2026 6 Hours of São Paulo

The 2026 6 Hours of São Paulo (formally known as the 2026 Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 10 and 12 July 2026 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the fourth of eight rounds of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship and the sixth running of the event.

Entry list

The entry list consisted of 35 cars, with 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. Due to Alex Lynn's neck injury, the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota Cadillac competed with 2 drivers. Both Heart of Racing Aston Martins also each entered 2 drivers, with Ross Gunn in the No. 007 and Roman De Angelis in the No. 009 being absent.

In LMGT3, due to clashing with the 2026 Chevrolet Grand Prix of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, Eduardo Barrichello was absent from the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin lineup, and Nicky Catsburg was replaced by Nicolás Varrone in the No. 33 TF Sport Corvette. Additionally, Esteban Masson returned to his seat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus after competing in LMP2 at Le Mans.

Schedule

Date Time (local: BRT) Event Friday, 10 July 11:00 Free Practice 1 15:50 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 11 July 10:10 Free Practice 3 14:30 Qualifying – LMGT3 14:50 Hyperpole – LMGT3 15:10 Qualifying – Hypercar 15:30 Hyperpole – Hypercar Sunday, 12 July 11:30 Race Source:

Practice Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two sessions on Friday ran for 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday ran for 60 minutes.

Practice 1 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team Harry Tincknell1:25.457LMGT361 Iron Lynx Maxime Martin1:34.833Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Practice 2 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar19 Genesis Magma Racing Mathieu Jaminet1:24.271LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team Clemens Schmid1:34.498Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar36 Alpine Endurance Team Victor Martins1:24.038LMGT361 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade1:34.283Source:

Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying results Qualifying started at 14:30 BRT on Saturday, with one twelve-minute qualifying session and one ten-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.

Pole position winners in each class and fastest times in each session are marked in bold. ClassEntrantQualifyingHyperpole1Hypercar12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:23.6031:23.04112Hypercar38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:23.4821:23.08923Hypercar36 Alpine Endurance Team1:23.6161:23.10834Hypercar15 BMW M Team WRT1:23.6951:23.13545Hypercar35 Alpine Endurance Team1:23.5461:23.16856Hypercar19 Genesis Magma Racing1:23.4911:23.34177Hypercar50 Ferrari AF Corse1:23.5241:23.38768Hypercar94 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:23.5981:23.40289Hypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team1:23.7731:23.578910Hypercar83 Ferrari AF Corse1:23.6831:23.6251011Hypercar51 Ferrari AF Corse1:23.8321112Hypercar17 Genesis Magma Racing1:23.9841213Hypercar93 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:24.0101314Hypercar8 Toyota Racing1:24.0481415Hypercar009 Aston Martin THOR Team1:24.1511516Hypercar7 Toyota Racing1:24.0101717Hypercar20 BMW M Team WRT1:24.2211618LMGT323 Heart of Racing Team1:34.5271:33.3501819LMGT379 Iron Lynx1:34.7201:33.5491920LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team1:34.5371:33.7642021LMGT369 Team WRT1:34.1901:33.7662122LMGT377 Proton Competition1:34.5011:33.7732223LMGT361 Iron Lynx1:34.5701:33.8732324LMGT392 The Bend Manthey1:34.5581:34.0692425LMGT388 Proton Competition1:34.5661:34.2812526LMGT332 Team WRT1:34.6761:34.3262627LMGT334 Racing Team Turkey by TF1:33.8081:34.6122728LMGT391 Manthey DK Engineering1:34.9132829LMGT333 TF Sport1:35.0032930LMGT354 Vista AF Corse1:35.1123031LMGT310 Garage 591:35.1353132LMGT327 Heart of Racing Team1:35.2063233LMGT378 Akkodis ASP Team1:35.2113334LMGT321 Vista AF Corse1:35.2313435LMGT358 Garage 591:35.26235Source: Notes

– The No. 19 Genesis Magma Racing originally qualified in 6th, but was given a one-place grid penalty for impeding the No. 20 BMW M Team WRT. – The No. 7 Toyota Racing originally qualified in 16th, but was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding the No. 19 Genesis Magma Racing. Thus, they started at the back of the Hypercar grid in 17th.

Results Race results The race started at 11:30 BRT on Sunday.

The minimum number of laps for classification will be 70 percent of the overall race winner's distance. Class winners are denoted in bold and .

+Final race classificationClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/ReasonEngine 1 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 2426:00:26.462 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 2 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 242+2.254 Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Norman Nato Will Stevens Cadillac V-Series.R 242+6.687 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 4 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Cadillac V-Series.R 242+12.666 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 5 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 242+32.351 Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble Harry TincknellAston Martin Valkyrie 242+35.566 Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 7 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 242+39.952Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 242+40.047 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Valkyrie 242 +45.523Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 10 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team António Félix da Costa Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 242 +56.996Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Victor Martins Alpine A424 242 +1:17.818Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 12 Hypercar 7 Toyota Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota TR010 Hybrid 241 +1 LapToyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 13 Hypercar 19 Genesis Magma Racing Paul-Loup Chatin Mathieu Jaminet Daniel Juncadella Genesis GMR-001 241 +1 Lap Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 14 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo Pourchaire Peugeot 9X8 241 +1 LapPeugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 15 Hypercar 17 Genesis Magma Racing Pipo Derani Mathys Jaubert André Lotterer Genesis GMR-001 241 +1 Lap Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 16 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Nick Cassidy Paul di Resta Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 240 +2 LapsPeugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 17 Hypercar 8 Toyota Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota TR010 Hybrid 230 +12 LapsToyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 18 LMGT3 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Peter Dempsey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 219 +23 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 19 LMGT3 69 Team WRT Dan Harper Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson BMW M4 GT3 Evo 219 +23 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 20 LMGT3 92 The Bend Manthey Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 218 +24 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 21 LMGT3 91 Manthey DK Engineering Timur Boguslavskiy James Cottingham Ayhancan Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 218 +24 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 22 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Logan Sargeant Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 218 +24 LapsFord Coyote 5.4 L V8 23 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Martin Berry Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 218 +24 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu Lexus RC F GT3 218 +24 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Nico Varrone Jonny Edgar Ben Keating Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 218 +24 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 26 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 218 +24 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 27 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Eric Powell Sebastian Priaulx Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 218 +24 LapsFord Coyote 5.4 L V8 28 LMGT3 58 Garage 59 Finn Gehrsitz Benjamin Goethe Alexander West McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 218 +24 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 29 LMGT3 32 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 Evo 218 +24 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 30 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 217 +25 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 31 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Hadrien David Jack Hawksworth Tom Van Rompuy Lexus RC F GT3 217 +25 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 32 LMGT3 79 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius Johannes Zelger Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 217 +25 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 LMGT3 10 Garage 59 Antares Au Tom Fleming Marvin Kirchhöfer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 217 +25 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 34 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 217 +25 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 35 LMGT3 23 Heart of Racing Team Jonny Adam Kobe Pauwels Gray Newell Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 216 +26 LapsAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 Official results:

Notes

The No. 20 BMW M Team WRT originally finished 6th, but was demoted to 8th after receiving a 5-second penalty after the race for making contact with the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse.

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