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.
Class Team Average Time 1 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:54.962 — 1 2 LMP1 No. 1 Rebellion Racing 1:56.425 +1.463 2 3 LMP1 No. 3 Rebellion Racing 1:56.992 +2.030 3 4 LMP1 No. 11 SMP Racing 1:58.247 +3.285 4 5 LMP1 No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team 1:58.697 +3.735 5 6 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut 2:02.405 +7.443 6 7 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 2:02.429 +7.467 7 8 LMP2 No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:02.824 +7.862 8 9 LMP2 No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 2:03.023 +8.061 9 10 LMP2 No. 31 DragonSpeed 2:03.420 +8.458 15 11 LMP2 No. 28 TDS Racing 2:04.703 +9.741 11 12 LMP2 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 2:05.502 +10.540 12 13 LMP2 No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:05.739 +10.777 13 14 LMGTE Pro No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:12.947 +17.985 14 15 LMGTE Pro No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 2:13.030 +18.068 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche GT Team 2:13.034 +18.072 16 17 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche GT Team 2:13:352 +18.390 17 18 LMGTE Pro No. 82 BMW Team MTEK 2:14.017 +19.055 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:14.385 +19.423 19 20 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:15.104 +20.142 20 21 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:15.127 +20.165 21 22 LMGTE Pro No. 81 BMW Team MTEK 2:15.142 +20.180 22 23 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:16.004 +21.042 23 24 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.357 +21.395 24 25 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 2:16.359 +21.397 25 26 LMGTE Am No. 56 Team Project 1 2:16.637 +21.675 26 27 LMGTE Am No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:16.768 +21.806 27 28 LMGTE Am No. 90 TF Sport 2:17.627 +22.665 28 29 LMGTE Am No. 70 MR Racing 2:18.582 +23.550 29 30 LMGTE Am No. 54 Spirit of Race 2:18.917 +23.955 30 31 LMGTE Am No. 61 Clearwater Racing 2:19.445 +24.483 31 32 LMP1 No. 10 DragonSpeed 1:59.158 +4.196 WD 33 LMGTE Am No. 86 Gulf Racing UK 2:15.332 +20.370 32 34 LMP1 No. 17 SMP Racing No Time— 33 35 LMP1 No. 5 CEFC TRSM Racing No Time— WD 36 LMP1 No. 6 CEFC TRSM Racing No Time— WD EX LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing No 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 Manor-run Ginettas withdrew after qualifying due to financial issues. – No.7 Toyota was excluded due to an incorrect declaration of the Fuel Flow Meter and started from the pit lane a lap down.
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.
Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 163 06:00:50.702 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 163 +1.444 Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 3 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Rebellion R13 161 +2 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 4 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb Dominik Kraihamer Tom Dillmann ENSO CLM P1/01 158 +5 Laps Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov BR Engineering BR1 158 +5 Laps AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 6 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne Andrea Pizzitola Oreca 07 156 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Oreca 07 156 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 156 +7 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri Oreca 07 155 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 28 TDS Racing François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Loïc Duval Oreca 07 155 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Roberto González Pastor Maldonado Nathanaël Berthon Oreca 07 155 +8 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Julien Canal Ligier JS P217 152 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Billy Johnson Ford GT 148 +15 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 14 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 148 +15 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Davide Rigon Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 147 +16 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 16 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni Porsche 911 RSR 147 +16 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 17 LMGTEPro 82 BMW Team MTEK Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa BMW M8 GTE 146 +17 Laps BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 18 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Jonathan Adam Aston Martin Vantage AMR 146 +17 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage AMR 146 +17 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 20 LMGTEPro 81 BMW Team MTEK Martin Tomczyk Nick Catsburg BMW M8 GTE 145 +18 Laps BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 144 +19 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 90 TF Sport Salih Yoluç Euan Alers-Hankey Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage GTE 144 +19 Laps Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin Ferrari 488 GTE 143 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Porsche 911 RSR 142 +21 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 LMGTEAm 70 MR Racing Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Ferrari 488 GTE 142 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTEAm 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Khaled Al Qubaisi Gianluca Roda Matteo Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR 141 +22 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 139 +24 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Jan Lammers Dallara P217 139 +24 laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 29 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing UK Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Alex Davison Porsche 911 RSR 137 +26 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 30 LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 488 GTE 136 +27 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 31 LMGTEAm 56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR 131 +32 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DSQ LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 161 Disqualified Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1 17 SMP Racing Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Matevos Isaakyan BR Engineering BR1 132 Collision AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 DNF LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Tony Kanaan Ford GT 26 Collision Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 DNS LMP1 10 DragonSpeed Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman Pietro Fittipaldi BR Engineering BR1 – Did Not Start AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 WD LMP1 5 CEFC TRSM Racing Charlie Robertson Dean Stoneman Ginetta G60-LT-P1 – Withdrew Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6 WD LMP1 6 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 +/– 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 +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 26 2 Rebellion Racing 15 3 ByKolles Racing Team 12 4 SMP Racing 10
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– 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 +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 30 2 Ford 26 3 Ferrari 15.5 4 BMW 14 5 Aston Martin 14
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
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