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The 24 Hours of Barcelona (Spanish : 24 Horas de Barcelona) is an endurance motor race held annually in September at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya since 1998. It is considered to be the most important endurance event in Spain and since 2011 it has been co-organized by Creventic, the Dutch company that organizes the 24H Series. [1]
| Year | Overall winner | Car | Team | Laps | Track | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  Francesc Gutiérrez | Javier Buch | Pau Romero | Santiago Puig | BMW M3 | Gamace MC Competició | 918 | National | |
| 1999 | Albert Roquet | Lluís Umbert | Ramón Naqui | Pasqual Germán | Honda Civic | Escudería GM-R | 881 | ||
| 2000 | Carles Villarrubí | Joaquim Folch | Jordi Gené | Jordi Serra | Volkswagen Golf | Superwagen Philips 1 | 598 | GP '95 | |
| 2001 | Carlos Palau | Carles Villarrubí (II) | Joaquim Folch (II) | Jordi Gené (II) | Volkswagen Golf | RACC | 589 | ||
| 2002 | Anselm Llovera | Enric Codony | Jordi Codony | Òscar Nogués | Clio RS 2.0 16V | Team Codony Sport | 610 | ||
| 2003 | Anselm Llovera (II) | Enric Codony (II) | Jordi Codony (II) | Òscar Nogués (II) | Clio RS 2.0 16V | Team Codony Sport (II) | 595 | ||
| 2004 | Jordi Nogués | Òscar Nogués (III) | Sergi Ruiz | Clio RS 2.0 16V | Pujolar Racing Volimes Sintec | 625 | GP '04 | ||
| 2005 | Luis Pérez-Sala |  Manel Cerqueda Jr. | Manel Cerqueda Sr. | Marcel Costa | Seat León Cupra-R (MK1) | Baporo Motorsport Nostrum | 643 | ||
| 2006 | Alfredo Palencia | Antonio Puig | Eduardo Balcázar | SEAT León Supercopa (MK2) | Zener Racing Team | 644 | |||
| 2007 | Albert Vilanova | Cristian Cano | Dani Vilanova | SEAT León Supercopa (MK2) | Gevicar | 616 | GP '07 | ||
| 2008 | Alfredo Palencia (II) | Antonio Puig (II) | Eduardo Balcázar (II) | Francesc Gutiérrez (II) | SEAT León Supercopa (MK2) | Zener Racing Team (II) | 638 | ||
| 2009 | Borja Veiga | Ferrán Monje | Manuel Sáez Merino Jr. | Òscar Nogués (IV) | SEAT León Supercopa (MK2) | Sunred Seven | 649 | ||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| 2011 |  Edwar Sandtröm | Lars Stugemo |  Michael Outzen |  Peter Posavac | BMW Z4 GT3 | Schubert Motorsport | 669 | GP '07 | |
| 2012 |  Adam Christodoulou |  Klaas Hummel | Phil Quaife | Tim Mullen | McLaren MP4-12 GT3 | Lapidus Racing | 640 | ||
| 2013 | Christiaan Frankenhou | Kenneth Heyer |  Michael Kroll | Roland Eggimann | Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 | Hofor Racing | 605 | ||
| 2014 |  Jaromir Jirík | Jiří Písařík |  Matteo Malucelli | Peter Kox | Ferrari 458 GT3 | Scuderia Praha | 653 | ||
| 2015 | Bernd Schneider |  Hari Proczyk | Reinhold Renger |  Sean Johnston | Mercedes SLS AMG | HP Racing | 662 | ||
| 2016 | Alfred Renauer | Daniel Allemann | Ralf Bohn | Robert Renauer | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Precote Herberth Motorsport | 662 | ||
| 2017 | Iván Pareras | Marc de Fulgencio |  Maxime Guillemat |  Nikolay Dmitriev | Nil Montserrat | Ginetta G55 GT4 | NM Racing Team | 643 | |
| 2018 | Alfred Renauer (II) | Daniel Allemann (II) | Ralf Bohn (II) |  Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Herberth Motorsport (II) | 677 | ||
| 2019 | Adrian Amstutz | Dennis Lind | Leonid Machitski |  Patrick Kujala | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Barwell Motorsport | 690 | ||
| 2020 | |||||||||
| 2021 | Alfred Renauer (III) | Daniel Allemann (III) | Ralf Bohn (III) | Robert Renauer (II) | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Herberth Motorsport (III) | 695 | GP '21 | |
| 2022 | Daniel Keilwitz | George Weiss | Indy Dontje | Leonard Weiss |  Nicolás Varrone | Ferrari 488 GT3 | WTM Racing | 696 | |
| 2023 | Julien Andlauer | Gregory Guilvert | Laurent Hurgon | Simon Tirman | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | IMSA LS Group Performance | 725 | GP '23 | |
| 2024 | Scott Noble | Ralf Bohn (IV) | Jason Hart | Dustin Blattner | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Herberth Motorsport (IV) | 738 | ||
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