How did Valentino Rossi fare at the 24 Hours of Spa?
Valentino Rossi and his team finished sixth at the 2023 24 Hours of Spa.
Valentino Rossi, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP sprint race, 29 April
The Team WRT #46 BMW even led the overall race at the 13 hour-mark of the world famous GT3 event, when Rossi’s teammate Augusto Farfus was driving.
They were eventually knocked down the order but a solid top 10 finish represents major progress for Rossi’s four-wheel career.
#46 BMW M4 GT3 / TEAM WRT / Valentino Rossi / Jerome
Team WRT saw their #32 BMW fail to finish.
Last month, MotoGP legend Rossi won the Road to Le Mans - a support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans - the first time he stood on top of the podium after a four-wheel event.
He is building towards his ultimate dream of earning a spot at next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, which appears to be on course after another solid showing at Spa.
| 24 Hours of Spa full results | ||||||||
| 1 | 98 | Pro Cup | Philipp Eng, Marco Wittmann, Nick Yelloly | Rowe Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:17.264 | 537 | |
| 2 | 88 | Pro Cup | Raffaele Marciello, Timur Boguslavskiy, Jules Gounon | Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.174 | 537 | |
| 3 | 17 | Pro Cup | Luca Engstler, Kelvin van der Linde, Nicki Thiim | Scherer Sport PHX | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:17.649 | 537 | 12.296 |
| 4 | 92 | Pro Cup | Julien Andlauer, Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre | Manthey EMA | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.191 | 537 | 13.175 |
| 5 | 96 | Pro Cup | Thomas Preining, Laurin Heinrich, Dennis Olsen | Rutronik Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.967 | 537 | 50.301 |
| 6 | 46 | Pro Cup | Augusto Farfus, Maxime Martin, Valentino Rossi | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:17.592 | 537 | 1:25.074 |
| 7 | 11 | Pro Cup | Christopher Haase, Gilles Magnus, Frederic Vervisch | Comtoyou Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.392 | 537 | 1:33.949 |
| 8 | 40 | Pro Cup | Ricardo Feller, Mattia Drudi, Dennis Marschall | Tresor Orange 1 | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.059 | 537 | 2:03.639 |
| 9 | 777 | Pro Cup | Lucas Auer, Luca Stolz, Fabian Schiller | Mercedes-AMG Team AlManar | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:17.813 | 536 | 50.97 |
| 10 | 5 | Gold Cup | Sam de Haan, Tom Gamble, Charlie Fagg, Dean Macdonald | Optimum Motorsport | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2:17.822 | 536 | 1:23.112 |
| 11 | 71 | Pro Cup | Antonio Fuoco, Davide Rigon, Daniel Serra | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:17.498 | 536 | 1:25.606 |
| 12 | 54 | Pro Cup | Ayhancan Güven, Sven Müller, Christian Engelhart | Dinamic GT | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.733 | 535 | 14.71 |
| 13 | 20 | Bronze Cup | Antares Au, Tim Heinemann, Jannes Fittje, Matteo Cairoli | Huber Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.087 | 535 | 1:12.459 |
| 14 | 30 | Gold Cup | Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer, Calan Williams, Niklas Krütten | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:18.939 | 535 | 1:22.211 |
| 15 | 911 | Bronze Cup | Alex Malykhin, Joel Sturm, Marco Seefried, Klaus Bachler | Pure Rxcing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:18.528 | 535 | 1:43.436 |
| 16 | 25 | Pro Cup | Christopher Mies, Patric Niederhauser, Simon Gachet | Sainteloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.470 | 535 | 1:53.676 |
| 17 | 85 | Silver Cup | Clemens Schmid, Benjamin Hites, Glenn van Berlo | GRT - Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.012 | 534 | 37.777 |
| 18 | 93 | Bronze Cup | Jeffrey Schmidt, Jonathan Hui, Chris Froggatt, Eddie Cheever | SKY - Tempesta Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2:18.627 | 534 | 49.934 |
| 19 | 12 | Silver Cup | Sam Dejonghe, Loris Hezemans, Lucas Legeret, Finlay Hutchison | Comtoyou Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.857 | 534 | 1:03.772 |
| 20 | 44 | Bronze Cup | Clement Mateu, Frederic Makowiecki, Hugo Chevalier, Steven Palette | CLRT | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.670 | 534 | 1:04.406 |
