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1000 km Spa
1000 Kilometres de Spa-Francorchamps it. In 2003, the 1000 km race was resumed as a joint event
of the FIA SCC with the British GT Championship. Since
2004, it has been part of the Le Mans Series (LMS).
Jacky Ickx currently holds record of most wins, hav-
ing won the race 5 times, in 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982, and
1983. He is also one of two drivers to win the 1000 km
on both the original and current circuits, the other being
Derek Bell.
Le Mans Series
Winners
Venue Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
^A The 1975 event was originally scheduled for
First race 1953 1000 km, but was shortened to 750 km the day of
the race due to an approaching storm.
First LMS race 2004
Distance 1,000 km (620 mi) ^B The 1985 event was originally scheduled for
1000 km, but was shortened to five hours (848 km)
Duration 6 hours
after the ensuing 40-minute caution caused by the
Most wins (driver) Jacky Ickx (5) collision of the Bellof/Boutsen Brun Motorsport
Porsche 956 with the Ickx/Jochen Mass Rothmans
Most wins (team) JW Automotive (4)
Team Peugeot Total (4) Porsche 962 at Eau Rouge. Bellof died in the
Porsche factory (4) hospital afterwards, and officials ended the race at
the five-hour mark, after 122 of 145 laps.
Most wins (manufacturer) Ferrari (10)
^C The 2002 event was stopped early due to heavy
The 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps is an endu- rain.
rance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francor-
champs in Belgium. ^D The 2010 event was red flagged during the race
due to electrical outages. The race covered
History approximately 975 km when it on a six hour time
limit.
The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other
races followed. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24-hour
race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an endurance
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race for sports cars and GTs. The sports car race began in • Le Mans Series - 1000 km of Spa
1953, and in 1963 joined the World Sportscar Champion- • 1,000 KM of Spa Francorchamps (ILMC/ACO)
ship and was extended to 500 km. Starting in 1966, it was • Racing Sports Cars: Spa archive
run for 1000 km, following the 1000 km Nürburgring and
1000 km Monza. Due to safety problems on the tradition-
al long and very fast 14 km track over public roads, the
race was discontinued after 1975.
The 1000 km race was resumed in 1982 after the track
was made safer by shortening it to 7 km. In 1989 and
1990, the race distance was lowered to 480 km as a rule
change required the use of Formula One-derived engines
that lasted longer. Due to the decline of the WSC, the
"1000km" was discontinued after 1990 even before the
WSC closed.
The race was revived in 1999, as a part of the Sport-
sRacing World Cup (the predecessor to the FIA Sportscar
Championship), running to a 2 hour, 30 minute time lim-
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Year Drivers Team Car Time Distance Championship
14.1 km (8.8 mi) circuit
1953 Olivier Gende- Ferrari 166 MM Non-championship
bien
1954 Hans Davids Hans Davids Jaguar C-Type 169 km (105 mi) Non-championship
1955 Paul Frère Aston Martin Aston Martin 1:37:33.900 282 km (175 mi) Non-championship
DB3S
1956 Ninian San- Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 0:57:34.800 169 km (105 mi) Non-championship
derson
1957 Tony Brooks Aston Martin Aston Martin 1:15:56.000 211.8 km Non-championship
DBR1 (131.6 mi)
1958 Masten Grego- Ecurie Ecosse Lister-Jaguar 1:05:02.300 211.8 km Non-championship
ry (131.6 mi)
1959 Carel Godin de Ecurie Maarsber- Porsche 718 RSK 1:11:10.100 211.8 km Non-championship
Beaufort gen (131.6 mi)
1960 Paul Frère Porsche 718 RSK 1:20:54.800 211.8 km Non-championship
(131.6 mi)
1961 Willy Mairesse Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 GT 1:05:33.800 211.8 km Non-championship
SWB (131.6 mi)
1962 Edgar Berney Edgar Berney Ferrari 250 GT 1:12:32.100 211.8 km Non-championship
SWB (131.6 mi)
1963 Willy Mairesse Ecurie Nationale Ferrari 250 GTO 2:38:40:800 500 km (310 mi) World Sportscar
Belge Championship
1964 Mike Parkes Maranello Con- Ferrari 250 GTO 2:32:05.200 500 km (310 mi) World Sportscar
cessionaires Championship
1965 Willy Mairesse Ecurie Francor- Ferrari 250LM 2:29:45.700 500 km (310 mi) World Sportscar
champs Championship
1966 Mike Parkes SpA Ferrari Ferrari 330P3 4:43:24.000 1,000 km World Sportscar
Ludovico SEFAC (620 mi) Championship
Scarfiotti
1967 Dick Thomp- J.W. Automotive Mirage M1-Ford 5:09:46.500 1,000 km World Sportscar
