2021 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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.

2021 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Event 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

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos	Class	Team	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 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

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 ‡.^[2]

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

2021 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship Pos. +/– Driver Points 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 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 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 1 Porsche 38 2 Ferrari 33

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