The 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps[1]) was an endurancesportscar racing event held on 11 May 2024, as the third of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the 58th running of the event, and the 13th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.
Background
The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. With the Italian round being moved from July to April, there is only a three-week period between the round at Imola, and the round at Spa.[2]
Three practice sessions were held: two on Thursday and one on Friday. The sessions on Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday morning lasted 60 minutes.[7]
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
The second practice session started at 17:30 CEST on Thursday. Kévin Estre topped the time sheets in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, with a lap of 2:04.162. He was 0.121 seconds quicker than Fuoco in the No. 50 Ferrari in second, with Alex Lynn 0.179 seconds behind Estre in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry.[12]Clemens Schmid was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with a lap of 2:21.257. He was 0.115 seconds quicker than second-placed Sarah Bovy in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini. Valentino Rossi rounded out the top three in the No. 46 Team WRT BMW.[13]
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Final practice
The third and final practice session started at 11:00 CEST on Friday. Estre was once again quickest in the No. 6 Porsche with a lap of 2:04.125, 0.215 seconds quicker than James Calado who set the second-fastest time in the No. 51 Ferrari. Mikkel Jensen was third-quickest in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry.[16] The No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche of Alex Malykhin topped LMGT3 with a lap of 2:20.947, ahead of Rahel Frey in the No. 85 Lamborghini, 0.261 seconds slower. Juncadella rounded out the top three in the No. 82 Corvette.[17]
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 14:45 CEST on Friday. Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche claimed pole position with a lap of 2:03.107, whilst Lynn was second-quickest in the No. 2 Cadillac, only 0.008 seconds slower than Campbell. Julien Andlauer in the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche qualified third.[20] Fuoco originally claimed pole in the No. 50 Ferrari with a lap of 2:02.600, but was later disqualified as the car was found to be underweight.[21]Sarah Bovy claimed pole in LMGT3 with a lap of 2:20.755 in the No. 85 Lamborghini, 0.383 seconds quicker than Ahmad Al Harthy in the No. 46 Team WRT BMW.[22]
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
^ abThe No. 50 FerrariAF Corse entry had all its lap times deleted after the car was found to be underweight and will start from the back of the Hypercar class. The car originally qualified on pole position.[23]
^The No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing entry did not set a time in the LMGT3 Hyperpole session after driver Alex Malykhin suffered a big crash on his flying lap.[24]
^The No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry did not set a time in the LMGT3 Hyperpole session after the engine of the car was unable to be fired up.[25]
^ abThe No. 95 United Autosports entry had all its lap times deleted after the car was found to be underweight and will start from the back of the LMGT3 class. The car originally qualified second in LMGT3.[26]
^The No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with the No. 85 Iron Dames entry. As a result, the car dropped from 6th to 7th overall.[29]
^The No. 85 Iron Dames entry received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with the No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing entry. As a result, the car dropped from 4th to 5th in class, and from 19th to 20th overall.[30]
^The No. 88 Proton Competition entry received a 5-second time penalty after an unsafe release in the pit lane.[31]
