2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2018 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 3–5 May 2018. Spa-Francorchamps served as the first race of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:54.962 1
2 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:56.425 +1.463 2
3 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:56.992 +2.030 3
4 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:58.247 +3.285 4
5 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 1:58.697 +3.735 5
6 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 2:02.405 +7.443 6
7 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 2:02.429 +7.467 7
8 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:02.824 +7.862 8
9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:03.023 +8.061 9
10 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 2:03.420 +8.458 15
11 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 2:04.703 +9.741 11
12 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 2:05.502 +10.540 12
13 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:05.739 +10.777 13
14 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:12.947 +17.985 14
15 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:13.030 +18.068 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 2:13.034 +18.072 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 2:13:352 +18.390 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 2:14.017 +19.055 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:14.385 +19.423 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:15.104 +20.142 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:15.127 +20.165 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 2:15.142 +20.180 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:16.004 +21.042 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.357 +21.395 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:16.359 +21.397 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:16.637 +21.675 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.768 +21.806 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:17.627 +22.665 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:18.582 +23.550 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:18.917 +23.955 30
31 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2:19.445 +24.483 31
32 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:59.1581 +4.196 WD2
33 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 2:15.3323 +20.370 32
34 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing No Time 33
35 LMP1 No. 5 CEFC TRSM Racing No Time WD4
36 LMP1 No. 6 CEFC TRSM Racing No Time WD4
EX LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No Time5 PL5

^1 – Only one driver of the No. 10 DragonSpeed set a lap time.
^2 – No.10 DragonSpeed withdrew due to Fittipaldi's high-speed crash at Eau Rouge.
^3 – Only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing set a lap time.
^4 – Both Manors-run Ginettas withdrew after qualifying due to financial issues.
^5 – No.7 Toyota was excluded due to incorrect declaration of Fuel Flow Meter and will start from pit lane a lap down.[2]

Race

Race result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 114 laps. Class winners in bold.[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 163 06:00:50.702
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 163 +1.444
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche
Thomas Laurent
Gustavo Menezes
Rebellion R13 M 161 +2 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb
Dominik Kraihamer
Tom Dillmann
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 158 +5 Laps
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
5 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin
Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 158 +5 Laps
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne
Andrea Pizzitola
Oreca 07 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung
Gabriel Aubry
Stéphane Richelmi
Oreca 07 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
André Negrão
Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar
Weiron Tan
Nabil Jeffri
Oreca 07 D 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 28 TDS Racing François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Loïc Duval
Oreca 07 D 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Roberto González
Pastor Maldonado
Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 M 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed
Romano Ricci
Julien Canal
Ligier JS P217 M 152 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMGTE
Pro
66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke
Olivier Pla
Billy Johnson
Ford GT M 148 +15 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 LMGTE
Pro
92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 148 +15 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 147 +16 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
91 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR M 147 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 LMGTE
Pro
82 BMW Team MTEK Tom Blomqvist
António Félix da Costa
BMW M8 GTE M 146 +17 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn
Maxime Martin
Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 146 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim
Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 146 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE
Pro
81 BMW Team MTEK Martin Tomczyk
Nick Catsburg
BMW M8 GTE M 145 +18 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 144 +19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
90 TF Sport Salih Yoluç
Euan Alers-Hankey
Charlie Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 144 +19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am
61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok
Keita Sawa
Matt Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE M 143 +20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Am
77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried
Julien Andlauer
Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 RSR M 142 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE
Am
70 MR Racing Motoaki Ishikawa
Olivier Beretta
Eddie Cheever III
Ferrari 488 GTE M 142 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE
Am
88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Khalid Al-Qubaisi
Gianluca Roda
Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR M 141 +22 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 139 +24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Jan Lammers
Dallara P217 M 139 +24 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am
86 Gulf Racing UK Michael Wainwright
Ben Barker
Alex Davison
Porsche 911 RSR M 137 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE
Am
54 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE M 136 +27 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE
Am
56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 131 +32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
André Lotterer
Bruno Senna
Rebellion R13 M 161 Disqualified[N 1]
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 17 SMP Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Egor Orudzhev
Matevos Isaakyan
BR Engineering BR1 M 132 Collision
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGTE
Pro
67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Harry Tincknell
Tony Kanaan
Ford GT M 26 Collision
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNS LMP1 10 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Pietro Fittipaldi
BR Engineering BR1 M Did Not Start
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
WD LMP1 5 CEFC TRSM Racing Charlie Robertson
Dean Stoneman
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 M Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6
WD LMP1 6 CEFC TRSM Racing Oliver Rowland
Alex Brundle
Oliver Turvey
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 M Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6

Standings after the race

  • 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.

Notes

  1. The No. 1 Rebellion was disqualified from the race after the car was found to have had a skid block worn beyond allowable limits.[4]

References

  1. "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Stewards Decision" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. "2017 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Provisional Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. Kilbey, Stephen (5 May 2018). "#1 Rebellion R-13 Disqualified From 6H Spa". DailySportsCar. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. "2018 – 2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. "2018 – 2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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