The 1999 Proximus 24 Spa World Championship GT was the 53rd running of the Spa 24 Hours. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, between 3 and 4 August 1999. [1] The event was won by the #1 Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Peugeot 306 GTi. [2] [3]
2 classes ran in the event. Group 1 - Superproduction fuel (SP) and Group 2 - Group N 2000 (N2.0). 53 cars started with 27 being classified. [1]
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | 27 |  Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg | Frédéric Bouvy Anthony Beltoise Emmanuel Collard | Peugeot 306 | 492 |
| 2 | SP | 7 | Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg | Thierry Tassin Thierry van Dalen Kurt Mollekens | Peugeot 306 | 491 |
| 3 | SP | 20 | Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg | Bas Leinders Pascal Witmeur Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Peugeot 306 | 488 |
| 4 | SP | 24 | Nissan Belgium | Dirk Schoysman Guino Kenis Grégoire de Mévius | Nissan Primera | 484 |
| 5 | SP | 6 | Team Renault Sport Belgium | Mathias Viaene Martial Chouvel Vanina Ickx | Renault Mégane | 479 |
| 6 | SP | 14 |  CiBiEmme Engineering srl | Gianmarino Zenere Beppe Gabbiani  Andy Bovensiepen | BMW 320i E46 | 470 |
| 7 | SP | 15 | E.B.R.T | Etienne Baugnée Sylvie Delcour Damien Chaballe | BMW 320i E36 | 462 |
| 8 | SP | 31 | Racing Box srl | Marco Brand Gabriele Mateuzzi Luca Canni-Ferrari | Honda Integra Type-R | 457 |
| 9 | SP | 56 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Alain di Duca Damien Coens Wolfgang Haugg | Honda Integra Type-R | 455 |
| 10 | SP | 17 | Ecurie Azur | Christophe d'Ansembourg Ferdinand de Lesseps Jay Cochran | BMW 320i E36 | 454 |
| 11 | SP | 33 |  LR Organisation | Stanislas De Sadeleer Nicolaus Springler Peter Hardman | Honda Integra Type-R | 453 |
| 12 | SP | 30 | Foss-Tech Racing | Tim Sugden Mark Lemmer Stephen Day | Honda Integra Type-R | 452 |
| 13 | N2.0 | 35 | E.B.R.T. | Jean-Pierre Blaise Eric Gressens Christophe Kerkhove | Honda Integra Type-R | 447 |
| 14 | SP | 26 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Jean-Michel Delporte Pierre-Olivier Businaro Michel Schmitz | Peugeot 306 | 445 |
| 15 | SP | 21 | Belgacom Team | Arnaud van Schevensteen Gabriele Cadringher Koen Wauters | BMW 320i | 444 |
| 16 | N2.0 | 54 | Racing Car Mosan | Michel Wilders Vincent Grignard Jean-Louis Raxhon | Honda Integra Type-R | 442 |
| 17 | SP | 60 | Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg | Olivier Bruixola Luigi Vroman Eric Groes | Peugeot 106 | 438 |
| 18 | SP | 66 | Ecurie Azur | Thierry de Bonhome Giovanni Bruno Pascal Vandeput | Honda Civic V-Tec | 433 |
| 19 | SP | 76 | LR Organisation | Bruno Thiry Bernard Carlier Simon Wiseman | Honda Integra Type-R | 426 |
| 20 | N2.0 | 61 | E.B.R.T. | Jacky Delvaux Lionel Jaminet Bernard Crouquet | Renault Clio I Williams | 419 |
| 21 | SP | 99 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Jose Close Philippe Roggemans Alain Goffin | Toyota Celica GT | 415 |
| 22 | SP | 79 | Gurzo | Peter Gurzo Alain Corbisier Olivier Prignon | Honda Civic | 412 |
| 23 | N2.0 | 57 | Morss | Peter Morss Paul Michael Del Delaronde | Honda Integra Type-R | 405 |
| 24 | SP | 25 | GZ Team | Christophe Giltaire Sébastien Giltaire Michel Carle | Peugeot 306 | 398 |
