Daoudi Ferrari 430 GT2
G3 Reid/Khan/Van Splunteren/Dumarey Dodge Viper Comp
G3 Nozier/Brouard/Beau/Baron Dodge Viper Comp
GT1 Soulet/Horion/Hart/Buncombe Corvette C5R
GT1 Vosse/Davies/Biagi Maserati MC12 GT1
G2 Leinders/Kuppens/D'Ambrosio Gillet Vertigo
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