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2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa | Superpole | Rovera puts #51 AF Corse Ferrari on top as penalties reshape final order

Karishma Persad011 mins
Alessio Rovera secured pole position for the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa aboard the #51 AF Corse Ferrari after a strong Superpole session.
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Alessio Rovera delivered a commanding performance to secure pole position for the 2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa aboard the #51 AF Corse Ferrari.

Rovera topped all four stages of the new knockout Superpole format before completing a 2:18.613 in the final one-lap shootout. Tom Fleming placed the Gold Cup-entered #58 Garage 59 McLaren second, 0.428 seconds behind, while Jules Gounon completed the final top three for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing.

Arthur Leclerc initially placed the sister #50 AF Corse Ferrari third. However, the stewards deleted all of the car’s Superpole times after technical checks found that its pressure sensors had not recorded the required Pboost data.

Further decisions removed the #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi, #34 Natural Elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin and #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin from the final classification. Therefore, the official result lists 28 classified cars and four not-classified entries.

2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa: Superpole 1: Rovera controls the opening 32-car segment

Superpole began at 15:05 local time under scorching conditions. The air temperature stood at 34.7°C, while the track reached 55°C as all 32 qualifiers entered the opening 10-minute segment.

Rovera immediately established himself as the driver to beat. The Italian recorded a 2:18.330 in the #51 Ferrari, finishing 0.485 seconds ahead of Fleming.

Leclerc provisionally placed third with a 2:18.880, while Frederik Schandorff took fourth in the #71 Selected Car Racing Ferrari. Then, César Gazeau followed in fifth for GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros and led the Silver Cup runners at that stage.

The session reduced the field from 32 cars to 16. Marvin Kirchhöfer claimed the final place in the next round with a 2:19.617 in the #59 Garage 59 McLaren, edging Morris Schuring’s #2 Boutsen VDS Porsche by 0.089 seconds.

Meanwhile, all three BMW entries dropped out. Jordan Pepper came closest to progressing in the #32 Team WRT car, but his 2:19.743 left him 18th in the provisional order. Raffaele Marciello placed 21st for ROWE Racing, while Max Hesse finished 23rd in the second Team WRT BMW.

Eliminated after Superpole 1

  1. #2 Boutsen VDS Porsche – Morris Schuring / Dorian Boccolacci / Alessio Picariello: 2:19.706
  2. #32 Team WRT BMW – Kelvin van der Linde / Jordan Pepper / Charles Weerts: 2:19.743
  3. #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche – Ayhancan Güven / Matt Campbell / Frédéric Makowiecki: 2:19.828
  4. #63 TGI Team by GRT Lamborghini – Franck Perera / Maximilian Paul / Mirko Bortolotti: 2:19.830
  5. #98 ROWE Racing BMW – Augusto Farfus / Jake Dennis / Raffaele Marciello: 2:19.841
  6. #44 Greystone GT McLaren – Zac Meakin / Jayden Kelly / Tommy Pintos / Josh Rattican: 2:19.850
  7. #46 Team WRT BMW – Valentino Rossi / Daniel Harper / Max Hesse: 2:19.921
  8. #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin – Mattia Drudi / Marco Sørensen / Nicki Thiim: 2:19.926
  9. #34 Natural Elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin – Jamie Day / Christian Krognes / Henrique Chaves: 2:20.011
  10. #4 Optimum Motorsport McLaren – Adam Smalley / Freddie Tomlinson / Harry George / Ruben Del Sarte: 2:20.017
  11. #20 Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG – Levente Révész / Christian Mansell / Yannick Mettler / Rui Andrade: 2:20.072
  12. #10 Boutsen VDS Porsche – Gilles Magnus / Robin Knutsson / Alessandro Ghiretti: 2:20.079
  13. #998 ROWE Racing BMW – Ugo de Wilde / Tim Tramnitz / Jens Klingmann: 2:20.119
  14. #25 Saintéloc Racing Audi – Ezequiel Pérez Companc / Etienne Cheli / Ivan Klymenko / Lucas Légeret: 2:20.138
  15. #52 AF Corse Ferrari – Francesco Braschi / Jeff Machiels / Matías Zagazeta / Gilles Stadsbader: 2:20.253
  16. #96 Rutronik Racing Lamborghini – Luca Engstler / Marco Mapelli / Patric Niederhauser: 2:20.436

The list reflects the live knockout order. The stewards later deleted every Superpole lap from the #7 and #34 Aston Martins, placing both cars among the not-classified entries in the final Superpole results. The same final classification also removed the progressing #50 Ferrari and #66 Audi after separate technical infringements.

