Each summer, the world’s top GT3 drivers descend upon the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the Spa 24HR. As always, the world’s best iRacers did the same the week beforehand for the iRacing Spa 24HR Powered by Heusinkveld. And as has been the case, more often than not, this year, BMW Team Redline took the checkered flag in the top split at the end of an endurance event.
This time, it was the Red team of Maximilian Benecke, Patrik Holzmann, and Jonas Wallmeier taking the victory, leading 415 of the race’s 612 laps from the pole to post a victory of nearly 30 seconds over the Blue squad of Chris Lulham, Enzo Bonito, and Lorenzo Colombo. Not to be outdone, the second Redline car led 105 laps of its own.
Only four teams out of 54 in the top split, all running the BMW M4 GT3, finished on the lead lap; BMW Team BS Competition’s Rainer Talvar, Alexander Voß, and Phil Denes led 24 laps and took the final podium spot over Williams Esports’ Lasse Bak, Martin Christensen, Daniel Lafuente, and Josh Thompson, who led an additional 37. All told, thousands of iRacers combined to create 36 splits of the event, including 19 in the 12:00 GMT time slot on Saturday.
Full results from the top split of the 2021 iRacing Spa 24HR were as follows:
Fin. | St. | No. | Team | Car | Class | Laps | Interval | Led | Best |
| 1 | 1 | 71 | BMW Team Redline Red | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 612 | 415 | 2:15.887 | |
| 2 | 3 | 72 | BMW Team Redline Blue | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 612 | -29.778 | 105 | 2:15.970 |
| 3 | 11 | 89 | BMW Team BS COMPETITION | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 612 | -1:19.518 | 24 | 2:15.932 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Williams Esports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 612 | -2:11.458 | 37 | 2:15.946 |
| 5 | 6 | 911 | Porsche24 driven by Redline | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 611 | -1 L | 0 | 2:16.265 |
| 6 | 12 | 450 | Biela Racing Team EURONICS | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 611 | -1 L | 0 | 2:16.108 |
| 7 | 2 | 55 | BMW Team GB | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 611 | -1 L | 27 | 2:16.078 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | MAHLE RACING TEAM | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.421 |
| 9 | 10 | 20 | Team Redline Black Velvet | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.308 |
| 10 | 9 | 178 | Maniti Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.450 |
| 11 | 16 | 23 | Arnage Competition | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.297 |
| 12 | 8 | 912 | Porsche24 driven by Redline | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.413 |
| 13 | 13 | 76 | SimRC $76 24h Spa | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 610 | -2 L | 0 | 2:16.385 |
| 14 | 20 | 8 | PRT Ronin SimSport | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 609 | -3 L | 0 | 2:16.332 |
| 15 | 27 | 19 | Sportteam Competición GT3 | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 609 | -3 L | 0 | 2:16.282 |
| 16 | 15 | 18 | Radicals Online | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.316 |
| 17 | 30 | 83 | RiLey SimRacing | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.384 |
| 18 | 24 | 75 | Phoenix Racing eSport Red | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.411 |
| 19 | 31 | 67 | GermanSimRacing.de by Hetzner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.728 |
| 20 | 41 | 116 | Puresims Esports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.667 |
| 21 | 33 | 9 | PGZ Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.515 |
| 22 | 22 | 11 | Zennith Esports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.685 |
| 23 | 21 | 1 | Sportteam Competición – Rincon Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 608 | -4 L | 0 | 2:16.822 |
| 24 | 38 | 117 | Puresims Esports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 607 | -5 L | 0 | 2:16.909 |
| 25 | 51 | 746 | NSH Racing Team | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 607 | -5 L | 0 | 2:16.795 |
| 26 | 42 | 17 | V-RIG KC Racing eSports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 607 | -5 L | 0 | 2:16.757 |
| 27 | 39 | 68 | Impulse Racing #68 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 607 | -5 L | 0 | 2:16.757 |
| 28 | 40 | 585 | Precision Racing eSports #111 | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 606 | -6 L | 0 | 2:16.664 |
| 29 | 52 | 77 | Volante Racing Red | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 606 | -6 L | 0 | 2:16.940 |
| 30 | 47 | 355 | Valkyrie by francorchamps miniatures | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 606 | -6 L | 0 | 2:16.822 |
| 31 | 49 | 8 | OP Ford | Ford GT GT3 | GT3 Class | 605 | -7 L | 0 | 2:17.388 |
| 32 | 34 | 21 | Volante Racing Blue | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 604 | -8 L | 0 | 2:16.663 |
| 33 | 45 | 277 | ASR x Able Esports | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 602 | -10 L | 0 | 2:16.651 |
| 34 | 26 | 16 | Alpinestars Geodesic Racing | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 426 | -186 L | 0 | 2:16.796 |
| 35 | 18 | 48 | SRC Squadra Corse Black | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 411 | -201 L | 0 | 2:16.233 |
| 36 | 28 | 473 | Carbon Simsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 374 | -238 L | 0 | 2:17.122 |
| 37 | 19 | 6 | Mivano Simracing Team | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 360 | -252 L | 0 | 2:16.274 |
| 38 | 7 | 3 | URANO eSports HEINEKINGMEDIA | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 350 | -262 L | 4 | 2:16.391 |
| 39 | 35 | 10 | hEy MaN! Motorsports | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 291 | -321 L | 0 | 2:17.168 |
| 40 | 25 | 255 | HB SimRacing | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 283 | -329 L | 0 | 2:16.554 |
| 41 | 53 | 97 | Team RSO #97 | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 223 | -389 L | 0 | 2:17.237 |
| 42 | 17 | 84 | URANO eSports HP | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 219 | -393 L | 0 | 2:17.109 |
| 43 | 50 | 388 | SAe Racing Team Gold | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 212 | -400 L | 0 | 2:17.231 |
| 44 | 36 | 98 | Monaco Esports | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 176 | -436 L | 0 | 2:17.578 |
| 45 | 14 | 7 | Team BMW Bank | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 168 | -444 L | 0 | 2:16.903 |
| 46 | 37 | 12 | Comrade Gaming | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 47 | 32 | 24 | SIMMSA Esports GT3 black | BMW M4 GT3 | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 48 | 23 | 69 | Punto cL Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 49 | 46 | 64 | Moradness Satellite eStars | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 50 | 29 | 51 | Team Fordzilla | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 51 | 43 | 13 | GermanSimRacing.de by ACV | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 52 | 44 | 15 | Black Star Racing | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 53 | 48 | 14 | 5Star Motorsport Blue | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 | |
| 54 | 54 | 4 | URANO eSports HUAWEI | Mercedes AMG GT3 | GT3 Class | 0 | -612 L | 0 |
The iRacing special event calendar continues this weekend with the inaugural 4 Hours of Charlotte Benefiting the National MS Society. The event marks iRacing’s first partnership with a non-profit for a special event. The special event will feature unlimited fast repairs for competitors looking to raise money for charity to be able to get their lap counts as high as possible, while a number of prizes will be available to donors who contribute to the $20,000 fundraiser goal set for the race. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series championship-winning crew chief Chad Knaus will team up with iRacing executive vice president Steve Myers and defending eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series champion Nick Ottinger in the event. For more information on iRacing and for special offers, visit www.iracing.com.
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