2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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.

2023 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Event information
Round 3 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	29 April 2023
Location	Stavelot, Belgium
Venue	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Duration	6 hours
Results
Laps completed	148
Distance (km)	1036.592
Distance (miles)	644.096
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	2:00.812
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
Team	Toyota 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

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 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 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 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 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

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos +/- Driver Points 1 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa 71 2 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 66 3 1 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen 42 4 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook 40 5 1 James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi 32

2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship Pos +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 90 2 Ferrari 57 3 Porsche 42 4 Cadillac 40 5 Peugeot 19

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for Hypercar Teams Pos +/- No. Team Points 1 38 Hertz Team Jota 25

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers Pos +/- Drivers Points 1 Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin 66 2 2 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica 58 3 Filipe Albuquerque 48 4 1 Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson 45 5 3 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin 41

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams Pos +/- No. Team Points 1 22 United Autosports 66 2 1 41 Team WRT 58 3 1 23 United Autosports 45 4 2 63 Prema Racing 41 5 34 Inter Europol Competition 40

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers Pos +/- Drivers Points 1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone 82 2 5 Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux 43 3 Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw 36 4 2 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen 35 5 1 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 32

2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams Pos +/- No. Team Points 1 33 Corvette Racing 82 2 5 83 Richard Mille AF Corse 43 3 21 AF Corse 36 4 2 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 35 5 1 85 Iron Dames 32

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]

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