The 2005 Proximus 24 Hours of Spa was the 58th running of the Spa 24 Hours and the sixth race for the 2005 FIA GT Championship season. It featured the combination of the FIA GT's two classes (GT1 and GT2) with cars from national and one-make series, designated G2 and G3. It took place on 30 and 31 July 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.
For the FIA GT Championship, the top eight cars in the GT1 and GT2 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.
Note that the factory Aston Martin Racing squads and the GLPK-Carsport team are listed in these results for the place in which they were running at the time. They were however unable to score points and thus are skipped.
| Pos | No | Team | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Vitaphone Racing | 145 |
| 2 | 10 | Vitaphone Racing | 145 |
| – | 28 |  Aston Martin Racing | 144 |
| – | 6 |  GLPK-Carsport | 143 |
| – | 29 | Aston Martin Racing | 143 |
| 3 | 15 |  JMB Racing | 143 |
| 4 | 22 | Renstal Excelsior | 140 |
| 5 | 11 |  Larbre Compétition | 140 |
| 6 | 12 | Larbre Compétition | 139 |
| 7 | 16 | JMB Racing | 138 |
| 8 | 8 | Graham Nash Motorsport | 138 |
| Pos | No | Team | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | GruppeM Racing | 139 |
| 2 | 67 |  Autorlando Sport | 134 |
| 3 | 55 | Embassy Racing | 128 |
| 4 | 56 |  Czech National Team | 121 |
| 5 | 69 | Proton Competition | 116 |
| Pos | No | Team | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Vitaphone Racing | 292 |
| 2 | 10 | Vitaphone Racing | 292 |
| 3 | 15 | JMB Racing | 290 |
| – | 28 | Aston Martin Racing | 286 |
| 4 | 11 | Larbre Compétition | 284 |
| 5 | 12 | Larbre Compétition | 282 |
| 6 | 22 | Renstal Excelsior | 281 |
| 7 | 8 | Graham Nash Motorsport | 278 |
| – | 6 | GLPK-Carsport | 275 |
| – | 29 | Aston Martin Racing | 274 |
| 8 | 3 | GPC Sport | 242 |
| Pos | No | Team | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | GruppeM | 272 |
| 2 | 67 | Autorlando Sport | 272 |
| 3 | 69 | Proton Competition | 239 |
| 4 | 55 | Embassy Racing | 239 |
| 5 | 56 | Czech National Team | 212 |
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 | GT1 | 9 | Vitaphone Racing | Eric van de Poele Michael Bartels Timo Scheider | Maserati MC12 GT1 | P | 576 |
| Maserati 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 2 | GT1 | 15 | JMB Racing | Andrea Bertolini  Karl Wendlinger Philipp Peter | Maserati MC12 GT1 | P | 574 |
| Maserati 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 3 | GT1 | 11 | Larbre Compétition | Vincent Vosse Kurt Mollekens Christophe Bouchut  Gabriele Gardel | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 567 |
| Ferrari 5.9 V12 | |||||||
| 4 | GT1 | 12 | Larbre Compétition | Lilian Bryner Enzo Calderari Steve Zacchia Frédéric Bouvy | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 562 |
| Ferrari 5.9 V12 | |||||||
| 5 | GT1 | 29 | Aston Martin Racing† | Marc Goossens  Peter Kox  Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin DBR9 | M | 557 |
| Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 6 | GT1 | 28 | Aston Martin Racing† |  David Brabham Darren Turner Stéphane Sarrazin | Aston Martin DBR9 | M | 555 |
| Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 7 | GT2 | 66 | GruppeM Racing | Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 541 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 8 | GT1 | 22 | Renstal Excelsior | Marc Duez Jos Menten Bruno Hernandez Eric Cayrolle | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | M | 536 |
| Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | GT2 | 67 | Autorlando Sport | Luigi Moccia Franco Groppi Joël Camathias | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | P | 535 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 10 | GT1 | 8 | Graham Nash Motorsport | Mike Newton  Thomas Erdos Michael Mallock Phil Bennett | Saleen S7-R | P | 529 |
| Ford 7.0L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | G2 | 191 | Renstal de Bokkenrijders TT Racing | Rudi Penders Franz Lamot Bart Couwberghs | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | M | 529 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 12 | G2 | 121 | Force One Racing | Richard Virenque François Labhardt Philippe Prette Didier de Radiguès | Dodge Viper GTS-R | P | 509 |
| Dodge 8.0L V10 | |||||||
| 13 | G2 | 190 | GPR Racing | Nicolas de Gastines Tom Cloet Bert van Rossem Danny De Laet | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 497 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 14 | G3 | 124 | Mühlner Motorsport | Chris Mattheus Steve Van Bellingen Armand Fumal Christophe Geoffroy | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | M | 495 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 15 | GT1 | 3 | GPC Sport | Stéphane Lemeret Loïc Deman Jean-Philippe Belloc Stefano Livio | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | P | 492 |
