2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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
Drivers Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
TeamToyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team WRT
Drivers Rui Andrade
Louis Delétraz
Robert Kubica
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team Richard Mille AF Corse
Drivers Luis Pérez Companc
Alessio Rovera
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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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 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 F163 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 X6H 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 X6H 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 F163 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]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
G Goodyear
M Michelin

Standings after the race

Source:[13]

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

References

  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

  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]