The 2024 6 Hours of São Paulo (formally known as the 2024 Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 14 July 2024, as the fifth of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourth running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship, and the first running of the event since 2014.
Background The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. Interlagos Circuit signed a contract to host the event until at least 2028, made possible via an agreement with the São Paulo City Hall.
Entry list
The entry list was revealed on 26 June 2024, with 37 entries: 19 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. Clemens Schmid was set to replace Timur Boguslavskiy in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus. However, the car had to withdraw from the event after a heavy crash from Arnold Robin in the first free practice session. Furthermore, Harry Tincknell was not aboard the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche due to commitments in IMSA's Mosport Park round. Mike Conway returned behind the wheel of the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota, after withdrawing from Le Mans after an accident. José María López, therefore, returned behind the wheel of the No. 87 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus.
Schedule Date Time (local: BRT) Event Friday, 12 July 10:45 Free Practice 1 14:30 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 13 July 10:30 Free Practice 3 14:30 Qualifying - LMGT3 14:50 Hyperpole - LMGT3 15:10 Qualifying - Hypercar 15:30 Hyperpole - Hypercar Sunday, 14 July 11:30 Race Source:
Practice Three practice sessions were held: two on Friday, and one on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 60 minutes.
Practice 1 The first practice session started at 10:45 BRT on Friday. Nico Müller topped the session in the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry, with a lap time of 1:26.341. He was 0.179 seconds quicker than second-placed Earl Bamber in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry, and André Lotterer finished third in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport. Nicolas Costa was quickest in the LMGT3 category: he lapped the circuit in 1 minute, 35.881 seconds, in the No. 59 United Autosports McLaren. He was only 0.003 seconds quicker than second-placed Alex Riberas in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with Marco Sørensen rounding out the top three in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin. The session was red-flagged with 43 minutes to go after a heavy crash from Arnold Robin: the session would not be resumed. The No. 78 Lexus was withdrawn from the event, with the damage to the car too much to repair.
Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Nico Müller 1:26.341 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa 1:35.881 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2 The second practice session started at 14:30 BRT on Friday. Toyota set the two fastest times: Sébastien Buemi was quickest in the No. 8 Toyota with a lap of 1:25.727, 0.033 seconds quicker than second-placed Kamui Kobayashi in the sister No. 7 car. Alessandro Pier Guidi rounded out the top three in the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse entry; he was only 0.043 seconds slower than Buemi. José María López topped the session in the LMGT3 category in the one remaining Lexus, with a lap of 1:35.725. He was 0.325 seconds quicker than Franck Perera in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini, with Alessio Rovera in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari third-quickest.
Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi 1:25.727 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López 1:35.881 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Final practice The third and final practice session started at 10:30 BRT on Saturday. Callum Ilott led a Porsche 1–2–3 in the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota Porsche, with a lap time of 1:24.297. He was 0.012 seconds quicker than Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, whilst Kévin Estre in the sister No. 6 Porsche finished as third-quickest, 0.093 seconds behind Ilott. Alex Malykhin set the fastest lap in LMGT3: he lapped the circuit in 1 minute, 35.488 seconds in the No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche. He was 0.062 seconds quicker than second-placed Nico Pino in the No. 95 McLaren, and Sarah Bovy rounded out the top three in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini.
Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott 1:24.297 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Alex Malykhin 1:35.488 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying Qualifying started at 14:30 BRT on Saturday. Pole position was claimed by Kamui Kobayashi in the No. 7 Toyota with a lap of 1:23.140, which was 0.122 seconds quicker than Buemi in the sister No. 8 Toyota. Campbell rounded out the top three in the No. 5 Porsche, 0.191 seconds behind Kobayashi. LMGT3 saw pole position be claimed by Bovy in the No. 85 Lamborghini, with a lap time of 1:34.413. She was 0.391 seconds quicker than second-placed Malykhin in the No. 92 Porsche, with Josh Caygill in the No. 95 McLaren third-quickest.
Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:23.426 1:23.140 1 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:23.605 1:23.262 2 3 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:23.263 1:23.331 3 4 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:23.584 1:23.396 4 5 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:23.739 1:23.408 5 6 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:23.583 1:23.532 6 7 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota 1:23.357 1:23.639 7 8 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota 1:23.634 1:23.701 8 9 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:23.581 1:23.910 9 10 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:23.629 1:24.078 10 11 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:23.927 11 12 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:23.955 12 13 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:23.962 13 14 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:24.055 14 15 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:24.066 15 16 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:24.406 16 17 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:24.445 17 18 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:24.554 18 19 Hypercar 11 Isotta Fraschini 1:24.863 19 20 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 1:35.299 1:34.413 20 21 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing 1:35.462 1:34.804 21 22 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 1:35.572 1:34.860 22 23 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 1:35.810 1:34.911 23 24 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA 1:36.015 1:35.471 24 25 LMGT3 31 Team WRT 1:36.026 1:35.562 25 26 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse 1:35.620 1:35.656 26 27 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 1:35.744 1:35.931 27 28 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 1:35.660 1:36.211 28 29 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 1:35.877 No time 29 30 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 1:36.085 30 31 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 1:36.163 31 32 LMGT3 82 TF Sport 1:36.169 32 33 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing 1:36.415 33 34 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team 1:36.817 34 35 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 1:37.944 35 36 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 1:38.004 36Source:
Race Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 165 laps. Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 236 6:01:02.554 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 236 +1:08.811 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 3 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 236 +1:15.993 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid 236 +1:23.571 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 236 +1:27.395 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 235 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota Jenson Button Phil Hanson Oliver Rasmussen Porsche 963 235 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 8 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Nico Müller Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 235 +1 Lap Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 235 +1 Lap BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 10 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Nicolas Lapierre Mick Schumacher Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A424 234 +2 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Robert Kubica Robert Shwartzman Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 234 +2 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 234 +2 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 13 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R 234 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 14 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 234 +2 Laps BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 15 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Julien Andlauer Neel Jani Porsche 963 234 +2 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 16 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta Loïc Duval Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 234 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 17 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara Lamborghini SC63 234 +2 Laps Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 18 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott Norman Nato Will Stevens Porsche 963 233 +3 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 19 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 214 +22 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 20 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 213 +23 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Hiroshi Hamaguchi Nico Pino Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 213 +23 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 212 +24 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi BMW M4 GT3 212 +24 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 24 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 212 +24 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 25 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Ford Mustang GT3 212 +24 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 26 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 212 +24 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 27 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Erwan Bastard Clément Mateu Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 212 +24 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGT3 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 211 +25 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 29 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura José María López Esteban Masson Lexus RC F GT3 211 +25 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 30 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 209 +27 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 31 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Christian Ried Ford Mustang GT3 208 +28 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 32 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 208 +28 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 33 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 191 +45 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 Hypercar 11 Isotta Fraschini Carl Bennett Antonio Serravalle Jean-Karl Vernay Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6-C 149 Retired Isotta Fraschini 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 139 Retired Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 LMGT3 82 TF Sport Sébastien Baud Daniel Juncadella Hiroshi Koizumi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 133 Retired Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8Source:
Standings after the race
2024 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship