2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2020 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 13–14 August 2020. The event was originally scheduled to be held on 25 April, but was postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spa-Francorchamps served as the sixth race of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the ninth running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Qualifying edit

Qualifying results edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:59.577 - 1
2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:00.417 +0.840 2
3 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:01.070 +1.493 3
4 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 2:01.907 +2.330 4
5 LMP2 No. 22 United Autosports 2:02.148 +2.571 5
6 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport 2:03.697 +4.120 6
7 LMP2 No. 42 Cool Racing 2:03.956 +4.379 7
8 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:04.198 +4.621 8
9 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Elf 2:04.235 +4.658 9
10 LMP2 No. 33 High Class Racing 2:04.710 +5.133 10
11 LMP2 No. 47 Cetilar Racing 2:05.547 +5.970 11
12 LMGTE-Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 2:14.207 +14.630 12
13 LMGTE-Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:14.635 +15.058 13
14 LMGTE-Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:14.643 +15.066 14
15 LMGTE-Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 2:14.923 +15.346 15
16 LMGTE-Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:15.356 +15.779 16
17 LMGTE-Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:15.383 +15.806 17
18 LMGTE-Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.519 +16.942 17
19 LMGTE-Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:16.649 +17.072 19
20 LMGTE-Am No. 57 Team Project 1 2:17.145 +17.568 20
21 LMGTE-Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:17.563 +17.986 21
22 LMGTE-Am No. 83 AF Corse 2:17.593 +18.016 22
23 LMGTE-Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:17.658 +18.081 23
24 LMGTE-Am No. 54 AF Corse 2:18.314 +18.737 24
25 LMGTE-Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:18.841 +19.264 25
26 LMGTE-Am No. 62 Red River Sport 2:18.945 +19.368 26
27 LMGTE-Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 2:18.967 +19.370 27
28 LMP2 No. 35 Eurasia Motorsport 2:18.997 +19.420 28
29 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 2:02.7741 +3.167 29

1 The #29 Racing Team Nederland started from the back of the grid after the second driver failed to set a time.

Race edit

Race Result edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 101 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.[2]

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
  José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 143 6:00:02.534 ‡
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
  Brendon Hartley
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 143 +34.170
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 1   Rebellion Racing   Bruno Senna
  Gustavo Menezes
  Norman Nato
Rebellion R13 M 142 +1 Lap
Gibson GL 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 22   United Autosports   Filipe Albuquerque
  Philip Hanson
  Paul di Resta
Oreca 07 M 140 +3 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 42   Cool Racing   Antonin Borga
  Alexandre Coigny
  Nicolas Lapierre
Oreca 07 M 139 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 29   Racing Team Nederland   Frits van Eerd [nl]
  Giedo van der Garde
  Nyck de Vries
Oreca 07 M 139 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 38   Jota Sport   António Félix da Costa
  Anthony Davidson
  Roberto González
Oreca 07 G 139 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 47   Cetilar Racing   Andrea Belicchi
  Roberto Lacorte
  Girogio Sernagiotto
Dallara P217 M 137 +6 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMGTE Pro 92   Porsche GT Team   Michael Christensen
  Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 135 +8 Laps ‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
10 LMGTE Pro 95   Aston Martin Racing   Marco Sørensen
  Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 135 +8 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
11 LMGTE Pro 97   Aston Martin Racing   Alex Lynn
  Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 135 +8 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
12 LMGTE Pro 51   AF Corse   James Calado
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 135 +8 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
13 LMGTE Pro 91   Porsche GT Team   Gianmaria Bruni
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 135 +8 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
14 LMGTE Pro 71   AF Corse   Miguel Molina
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 135 +8 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15 LMGTE Am 83   AF Corse   Emmanuel Collard
  Nicklas Nielsen
  François Perrodo
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 134 +9 Laps ‡
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE Am 77   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Matt Campbell
  Riccardo Pera
  Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 134 +9 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 LMGTE Am 90   TF Sport   Jonathan Adam
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 134 +9 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE Am 56   Team Project 1   Matteo Cairoli
  Laurents Hörr
  Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 133 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
19 LMGTE Am 88   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Gianluca Giraudi
  Ricardo Sánchez
  Lucas Legeret
Porsche 911 RSR M 133 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 LMGTE Am 57   Team Project 1   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Felipe Fraga
  Ben Keating
Porsche 911 RSR M 133 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21 LMGTE Am 54   AF Corse   Francesco Castellacci
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 133 +10 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE Am 62   Red River Sport   Bonamy Grimes
  Charles Hollings
  Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 132 +11 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23 LMP2 37   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Ho-Pin Tung
  Ryan Cullen
  Will Stevens
Oreca 07 G 132 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
24 LMP2 33   High Class Racing   Anders Fjordbach
  Mark Patterson
  Kenta Yamashita
Oreca 07 M 132 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
25 LMGTE Am 98   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Augusto Farfus
  Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 131 +12 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE Am 86   Gulf Racing   Ben Barker
  Michael Wainwright
  Andrew Watson
Porsche 911 RSR M 130 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMP1 4   ByKolles Racing Team   Tom Dillmann
  Bruno Spengler
  Oliver Webb
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 126 +17 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
28 LMP2 35   Eurasia Motorsport   Nick Foster
  Roberto Merhi
  Nobuya Yamanaka
Ligier JS P217 M 122 +21 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine Elf   Thomas Laurent
  André Negrão
  Pierre Ragues
Alpine A470 M 106 Crash
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Standings after the race edit

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 6 Hours of Spa Qualifying Results" (PDF).
  2. ^ "2020 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-2020 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2019-2020 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2019–2020 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 August 2020.
  6. ^ "2019–2020 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 August 2020.