Superpole 1 result

2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa: Superpole 2: Rovera stays ahead as Levi and Fleming shine

The remaining 16 cars returned for a seven-minute second segment, with only eight positions available in Superpole 3. This time, Rovera again set the pace. His 2:18.775 gave the #51 Ferrari a 0.430-second advantage over Ariel Levi’s #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi in the provisional results.

Levi produced one of the session’s standout performances and temporarily placed the Silver Cup Audi second overall. Fleming followed only 0.015 seconds behind, while Leclerc placed fourth in the #50 Ferrari. Finally, Lucas Auer, Schandorff, Gounon and Dennis Marschall completed the provisional top eight and progressed to the next stage.

Kirchhöfer narrowly missed another advancement. The defending Superpole winner placed ninth in the #59 McLaren with a 2:19.567, only 0.099 seconds behind Marschall.

Further back, Ricardo Feller struggled to reproduce his earlier pace in the #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche. His 2:20.304 left the provisional Combined Qualifying runner-up 16th in the session.

Eliminated after Superpole 2

  1. #59 Garage 59 McLaren – Joseph Loake / Dean Macdonald / Marvin Kirchhöfer: 2:19.567
  2. #99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi – Dylan Pereira / Andrea Frassineti / Alex Aka: 2:19.613
  3. #6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes-AMG – Anthony Bartone / Aurélien Panis / César Gazeau / Karol Basz: 2:19.627
  4. #64 HRT Ford Racing – Arjun Maini / Fabio Scherer / Thomas Drouet: 2:19.644
  5. #45 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari – Rafael Duran / Dylan Medler / Alessandro Balzan / David Perel: 2:19.852
  6. #23 Team RJN McLaren – Wyatt Brichacek / Horatio Fitz-Simon / Maxwell Lynn / Ben Dörr: 2:19.893
  7. #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren – Salman Owega / Dante Rappange / Guilherme Oliveira / Mikey Porter: 2:19.920
  8. #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche – Ricardo Feller / Thomas Preining / Bastian Buus: 2:20.304

The provisional classification sent the #50 and #66 cars into Superpole 3. However, later technical decisions erased all of their Superpole laps. Therefore, the final Superpole 2 result lists Rovera ahead of Fleming, Auer, Schandorff, Gounon and Marschall, with Leclerc and Levi not classified.

Superpole 2 result

2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa: Superpole 3: Fleming and Gounon prevent an all-Ferrari shootout

Superpole 3 reduced the remaining eight-car field to four. Once again, Rovera led the session. He completed a 2:18.971 and beat Leclerc’s provisional second-place time by 0.188 seconds.

Fleming produced another impressive lap to place third, while Gounon secured the final shootout position in fourth. Their performances prevented Ferrari from controlling every place in the final four.

Schandorff missed the cut by only 0.039 seconds. He recorded a 2:19.257 in the #71 Ferrari, while Levi followed 0.015 seconds behind in the #66 Audi. Marschall finished seventh on the road for Kessel Racing, while Auer completed the provisional eight-car order.

The #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari had already secured Bronze Cup pole as the category’s only representative in Superpole. Nevertheless, Marschall’s pace placed the car firmly among several leading Pro and Gold Cup crews.

Eliminated after Superpole 3

  1. #71 Selected Car Racing Ferrari – Conrad Laursen / Malte Ebdrup / Simon Birch / Frederik Schandorff: 2:19.257
  2. #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi – Mark Kastelic / Ariel Levi / Sebastian Øgaard / Rocco Mazzola: 2:19.272
  3. #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari – Dustin Blattner / Ben Tuck / Mathys Jaubert / Dennis Marschall: 2:19.307
  4. #48 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER – Lucas Auer / Luca Stolz / Maro Engel: 2:19.478

Post-session penalties significantly changed this segment’s final classification. The stewards deleted every lap from the #50 Ferrari and #66 Audi. As a result, Fleming moved to second, Gounon took third, Schandorff climbed to fourth, Marschall moved into fifth and Auer took sixth in the official Superpole 3 result.

Superpole 3 result

2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa: Superpole 4: Rovera converts his advantage into pole

The final four drivers faced a one-lap shootout in even hotter conditions. The track temperature reached 55.6°C, while the air temperature rose to 35.3°C by the end of the session.

