The 2003

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24 Spa was the 56th running of the

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and the sixth round the

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. This event combined the FIA GT's two classes (GT and N-GT) with cars from national series and one-make series, designated G2 and G3. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps,

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, on 25 and 26 July 2003. This race marked the only time in the history of the FIA GT Championship that the slower of the two classes (N-GT in this case) managed to win a race overall.

Half-point leaders

For the FIA GT Championship, the top eight cars in the GT and N-GT classes are awarded half points for their positions after six hours and twelve hours into the race. Points to the top eight were awarded in the order of 4.0 – 3.0 – 2.5 – 2.0 – 1.5 – 1.0 – 0.5.

6 Hour leaders in GT

6 Hour leaders in N-GT

12 Hour leaders in GT

12 Hour leaders in N-GT

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Statistics

* Pole position – #22 BMS Scuderia Italia – 2:15.718 * Fastest lap – #14 Lister Racing – 2:19.453 * Distance – 3327.613 km * Average speed – 138.557 km/h

References

* * * {{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2003 , Sportscar_Series = FIA GT Championship , Previous_race_in_season = 2003 FIA GT Donington 500km , Next_race_in_season = 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km S Spa Spa 24 Hours