2022 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2022 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 7 May 2022. It was the second round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eleventh running of the event as part of the championship.

2022 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Event information
Round 2 of 6 in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	7 May 2022
Location	Stavelot
Venue	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Duration	6 hours
Results
Laps completed	103
Distance (km)	721.412
Distance (miles)	448.256
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	2:02.771
Team	Glickenhaus Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team	WRT
Drivers	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Drivers	Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell

Background

The provisional calendar for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship released in August 2021. It saw a few changes, with the return of the Sebring and Fuji races, whilst the Portimao and second Bahrain races were dropped.^[1]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 25 March 2022.

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	2:02.771	-	1
2	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Team	2:02.999	+0.228	2
3	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:03.087	+0.316	3
4	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:03.137	+0.366	4
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	2:04.246	+1.475	5
6	LMP2	31	WRT	2:04.290	+1.519	6
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	2:04.451	+1.680	7
8	LMP2	9	Prema Orlen Team	2:04.548	+1.777	8
9	LMP2	41	RealTeam by WRT	2:04.640	+1.869	9
10	LMP2	38	JOTA	2:04.692	+1.921	10
11	LMP2	28	JOTA	2:04.717	+1.946	11
12	LMP2	5	Team Penske	2:04.887	+2.116	12
13	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	2:04.985	+2.214	13
14	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	2:05.148	+2.377	14
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	45	Algarve Pro Racing	2:05.370	+2.599	15
16	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	2:05.383	+2.612	16
17	LMP2 Pro-Am	35	Ultimate	2:05.843	+3.072	17
18	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	2:05.849	+3.078	18
19	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	2:06.667	+3.896	19
20	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	2:14.301	+11.530	20
21	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	2:14.481	+11.710	21
22	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	2:14.606	+11.835	22
23	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	2:15.102	+12.331	23
24	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	2:15.443	+12.672	24
25	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	2:17.408	+14.637	25
26	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	2:18.912	+16.141	26
27	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	2:19.700	+16.929	27
28	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	2:20.789	+18.018	28
29	LMGTE Am	46	Team Project 1	2:20.937	+18.166	29
30	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:21.027	+18.256	30
31	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	2:21.168	+18.397	31
32	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	2:21.787	+19.016	32
33	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:22.622	+19.851	33
34	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	2:23.856	+21.085	34
35	LMGTE Am	71	Spirit of Race	2:23.963	+21.192	35
36	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:24.384	+21.613	36
37	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	No Time	—	37
Source:[2]

Race

The race was stopped thrice during the course of the event with red flags. The first stoppage was after the crash of the #44 ARC Bratislava entry, which required repairs to the barriers. The second stoppage was for a long period of heavy rain showering the circuit and the last stoppage was after the crash of the #34 Inter Europol Competition entry.

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 73 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.^[3]

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	103	6:00:31.052‡
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Team	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine A480	M	103	+27.473
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3	LMP2	31	WRT	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:06.185‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	41	RealTeam by WRT	Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:40.676
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	38	Jota	António Félix da Costa Roberto González Will Stevens	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:48.571
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	5	Team Penske	Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:57.610
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Will Owen	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:57.901
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Alex Lynn	Oreca 07	G	102	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	M	102	+1 Lap
					Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8
10	LMP2	9	Prema Orlen Team	Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	102	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	102	+1 Lap‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	102	+1 Lap
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
13	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	102	+1 Lap
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	Charles Milesi Sébastien Ogier Lilou Wadoux	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Nico Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17	LMP2 Pro-Am	45	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen René Binder Steven Thomas	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	M	101	+2 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19	LMP2 Pro-Am	35	Ultimate	François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Oreca 07	G	100	+3 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	100	+3 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
21	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	99	+4 Laps‡
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
22	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	Ben Keating Marco Sørensen Henrique Chaves	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	99	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
23	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim David Pittard	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	99	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Nick Cassidy Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	99	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
25	LMGTE Am	46	Team Project 1	Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	99	+4 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
26	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	98	+5 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	Charlie Fagg Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	97	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
28	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Claudio Schiavoni	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	97	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Patrick Lindsey Fred Poordad Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	96	+7 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	Christina Nielsen Rahel Frey Doriane Pin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	96	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	94	+9 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32	LMGTE Am	71	Spirit of Race	Gabriel Aubry Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	91	+12 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	93	Accident damage
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP2	28	Jota	Jonathan Aberdein Ed Jones Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07	G	82	Accident damage
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Esteban Gutiérrez Jakub Śmiechowski Alex Brundle	Oreca 07	G	52	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	29	Hybrid
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Tijmen van der Helm Miroslav Konôpka Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	25	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Standings after the race

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship[4] Pos +/- Driver Points 1 André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Nicolas Lapierre 57 2 Olivier Pla Romain Dumas 39 3 Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Sebastien Buemi 27 4 José María López Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway 25 5 Ryan Briscoe 23

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' World Championship[5] Pos +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Alpine 57 2 Toyota 52 3 Glickenhaus 39

2022 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship[6] Pos +/- Driver Points 1 Kevin Estre Michael Christensen 57 2 Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado 43 3 Nick Tandy Tommy Milner 39 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 34 5 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina 27

2022 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship[7] Pos +/- Team Points 1 Porsche 91 2 Ferrari 73 3 Chevrolet 39

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

References

1. "6 Races for FIA WEC in 2022 – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
2. "2022 Spa-Francorchamps results - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
3. "Race Classification" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
4. "Standings after the race (Hypercar drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
5. "Standings after the race (Hypercar manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
6. "Standings after the race (GTE drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
7. "Standings after the race (GTE manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.