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.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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	Khaled 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 [nl] 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

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship[5] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 26 2 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 18 3 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche 15 4 Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann Dominik Kraihamer 12 5 Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov 10

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship[6] Pos. +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 26 2 Rebellion Racing 15 3 ByKolles Racing Team 12 4 SMP Racing 10

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

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship[7] Pos. +/– Driver Points 1 Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Stefan Mücke 25 2 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 18 3 Davide Rigon Sam Bird 15 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 12 5 António Félix da Costa Tom Blomqvist 10

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship[8] Pos. +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 30 2 Ford 26 3 Ferrari 15.5 4 BMW 14 5 Aston Martin 14

• 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.

External links

• Official website

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