| Flag: | BEL |
| 2023 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | |
| Round No: | 3 |
| Round Total: | 7 |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Track Map: | Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg |
| Date: | 29 April |
| Location: | Stavelot, Belgium |
| Circuit: | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
| Laps: | 148 |
| Distance Km: | 1036.592 |
| Pole Drivers: |  Kamui Kobayashi |
| Pole Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Pole Time: | 2:00.812 |
| Category1: | Hypercar |
| Category1 Winner Drivers: |  Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López |
| Category1 Winner Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Category2: | LMP2 |
| Category2 Winner Team: |  WRT |
| Category2 Winner Drivers: |  Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica |
| Category3: | LMGTE Am |
| Category3 Winner Team: |  Richard Mille AF Corse |
| Category3 Winner Drivers: | Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux |
| Distance Miles: | 644.096 |
| Duration: | 6 hours |
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.
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]
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]
| 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 1 | Class | 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 | 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 | 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] | ||||||
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Class | Team | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 103 laps. Class winners are in bold and .
| +/- | 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 |
| +/- | Manufacturer | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota | 90 | ||
| 2 | Ferrari | 57 | ||
| 3 |  Porsche | 42 | ||
| 4 | Cadillac | 40 | ||
| 5 | Peugeot | 19 |
| +/- | 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 |
| +/- | 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 |
| +/- | 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 |
| +/- | 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:[10]
