Audi Sport Phoenix tops Spa 24 first practice

Audi Sport Team Phoenix

With the parade complete, it’s now down to business at Spa-Francorchamps. We’ve had a small break after two incredible 24 hour races back in June. The 24 Hours of Spa is now an important part of the new Blancpain Endurance Series.

The Audi Sport Phoenix Team of Marc Basseng, Christopher Haase and Frank Stippler hit the ground running and showed a bit of their speed cards in the first practice. The no99 Phoenix Audi R8 sat atop of the charts with a 2:23.917.

SPA 24h ProSpeed

Marc Goosens put the no75 ProSpeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3 R in to second with a 2:24.910. ProSpeed have 3 cars running this weekend.

62 cars took place in this session.

Pos – Car – Class – Drivers – Car – Time
1 – 99 – Pro – Marc Basseng / Christopher Haase / Frank Stippler – Audi R8 LMS – 02:23.917
2 – 75 – Pro – Marc Goossens / Jan Heylen / Maxime Soulet – Porsche 997 GT3 R – 02:24.910

3 – 20 – PAM – Ludovic Badey / Franck Morel / Guliaume Moreau / Jean-Luc Beaubelique – Ferrari 458 Italia – 02:25.330
4 – 59 – Pro – Andrew Kirkaldy / Alvaro Parente / Oliver Turvey – McLaren GT – 02:25.475 –
5 – 1 – Pro – Eric van de Poele / Nico Verdonck / Jean-Karl Vernay – Ferrari 458 Italia – 02:25.486 –
6 – 50 – PAM – Jack Gerber / Matt Griffin / Nicola Cadei / Marco Cioci – Ferrari 458 Italia – 02:25.598 –
7 – 32 – Pro – Filipe Albuquerqe / Bert Longin / Stephane Ortelli – Audi R8 LMS – 02:25.817 –
8 – 33 – Pro – Matthias Ekström / Greg Franchi / Timo Scheider – Audi R8 LMS – 02:25.931 –
9 – 9 – Pro – Gianluca Roda / Raffaele Giammaria / Paolo Ruberti – Porsche 997 GT3 R – 02:25.947
10 – 888 – PAM – Richard Westbrook / Christian Menzel / Mike Stursberg / Hans Guido Riegel – Porsche 997 GT3 R – 02:26.601

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