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2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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Belgium 2023 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Event information
Round 3 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date29 April 2023
LocationStavelot, Belgium
VenueCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Duration6 hours
Results
Laps completed148
Distance (km)1036.592
Distance (miles)644.096
Hypercar
Pole position
Time2:00.812
TeamToyota Gazoo Racing
DriversJapan Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
TeamToyota Gazoo Racing
DriversUnited Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP2
Winners
TeamBelgium WRT
DriversAngola Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
LMGTE Am
Winners
TeamItaly Richard Mille AF Corse
DriversArgentina Luis Pérez Companc
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Lilou Wadoux

The 2023 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium, held on 29 April 2023. It was the third round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and the twelfth running of the event as part of the championship.

Background

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The provisional calendar for the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship released in September 2022. It brought back the Portimaõ race at Autodromo Internacional Algarve for 16 April, leaving only a two-week gap between the previous race at Portimaõ, and the race at Spa.[1]

Entry list

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The provisional entry list was revealed on 29 March 2023. The entry list consisted of a record 13 Hypercar entries, 11 LMP2 entries and 14 LMGTE Am entries. Hertz Team Jota entered the Hypercar class with their customer Porsche 963 for the first time this season, meaning they will only run the No. 28 car in LMP2 for the remainder of the season. Cadillac Racing also entered an additional car for this race. There were no changes in entries in the LMGTE Am category.[2]

On 24 April 2023, Paul Dalla Lana announced he retired from racing effective immediately. Ian James' Heart of Racing Team has taken over the NorthWest AMR entry. Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli and Alex Riberas will drive the No. 98 Aston Martin Vantage AMR during the season. Conforming with championship regulations, the team will keep competing under the NorthWest AMR banner.[3]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Thursday, 27 April 11:30 Free Practice 1
16:20 Free Practice 2
Friday, 28 April 11:00 Free Practice 3
17:00 Qualifying - LMGTE Am
17:25 Qualifying - LMP2
17:50 Qualifying - Hypercar
Saturday, 29 April 12:45 Race
Source:[4]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 2:02.982
LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 2:07.471
LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Brazil Daniel Serra 2:16.177
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 2:01.871
LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns 2:06.108
LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon 2:15.736
Free Practice 3 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 2:08.702
LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 2:10.268
LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni 2:25.726
Source:[5][6][7]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:00.812 - 1
2 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 2:00.836 +0.024 2
3 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 2:00.973 +0.161 3
4 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 2:01.043 +0.231 4
5 Hypercar 3 United States Cadillac Racing 2:02.138 +1.326 5
6 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 2:02.306 +1.494 6
7 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 2:02.907 +2.095 7
8 Hypercar 708 United States Glickenhaus Racing 2:02.960 +2.148 8
9 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 2:03.217 +2.405 9
10 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 2:03.650 +2.838 10
11 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 2:03.879 +3.067 11
12 Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 2:04.614 +3.802 12
13 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:05.979 +5.167 13
14 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT 2:06.318 +5.506 14
15 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing 2:06.506 +5.694 14
16 LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT 2:06.532 +5.720 16
17 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota 2:06.556 +5.744 17
18 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing 2:06.601 +5.789 18
19 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:06.684 +5.872 19
20 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition 2:06.825 +6.013 20
21 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport 2:07.035 +6.223 21
22 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team 2:07.099 +6.287 22
23 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team 2:07.157 +6.345 23
24 LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF 2:17.216 +16.404 24
25 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames 2:19.150 +18.338 25
26 LMGTE Am 88 Germany Proton Competition 2:19.481 +18.669 26
27 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing 2:19.506 +18.694 27
28 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse 2:19.723 +18.911 28
29 LMGTE Am 98 Canada Northwest AMR 2:19.976 +19.164 29
30 LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse 2:20.382 +19.570 30
31 LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing 2:20.507 +19.695 31
32 LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 2:20.515 +19.703 32
33 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:21.247 +20.435 33
34 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing 2:22.469 +21.657 34
35 LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:23.097 +22.285 35
36 LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO No Time 36
37 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing No Time 37
38 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse No Time 38
Source:[8]

Race

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 103 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 148 6:00:24.798‡[N 1]
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 148 +11.637
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 148 +1:09.439
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Denmark Michael Christensen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 148 +1:12.264
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Cadillac V-Series.R M 147 +1 Lap
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
6 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Will Stevens
China Yifei Ye
Porsche 963 M 147 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT Angola Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
8 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
9 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Spain Albert Costa
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
10 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Romania Filip Ugran
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
11 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Frederick Lubin
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12 LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Indonesia Sean Gelael
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13 Hypercar 708 United States Glickenhaus Racing France Romain Dumas
France Franck Mailleux
France Olivier Pla
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 146 +2 Laps
Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8
14 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 146 +2 Laps[N 2]
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
15 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team France Julien Canal
France Charles Milesi
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
16 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Brazil André Negrão
Mexico Memo Rojas
Oreca 07 G 146 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
17 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
United States Gustavo Menezes
Switzerland Nico Müller
Peugeot 9X8 M 146 +2 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
18 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07 G 145 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
19 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
France Doriane Pin
Oreca 07 G 144 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
20 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 140 +8 Laps‡
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Ben Keating
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 140 +8 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22 LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United States Michael Dinan
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 140 +8 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
23 LMGTE Am 88 Germany Proton Competition United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 139 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
24 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 139 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse Italy Diego Alessi
United States Simon Mann
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 139 +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE Am 98 Canada Northwest AMR United States Ian James
Italy Daniel Mancinelli
Spain Alex Riberas
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 139 +9 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing United States Scott Huffaker
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Brazil Daniel Serra
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 139 +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Germany Christian Ried
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 138 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
29 LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 138 +10 Laps[N 3]
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
30 LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 137 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
31 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
Italy Riccardo Pera
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 136 +12 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
Ret Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 106 Accident
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
Ret Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team France Tom Dillmann
Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
Canada Jacques Villeneuve
Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 80 Accident
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
NC LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 79 Accident
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
Ret Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Germany André Lotterer
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 53 Electrics
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
Ret Hypercar 3 United States Cadillac Racing United Kingdom Jack Aitken
France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande
Cadillac V-Series.R M 40 Accident
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
Ret LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport France Gabriel Aubry
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
Oreca 07 G 14 Wheel
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Source:[12]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
G Goodyear
M Michelin

Standings after the race

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Source:[13]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.

References

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  1. ^ Watkins, Gary (29 September 2022). "WEC 2023 calendar expands to seven rounds, Portimao returns". motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (29 March 2023). "13 Hypercars Set For 6 Hours Of Spa-Francorchamps". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (24 April 2023). "Dalla Lana Calls Time on Racing Career". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Spa-Francorchamps - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Spa FP1 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Spa FP2 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Spa FP3 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Spa Q results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Decision No. 39 - Car 7" (PDF). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Decision No. 40 - Car 93" (PDF). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Decision No. 41 - Car 777" (PDF). 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 Spa Race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). FIA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 Spa standings - FIA World Endurance Championship". Retrieved 30 April 2023.

Notes

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  1. ^ The No. 7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid received a 5-second penalty due to overtaking off-track without giving back the position.[9]
  2. ^ The No. 93 Peugeot 9X8 received a 5-second penalty for leaving the pits whilst a mechanic was still in the working area.[10]
  3. ^ The No. 777 Aston Martin Vantage AMR received a time penalty for not meeting the minimum drive time of 1 hours and 45 minutes with their driver Casper Stevenson.[11]


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