2021 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

2021 Total 6 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsEvent information

Round 1 of 6 in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date| 1 May 2021
Location| Stavelot
Venue| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Duration| 6 hours
Results
Laps completed| 162
Distance (km)| 1134.648
Distance (miles)| 705.024
Hypercar
Pole position
Time| 2:00.747
Team|  Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team|  Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers|  Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley
LMP2
Winners
Team|  United Autosports USA
Drivers|  Philip Hanson
Fabio Scherer
Filipe Albuquerque
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
Team|  Racing Team Nederland
Drivers|  Frits van Eerd
Giedo van der Garde
Job van Uitert
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team|  Porsche GT Team
Drivers|  Kévin Estre
Neel Jani
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team|  AF Corse
Drivers|  François Perrodo
Nicklas Nielsen
Alessio Rovera

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

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### Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos | Class  | Team  | Time  | Gap | Grid

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1  | Hypercar  | No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing | 2:00.747  | –  | 1
2  | Hypercar  | No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing | 2:01.266  | +0.519  | 2
3  | LMP2 | No. 22 United Autosports USA | 2:02.404 | +1.657 | 3
4  | Hypercar  | No. 36 Alpine Elf Matmut | 2:02.652  | +1.905  | 4
5  | LMP2  | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | 2:02.984  | +2.237  | 5
6  | LMP2 Pro-Am | No. 29 Racing Team Nederland | 2:03.435 | +2.688 | 6
7  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 70 Realteam Racing | 2:03.475  | +2.728  | 7
8  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 25 G-Drive Racing | 2:03.485  | +2.738  | 8
9  | LMP2  | No. 28 JOTA | 2:03.516  | +2.769  | 9
10  | LMP2  | No. 38 JOTA | 2:03.625  | +2.878  | 10
11  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 21 DragonSpeed USA | 2:03.816  | +3.069  | 11
12  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 24 PR1 Motorsports | 2:03.869  | +3.122  | 12
13  | LMP2  | No. 31 Team WRT | 2:03.915  | +3.168  | 13
14  | LMP2  | No. 34 Inter Europol Competition | 2:04.207  | +3.460  | 14
15  | LMP2  | No. 1 Richard Mille Racing Team | 2:05.284  | +4.537  | 15
16  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 20 High Class Racing | 2:05.522  | +4.775  | 16
17  | LMP2 Pro-Am  | No. 44 ARC Bratislava | 2:07.051  | +6.304  | 17
18 | LMGTE-Pro | No. 92 Porsche GT Team | 2:11.219 | +10.472 | 18
19  | LMGTE-Pro  | No. 52 AF Corse | 2:12.351  | +11.604  | 19
20  | LMGTE-Pro  | No. 91 Porsche GT Team | 2:12.370  | +11.623  | 20
21  | LMGTE-Pro  | No. 51 AF Corse | 2:12.443  | +11.696  | 21
22  | LMGTE-Pro  | No. 63 Corvette Racing | 2:13.106  | +12.359  | 22
23 | LMGTE-Am | No. 33 TF Sport | 2:14.660 | +13.913 | 23
24  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 98 Aston Martin Racing | 2:15.615  | +14.868  | 24
25  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing | 2:16.319  | +15.572  | 25
26  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 54 AF Corse | 2:16.367  | +15.620  | 26
27  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 83 AF Corse | 2:17.560  | +16.813  | 27
28  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 47 Cetilar Racing | 2:17.719  | +16.972  | 28
29  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 85 Iron Lynx | 2:18.452  | +17.705  | 29
30  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 86 GR Racing | 2:18.813  | +18.066  | 30
31  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 60 Iron Lynx | 2:20.356  | +19.609  | 31
32  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 56 Team Project 1 | No Time  | –  | 32
33  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing | No Time  | –  | 33
34  | LMGTE-Am  | No. 777 D'station Racing | No Time  | –  | 34

## Race

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### Race Result

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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 ‡.[2]

Final race classification  | Pos. | Class  | No. | Team  | Drivers  | Chassis  | Tyre  | Laps | Time/Retired

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Engine
1  | Hypercar  | 8  |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |  Sébastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Brendon Hartley | Toyota GR010 Hybrid | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 161  | +1 Lap
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
4  | LMP2  | 22  |  United Autosports USA |  Philip Hanson
Fabio Scherer
Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07 | G | 161  | +1 Lap‡
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5  | LMP2  | 38  |  JOTA |  Roberto González
António Félix da Costa
Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | G | 160  | +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6  | LMP2  | 28  |  JOTA |  Sean Gelael
Stoffel Vandoorne
Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | G | 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 | G | 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 | G | 159  | +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9  | LMP2
(Pro-Am)  | 70  |  Realteam Racing |  Esteban Garcia
Loïc Duval
Norman Nato | Oreca 07 | G | 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 | G | 158  | +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11  | LMP2  | 1  |  Richard Mille Racing Team |  Tatiana Calderón
Sophia Flörsch
Beitske Visser | Oreca 07 | G | 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 | G | 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 | G | 157  | +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14  | LMP2
(Pro-Am)  | 24  |  PR1 Motorsports |  Patrick Kelly
Gabriel Aubry
Simon Trummer | Oreca 07 | G | 157  | +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15  | LMGTE Pro  | 92  |  Porsche GT Team |  Kévin Estre
Neel Jani | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | M | 153  | +9 Laps ‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
16  | LMGTE Pro  | 51  |  AF Corse |  Alessandro Pier Guidi
James Calado | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | M | 153  | +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17  | LMGTE Pro  | 52  |  AF Corse |  Daniel Serra
Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | M | 153  | +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18  | LMGTE Pro  | 63  |  Corvette Racing |  Antonio García
Oliver Gavin | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | M | 152  | +10 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19  | LMGTE Pro  | 91  |  Porsche GT Team |  Gianmaria Bruni
Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 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 | M | 149  | +14 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29  | LMP2  | 31  |  Team WRT |  Robin Frijns
Ferdinand Habsburg
Charles Milesi | Oreca 07 | G | 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 | M | 138  | Retired
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF  | LMP2  | 26  |  G-Drive Racing |  Roman Rusinov
Franco Colapinto
Nyck de Vries | Aurus 01 | G | 125  | Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF  | LMGTE Am  | 86  |  GR Racing |  Michael Wainwright
Ben Barker
Tom Gamble | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | M | 0  | Retired
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF  | LMP2
(Pro-Am)  | 44  |  ARC Bratislava |  Miro Konôpka
Tom Jackson
Darren Burke  | Ligier JS P217 | G | 0  | Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Tyre manufacturers  | Key

Symbol | Tyre manufacturer
G | Goodyear
M | Michelin

## Standings after the race

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2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship
| Pos. | +/–  | Driver  | Points

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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
| Pos. | +/–  | Team  | Points

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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
| Pos. | +/–  | Driver  | Points

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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
| Pos. | +/–  | Team  | Points

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1  |  |  Porsche | 38
2  |  |  Ferrari | 33

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

## References

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1. ^ "2021 6 Hours of Spa Qualifying Results" (PDF).
2. ^ "2021 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Race Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 May 2021.

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