The 2000 Proximus 24 Spa World Championship GT was the 54th running of the Spa 24 Hours. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, over August 6, 2000. The event was won by the #1 Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Peugeot 306 GTi. [1]
3 classes ran in the event. Superproduction fuel (SP), Group N (N), and Superproduction diesel (SPD). 82 cars started with 38 being classified. [2]
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | SP | 1 |  Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg | Kurt Mollekens Frédéric Bouvy Didier Defourny | Peugeot 306 GTi | D | 478 |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 2 | N | 25 |  Düller Motorsport | Jean-Michel Martin Thierry Tassin Frédéric Moreau | BMW M3 | ? | 478 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 3 | SP | 3 | Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg | Vanina Ickx  Anthony Beltoise Thierry van Dalen | Peugeot 306 GTi | D | 463 |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 4 | SP | 15 |  BPR | Peter Kox Cor Euser Bert Ploeg | Honda Integra Type-R | D | 460 |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 5 | N | 26 | Düller Motorsport | Louis Zurstrassen Eric van de Vyver Marc Schoonbroodt | BMW M3 | ? | 458 |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| 6 | SPD | 12 | Belgian VW Club | Jean-François Hemroulle Tim Verbergt Fanny Duchateau | Volkswagen Bora TDi | ? | 454 |
| Volkswagen 1.9L I4 | |||||||
| 7 | SP | 54 |  Mühlner Motorsport | Benoit Galand Eric Neve Peter Wyss | Opel Astra OPC | ? | 452 |
| Opel 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 8 | SP | 22 | PSI Motorsport | Damien Coens Alain di Duca Wolfgang Haugg | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | 449 |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 9 | SP | 11 | Ecurie Baudoin Visétoise | Guy Katsers François-Xavier Boucher François Turco | Alfa Romeo 156 | 448 | |
| Alfa Romeo 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 10 | N | 47 |  Taverna Racing & Classic | Valerio Leone Andrea Chiesa Michel Heydens | BMW M3 | ? | 447 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 11 | N | 49 |  Dumont J. M. | Jean-Marie Dumont Frédéric Schmit Nico Demuth | BMW M3 | ? | 445 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 12 | N | 37 |  Gilford Racing | Ross Bygrave Tony Dunderdale Jeff Wyatt | BMW M3 | ? | 444 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 13 | N | 72 | Luca Tassetti | Luca Tassetti Adriano de Micheli Massimiliano Biancardi | Honda Integra Type-R | D | 441 |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 14 | SP | 70 | Mardi Gras Motorsport | Tobia Masini Stephen Day Matt Kelly | Honda Integra Type-R | D | 440 |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 15 | SP | 99 | Renault Sport Belgium | Pierre-Yves Corthals Serge Jordan Jean Ragnotti | Renault Clio RS | ? | 440 |
| Renault 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 16 | N | 65 | Challenge Team | Alberto Radaelli Andrea Peruchetti Luigi Moccia | Peugeot 306 16S | M | 438 |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 17 | N | 31 | Redhouse | Pete Hannen Gregor Fisken Ian Donaldson | BMW M3 | ? | 433 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 18 | N | 44 | Ecurie Villeneuve-les-Avignon | Willy Maljean Alexandre Debanne Michel Borens | BMW M3 | ? | 433 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 19 | SP | 98 | JMT Racing | Ludovico Manfredi Bert Lambrecht Rudi Stevens | BMW 320i | ? | 431 |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| 20 | SP | 13 | MG Racing | Henri Pescarolo Bas Leinders Jean-Michel Delporte | Peugeot 306 GTi | ? | 428 |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 21 | SP | 20 | Synchro Motorsport | Kevin Hicks Dave Allan Bill Stillwell | Honda Civic V-Tec | ? | 426 |
| Honda 1.6L I4 | |||||||