Leclerc completed the first representative lap and stopped the clock at 2:19.261. However, Rovera immediately established a much faster benchmark. The #51 Ferrari completed the 7.004-kilometre circuit in 2:18.613, beating Leclerc’s provisional time by 0.648 seconds.

However, Fleming then prevented an AF Corse front-row sweep. The Garage 59 driver recorded a 2:19.041, finishing 0.428 seconds behind Rovera and more than two-tenths ahead of Leclerc.

Gounon completed a 2:19.735 and initially placed fourth, 1.122 seconds behind the pole-winning Ferrari. However, the penalty for the #50 promoted the Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing entry to third in the final order.

Rovera’s performance gave Ferrari its first CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa pole since James Calado led the 2017 Superpole for the AF Corse-run Kaspersky Motorsport team. The #51 entry also enters the race after consecutive Spa podiums, with Rovera forming part of the crew on both occasions.

Superpole 4 final result

  1. #51 AF Corse Ferrari – Alessio Rovera / Tommaso Mosca / Nicklas Nielsen: 2:18.613
  2. #58 Garage 59 McLaren – Tom Fleming / Louis Prette / Benjamin Goethe: 2:19.041, +0.428
  3. #50 AF Corse Ferrari – Lilou Wadoux / Arthur Leclerc / Sean Gelael: 2:19.261, +0.648
  4. #3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing – Dani Juncadella / Chris Lulham / Jules Gounon: 2:19.735, +1.122

The provisional result had placed Leclerc third with a 2:19.261. The final decision removed that lap and every other time set by the #50 Ferrari across the four segments.

Superpole 4 result

Four technical decisions reshape the final order

The stewards’ decisions altered the provisional results several hours after the session.

Technical checks found that the #50 AF Corse Ferrari had not recorded the required Pboost information because its pressure sensors had not remained connected. The stewards therefore deleted all of the car’s laps from Superpole 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi also lost every Superpole time. Technical officials found that its minimum ride height and minimum rear-wing Z position did not comply with the applicable Balance of Performance requirements. Consequently, Levi lost provisional sixth overall and Silver Cup pole.

The stewards also removed the #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin after it recorded a 16mbar overboost. Therefore, they applied the same penalty to the #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin after officials measured a 15mbar overboost. Both cars had already dropped out during the opening segment, but the decisions moved them from the classified order into the not-classified section.

Officials had already removed selected laps for track-limit infringements before publishing the provisional sheets. Therefore, those deletions did not create further differences between the provisional and final classifications.

Final class pole winners

Pro

  1. #51 AF Corse Ferrari – Alessio Rovera / Tommaso Mosca / Nicklas Nielsen: 2:18.613, P1 overall

Gold

  1. #58 Garage 59 McLaren – Tom Fleming / Louis Prette / Benjamin Goethe: 2:19.041, P2 overall

Silver

  1. #6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes-AMG – Anthony Bartone / Aurélien Panis / César Gazeau / Karol Basz: 2:19.627, P9 overall

Bronze

  1. #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari – Dustin Blattner / Ben Tuck / Mathys Jaubert / Dennis Marschall: 2:19.307, P5 overall

Pro-Am

  1. #86 High Class Racing Porsche – Kerong Li / Anders Fjordbach / Bo Yuan / Hongli Ye

Notes

No Pro-Am entry qualified for Superpole. The #66 Audi had provisionally secured Silver Cup pole, but its technical penalty promoted the #6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes-AMG to the head of the class.