| 21 | 21 | Gold Cup | Nicolas Baert, Maxime Soulet, Max Hofer | Comtoyou Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:19.012 | 534 | 1:17.215 |
| 22 | 75 | Pro-AM Cup | Martin Konrad, Adam Osieka, Nicky Catsburg, Chaz Mostert | Sun Energy1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:17.964 | 533 | 1:50.583 |
| 23 | 24 | Pro-AM Cup | Ivan Jacoma, Niki Leutwiler, Alex Fontana, Nico Menzel | Car Collection Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:18.071 | 533 | 2:04.753 |
| 24 | 79 | Bronze Cup | Sebastien Baud, Hubert Haupt, Arjun Maini, Jordan Love | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.199 | 533 | 2:11.751 |
| 25 | 31 | Pro Cup | Timothy Whale, Adam Carroll, Lewis Proctor | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:18.365 | 532 | 1:55.618 |
| 26 | 52 | Bronze Cup | Lilou Wadoux, Louis Machiels, Jef Machiels, Andrea Bertolini | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:19.040 | 532 | 2:09.799 |
| 27 | 91 | Bronze Cup | Ralf Bohn, Kay van Berlo, Alfred Renauer, Robert Renauer | Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:17.846 | 532 | 2:16.699 |
| 28 | 66 | Bronze Cup | Andrey Mukovoz, Kikko Galbiati, Sean Hudspeth, Dylan Pereira | Tresor Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:17.879 | 531 | 1:01.345 |
| 29 | 6 | Pro Cup | Sandy Mitchell, Marco Mapelli, Franck Perera | K-Pax Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:17.807 | 530 | 1:57.929 |
| 30 | 26 | Silver Cup | Erwan Bastard, Paul Evrard, Gregoire Demoustier, Antoine Doquin | Sainteloc Junior Team | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:19.558 | 529 | 43.866 |
| 31 | 56 | Silver Cup | Jop Rappange, Adrien De Leener, Tanart Sathienthirakul, Daniele Di Amato | Dinamic GT | Porsche 911 GT3-R (991.II) | 2:19.607 | 529 | 1:44.595 |
| 32 | 3 | Bronze Cup | Florian Scholze, Kenneth Heyer, Patrick Assenheimer, Alex Peroni | GetSpeed | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.082 | 529 | 4:08.732 |
| 33 | 62 | Bronze Cup | Derek Pierce, Xavier Maassen, Andrew James Meyrick, Kiern Jewiss | Team Parker Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:19.635 | 527 | 1:15.482 |
| 34 | 188 | Bronze Cup | Louis Prette, Miguel Ramos, Conrad Grunewald, Henrique Chaves | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2:17.403 | 526 | 2:29.358 |
| 35 | 888 | Pro-AM Cup | Erwin Creed, Jean Glorieux, Casper Stevenson, Arthur Rougier | CSA Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.328 | 524 | 2:48.284 |
| 36 | 216 | Pro-AM Cup | Francis Tjia, John Shen, Benny Simonsen, Mathias Beche | Modena Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:18.988 | 522 | 2:16.398 |
| 37 | 16 | Pro-AM Cup | Junlin Pan, Rio, Xiaole He, Adderly Fong | Uno Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:19.675 | 520 | 1:33.312 |
| 38 | 57 | Gold Cup | Russell Ward, Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis | Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.748 | 519 | 5.161 |
| 39 | 90 | Silver Cup | Magnus Gustavsen, Ezequiel Perez Companc, Alexey Nesov, Jesse Salmenautio | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.024 | 519 | 3:18.170 |
| 40 | 33 | Silver Cup | Jeffrey Kingsley, Jacob Riegel, Romain Leroux, Ruben del Sarte | Bullitt Racing | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | 2:20.302 | 518 | 3:04.807 |
| 41 | 4 | Pro-AM Cup | George Kurtz, Ian James, Colin Braun, Felipe Fraga | CrowdStrike Racing by Riley | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.822 | 516 | 21.81 |
| 42 | 9 | Gold Cup | Thomas Laurent, Adam Eteki, Aurelien Panis, Alberto di Folco | Boutsen VDS | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.428 | 510 | 47.508 |
| 43 | 50 | Bronze Cup | Julien Piguet, Simon Mann, Nico Varrone, Ulysse De Pauw | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:17.466 | 475 | 1:21.868 |
| 44 | 51 | Pro Cup | Alessio Rovera, Robert Shwartzman, Nicklas Nielsen | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:17.766 | 455 | -2:52:31 |
| 45 | 23 | Bronze Cup | Stephen Grove, Brenton Grove, Anton de Pasquale, Earl Bamber | Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:19.220 | 440 | 2:59.118 |
