24 Hours of Spa – The list of 65 cars entered revealed

The 24 Hours of Spa (Belgium, July 28-31) never disappoints when it comes to announcing the entry list. For the 74th edition, the organizers did well with the presence of 65 GT3s, distributed as follows: 23 Pro, 18 Silver, 14 Gold, 8 Pro-Am and 2 Bronze.

The third round of the GT World Challenge Europe season Endurance Cup as well as the second 2022 meeting of the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) attracted some nice linens in the Pro category. At the house of Aston Martin, the winner of the 2016 edition and public favorite Maxime Martin will make common cause with Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim.

Team WRT and its five Audi R8 LMS will undoubtedly be at the top of the basket, even if it will be the No. 46 and its extremely famous driver. Valentino Rossi who risk being preyed upon by autograph hunters.

Winners in 2021, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessandro Pier Guidi are not associated a year later. The Dane will play with Miguel Molina and James Calado at Iron Lynx while the Italian is absent from this first list of registered players. The third victorious man in the Ardennes rain, Côme Ledogar, was transferred last winter to Porsche within Dinamic Motorsport.

BMW will compete in 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new car, the M4 GT3. Rowe Racing, double winner on the Toboggan des Ardennes, will put its trust in Augusto Farfus, Nick Yelloly and Nicky Catsburg.

Porsche will be the favorite. You don't hire your factory drivers in teams as prepared as GPX Racing (Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen, Richard Lietz) or KCMG (Laurens Vanthoor, Nick Tandy, Dennis Olsen) to make up the numbers! Also ranked among the top pilots, MattCampbell, Mathieu Jaminet and the ex-pilot of F1 Felipe Nasr joins EMA Motorsport.

Another renowned German brand, Mercedes will play placed with the French team Akkodis-ASP. The No. 88, led by Raffaele Marciello, Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon will be one to watch, as will the No. 55 of Maro Engel, Mikaël Grenier and Maxi Buhk.

Less present than previous manufacturers in Pro, Lamborghini will place all its hopes in the No. 6 Huracan of Jordan Pepper, Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli. Finally, for the first time in its history, the 24 Hours of Spa will welcome a 100% female crew: Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, Sarah Bovy, already associated with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in GTE Am, will receive help from the young Doriane Pin (18 years old) in the Iron Dames team.

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