| 25 | N2.0 | 64 | Ecurie Le Perron | Alain Derette Marc Theunissen Rodolphe Dupuy | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 382 |
| 26 | N2.0 | 65 | E.B.R.T. | Robert Matot Pierre Chaudoir Patrick Brayard | Renault Clio I Williams | 365 |
| 27 | SP | 51 | Gentse Autosport | Jo Lambrecht Amaury Heurckmans Philippe Eliard | Opel Vectra GT | 361 |
| NC | N2.0 | 62 | E.B.R.T. | René Marin Michel Lambermont Didier Flohimont | Renault Clio I Williams | 342 |
| DNF | SP | 23 | Nissan Belgium | Alain Cudini Didier Defourny Anders Olofsson | Nissan Primera | 402 |
| DNF | SP | 10 | PSI Motorsport | Stéphane De Groodt Frédéric Moreau Kurt Heckters | Honda Integra Type-R | 395 |
| DNF | N2.0 | 52 | Racing Box srl | Franco Calzolari Fabrizio Moré Emilio Melloni | Honda Integra Type-R | 395 |
| DNF | SP | 37 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Xavier de Saeger Didier de Saeger Stéphane Mertens | Suzuki Baleno | 279 |
| DNF | N2.0 | 53 | Speedworks | Ian Khan  Masahiro Kimoto Akira Yoshimoto | Honda Integra Type-R | 273 |
| DNF | SP | 55 | Synchro Motorsport | Kevin Hicks Dave Allan Bill Stillwell | Honda Civic | 213 |
| DNF | SP | 8 |  H&P Race and Incentive | Peter van der Kolk Harry Stoeltie Gerry Deelstra | BMW 320i E36 | 175 |
| DNF | SP | 32 | Team Renault Sport Belgium | Benoit Galand Philippe de Leener Pierre van Vliet | Renault Megane | 170 |
| DNF | SP | 5 | Foss-Tech Engineering | Will Hoy Jeff Allam Simon Graves | Honda Integra Type-R | 133 |
| DNF | SP | 77 | Belgian VW Club | Bernard Winderickx Robert Dierick Michel Heydens | Volkswagen Golf GTI IV | 131 |
| DNF | SP | 28 | Paduwa Racing | Cédric Lorent Anthony Delon Marc Blaton | Alfa Romeo 156 | 106 |
| DNF | SP | 9 | Team Renault Sport Belgium | Stéphane Lémeret Peter Baert Stéphane Tollenaire | Renault Megane | 97 |
| DNF | SP | 36 | Renstal U.R.R.T. | Georges Colman Ronny de Lannoy Eric de Bakker | Volkswagen Golf Mk4 | 90 |
| DNF | SP | 4 | ELR | Philippe Tollenaire James Kaye  Philippe Favre | Honda Accord | 89 |
| DNF | SP | 29 | Ecurie Baudoin Visétoise | Guy Katsers François Turco Eric Neve | Alfa Romeo 156 | 74 |
| DNF | N2.0 | 59 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Eric Schwilden Pascal Goffard Jacques Morlet | Peugeot 205 | 72 |
| DNF | SP | 1 | BMW Fina | Didier de Radiguès Marc Duez Vincent Vosse | BMW 320i E46 | 51 |
| DNF | SP | 16 | Ecurie Toison d'Or | Jean-Michel Martin Nicolas Kropp Patrick Huisman | BMW 320i E46 | 46 |
| DNF | SP | 18 | Ecurie de Perron | Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer Eric van de Vyver Marc Schoonbroodt | BMW 320i E36 | 43 |
| DNF | SP | 3 | Team Renault Sport Belgium | Pierre-Yves Corthals Franck Lagorce Alain Ferté | Renault Mégane | 40 |
| DNF | N2.0 | 63 | Ecurie de Villeneuve | Philippe Bianchi Pierre-Henri Schnell Jean-Luc Blanchemain | Citroën Xsara | 39 |
| DNF | SP | 2 | BMW Fina | David Saelens  Tomáš Enge Jenson Button | BMW 320i E46 | 22 |
| DNF | SP | 12 | L.O. Racing | François-Xavier Boucher Sylvain Noël Stefan van Campenhoudt | Alfa Romeo 156 | 22 |
| DNF | SP | 11 | L.O. Racing | Sébastien Ugeux Pierre-Alain Thibault Geoffroy Horion | Alfa Romeo 156 | 2 |
| DNF | SP | 34 | BRP Competition | Bert Ploeg Pim van Riet Frans Verschuur | Volkswagen Golf Mk3 | 2 |
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