Spa 24 Hours

The 24 Hours of Spa is an endurance racing event for cars held annually since 1924 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium.

It debuted in 1924 over a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) circuit on public roads between the towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy and Stavelot, under the auspices of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB).

Cars entered have spanned from the Russian Moskvitch and models with sub-1 liter engines such as the NSU Prinz TT to the luxurious V8-powered Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3.

During the 1975 race, Dutch driver Wim Boshuis and a track marshal were killed in two separate incidents.

[1] With the participation of Swiss Lilian Bryner on the victorious Ferrari 550 of the BMS Scuderia Italia team, the 2004 race marked the first time in history that a female driver was part of the winning team of a 24-hour endurance race in a Gran Turismo with more than 500 hp (370 kW).

Alfa Romeos after triple win in 1930
The original 15 km track layout (used from 1924 to 1949)
The quicker 14 km track layout (used from 1953 to 1978)
The slower 7km modern track (used from 1979 onwards)
ROWE Racing BMW after win in 2016