2009 FIA GT : Fantastic Four win in Spa - victory for PK and the nr 4 Corvette

2009 FIA GT 24-hours Spa Francorchamps Champion - CORVETTE C6R GT1 N°4 team PK CARSPORT

Circuit de Spa Francorchamps, Belgium : July 26,2009 - The nr 4 PK Corvette Z06 of Anthony Kumpen, Mike Hezemans, Jos Menten and Kurt Mollekens claimed victory in this year's running of the Total 24 Hours of Spa, finishing ahead of the nr 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Maserati MC 12 of Pierguidi, Lemeret, Rosenblad and Vosse. Third across the line was the leading G2 car, the nr 111 Phoenix Audi R8 LMS in an excellent finish for the car. The Nissan Motorsport Nissan GT-R of Krumm, Turner and Davidson finished third in GT1, an excellent result for the 2010-generation car in its first 24-hour race.

2009 FIA GT 24-hours Spa Francorchamps Champion - Mike HEZEMANS (NED) - Anthony KUMPEN (BEL) - Jos MENTEN (NED) - Kurt MOLLEKENS (BEL) on CORVETTE C6R GT1 N°4 team PK CARSPORT

AF Corse put in a perfect performance in GT2, with the nr 50 Ferrari 430 GT2 of Bruni, Vilander, Melo and Perez-Companc winning the category and taking the lead of the category. Brixia Motorsport's young crew in the nr 97 Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, Lucchini, Miller, Holzer and Ragginger, were second, with the nr 56 CRS Racing all-Platinum crew of Kirkaldy, Bell, Garcia and Kox third.

With Phoenix winning G2, another FIA GT3 European Championship team won G3 : reigning GT3 Team Champions Matech GT Racing, with the Ford GT and the crew of Mutsch, Hennerici, Martin and Wyss.

The results remain provisional technical checks on cars 59, 60, 61, 70 and 97

2009 FIA GT : Round 4 - 24-hours Spa Francorchamps - Race Result

Pos	Car	Class	Drivers	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	Avg speed
1	4	GT1	Hezemans/Kumpen/Menten/Mollekens	Corvette Z06	24:00:03.458	559		163.12
2	33	GT1	Guidi/Lemeret/Rosenblad/Vosse	Maserati MC 12	24:00:05.169	548	11 LAPS	159.91
3	111	G2	Fassler/Moser/Margaritis/Basseng	Audi R8 LMS	24:00:29.126	544	15 LAPS	158.69
4	50	GT2	Bruni/Vilander/Melo/Companc	Ferrari F430	24:01:07.257	540	19 LAPS	157.46
5	97	GT2	Ragginger/Lucchini/Holzer/Miller	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	24:00:07.054	535	24 LAPS	156.11
6	56	GT2	Kirkaldy/Bell/Kox/Garcia	Ferrari F430	24:01:19.896	528	31 LAPS	153.94
7	61	GT2	Van Splunteren/Coronel/Hommerson/MacHiels	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	24:02:07.898	527	32 LAPS	153.56
8	60	GT2	Collard/Westbrook/O'Young/Edwards	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	24:01:34.825	526	33 LAPS	153.33
9	55	GT2	Mullen/Niarchos/Quaife/Goodwin	Ferrari F430	24:00:38.450	525	34 LAPS	153.13
10	121	G3	Mutsch/Martin/Wyss/Hennerici	Ford GT	24:00:04.006	519	40 LAPS	151.44
11	123	G3	Lefort/Verbist/Forbes	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	24:00:05.949	518	41 LAPS	151.15
12	161	G3	Lanik/Loix/Palttala/Slingerland	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	24:00:51.439	517	42 LAPS	150.78
13	35	GT1	Krumm/Turner/Davidson	Nissan GT-R	24:01:49.690	513	46 LAPS	149.51
14	172	G3	Renard/Wauters/Van Hooydonck/Schroyen	Aston Martin DBRS9	24:00:26.237	503	56 LAPS	146.74
15	145	G3	Kelders/Greisch/Desbrueres/Helary	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	24:01:52.307	497	62 LAPS	144.84
16	1	GT1	Bertolini/Bartels/Sarrazin/Negrao	Maserati MC 12	24:00:05.877	489	70 LAPS	142.69
17	116	G2	Lichtner-Hoyer/Eckert/Rich/Sharp	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	24:00:04.550	487	72 LAPS	142.11
18	59	GT2	Ashburn/Sugden/Ortelli/Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997)	24:03:08.229	486	73 LAPS	141.51
19	3	GT1	Gavin/Ruffier/Soulet/Longin	Corvette Z06	24:00:03.511	485	74 LAPS	141.52
20	160	G3	Kerkhove/Havette/Noziere/Brouard	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S	24:00:04.438	484	75 LAPS	141.23

2009 FIA GT1 Driver Championship

Pos	Name	Nat.	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Anthony Kumpen		5	8	10	10	33
	Mike Hezemans		5	8	10	10	33
2	Michael Bartels		8	10	8	6	32
	Andrea Bertolini		8	10	8	6	32
3	Bert Longin		3	4	5	5	17
	James Ruffier		3	4	5	5	17
4	Miguel Ramos			6	6	4	16
	Alex Müller			6	6	4	16
5	Xavier Maassen		6	5	4		15
6	Jos Menten		2			10	12
7	Stephane Lemeret			3	1	8	12
8	Guillaume Moreau		6	5			11
9	Karl Wendlinger		10				10
	Ryan Sharp		10				10
	Kurt Mollekens					10	10
10	Vincent Vosse					8	8
	Alessandro Pier Guidi					8	8
	Carl Rosenblad					8	8
11	Stéphane Sarrazin					6	6
	Alexandre Sarnes Negrao					6	6
12	Thomas Biagi		1		4		5
	Bas Leinders			2	3		5
	Maxime Soulet					5	5
	Mario Dominguez		4	1			5
	Renaud Kuppens			2	3		5
	Oliver Gavin					5	5
	Adam Lacko		4	1			5
13	Eric Van de Poele					4	4
	Luke Hines			3	1		4
	Pedro Lamy					4	4
14	Thomas Mutsch		1		2		3
15	Markus Palttala		2				2
	Marc Hennerici				2		2

Images : 2009 FIA GT- Round 4 : 24-hours Spa Francorchamps

[Source : FIA GT]