2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2013 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance race held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on 3—4 May 2013, and the annual running of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. It was the second round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Defending World Champions André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler led a clean sweep of the overall race podium for Audi, while Pecom Racing were victorious in the LMP2 category. The No. 51 car of AF Corse won the LMGTE Pro class, and 8 Star Motorsports won in LMGTE Am.

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No.1 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:59.961	1
2	LMP1	No.3 Audi Sport Team Joest	2:00.236	2
3	LMP1	No.2 Audi Sport Team Joest	2:00.610	3
4	LMP1	No.7 Toyota Racing	2:00.947	4
5	LMP1	No.8 Toyota Racing	2:01.203	5
6	LMP1	No.12 Rebellion Racing	2:01.482	6
7	LMP1	No.13 Rebellion Racing	2:03.278	7
8	LMP1	No.21 Strakka Racing	2:03.688	8
9	LMP2	No.49 Pecom Racing	2:08.540	9
10	LMP2	No.38 Jota	2:08.762	10
11	LMP2	No.24 OAK Racing	2:08.932	11
12	LMP2	No.35 OAK Racing	2:09.606	12
13	LMP2	No.25 Delta-ADR	2:09.732	13
14	LMP2	No.26 G-Drive Racing	2:09.892	14
15	LMP2	No.31 Lotus	2:10.361	15
16	LMP2	No.32 Lotus	2:12.753	16
17	LMP2	No.45 OAK Racing	2:13.518	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No.98 Aston Martin Racing	2:19.811	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No.51 AF Corse	2:19.853	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No.71 AF Corse	2:20.089	20
21	LMGTE Pro	No.97 Aston Martin Racing	2:20.107	21
22	LMGTE Pro	No.99 Aston Martin Racing	2:20.241	22
23	LMGTE Pro	No.91 Porsche AG Team Manthey	2:20.243	23
24	LMGTE Pro	No.92 Porsche AG Team Manthey	2:20.860	24
25	LMGTE Am	No.95 Aston Martin Racing	2:21.265	25
26	LMGTE Am	No.81 8 Star Motorsports	2:21.295	26
27	LMGTE Am	No.96 Aston Martin Racing	2:21.549	27
28	LMGTE Am	No.50 Larbre Compétition	2:21.745	28
29	LMGTE Am	No.88 Proton Competition	2:22.690	29
30	LMGTE Am	No.61 AF Corse	2:22.825	30
31	LMGTE Am	No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut	2:23.421	31
32	LMGTE Am	No.57 Krohn Racing	2:25.564	32
33	LMGTE Am	No.54 AF Corse	2:27.888	33
–	LMP2	No. 41 Greaves Motorsport	No Time	–1
–	LMP2	No. 28 Gulf Racing Middle East	Did Not Participate	34

• ^1 The No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan crashed during the qualifying session, setting no time. The entry was later withdrawn and did not participate in the race.^[2]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	168
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	168
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
3	LMP1	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marc Gené Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	168
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
4	LMP1	8	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Buemi	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	M	167
					Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)
5	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld	Lola B12/60	M	165
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
6	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng	Lola B12/60	M	165
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
7	LMP1	21	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	HPD ARX-03c	M	161
					Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
8	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03	M	157
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Olivier Pla Alex Brundle David Heinemeier Hansson	Morgan LMP2	D	157
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	38	Jota	Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey Lucas Luhr	Zytek Z11SN	D	157
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Bertrand Baguette Martin Plowman Ricardo González	Morgan LMP2	D	156
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov John Martin Mike Conway	Oreca 03	D	152
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13	LMP2	45	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin	Morgan LMP2	D	152
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMP2	32	Lotus	Thomas Holzer Dominik Kraihamer Jan Charouz	Lotus T128	D	152
					Praga 3.6 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	149
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16	LMGTE Pro	98	Aston Martin Racing	Bruno Senna Frédéric Makowiecki Rob Bell	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	149
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Kamui Kobayashi Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	149
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Peter Dumbreck	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	148
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 RSR	M	148
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	147
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Am	81	8 Star Motorsports	Enzo Potolicchio Rui Águas Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	147
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	95	Aston Martin Racing	Allan Simonsen Kristian Poulsen Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	146
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	145
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
24	LMP2	31	Lotus	Kevin Weeda James Rossiter Vitantonio Liuzzi	Lotus T128	D	144
					Praga 3.6 L V8
25	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	144
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	143
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27	LMGTE Am	76	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Jean-Karl Vernay	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	143
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	142
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29	LMP2	28	Gulf Racing Middle East	Fabien Giroix Frédéric Fatien Keiko Ihara	Lola B12/80	D	140
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
30	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Yannick Mallegol Jean-Marc Bachelier Howard Blank	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	138
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
31	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	Jack Gerber Matt Griffin Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	125
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 RSR	M	123
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP1	7	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	M	99
					Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)
DNF	LMP2	25	Delta-ADR	Tor Graves Antônio Pizzonia James Walker	Oreca 03	D	25
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
WD	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Tom Kimber-Smith Chris Dyson Michael Marsal	Zytek Z11SN	D	–
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

1. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
2. Watkins, Gary (4 May 2013). "Spa WEC: Greaves withdraws due to chassis damage". Autosport.com. Haymarket Press. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
3. "FIA WEC WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

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