2019 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

The 2019 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 2–4 May 2019. Spa-Francorchamps served as the seventh race of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eighth running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1][2]

Pos. Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:53.747 - 1
2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:54.243 +0.496 2
3 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing 1:54.711 +0.964 3
4 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:55.640 +1.893 4
5 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:56.018 +2.271 5
6 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:56.021 +2.274 6
7 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 2:00.674 +6.927 7
8 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:01.225 +7.478 8
9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:01.558 +7.811 9
10 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 2:01.816 +8.069 10
11 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 2:01.832 +8.085 11
12 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 2:02.246 +8.499 12
13 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 2:03.959 +10.212 13
14 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 2:04.967 +11.220 14
15 LMP2 No. 29 Larbre Compétition 2:06.234 +12.487 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:12.885 +19.138 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:12.952 +19.205 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 2:12.977 +19.230 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 2:13.313 +19.566 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:13.341 +19.594 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:13.392 +19.645 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 2:13.683 +19.936 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 2:13.836 +20.089 23
24 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:14.060 +20.313 24
25 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:14.182 +20.435 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:16.061 +22.314 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.171 +22.424 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:16.390 +22.643 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:17.005 +23.258 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:17.093 +23.346 30
31 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:17.173 +23.426 31
32 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2:17.288 +23.541 32
33 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing 2:19.225 +25.478 33
34 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing No Time1 34

^1 – Motoaki Ishikawa crashed the No. 70 MR Racing car in qualifying, resulting in the car being unable to set a qualifying time.

Race

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Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 114 laps. Class winners in bold.[3][4]

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Fernando Alonso
  Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 133 5:44:41.101
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 3   Rebellion Racing   Nathanaël Berthon
  Thomas Laurent
  Gustavo Menezes
Rebellion R13 M 132 +1 lap
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
3 LMP1 11   SMP Racing   Mikhail Aleshin
  Vitaly Petrov
  Stoffel Vandoorne
BR Engineering BR1 M 132 +1 lap
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
4 LMP1 17   SMP Racing   Egor Orudzhev
  Stéphane Sarrazin
  Sergey Sirotkin
BR Engineering BR1 M 131 +2 laps
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
5 LMP1 1   Rebellion Racing   Neel Jani
  André Lotterer
  Bruno Senna
Rebellion R13 M 130 +3 laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
6 LMP1 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
  José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 129 +4 laps
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
7 LMP2 31   DragonSpeed   Anthony Davidson
  Roberto Gonzalez
  Pastor Maldonado
Oreca 07 M 129 +4 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
8 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov
  Job van Uitert
  Jean-Éric Vergne
Aurus 01 D 129 +4 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9 LMP2 36   Singatech Alpine Matmut   Nicolas Lapierre
  André Negrão
  Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 M 129 +4 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP2 38   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Gabriel Aubry
  Stéphane Richelmi
  Ho-Pin Tung
Oreca 07 D 129 +4 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
11 LMP2 28   TDS Racing   Norman Nato
  François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 128 +5 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
12 LMP2 29   Racing Team Nederland   Frits van Eerd [nl]
  Giedo van der Garde
  Nyck de Vries
Dallara P217 M 127 +6 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
13 LMP2 37   Jackie Chan DC Racing   David Heinemeier Hansson
  Jordan King
  Will Stevens
Oreca 07 D 127 +6 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
14 LMP2 50   Larbre Compétition   Nicholas Boulle
  Erwin Creed
  Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P217 M 126 +7 laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
97   Aston Martin Racing   Alex Lynn
  Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 124 +9 laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
51   AF Corse   James Calado
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 124 +9 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
92   Porsche GT Team   Michael Christensen
  Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 124 +9 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
18 LMGTE
Pro
82   BMW Team MTEK   António Félix da Costa
  Augusto Farfus
BMW M8 GTE M 124 +9 laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
67   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Andy Priaulx
  Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 124 +9 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
20 LMGTE
Pro
71   AF Corse   Sam Bird
  Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 124 +9 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE
Pro
95   Aston Martin Racing   Marco Sørensen
  Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 124 +9 laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE
Pro
91   Porsche GT Team   Gianmaria Bruni
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 124 +9 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
23 LMGTE
Pro
81   BMW Team MTEK   Nicky Catsburg
  Martin Tomczyk
BMW M8 GTE M 124 +9 laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE
Pro
66   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Stefan Mücke
  Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 123 +10 laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
25 LMGTE
Am
77   DempseyProton Racing   Matt Campbell
  Riccardo Pera
  Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 122 +11 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
26 LMGTE
Am
90   TF Sport   Charlie Eastwood
  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 122 +11 laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
27 LMGTE
Am
61   Clearwater Racing   Matteo Cressoni
  Matt Griffin
  Luís Pérez Companc
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 122 +11 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE
Am
54   Spirit of Race   Francesco Castellacci
  Giancarlo Fisichella
  Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 122 +11 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
29 LMGTE
Am
56   Team Project 1   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Lindsey
  Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 122 +11 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
30 LMGTE
Am
98   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 121 +12 laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
31 LMGTE
Am
86   Gulf Racing   Ben Barker
  Thomas Preining
  Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR M 121 +12 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
32 LMGTE
Am
70   MR Racing   Olivier Beretta
  Eddie Cheever III
  Motoaki Ishikawa
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 120 +13 laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
33 LMGTE
Am
88   DempseyProton Racing   Matteo Cairoli
  Gianluca Roda
  Giorgio Roda
Porsche 911 RSR M 115 +18 laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
34 LMP1 4   ByKolles Racing Team   Tom Dillmann
  Paolo Ruberti
  Oliver Webb
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 95 +38 laps
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8

Standings after the race

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ "2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (3 May 2019). "Conway & Kobayashi Break Qualifying Record En Route To Spa Pole". Dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Provisional Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (4 May 2019). "Toyota Wins From Rebellion in Wet and Wild 6H Spa". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "2018-19 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.


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