2014 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps explained

The 2014 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, formally known as the WEC 6 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps, was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium on 2–3 May 2014. Spa-Francorchamps served as the second race of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota's Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, and Nicolas Lapierre led the field to the checkered flag for their second consecutive victory of the season, ahead of Audi and the sister Toyota. The LMP2 category also had its second consecutive winner with G-Drive Racing ahead of Jota Sport's guest entry in the series. AF Corse Ferrari held off Porsche Team Manthey in the LMGTE Pro class, while another AF Corse Ferrari won the LMGTE Am category ahead of two Aston Martins.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1-H	No. 14 Porsche Team	2:01.198	1
2	LMP1-H	No. 8 Toyota Racing	2:01.836	2
3	LMP1-H	No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest	2:02.499	3
4	LMP1-H	No. 7 Toyota Racing	2:03.177	4
5	LMP1-H	No. 20 Porsche Team	2:03.672	5
6	LMP1-H	No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest	2:03.881	6
7	LMP1-H	No. 3 Audi Sport Team Joest	2:06.160	7
8	LMP2	No. 47 KCMG	2:12.103	8
9	LMP2	No. 27 SMP Racing	2:12.751	9
10	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	2:13.143	10
11	LMP2	No. 38 Jota Sport	2:13.761	11
12	LMP1-L	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	2:14.934	12
13	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	2:32.338	14
14	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	2:32.505	15
15	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey	2:32.581	16
16	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey	2:32.817	17
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing	2:33.070	18
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	2:33.572	19
19	LMGTE Am	No. 61 AF Corse	2:33.962	20
20	LMGTE Am	No. 75 Prospeed Competition	2:33.981	21
21	LMGTE Am	No. 81 AF Corse	2:34.039	22
22	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Proton Competition	2:34.828	23
23	LMGTE Am	No. 90 8 Star Motorsports	2:35.348	24
24	LMGTE Am	No. 60 AF Corse	2:35.641	25
25	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	2:39.390	26
26	LMGTE Am	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	2:39.404	27
–	LMP2	No. 37 SMP Racing	No Time	13
–	LMP1-L	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	No Time	–

– The No. 37 SMP Racing Oreca-Nissan was allowed to grid at the back of the LMP field.^[3]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[4]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP1-H	8	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		171
1	LMP1-H	8	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota 3.7 L V8		171
2	LMP1-H	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		171
2	LMP1-H	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)		171
3	LMP1-H	7	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		171
3	LMP1-H	7	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota 3.7 L V8		171
4	LMP1-H	14	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid		170
4	LMP1-H	14	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4		170
5	LMP1-H	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		170
5	LMP1-H	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)		170
6	LMP1-H	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Filipe Albuquerque Marco Bonanomi	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		169
6	LMP1-H	3	Audi Sport Team Joest	Filipe Albuquerque Marco Bonanomi	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)		169
7	LMP1-L	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One		161
7	LMP1-L	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld Mathias Beche	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8		161
8	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla Julien Canal	Morgan LMP2		160
8	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Olivier Pla Julien Canal	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		160
9	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell Marc Gené	Zytek Z11SN		160
9	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell Marc Gené	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		160
10	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alexandre Imperatori	Oreca 03		159
10	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Alexandre Imperatori	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		159
11	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin Viktor Shaitar	Oreca 03		158
11	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Kirill Ladygin Anton Ladygin Viktor Shaitar	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		158
12	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03		158
12	LMP2	27	SMP Racing	Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Nicolas Minassian	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		158
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		152
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		152
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR		151
14	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		151
15	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		151
15	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		151
16	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		151
16	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		151
17	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	Darryl O'Young Alex MacDowall Fernando Rees	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		150
17	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing	Darryl O'Young Alex MacDowall Fernando Rees	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		150
18	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Marco Cioci Mirko Venturi	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		149
18	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Marco Cioci Mirko Venturi	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		149
19	LMGTE Am	95	Aston Martin Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		149
19	LMGTE Am	95	Aston Martin Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		149
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		149
20	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Christoffer Nygaard	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8		149
21	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR		148
21	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		148
22	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Klaus Bachler Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR		148
22	LMGTE Am	88	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Klaus Bachler Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		148
23	LMP1-H	20	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid		148
23	LMP1-H	20	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4		148
24	LMGTE Am	81	AF Corse	Stephen Wyatt Michele Rugolo Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		148
24	LMGTE Am	81	AF Corse	Stephen Wyatt Michele Rugolo Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		148
25	LMGTE Am	75	Prospeed Competition	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		146
25	LMGTE Am	75	Prospeed Competition	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6		146
26	LMGTE Am	60	AF Corse	Peter Mann Raffaele Giammaria Lorenzo Casé	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		145
26	LMGTE Am	60	AF Corse	Peter Mann Raffaele Giammaria Lorenzo Casé	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		145
27	LMGTE Am	90	8 Star Motorsports	Enzo Potolicchio Paolo Ruberti Gianluca Roda	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		142
27	LMGTE Am	90	8 Star Motorsports	Enzo Potolicchio Paolo Ruberti Gianluca Roda	Ferrari 4.5 L V8		142
DNF	LMP1-L	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Andrea Belicchi Fabio Leimer	Rebellion R-One		47
DNF	LMP1-L	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Andrea Belicchi Fabio Leimer	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8		47