2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps explained

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]

ClassTeamAverage Time
1LMP1No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:54.962—1
2LMP1No. 1 Rebellion Racing1:56.425+1.4632
3LMP1No. 3 Rebellion Racing1:56.992+2.0303
4LMP1No. 11 SMP Racing1:58.247+3.2854
5LMP1No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team1:58.697+3.7355
6LMP2No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut2:02.405+7.4436
7LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing2:02.429+7.4677
8LMP2No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing2:02.824+7.8628
9LMP2No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing2:03.023+8.0619
10LMP2No. 31 DragonSpeed2:03.420+8.45815
11LMP2No. 28 TDS Racing2:04.703+9.74111
12LMP2No. 29 Racing Team Nederland2:05.502+10.54012
13LMP2No. 50 Larbre Compétition2:05.739+10.77713
14LMGTE ProNo. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:12.947+17.98514
15LMGTE ProNo. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK2:13.030+18.06815
16LMGTE ProNo. 91 Porsche GT Team2:13.034+18.07216
17LMGTE ProNo. 92 Porsche GT Team2:13:352+18.39017
18LMGTE ProNo. 82 BMW Team MTEK2:14.017+19.05518
19LMGTE ProNo. 51 AF Corse2:14.385+19.42319
20LMGTE ProNo. 71 AF Corse2:15.104+20.14220
21LMGTE ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing2:15.127+20.16521
22LMGTE ProNo. 81 BMW Team MTEK2:15.142+20.18022
23LMGTE ProNo. 95 Aston Martin Racing2:16.004+21.04223
24LMGTE AmNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing2:16.357+21.39524
25LMGTE AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:16.359+21.39725
26LMGTE AmNo. 56 Team Project 12:16.637+21.67526
27LMGTE AmNo. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing2:16.768+21.80627
28LMGTE AmNo. 90 TF Sport2:17.627+22.66528
29LMGTE AmNo. 70 MR Racing2:18.582+23.55029
30LMGTE AmNo. 54 Spirit of Race2:18.917+23.95530
31LMGTE AmNo. 61 Clearwater Racing2:19.445+24.48331
32LMP1No. 10 DragonSpeed1:59.158+4.196WD
33LMGTE AmNo. 86 Gulf Racing UK2:15.332+20.37032
34LMP1No. 17 SMP RacingNo Time—33
35LMP1No. 5 CEFC TRSM RacingNo Time—WD
36LMP1No. 6 CEFC TRSM RacingNo Time—WD
EXLMP1No. 7 Toyota Gazoo RacingNo Time—PL
– Only one driver of the No. 10 DragonSpeed set a lap time.
– No.10 DragonSpeed withdrew due to Fittipaldi's high-speed crash at Eau Rouge.
– Only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing set a lap time.
– Both Manors-run Ginettas withdrew after qualifying due to financial issues.
– 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]

ClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/Retired
Engine
1LMP18 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso
Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima		Toyota TS050 Hybrid16306:00:50.702
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2LMP17 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López		Toyota TS050 Hybrid163+1.444
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3LMP13 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche
Thomas Laurent
Gustavo Menezes		Rebellion R13161+2 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4LMP14 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb
Dominik Kraihamer
Tom Dillmann		ENSO CLM P1/01158+5 Laps
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
5LMP111 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin
Vitaly Petrov		BR Engineering BR1158+5 Laps
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
6LMP226 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Jean-Éric Vergne
Andrea Pizzitola		Oreca 07156+7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7LMP238 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung
Gabriel Aubry
Stéphane Richelmi		Oreca 07156+7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8LMP236 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre
André Negrão
Pierre Thiriet		Alpine A470156+7 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9LMP237 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar
Weiron Tan
Nabil Jeffri		Oreca 07155+8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10LMP228 TDS Racing François Perrodo
Matthieu Vaxivière
Loïc Duval		Oreca 07155+8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11LMP231 DragonSpeed Roberto González
Pastor Maldonado
Nathanaël Berthon		Oreca 07155+8 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12LMP250 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed
Romano Ricci
Julien Canal		Ligier JS P217152+11 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13LMGTE
Pro		66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke
Olivier Pla
Billy Johnson		Ford GT148+15 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
14LMGTE
Pro		92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre		Porsche 911 RSR148+15 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15LMGTE
Pro		71 AF Corse Davide Rigon
Sam Bird		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo147+16 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
16LMGTE
Pro		91 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz
Gianmaria Bruni		Porsche 911 RSR147+16 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17LMGTE
Pro		82 BMW Team MTEK Tom Blomqvist
António Félix da Costa		BMW M8 GTE146+17 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
18LMGTE
Pro		97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn
Maxime Martin
Jonathan Adam		Aston Martin Vantage AMR146+17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
19LMGTE
Pro		95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim
Darren Turner		Aston Martin Vantage AMR146+17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
20LMGTE
Pro		81 BMW Team MTEK Martin Tomczyk
Nick Catsburg		BMW M8 GTE145+18 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
21LMGTE
Am		98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana
Pedro Lamy
Mathias Lauda		Aston Martin Vantage GTE144+19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Am		90 TF Sport Salih Yoluç
Euan Alers-Hankey
Charlie Eastwood		Aston Martin Vantage GTE144+19 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23LMGTE
Am		61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok
Keita Sawa
Matt Griffin		Ferrari 488 GTE143+20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24LMGTE
Am		77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried
Julien Andlauer
Matt Campbell		Porsche 911 RSR142+21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
25LMGTE
Am		70 MR Racing Motoaki Ishikawa
Olivier Beretta
Eddie Cheever III		Ferrari 488 GTE142+21 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
26LMGTE
Am		88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi
Gianluca Roda
Matteo Cairoli		Porsche 911 RSR141+22 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27LMGTE
Pro		51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo139+24 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28LMP229 Racing Team Nederland
Giedo van der Garde
Jan Lammers		Dallara P217139+24 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
29LMGTE
Am		86 Gulf Racing UK Michael Wainwright
Ben Barker
Alex Davison		Porsche 911 RSR137+26 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
30LMGTE
Am		54 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr
Francesco Castellacci
Giancarlo Fisichella		Ferrari 488 GTE136+27 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31LMGTE
Am		56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti		Porsche 911 RSR131+32 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DSQLMP11 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani
André Lotterer
Bruno Senna		Rebellion R13161Disqualified
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNFLMP117 SMP Racing Stéphane Sarrazin
Egor Orudzhev
Matevos Isaakyan		BR Engineering BR1132Collision
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNFLMGTE
Pro		67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx
Harry Tincknell
Tony Kanaan		Ford GT26Collision
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNSLMP110 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley
Henrik Hedman
Pietro Fittipaldi		BR Engineering BR1–Did Not Start
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
WDLMP15 CEFC TRSM Racing Charlie Robertson
Dean Stoneman		Ginetta G60-LT-P1–Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6
WDLMP16 CEFC TRSM Racing Oliver Rowland
Alex Brundle
Oliver Turvey		Ginetta G60-LT-P1–Withdrew
Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship[4]
+/–DriverPoints
1 Fernando Alonso
Kazuki Nakajima
Sébastien Buemi		26
2 Kamui Kobayashi
Mike Conway
José María López		18
3 Thomas Laurent
Gustavo Menezes
Mathias Beche		15
4 Oliver Webb
Tom Dillmann
Dominik Kraihamer		12
5 Mikhail Aleshin
Vitaly Petrov		10
2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship[5]
+/–TeamPoints
1 Toyota Gazoo Racing26
2 Rebellion Racing15
3 ByKolles Racing Team12
4 SMP Racing10
2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship[6]
+/–DriverPoints
1 Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Stefan Mücke		25
2 Michael Christensen
Kévin Estre		18
3 Davide Rigon
Sam Bird		15
4 Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz		12
5 António Félix da Costa
Tom Blomqvist		10
2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship[7]
+/–ConstructorPoints
1 Porsche30
2 Ford26
3 Ferrari15.5
4 BMW14
5 Aston Martin14

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Final Classification. 4 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. 5 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070311/http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/01_SPA%20FRANCORCHAMPS/221_FIA%20WEC/201805041540_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF. 5 May 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: 2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Stewards Decision. 4 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505065812/http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results_NoticeBoard/07_2018/00_Spa%20Francorchamps/13_Stewards%20Decision%2013%20to%2016.pdf. 5 May 2018. dead. 5 May 2018. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: 2017 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Provisional Classification . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . PDF . 5 May 2018 . 5 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180506104339/http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/01_SPA%20FRANCORCHAMPS/221_FIA%20WEC/201805051330_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206_Race.PDF . 6 May 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: 2018 – 2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship. 5 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. 26 May 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship. 5 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. 26 May 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 – 2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship. 5 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. 26 May 2018.
  7. Web site: 2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship. 5 May 2018. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. PDF. 26 May 2018.

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