The 2021 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 1 May 2021. It served as the opening round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the tenth running of the event as part of the championship. The race marked the debut of the new 'Hypercar' era of endurance racing and was won by the debuting #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.

Qualifying

Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ClassTeamTime1HypercarNo. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing2:00.747 –12HypercarNo. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing2:01.266 +0.51923LMP2No. 22 United Autosports USA2:02.404 +1.65734HypercarNo. 36 Alpine Elf Matmut2:02.652 +1.90545LMP2No. 26 G-Drive Racing2:02.984 +2.23756LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 29 Racing Team Nederland2:03.435 +2.68867LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 70 Realteam Racing2:03.475 +2.72878LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 25 G-Drive Racing2:03.485 +2.73889LMP2No. 28 JOTA2:03.516 +2.769910LMP2No. 38 JOTA2:03.625 +2.8781011LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 21 DragonSpeed USA2:03.816 +3.0691112LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 24 PR1 Motorsports2:03.869 +3.1221213LMP2No. 31 Team WRT2:03.915 +3.1681314LMP2No. 34 Inter Europol Competition2:04.207 +3.4601415LMP2No. 1 Richard Mille Racing Team2:05.284 +4.5371516LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 20 High Class Racing2:05.522 +4.7751617LMP2 Pro-AmNo. 44 ARC Bratislava2:07.051 +6.3041718LMGTE-ProNo. 92 Porsche GT Team2:11.219 +10.4721819LMGTE-ProNo. 52 AF Corse2:12.351 +11.6041920LMGTE-ProNo. 91 Porsche GT Team2:12.370 +11.6232021LMGTE-ProNo. 51 AF Corse2:12.443 +11.6962122LMGTE-ProNo. 63 Corvette Racing2:13.106 +12.3592223LMGTE-AmNo. 33 TF Sport2:14.660 +13.9132324LMGTE-AmNo. 98 Aston Martin Racing2:15.615 +14.8682425LMGTE-AmNo. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing2:16.319 +15.5722526LMGTE-AmNo. 54 AF Corse2:16.367 +15.6202627LMGTE-AmNo. 83 AF Corse2:17.560 +16.8132728LMGTE-AmNo. 47 Cetilar Racing2:17.719 +16.9722829LMGTE-AmNo. 85 Iron Lynx2:18.452 +17.7052930LMGTE-AmNo. 86 GR Racing2:18.813 +18.0663031LMGTE-AmNo. 60 Iron Lynx2:20.356 +19.6093132LMGTE-AmNo. 56 Team Project 1No Time–3233LMGTE-AmNo. 77 Dempsey-Proton RacingNo Time–3334LMGTE-AmNo. 777 D'station RacingNo Time–34

Race

Race result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 113 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with .

+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley Toyota GR010 Hybrid 162 6:00:17.733 Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Matmut André Negrão Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480 162 +1:07.196 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 3 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 161 +1 Lap Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 4 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07 161 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 38 JOTA Roberto González António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson Oreca 07 160 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 28 JOTA Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist Oreca 07 160 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2(Pro-Am) 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Job van Uitert Oreca 07 159 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle Oreca 07 159 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2(Pro-Am) 70 Realteam Racing Esteban Garcia Loïc Duval Norman Nato Oreca 07 158 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2(Pro-Am) 21 DragonSpeed USA Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley Oreca 07 158 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser Oreca 07 158 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2(Pro-Am) 20 High Class Racing Jan Magnussen Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen Oreca 07 157 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2(Pro-Am) 25 G-Drive Racing John Falb Rui Andrade Roberto Merhi Aurus 01 157 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2(Pro-Am) 24 PR1 Motorsports Patrick Kelly Gabriel Aubry Simon Trummer Oreca 07 157 +5 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team Kévin Estre Neel Jani Porsche 911 RSR-19 153 +9 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 16 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 153 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 17 LMGTE Pro 52 AF Corse Daniel Serra Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 153 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 18 LMGTE Pro 63 Corvette Racing Antonio García Oliver Gavin Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 152 +10 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 19 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 152 +10 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 20 LMGTE Am 83 AF Corse François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 152 +10 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 33 TF Sport Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga Aston Martin Vantage AMR 152 +10 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMGTE Am 47 Cetliar Racing Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 151 +11 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 151 +11 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Andrew Haryanto Marco Seefried Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 RSR-19 151 +11 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 LMGTE Am 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes Aston Martin Vantage AMR 151 +11 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 777 D'station Racing Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 150 +12 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Lynx Rahel Frey Katherine Legge Manuela Gostner Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 150 +13 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 149 +14 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Oreca 07 127 +35 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell Porsche 911 RSR-19 138 Retired Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Franco Colapinto Nyck de Vries Aurus 01 125 Retired Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Michael Wainwright Ben Barker Tom Gamble Porsche 911 RSR-19 0 Retired Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2(Pro-Am) 44 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Tom Jackson Darren Burke Ligier JS P217 0 Retired Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin

Standings after the race

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 1 Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley 25 2 Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière 18 3 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López 16

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Championship +/– Team Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing 26 2 Alpine Elf Matmut 18

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

2021 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/– Driver Points 1 Kévin Estre Neel Jani 26 2 James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi 18 3 Miguel Molina Daniel Serra 15 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 12 5 Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera 10

2021 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/– Team Points 1 Porsche 38 2 Ferrari 33

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

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