2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Layout of the Circuit de 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.

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 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 163 06:00:50.702
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 163 +1.444
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 3 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Thomas Laurent
United States Gustavo Menezes
Rebellion R13 M 161 +2 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4 LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team United Kingdom Oliver Webb
Austria Dominik Kraihamer
France Tom Dillmann
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 158 +5 Laps
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
5 LMP1 11 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
Russia Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 158 +5 Laps
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne
France Andrea Pizzitola
Oreca 07 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 38 China Jackie Chan DC Racing China Ho-Pin Tung
France Gabriel Aubry
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
Oreca 07 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Matmut France Nicolas Lapierre
Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 156 +7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 37 China Jackie Chan DC Racing Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar
Malaysia Weiron Tan
Malaysia Nabil Jeffri
Oreca 07 D 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 28 France TDS Racing France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
France Loïc Duval
Oreca 07 D 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 31 United States DragonSpeed Mexico Roberto González
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
France Nathanaël Berthon
Oreca 07 M 155 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2 50 France Larbre Compétition France Erwin Creed
France Romano Ricci
France Julien Canal
Ligier JS P217 M 152 +11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Germany Stefan Mücke
France Olivier Pla
United States Billy Johnson
Ford GT M 148 +15 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche GT Team Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 148 +15 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon
United Kingdom Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 147 +16 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche GT Team Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Porsche 911 RSR M 147 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 LMGTE
Pro
82 Germany BMW Team MTEK United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Portugal António Félix da Costa
BMW M8 GTE M 146 +17 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 146 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
Denmark Nicki Thiim
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 146 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE
Pro
81 Germany BMW Team MTEK Germany Martin Tomczyk
Netherlands Nick Catsburg
BMW M8 GTE M 145 +18 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 144 +19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
90 United Kingdom TF Sport Turkey Salih Yoluç
United Kingdom Euan Alers-Hankey
United Kingdom Charlie Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 144 +19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am
61 Singapore Clearwater Racing Malaysia Weng Sun Mok
Japan Keita Sawa
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE M 143 +20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Am
77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Germany Christian Ried
France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 RSR M 142 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE
Am
70 Japan MR Racing Japan Motoaki Ishikawa
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Eddie Cheever III
Ferrari 488 GTE M 142 +21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Qubaisi
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Matteo Cairoli
Porsche 911 RSR M 141 +22 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
United Kingdom James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 139 +24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Dallara P217 M 139 +24 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing UK United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Australia Alex Davison
Porsche 911 RSR M 137 +26 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE
Am
54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Francesco Castellacci
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE M 136 +27 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE
Am
56 Germany Team Project 1 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 131 +32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQ LMP1 1 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Neel Jani
Germany André Lotterer
Brazil Bruno Senna
Rebellion R13 M 161 Disqualified[N 1]
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP1 17 Russia SMP Racing France Stéphane Sarrazin
Russia Egor Orudzhev
Russia Matevos Isaakyan
BR Engineering BR1 M 132 Collision
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGTE
Pro
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Brazil Tony Kanaan
Ford GT M 26 Collision
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNS LMP1 10 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Ben Hanley
Sweden Henrik Hedman
Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
BR Engineering BR1 M Did Not Start
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
WD LMP1 5 China CEFC TRSM Racing United Kingdom Charlie Robertson
United Kingdom Dean Stoneman
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 M Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6
WD LMP1 6 China CEFC TRSM Racing United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
United Kingdom Alex Brundle
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
Ginetta G60-LT-P1 M Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6

Standings after the race

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


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