The 2009 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the 62nd running of the Spa 24 Hours and the fourth round of the 2009 FIA GT Championship season. The race took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps between 25 and 26 July 2009. Joining the FIA GT Championship competitors were cars from numerous national GT series as well as competitors from the FIA GT3 European Championship. This was the last time GT1 machinery was eligible for the race, as well as the last Spa 24 Hours that was part of the FIA GT Championship.

PK Carsport's Anthony Kumpen, Mike Hezemans, Kurt Mollekens, and Jos Menten won the race for the second time for Corvette, leading a Vitaphone Racing Maserati and a Phoenix Racing Audi for the overall podium. The GT2 category was won by AF Corse Ferrari, while the Ford GT of Matech GT Racing won amongst G3 entries.

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Qualifying Qualifying's three sessions were hampered by rain, with the only dry track time coming in the early minutes of the first session. The three Vitaphone Maseratis were able to quickly grab the top positions before the rains came, locking them into that position as no improvements were able to be made in any of the latter wet sessions.

The No. 120 Rossa Corsa Ferrari and No. 11 Full Speed Racing Saleen were required to start from pit lane after they both changed engines following qualifying. The two PMB Motorsports Porsches did not participate in any of the three qualifying sessions and also had to start from pit lane.

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Lap Time Grid 1 GT1 No.2 Vitaphone Racing Team 2:18.030 1 2 GT1 No.33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL 2:18.591 2 3 GT1 No.1 Vitaphone Racing Team 2:19.222 3 4 GT1 No.8 Sangari Team Brazil 2:19.530 4 5 GT1 No.3 Selleslagh Racing Team 2:19.670 5 6 GT1 No.40 Marc VDS Racing Team 2:21.881 6 7 GT1 No.4 PK Carsport 2:22.640 7 8 GT1 No.35 Nissan Motorsports 2:24.109 8 9 GT2 No.50 AF Corse 2:25.232 9 10 GT2 No.55 CRS Racing 2:26.349 10 11 G3 No.121 Matech GT Racing 2:26.364 11 12 GT2 No.59 Trackspeed Racing 2:26.471 12 13 GT2 No.77 BMS Scuderia Italia 2:26.584 13 14 GT2 No.51 AF Corse 2:27.245 14 15 GT2 No.70 IMSA Performance Matmut 2:28.038 15 16 GT2 No.60 Prospeed Competition 2:28.133 16 17 G2 No.111 Phoenix Racing 2:28.327 17 18 GT2 No.97 Brixia Racing 2:29.320 18 19 G3 No.172 Barwell Motorsports 2:30.014 19 20 G3 No.145 First Motorsport 2:30.458 20 21 GT2 No.56 CRS Racing 2:30.593 21 22 G3 No.123 Mühlner Motorsport 2:30.648 22 23 G3 No.174 M.P. Sport 2:31.472 23 24 G2 No.118 Gravity Racing International 2:31.601 24 25 G3 No.124 Mühlner Motorsport 2:31.693 25 26 G3 No.122 Matech GT Racing 2:31.796 26 27 GT2 No.99 JMB Racing 2:32.294 27 28 GT2 No.61 Prospeed Competition 2:36.050 28 29 G2 No.116 Jetalliance Racing 2:39.943 29 30 G3 No.120 Rossa Corsa 2:39.981 Pit 31 G3 No.160 Prospeed Competition 2:41.463 30 32 GT1 No.11 Full Speed Racing Team 2:41.902 Pit 33 G2 No.110 G&A Racing 2:52.360 31 34 G3 No.161 Prospeed Competition 2:55.564 32 35 GT2 No.78 BMS Scuderia Italia 2:58.437 33 36 GT2 No.95 PeCom Racing 2:59.646 35 37 G3 No.175 M.P. Garage 3:00.933 34 – G2 No.117 PMB Motorsport No Time Pit – G2 No.115 PMB Motorsport No Time Pit

Race Victory in the race went to the number 4 PK Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1, which finished 11 laps ahead of the second placed Maserati MC12 GT1 of Vitaphone Racing Team DHL. Phoenix Racing, AF Corse and Matech GT Racing took class victories.

Following the race, Porsche revealed that all of their cars participating in the GT2 category had used steel sleeves which did not match the homologation papers for the 997 GT3-RSR. The FIA later disqualified all Porsches from the GT2 category for this violation, amending the final race results.

Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 GT1 4 PK Carsport Anthony Kumpen Kurt Mollekens Mike Hezemans Jos Menten Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 559 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 2 GT1 33 Vitaphone Racing Team DHL Vincent Vosse Stéphane Lémeret Alessandro Pier Guidi Carl Rosenblad Maserati MC12 GT1 548 Maserati 6.0 L V12 3 G2 111 Phoenix Racing Marcel Fässler Henri Moser Alexandros Margaritis Marc Basseng Audi R8 LMS 544 Audi 5.2 L V10 4 GT2 50 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander Jaime Melo Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari F430 GT2 540 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 5 GT2 56 CRS Racing Rob Bell Andrew Kirkaldy Antonio García Peter Kox Ferrari F430 GT2 528 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 6 GT2 55 CRS Racing Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Phil Quaife Chris Goodwin Ferrari F430 GT2 525 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 7 G3 121 Matech GT Racing Thomas Mutsch Marc Hennerici Maxime Martin Peter Wyss Ford GT GT3 519 Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8 8 G3 123 Mühlner Motorsport Christian Lefort François Verbist Rodney Forbes Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 518 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 9 G3 161 Prospeed Competition Markus Palttala Niki Lanik David Loix Oskar Slingerland Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 517 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 10 GT1 35 Nissan Motorsports Gigawave Motorsport Darren Turner Anthony Davidson Michael Krumm Nissan GT-R GT1 513 Nissan 5.6 L V8 11 G3 172 Barwell Motorsport Eddy Renard Koen Wauters Jeffrey van Hooydonk Julien Schroyen Aston Martin DBRS9 503 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 12 G3 145 First Motorsport Christian Kelders Philippe Greisch Éric Hélary Daniel Desbrueres Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 497 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT1 1 Vitaphone Racing Team Michael Bartels Andrea Bertolini Stéphane Sarrazin Alexandre Negrão Maserati MC12 GT1 489 Maserati 6.0 L V12 14 G2 116 Jetalliance Racing Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer Vitus Eckert Martin Rich Ryan Sharp Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 487 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 15 GT1 3 Selleslagh Racing Team Bert Longin Maxime Soulet James Ruffier Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 485 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 16 G3 160 Prospeed Competition Christophe Kerhove Rémy Brouard Eric Havette Philippe Nozière Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 484 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17 G3 120 Rosso Corsa Michael Cullen Paddy Shovlin Mark Patterson Peter Ludwig Ferrari F430 GT3 476 Ferrari 4.3 L V8 18DNF GT1 2 Vitaphone Racing Team Miguel Ramos Pedro Lamy Alex Müller Eric van de Poele Maserati MC12 GT1 419 Maserati 6.0 L V12 19DNF GT2 99 JMB Racing Maurizio Basso Peter Kutemann John Hartshorne Stéphane Daoudi Ferrari F430 GT2 406 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 20NC G2 110 G&A Racing Guino Kenis Michael De Keersmaecker Patrick Smets Joël Schuybroeck Mosler MT900R GT3 403 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 21DNF GT2 77 BMS Scuderia Italia Paolo Ruberti Matteo Malucelli Diego Romanini Kenneth Heyer Ferrari F430 GT2 329 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 22NC GT1 40 Marc VDS Racing Team Renaud Kuppens Bas Leinders Eric De Doncker Ford GT1 318 Ford 5.0 L V8 23DNF GT2 51 AF Corse Álvaro Barba Niki Cadei Matías Russo Pierre Kaffer Ferrari F430 GT2 316 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 24DNF G3 174 M.P. Racing Sport Garage Romain Brandela Gaël Lesoudier Thierry Prignaud André Alain Corbel BMW Alpina B6 GT3 288 BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8 25DNF G3 122 Matech GT Racing Alexandre Funari Negrão Constantino de Oliveira Jr. Luiz Clemente Lunardi Andreas Mattheis Ford GT GT3 272 Ford 5.0 L Supercharged V8 26DNF G3 124 Mühlner Motorsport Jürgen Häring Achim Dürr René Bourdeaux Dimitrios Konstantinou Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 234 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 27DNF G2 117 PMB Motorsport Wolfgang Kaufmann Philippe Ullman Gilles Vannelet Jonathan Hirschi Porsche 996 GT2-R 159 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28DNF GT1 11 Full Speed Racing Team Robert Dierick Carlo van Dam Arjan van der Zwaan Rob van der Zwaan Saleen S7-R 128 Ford 7.0 L V8 29DNF G2 118 Gravity Racing International Jacques Villeneuve Vincent Radermecker Loris de Sordi Ho-Pin Tung Mosler MT900R GT3 65 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 30DNF GT1 8 Sangari Team Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Roberto Streit Xavier Maassen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 55 Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0 L V8 31DNF G2 115 PMB Motorsport Gérard Tremblay Dominique Nury Christophe Lapierre Jean-Charles Perrin Porsche 996 GT2-R 26 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 32DNF G3 175 M.P. Racing Sport Garage Michaël Petit Ange Barde Pascal Hugot Valentin Hummel BMW Alpina B6 GT3 3 BMW 4.4 L Supercharged V8 33DNF GT2 78 BMS Scuderia Italia Fabio Babini Christian Pescatori Marcello Zani Ferrari F430 GT2 3 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 34DNF GT2 95 PeCom Racing Team AF Corse Lorenzo Casè Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Ferrari F430 GT2 3 Ferrari 4.0 L V8 DSQ GT2 97 Brixia Racing Luigi Lucchini Martin Ragginger Marco Holzer Bryce Miller Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 535 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ GT2 61 Prospeed Competition Paul van Splunteren Raymond Coronel Niek Hommerson Louis Machiels Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 527 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ GT2 60 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard Richard Westbrook Sean Edwards Darryl O'Young Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 526 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ GT2 59 Trackspeed Racing Tim Sugden David Ashburn Stéphane Ortelli Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 486 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ GT2 70 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 425 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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