| Ferrari 6.0 V12 | |||||||
| 16 | GT2 | 69 | Proton Competition | Christian Ried Gerold Ried Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 489 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 17 | G2 | 170 | Ice Pol Racing Team | Yves Lambert Christian Lefort Markus Palttala Jean André | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 486 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 18 | G2 | 108 | Autorlando Sport | Daniel Model Giampaolo Tenchini Salvatore Riolo Dario Cerati | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | P | 477 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | GT2 | 88 | GruppeM Racing | Emmanuel Collard Tim Sugden Stéphane Ortelli | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | M | 477 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 20 | GT2 | 55 | Embassy Racing | Ben Collins  Neil Cunningham Sascha Maassen | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | D | 476 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 21 | G3 | 112 | Jean-Charles Levy | Philippe Nozière Rémy Brouard Philippe Levy Jean-Charles Levy | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P [1] | 469 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 22 | G2 | 173 | Olivier Baron | André-Alain Corbel Olivier Baron Denis Cohignac Thierry Stépec | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 465 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 23 | G2 | 111 | Signa Racing Team | Patrick Chaillet Laurent Nef Jacques Morlet | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | D [1] | 461 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | G2 | 107 | Scuderia Giudici | Gianni Giudici Diego Romanini Raffaele Raimondi | Maserati Gran Sport Light | P | 435 |
| Maserati 4.2L V8 | |||||||
| 25 | GT2 | 56 | Czech National Team | Jan Vonka  Miro Konopka Antonio De Castro | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 423 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 26 DNF | GT1 | 10 | Vitaphone Racing | Fabio Babini Thomas Biagi Jamie Davies | Maserati MC12 GT1 | P | 401 |
| Maserati 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 27 DNF | G2 | 106 | PSI Motorsport | Damien Coens Anthony Beltoise Jean-Luc Blanchemain | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | D | 342 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 28 DNF | G2 | 115 | EBRT Renstal de Bokkenrijders | Olivier Muytjens Rafaël Coenen Roger Grouwels | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | P | 218 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 29 DNF | G3 | 123 | Mühlner Motorsport | Vanina Ickx Heinz-Josef Bermes Jean-François Hemroulle Helmut Reis | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | M | 198 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 30 DNF | GT1 | 16 | JMB Racing | Rob van der Zwaan Arjan van der Zwaan Peter Kutemann | Maserati MC12 GT1 | P | 141 |
| Maserati 6.0L V12 | |||||||
| 31 DNF | GT1 | 14 | Lister Storm Racing | Justin Keen  Liz Halliday Jens Møller Bobby Verdon-Roe | Lister Storm GT | D | 134 |
| Jaguar 7.0 V12 | |||||||
| 32 DNF | GT1 | 17 |  Russian Age Racing | Nikolai Fomenko Alexey Vasilyev Nicolas Minassian Jamie Campbell-Walter | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | M | 96 |
| Ferrari 5.9 V12 | |||||||
| 33 DNF | G2 | 105 | Belgian Racing | Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens Jérôme d'Ambrosio Sylvie Delcour | Gillet Vertigo Streiff | D | 84 |
| Alfa Romeo 3.6L V6 | |||||||
| 34 DNF | GT1 | 2 | GPC Sport | Jean-Denis Délétraz Andrea Piccini Jaime Melo Gianni Morbidelli | Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello | P | 29 |
| Ferrari 6.0 V12 | |||||||
| 35 DNF | G2 | 175 | Ian Khan | Paul Belmondo Ian Khan Charles de Pauw Alain van den Hove | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | P | 2 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 36 DNF | GT2 | 74 | Ebimotors | Emanuele Busnelli Andrea Sovinco Yvan Jacoma Paolo Rapetti | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | D | 1 |
| Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
| DSQ | GT1 | 6 | GLPK-Carsport | Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans Jeroen Bleekemolen | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | M | 563 |
| Chevrolet LS7r 7.0L V8 |
† – These entries are factory teams and thus do not score points for the championship.
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