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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.[1]

Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid
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 No. 29 Racing Team Nederland 2:03.435 +2.688 6
7 LMP2 No. 70 Realteam Racing 2:03.475 +2.728 7
8 LMP2 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 No. 21 DragonSpeed USA 2:03.816 +3.069 11
12 LMP2 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 No. 20 High Class Racing 2:05.522 +4.775 16
17 LMP2 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[]

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 double-dagger.[2]

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 8 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 162 6:00:17.733 double-dagger
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 36 25px France Alpine Elf Matmut 25px Brazil André Negrão
25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px France Matthieu Vaxivière
Alpine A480 M 162 +1:07.196
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3 Hypercar 7 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 161 +1 Lap
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
4 LMP2 22 25px Great Britain United Autosports USA 25px Great Britain Philip Hanson
25px Switzerland Fabio Scherer
25px Flag of Portugal Filipe Albuquerque
Oreca 07 G 161 +1 Lapdouble-dagger
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5 LMP2 38 25px Great Britain JOTA 25px Mexico Roberto González
25px Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa
25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
Oreca 07 G 160 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 28 25px Great Britain JOTA 25px IDN Sean Gelael
25px Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
25px Great Britain Tom Blomqvist
Oreca 07 G 160 +2 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
29 25px Netherlands Racing Team Nederland 25px Netherlands Frits van Eerd
25px Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
25px Netherlands Job van Uitert
Oreca 07 G 159 +3 Laps double-dagger
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 34 25px Flag of Poland Inter Europol Competition 25px Flag of Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
25px Netherlands Renger van der Zande
25px Great Britain Alex Brundle
Oreca 07 G 159 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
70 25px Switzerland Realtam Racing 25px Switzerland Esteban Garcia
25px France Loïc Duval
25px France Norman Nato
Oreca 07 G 158 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
21 25px USA DragonSpeed USA 25px Sweden Henrik Hedman
25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
25px Great Britain Ben Hanley
Oreca 07 G 158 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMP2 1 25px France Richard Mille Racing Team 25px Flag of Colombia Tatiana Calderón
25px Germany Sophia Flörsch
25px Netherlands Beitske Visser
Oreca 07 G 158 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
12 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
20 25px Flag of Denmark High Class Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px Flag of Denmark Anders Fjordbach
25px Flag of Denmark Dennis Andersen
Oreca 07 G 157 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
13 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
25 G-Drive Racing 25px USA John Falb
ANG Rui Andrade
25px Spain Roberto Merhi
Aurus 01 G 157 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMP2
(Pro-Am)
24 25px USA PR1 Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Kelly
25px France Gabriel Aubry
25px Switzerland Simon Trummer
Oreca 07 G 157 +5 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15 LMGTE Pro 92 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px France Kévin Estre
25px Switzerland Neel Jani
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 153 +9 Laps double-dagger
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE Pro 51 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
25px Great Britain James Calado
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 153 +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE Pro 52 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Brazil Daniel Serra
25px Spain Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 153 +9 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE Pro 63 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García
25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 152 +10 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19 LMGTE Pro 91 25px Germany Porsche GT Team 25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
25px Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 152 +10 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
20 LMGTE Am 83 25px Italy AF Corse 25px France François Perrodo
25px Flag of Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
25px Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 152 +10 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE Am 33 25px Great Britain TF Sport 25px USA Ben Keating
25px LUX Dylan Pereira
25px Brazil Felipe Fraga
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 152 +10 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
22 LMGTE Am 47 25px Italy Cetliar Racing 25px Italy Roberto Lacorte
25px Italy Giorgio Sernagiotto
25px Italy Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 151 +11 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23 LMGTE Am 54 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Switzerland Thomas Flohr
25px Italy Francesco Castellacci
25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 151 +11 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
24 LMGTE Am 88 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px IDN Andrew Haryanto
25px Germany Marco Seefried
25px Belgium Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 151 +11 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE Am 98 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Canada Paul Dalla Lana
25px Brazil Augusto Farfus
25px Brazil Marcos Gomes
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 151 +11 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
26 LMGTE Am 777 25px Japan D'station Racing 25px Japan Satoshi Hoshino
25px Japan Tomonobu Fujii
25px Great Britain Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 150 +12 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGTE Am 85 25px Italy Iron Lynx 25px Switzerland Rahel Frey
25px Great Britain Katherine Legge
25px Italy Manuela Gostner
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 150 +13 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE Am 60 25px Italy Iron Lynx 25px Italy Claudi Schiavoni
25px Italy Andrea Piccini
25px Italy Matteo Cressoni
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 149 +14 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29 LMP2 31 25px Belgium Team WRT 25px Netherlands Robin Frijns
25px Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
25px France Charles Milesi
Oreca 07 G 127 +35 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE Am 77 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px New Zealand Jaxon Evans
25px Australia Matt Campbell
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 138 Retired
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
25px Argentina Franco Colapinto
25px Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Aurus 01 G 125 Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF LMGTE Am 86 25px Great Britain GR Racing 25px Great Britain Michael Wainwright
25px Great Britain Ben Barker
25px Great Britain Tom Gamble
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 0 Retired
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF LMP2
(Pro-Am)
44 25px Template:Country alias SVK ARC Bratislava 25px Template:Country alias SVK Miro Konôpka
25px Great Britain Tom Jackson
25px Great Britain Darren Burke
Ligier JS P217 G 0 Retired
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Standings after the race[]

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship
Pos. +/– Driver Points
1 25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley
25
2 25px France Nicolas Lapierre
25px Brazil André Negrão
25px France Matthieu Vaxivière
18
3 25px Great Britain Mike Conway
25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi
25px Argentina José María López
16
2021 Hypercar World Endurance Championship
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 25px Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 26
2 25px France 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
1 25px France Kévin Estre
25px Switzerland Neel Jani
26
2 25px Great Britain James Calado
25px Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
18
3 25px Spain Miguel Molina
25px Brazil Daniel Serra
15
4 25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
25px Austria Richard Lietz
12
5 25px Flag of Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
25px France François Perrodo
25px Italy Alessio Rovera
10
2021 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship
Pos. +/– Team Points
1 25px Germany Porsche 38
2 25px Italy Ferrari 33
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers Championship standings.

References[]


FIA World Endurance Championship
Previous race:
None
2021 season Next race:
8 Hours of Portimão
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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• The event would run on a distance of 1,000 km before 2011. 

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