Victory in the GT2 class went to the BMS Scuderia Italia F430, driven by Matteo Malucelli, Paolo Ruberti, Joel Camathias and Davide Rigon, who finished the race having completed 555 laps, totalling 3887.22 kilometres.

The eagerly awaited and most important appointment on the FIA GT International Championship calendar, took place at the weekend at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, with the 61st running of the 24 Hours, one of the oldest and most fascinating races in the history of motor sport and the only one to count for double points.

Victory in the GT2 class went to the BMS Scuderia Italia F430, driven by Matteo Malucelli, Paolo Ruberti, Joel Camathias and Davide Rigon, who finished the race having completed 555 laps, totalling 3887.22 kilometres. They had to fight hard throughout the 24 hours to get the better of the second placed Porsche 997, crewed by Collard, Westbrook and Lieb.

“This is my second Spa win in a row, so I’m very happy," Malucelli commented. "Last year I won in a Porsche, this year it’s a Ferrari. I had a small problem with the traction control and I spun at La Source, but apart from that the car was perfect. This was very important for our championship challenge – we’re now in second position, but it will be very difficult to catch Vilander and Bruni.” For BMS Scuderia Italia it was the team's second consecutive win in the GT2 class at Spa, last year they won using the Porsche 911, while for Ferrari it was the second 24 hour win of the year, following on from Risi Competizione's victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

A well deserved trip to the third step of the podium went to the AF Corse crew of Gianmaria Bruni, Tony Vilander, Jaime Melo and Mika Salo, who were front runners despite having to start the race from the pit lane after having to change engines during qualifying and having to make an unscheduled stop to fix a broken hydraulic jack, which cost them a several laps.

Ferrari maintains its lead in the championship thanks to AF Corse, BMS Scuderia Italia and CR Scuderia, the trio are solidly heading the teams' classification on 79, 50 and 35.5 points respectively. The next round of the FIA GT Championship, the sixth appointment of the season, will take place at the Bucharest Circuit in Romania, over the weekend of 24th August.