| 22 | N | 53 | Moore International Motorsport | Jonathan Baker Dave Cox Willie Moore | BMW M3 | ? | 422 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 23 | SP | 97 | Bravo | Hubert Cailleton Sébastien Cailleton Luc Deneve | BMW 320i | ? | 421 |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| 24 | SP | 38 |  Speed Star Racing | Mark Hein John Green Gary Blackman | Acura Integra Type R | ? | 421 |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 25 | N | 52 | Alistair Davidson | Simon Duerden Alistair Davidson Chris Longmore | BMW M3 | ? | 415 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 26 | N | 39 | Francesco Ciani | Francesco Ciani Marco Polani Loris de Sordi | BMW M3 | ? | 414 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 27 | N | 43 | Ecurie Villeneuve-les-Avignon | Laurent Milara Laurent Richard Pascal Lavanchi | BMW M3 | ? | 414 |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| 28 | N | 68 |  Wizja TV | Luc Manset Thierry Preumont Didier Noirhomme | Volkswagen Golf Mk3 | ? | 412 |
| Volkswagen 2.6L V6 | |||||||
| 29 | SP | 62 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Pierre Sevrin Alain Thiebaut Eddy Hernould | Saab 900 | ? | 409 |
| Saab 2.5L V6 | |||||||
| 30 | SP | 17 | JMT Racing | Jean-Michael Taymans Didier Miquée Christophe Kerkhove | BMW 320i | ? | 409 |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| 31 | N | 33 | Matthew Marsh | Matthew Marsh Harry Handkammer Thomas Jakobitsch | BMW M3 | ? | 409 |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| 32 | SPD | 82 | Gentse Autosport | Erik Crabbe Philippe Maertens Patrick Lombaerts | Audi A4 TDI | ? | 404 |
| Audi 2.5L V6 | |||||||
| 33 | N | 78 | EBRT | Jacky Delvaux Lionel Jaminet Pierre Chaudoir | Renault Clio | ? | 403 |
| Renault 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 34 | N | 42 | Ecurie Villeneuve-les-Avignon | Jean-Luc Blanchemain Roger Visconti Jean-Pierre Glath | BMW M3 | ? | 403 |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| 35 | SPD | 83 | Ecurie Azur | Thierry de Bonhome Alain Derette Marc Theunissen | SEAT Ibiza GT TDI | ? | 398 |
| SEAT 1.9L I4 | |||||||
| 36 | SP | 64 | Ecure Bruxelloise | Xavier de Saeger Didier de Saeger Michel Schmitz | Suzuki Baleno | ? | 393 |
| Suzuki 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| 37 | SP | 28 | Gentse Motorsport | Bert Redant Pierre-Olivier Businaro Lionel de Leener | Opel Vectra | ? | 387 |
| Opel 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| 38 | N | 76 | EBRT | Didier Flohimont René Marin Didier de Potter | Renault Clio | ? | 379 |
| Renault 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| NC | SP | 29 | Gentse Autosport | Philippe Eliard Amaury Heurckmans Philippe Ménage | Opel Vectra | ? | 407 |
| Opel 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 4 | BMW Fina | Marc Duez Vincent Vosse Patrick Huisman | BMW 320i | ? | ? |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 21 | PSI Motorsport | Stéphane De Groodt Éric Bachelart  Markus Palttala | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 5 | LO Racing | Sébastien Ugeux Martial Chouvel Geoffroy Horion | Alfa Romeo 156 | ? | ? |
| Alfa Romeo 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 2 | Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg | Vincent Radermecker Jeffrey van Hooydonk Eric van de Poele | Peugeot 306 GTI | D | ? |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 7 | ELR & Barwell Motorsport | Gabriele Tarquini  Tom Kristensen Philippe Tollenaire | Honda Accord | ? | ? |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 10 | BMW Fina | Grégoire de Mévius David Saelens Thomas Winkelhock | BMW 320i | ? | ? |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 57 | Kissling Motorsport | Nicolas Kropp Luigi Vroman Stefan Kissling | Opel Astra OPC | ? | ? |
| Opel 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 8 | ELR & Barwell Motorsport | David Leslie James Kaye Mark Lemmer | Honda Accord | ? | ? |
| Honda 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 51 | Max Team | Sandro Sardelli Paolo Zadra Walter Meloni | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 9 | BMW Fina | Frédéric Baugnée Eric Jamar Sylvie Delcour | BMW 320i | ||
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 23 | RJN Motorsport | Stéphane Lémeret Chris Buncombe  Tommy Rustad | Nissan Primera | ? | ? |
| Nissan 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 6 | LO Racing | Larry Cols Sylvain Noël Stefan van Campenhoudt | Alfa Romeo 156 | ? | ? |
