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.
Lilou Wadoux became the first female driver to win an FIA World Endurance Championship race, taking victory in the LMGTE Am class with Luís Pérez Companc and Alessio Rovera.
Background 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.
Entry list 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.
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.
Schedule 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:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. 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:
Qualifying 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 — 38Source:
Race The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 103 laps. Class winners are in bold and .
+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 148 6:00:24.798 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 148 +11.637 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 148 +1:09.439 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 148 +1:12.264 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 5 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R 147 +1 Lap Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 6 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota António Félix da Costa Will Stevens Yifei Ye Porsche 963 147 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 23 United Autosports Tom Blomqvist Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 10 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Andrea Caldarelli Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Romain Dumas Franck Mailleux Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH 146 +2 Laps Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 14 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 146 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 15 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 146 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Nico Müller Peugeot 9X8 146 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 18 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 145 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 144 +4 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 140 +8 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 21 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 140 +8 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR 140 +8 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 88 Proton Competition Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Harry Tincknell Porsche 911 RSR-19 139 +9 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 139 +9 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 25 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Diego Alessi Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 139 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR 139 +9 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Daniel Serra Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 139 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 138 +10 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 29 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 138 +10 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 30 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 137 +11 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 31 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 136 +12 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 106 Accident Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve Vanwall Vandervell 680 80 Accident Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 79 Accident Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 53 Electrics Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 3 Cadillac Racing Jack Aitken Sébastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Cadillac V-Series.R 40 Accident Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 14 Wheel Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin
Standings after the race
2023 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers'Championship +/- Driver Points1 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa712 1 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López663 1 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen424 Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook405 1 James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi32
2023 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' Championship +/- Manufacturer Points1 Toyota902 Ferrari573 Porsche424 Cadillac405 Peugeot19
2023 FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams +/- Team Points138 Hertz Team Jota25
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers +/- Drivers Points1 Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin662 2 Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica583 Filipe Albuquerque484 1 Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson455 3 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin41
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams +/- Team Points122 United Autosports662 141 Team WRT583 123 United Autosports454 263 Prema Racing41534 Inter Europol Competition40
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers +/- Drivers Points1 Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone822 5 Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux433 Simon Mann Ulysse de Pauw364 2 Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen355 1 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting32
2023 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams +/- Team Points133 Corvette Racing822 583 Richard Mille AF Corse43321 AF Corse364 277 Dempsey-Proton Racing355 185 Iron Dames32
Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for all championship standings.
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