| 46 | 35 | Bronze Cup | James Kell, Anders Buchardt, Bailey Voisin, Thomas Neubauer | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:19.798 | 431 | -4:10:41 |
| 47 | 99 | Silver Cup | Lorenzo Patrese, Pietro Delli Guanti, Alex Aka | Tresor Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:18.390 | 429 | -4:22:07 |
| 48 | 55 | Bronze Cup | Philipp Sager, Benjamin Barker, Marius Nakken, Christopher Zöchling | Dinamic GT | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:18.649 | 396 | -5:36:32 |
| 49 | 60 | Silver Cup | Baptiste Moulin, Artem Petrov, Michael Dorrbecker, Marcus Paverud | VSR | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.853 | 393 | -5:11:05 |
| NC | 89 | Bronze Cup | Adalberto Baptista, Rodrigo Baptista, Alan Hellmeister, Bruno Baptista | Akkodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.851 | 353 | -7:11:37 |
| NC | 999 | Pro Cup | Maro Engel, Mikael Grenier, Daniel Juncadella | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.074 | 331 | -8:23:52 |
| NC | 64 | Pro-AM Cup | Naveen Rao, Matt Bell, Frank Bird, James Cottingham | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:20.902 | 308 | -8:56:13 |
| NC | 87 | Pro Cup | Lorenzo Ferrari, Thomas Drouet, Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG Team Akkodis ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:18.355 | 304 | -9:28:56 |
| NC | 19 | Gold Cup | Leonardo Pulcini, Michele Beretta, Rolf Ineichen | Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.837 | 278 | -10:01:06 |
| NC | 8 | Bronze Cup | Leonardo Gorini, Antonin Borga, Nicolas Jamin | AGS Events | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:19.901 | 272 | -10:20:07 |
| NC | 32 | Pro Cup | Dries Vanthoor, Sheldon van der Linde, Charles Weerts | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:17.618 | 250 | -12:57:45 |
| NC | 998 | Pro Cup | Daniel Harper, Neil Verhagen, Max Hesse | Rowe Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:17.988 | 250 | -12:57:45 |
| NC | 157 | Gold Cup | Miklas Born, David Schumacher, Marius Zug | Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:19.510 | 238 | -12:39:25 |
| NC | 159 | Pro Cup | Marvin Kirchhöfer, Benjamin Goethe, Nicolai Kjaergaard | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2:18.251 | 208 | -14:47:35 |
| NC | 81 | Bronze Cup | Reema Juffali, Ralf Aron, Yannick Mettler, Alain Valente | Theeba Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:20.101 | 200 | -15:01:35 |
| NC | 38 | Pro-AM Cup | Samantha Tan, Jon Miller, Isaac Tutumlu Lopez, Leonard Weiss | ST Racing with Rinaldi | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 2:20.472 | 192 | -14:22:01 |
| NC | 58 | Silver Cup | Fabrizio Crestani, Sam Neary, Gerhard Tweraser, Ricky Capo | GRT - Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.553 | 188 | -15:49:18 |
| NC | 10 | Silver Cup | Loris Cabirou, Cesar Gazeau, Andrea Cola, Roee Meyuhas | Boutsen VDS | Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO II | 2:20.090 | 186 | -14:44:52 |
| NC | 70 | Pro-AM Cup | Gerhard Watzinger, Kerong Li, Jean-Francois Brunot, Brendon Leitch | Leipert Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:19.362 | 184 | -15:01:42 |
| NC | 63 | Pro Cup | Andrea Caldarelli, Jordan Pepper, Mirko Bortolotti | Iron Lynx | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.542 | 180 | -16:06:22 |
| NC | 78 | Pro-AM Cup | Bashar Mardini, Rob Collard, Patrick Kujala, Dennis Lind | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:18.171 | 173 | -15:42:59 |
| NC | 2 | Pro-AM Cup | Lance Bergstein, Andrzej Lewandowski, Aaron Walker, Lewis Williamson | GetSpeed | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:20.005 | 162 | -16:44:56 |
| NC | 83 | Bronze Cup | Doriane Pin, Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting | Iron Dames | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO 2 | 2:21.056 | 151 | -17:27:24 |
| NC | 7 | Bronze Cup | Brendan Iribe, Oliver Millroy, Fran Rueda, Frederik Schandorff | Inception Racing | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2:20.213 | 74 | -20:42:26 |
| NC | 132 | Pro-AM Cup | Kyle Washington, James Sofronas, Patrick Long, Jeroen Bleekemolen | GMG Racing by Car Collection Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2 | -23:52:20 | |
