2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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.

Belgium 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Event Information
Round 3 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date29 April 2023 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
LocationStavelot, Belgium
VenueCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Results
Race 1
Distance 148 laps km
Pole position Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota Gazoo Racing
2:00.812
Winner United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota Gazoo Racing
6:00:24.798

Background edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Qualifying edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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

Race edit

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

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

Standings after the race edit

Source:[13]

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

References edit

  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 edit

  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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