son Engineering (620 mi) Championship
Jacky Ickx
1968 Brian Redman J.W. Automotive Ford GT40 Mk.I 5:05:19:300 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jacky Ickx Engineering (620 mi) Championship
1969 Brian Redman Porsche System Porsche 908LH 4:24:19.600 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jo Siffert Engineering (620 mi) Championship
1970 Brian Redman J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K 4:09:47.800 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jo Siffert Engineering (620 mi) Championship
1971 Jackie Oliver J.W. Automotive Porsche 917K 4:01:09.700 1,000 km World Sportscar
Pedro Ro- Engineering (620 mi) Championship
dríguez
1972 Brian Redman SpA Ferrari Ferrari 312PB 4:17:19.100 1,000 km World Sportscar
Arturo SEFAC (620 mi) Championship
Merzario
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1973 Derek Bell Gulf Research Mirage M6-Ford 4:05:43.500 1,000 km World Sportscar
Mike Hail- (620 mi) Championship
wood
1974 Jacky Ickx Equipe Gitanes Matra-Simca 4:12:15.600 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jean-Pierre MS670C (620 mi) Championship
Jarier
1975 Henri Willi Kauhsen Alfa Romeo 3:32:58.400 750 km World Sportscar
Pescarolo Racing Team 33TT12 (470 mi)A Championship
Derek Bell
1976 No Races
to
1981
7.0 km (4.3 mi) circuit
1982 Jacky Ickx Rothmans Porsche 956 6:06:04.140 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jochen Mass Porsche (620 mi) Championship
1983 Jacky Ickx Rothmans Porsche 956 5:44:33.520 1,000 km World Sportscar
Jochen Mass Porsche (620 mi) Championship
1984 Stefan Bellof Rothmans Porsche 956B 5:53:17.190 1,000 km World Sportscar
Derek Bell Porsche (620 mi) Championship
1985 Bob Wollek Martini Racing Lancia LC2 5:00:23.420 848 km World Sportscar
Mauro Baldi (527 mi)B Championship
1986 Thierry Bout- Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C 5:35:54.540 1,000 km World Sportscar
sen (620 mi) Championship
Frank Jelinski
1987 Martin Brun- Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 6:00:16.180 1,000 km World Sportscar
dle (620 mi) Championship
Johnny Dum-
fries
Raul Boesel
1988 Mauro Baldi Team Sauber Sauber 6:01:34.230 1,000 km World Sportscar
Stefan Johans- Mercedes C9-Mercedes (620 mi) Championship
son
1989 Mauro Baldi Team Sauber Sauber 2:39:16.453 480 km (300 mi) World Sportscar
Kenny Ache- Mercedes C9-Mercedes Championship
son
1990 Jochen Mass Team Sauber Mercedes-Benz 2:42:54.880 480 km (300 mi) World Sportscar
Karl Mercedes C11 Championship
Wendlinger
1991 No Races
to
1998
1999 Mauro Baldi JB Giesse Team Ferrari 333 SP 2:30:24.347 452.920 km SportsRacing World
Laurent Rédon Ferrari (281.431 mi) Cup
2000 Filippo Fran- Lucchini Engi- Lucchini 2:31:17.377 355.368 km SportsRacing World
cioni neering SR2000-Alfa (220.815 mi) Cup
Salvatore Ron- Romeo
ca
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2001 Marco Zadra BMS Scuderia Ferrari 333 SP 2:31:27.898 445.952 km FIA Sportscar
Jean-Marc Italia (277.102 mi) Championship
Gounon
2002 Sébastien Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 2:03:16.089C 376.272 km FIA Sportscar
Bourdais Evo-Peugeot (233.805 mi) Championship
Jean-
Christophe Boul-
lion
2003 Tom Kris- Audi Sport Japan Audi R8 5:47:50.209 1,000 km FIA Sportscar
tensen (620 mi) Championship
Seiji Ara British GT Champi-
onship
2004 Johnny Her- Audi Sport UK Audi R8 5:58:55.262 1,000 km Le Mans Endurance
bert Veloqx (620 mi) Series
Jamie Davies
2005 John Nielsen Zytek Motor- Zytek 04S 6:00:48.389 1,000 km Le Mans Endurance
Casper El- sport (620 mi) Series
gaard
Hayanari Shi-
moda
2006 Emmanuel Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo 6:01:06.782 1,000 km Le Mans Series
Collard C60-Judd (620 mi)
Jean-
Christophe Boul-
lion
2007 Stéphane Sar- Team Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi 5:47:47.313 1,000 km Le Mans Series
razin Total FAP (620 mi)
Pedro Lamy (Diesel)
2008 Nicolas Mi- Team Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi 5:17:48.566 1,000 km Le Mans Series
nassian Total FAP (620 mi)
Marc Gené (Diesel)
Jacques Vil-
leneuve
2009 Nicolas Mi- Team Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi 5:45:35.429 1,000 km Le Mans Series
nassian Total FAP (620 mi)
Simon Page- (Diesel)
naud
Christian
Klien
2010 Sébastien Team Peugeot Peugeot 908 HDi 6:00:39.012 975 km Le Mans Series
Bourdais Total FAP (606 mi)D
Simon Page- (Diesel)
naud
Pedro Lamy
2011 Alexander Team Peugeot Peugeot 908 6:02:03.799 1,127.633 km Le Mans Series
Wurz Total (Diesel) (700.679 mi) Intercontinental Le
Marc Gené Mans Cup
Anthony
Davidson
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