| Alfa Romeo 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 48 | Taverna Racing & Classic | Alex Caffi Beppe Gabbiani Ettore Bonaldi | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 34 | Automobil Club Munchen |  Rod Hicks Kevin Bell Alfrid Hilger | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 32 | Ian Khan | Adrian Willmott Ian Khan Mark Peters | BMW M3 | ? | |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 30 | Redhouse | Howard Redhouse Stuart Wright Arthur Atkinson | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 35 | EBRT | Jean-Pierre Blaise Bernard Crouquet Jean-Louis Raxhon | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 14 | MG Racing | Marc Rostan Pierre Petit Jean-Bernard Bouvet | Peugeot 306 GTI | ? | ? |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 24 | Düller Motorsport | Anthony Kumpen Jérôme Thiry Carlo Geeraedts | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.2L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 75 | Team Jota | John Stack Sam Hignett Gavin Pickering | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 18 | Gurzo Racing | Giovanni Bruno Pierre Bousson Peter Gurzo | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 55 | Mühlner Motorsport | Wolfgang Sevelsbergh Heinz-Josef Bermes Marco Werner | Opel Astra OPC | ? | ? |
| Opel 2.2L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 46 | MSC Adenau | Alain Goffin Michel Plennevaux Jean-Paul Libert | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 45 |  Kimoto Racing Team | Masahiro Kimoto Dave Karaskas Paul Simons | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 27 | EBRT | Christophe Geoffroy Vincent Grignard Eric Gressens | BMW 320i | ? | ? |
| BMW 2.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 77 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Eric Allegaert Frédérick Colaux Franck Colaux | Peugeot 306 GTi | ? | ? |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 63 | Ecurie Le Perron | Ludovic Simon Patrick Gonin Philippe Haezebrouck | Renault Mégane | ? | ? |
| Renault 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 41 | Ecurie Villeneuve-les-Avignon | Gérard Tremblay Christian Tant Francis Maillet | BMW M3 | ? | ? |
| BMW 3.0L I6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 59 | Patrick Racing | Pascal Witmeur Pierre van Vilet Christophe Giltaire | Peugeot 306 16S | ? | ? |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 19 | Spork Racing Team | Ronny De Lannoy Herman Adriaenssens Georges Colman | Volkswagen Golf Mk3 | ? | ? |
| Volkswagen 2.6L V6 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 66 | Ecurie Bruxelloise | Pascal Vandeput Philippe Houtmans Luc Havelange | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 58 | GZ Team | Sébastien Giltaire Richard Labro Michel Carle | Peugeot 306 16S | ? | ? |
| Peugeot 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 73 | Racing Car Mosan | Michel Wilders Catherine Liegeois Alexandre Leens | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 74 | Quartz Racing | Del Delaronde Peter Morss Paul Michael | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 69 | Peter Gurzo | Marc Voussure Jean-Pierre Baudart Alain Ronchail | Honda Civic | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.6L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 79 | Savoie | Jean-Luc Crétier Henri Leconte Christophe Couvert | Renault Clio | ? | ? |
| Renault 2.0L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 67 | Wizja TV | Olivier de Wilde Claude Corthals David Sterckx | Volkswagen Golf Mk3 | ? | ? |
| Volkswagen 2.8L V6 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 36 | EBRT | Marc Lander Lino Pecoraro Serge Hercek-Pilek | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SPD | 85 | Eurotech / HP Team | Rob Knook Leon Bastiaens Huub Vermeulen | SEAT Ibiza TDI | ? | ? |
| SEAT 1.9L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 71 | Kimoto Racing Team | Akira Yoshimoto Toshihisa Kouno Jozef van Samang | Honda Integra Type-R | ? | ? |
| Honda 1.8L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SP | 61 | Excelsior Antwerpen | Luc Meeusen Dirk van Rompuy Patrick Schreurs | Saab 9-3 Viggen | ? | ? |
| Saab 2.3L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | SPD | 84 | Eurotech / HP Team | Peter van der Kolk Herman Buurman Wim Noorman | SEAT Ibiza TDI | ? | ? |
| SEAT 1.9L I4 | |||||||
| DNF | N | 80 | Ecurie Baudouin Visétoise | Robert Matot Jérôme Naveaux Andrew Delahunty | Citroën Xsara | ? | ? |
| Citroën 2.0L I4 |
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