2026 CrowdStrike 24H of Spa Superpole: Final results

  1. #51 AF Corse Ferrari – Alessio Rovera / Tommaso Mosca / Nicklas Nielsen: 2:18.613
  2. #58 Garage 59 McLaren – Tom Fleming / Louis Prette / Benjamin Goethe: 2:19.041
  3. #3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing – Dani Juncadella / Chris Lulham / Jules Gounon: 2:19.735
  4. #71 Selected Car Racing Ferrari – Conrad Laursen / Malte Ebdrup / Simon Birch / Frederik Schandorff: 2:19.257 in Superpole 3
  5. #74 Kessel Racing Ferrari – Dustin Blattner / Ben Tuck / Mathys Jaubert / Dennis Marschall: 2:19.307 in Superpole 3
  6. #48 Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER – Lucas Auer / Luca Stolz / Maro Engel: 2:19.478 in Superpole 3
  7. #59 Garage 59 McLaren – Joseph Loake / Dean Macdonald / Marvin Kirchhöfer: 2:19.567 in Superpole 2
  8. #99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi – Dylan Pereira / Andrea Frassineti / Alex Aka: 2:19.613 in Superpole 2
  9. #6 GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros Mercedes-AMG – Anthony Bartone / Aurélien Panis / César Gazeau / Karol Basz: 2:19.627 in Superpole 2
  10. #64 HRT Ford Racing – Arjun Maini / Fabio Scherer / Thomas Drouet: 2:19.644 in Superpole 2
  11. #45 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari – Rafael Duran / Dylan Medler / Alessandro Balzan / David Perel: 2:19.852 in Superpole 2
  12. #23 Team RJN McLaren – Wyatt Brichacek / Horatio Fitz-Simon / Maxwell Lynn / Ben Dörr: 2:19.893 in Superpole 2
  13. #5 Optimum Motorsport McLaren – Salman Owega / Dante Rappange / Guilherme Oliveira / Mikey Porter: 2:19.920 in Superpole 2
  14. #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche – Ricardo Feller / Thomas Preining / Bastian Buus: 2:20.304 in Superpole 2
  15. #2 Boutsen VDS Porsche – Morris Schuring / Dorian Boccolacci / Alessio Picariello: 2:19.706 in Superpole 1
  16. #32 Team WRT BMW – Kelvin van der Linde / Jordan Pepper / Charles Weerts: 2:19.743 in Superpole 1
  17. #22 Schumacher CLRT Porsche – Ayhancan Güven / Matt Campbell / Frédéric Makowiecki: 2:19.828 in Superpole 1
  18. #63 TGI Team by GRT Lamborghini – Franck Perera / Maximilian Paul / Mirko Bortolotti: 2:19.830 in Superpole 1
  19. #98 ROWE Racing BMW – Augusto Farfus / Jake Dennis / Raffaele Marciello: 2:19.841 in Superpole 1
  20. #44 Greystone GT McLaren – Zac Meakin / Jayden Kelly / Tommy Pintos / Josh Rattican: 2:19.850 in Superpole 1
  21. #46 Team WRT BMW – Valentino Rossi / Daniel Harper / Max Hesse: 2:19.921 in Superpole 1
  22. #4 Optimum Motorsport McLaren – Adam Smalley / Freddie Tomlinson / Harry George / Ruben Del Sarte: 2:20.017 in Superpole 1
  23. #20 Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG – Levente Révész / Christian Mansell / Yannick Mettler / Rui Andrade: 2:20.072 in Superpole 1
  24. #10 Boutsen VDS Porsche – Gilles Magnus / Robin Knutsson / Alessandro Ghiretti: 2:20.079 in Superpole 1
  25. #998 ROWE Racing BMW – Ugo de Wilde / Tim Tramnitz / Jens Klingmann: 2:20.119 in Superpole 1
  26. #25 Saintéloc Racing Audi – Ezequiel Pérez Companc / Etienne Cheli / Ivan Klymenko / Lucas Légeret: 2:20.138 in Superpole 1
  27. #52 AF Corse Ferrari – Francesco Braschi / Jeff Machiels / Matías Zagazeta / Gilles Stadsbader: 2:20.253 in Superpole 1
  28. #96 Rutronik Racing Lamborghini – Luca Engstler / Marco Mapelli / Patric Niederhauser: 2:20.436 in Superpole 1

Not classified

  • #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin – Mattia Drudi / Marco Sørensen / Nicki Thiim: all Superpole times deleted
  • #34 Natural Elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin – Jamie Day / Christian Krognes / Henrique Chaves: all Superpole times deleted
  • #50 AF Corse Ferrari – Lilou Wadoux / Arthur Leclerc / Sean Gelael: all Superpole times deleted
  • #66 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi – Mark Kastelic / Ariel Levi / Sebastian Øgaard / Rocco Mazzola: all Superpole times deleted

Rovera leads the field towards Saturday’s race

Therefore, Rovera, Tommaso Mosca and Nicklas Nielsen will begin the 2026 CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa from pole in the #51 Ferrari.

Fleming’s performance places the Gold Cup Garage 59 McLaren alongside them on the front row, while Gounon, Dani Juncadella and Chris Lulham will start third in the #3 Mercedes-AMG.

The race begins at 16:30 local time on Saturday, with the 69-car field facing 24 hours of competition at Spa-Francorchamps.

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