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.
Qualifying
Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Average Time 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 Time — 34
– Motoaki Ishikawa crashed the No. 70 MR Racing car in qualifying, resulting in the car being unable to set a qualifying time.
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 133 5:44:41.101 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Nathanaël Berthon Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Rebellion R13 132 +1 lap Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 3 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov Stoffel Vandoorne BR Engineering BR1 132 +1 lap AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 4 LMP1 17 SMP Racing Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin Sergey Sirotkin BR Engineering BR1 131 +2 laps AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 5 LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 130 +3 laps Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 6 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 129 +4 laps Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 7 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Oreca 07 129 +4 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 8 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert Jean-Éric Vergne Aurus 01 129 +4 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 9 LMP2 36 Singatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 129 +4 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 10 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung Oreca 07 129 +4 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 11 LMP2 28 TDS Racing Norman Nato François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 128 +5 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 12 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Dallara P217 127 +6 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 13 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Jordan King Will Stevens Oreca 07 127 +6 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 14 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Nicholas Boulle Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Ligier JS P217 126 +7 laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 15 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR 124 +9 laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 16 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 124 +9 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 17 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 124 +9 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 18 LMGTEPro 82 BMW Team MTEK António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus BMW M8 GTE 124 +9 laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 19 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT 124 +9 laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 20 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Sam Bird Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 124 +9 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 21 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 124 +9 laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 22 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 124 +9 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 23 LMGTEPro 81 BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk BMW M8 GTE 124 +9 laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 24 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Ford GT 123 +10 laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 25 LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing Matt Campbell Riccardo Pera Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 122 +11 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 26 LMGTEAm 90 TF Sport Charlie Eastwood Euan Hankey Salih Yoluç Aston Martin Vantage GTE 122 +11 laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 27 LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Matteo Cressoni Matt Griffin Luís Pérez Companc Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 122 +11 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 28 LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 122 +11 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 29 LMGTEAm 56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR 122 +11 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 30 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 121 +12 laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 31 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR 121 +12 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 32 LMGTEAm 70 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 120 +13 laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 33 LMGTEAm 88 Dempsey – Proton Racing Matteo Cairoli Gianluca Roda Giorgio Roda Porsche 911 RSR 115 +18 laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 34 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Tom Dillmann Paolo Ruberti Oliver Webb ENSO CLM P1/01 95 +38 laps Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
Standings after the race
2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi 160 2 Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López 129 3 Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes 99 4 Mathias Beche 73 5 Neel Jani André Lotterer 73
2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 177 2 Rebellion Racing 116 3 SMP Racing 86 4 ByKolles Racing Team 22.5 5 DragonSpeed 8.5 6 CEFC TRSM Racing 1
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Michael Christensen Kévin Estre 140 2 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 104 3 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 98.5 4 Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla 70 5 1 Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell 67
2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Constructor Points 1 Porsche 246 2 Ferrari 153 3 Ford 137 4 Aston Martin 133 5 BMW 101
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.
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