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2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
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The 2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2025 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 8 and 10 May 2025 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the third of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 59th running of the event, and the 14th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.
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Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 25 April 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3.[2] In the Hypercar category, Nico Müller and Pascal Wehrlein joined the No. 5 and No. 6 Porsches, respectively, to prepare for their participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3][4] Furthermore, Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde were absent from the No. 15 and No. 20 BMWs, respectively, due to driving duties at IMSA's Laguna Seca round.[2] In the LMGT3 category, Brenton Grove and Stephen Grove replaced Matteo Cressoni and Claudio Schiavoni in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Mercedes, with Schiavoni suffering from an injury.[5] Martin Berry is set to replace Christian Ried behind the wheel of the No. 61 Mercedes, with Ried stepping away from driving duties.[6] Finally, Yuichi Nakayama replaced Ben Barnicoat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with Barnicoat still suffering from a hand injury.[7]
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Schedule
Practice
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Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Thursday and one on Friday. The session on Thursday morning ran for 90 minutes, the session on Thursday afternoon was scheduled to run for 90 minutes but was extended to 2 hours due to multiple crashes,[9] and the session on Friday is scheduled to be run for 60 minutes.[8]
Practice 1
The first practice session started at 11:30 CEST on Thursday. Antonio Fuoco topped the session in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry, with a lap time of 2:02.835. He was 0.222 seconds quicker than second-placed Robert Kubica in the No. 83 Ferrari. Mick Schumacher was third-quickest in the No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team entry, 0.259 seconds behind Fuoco.[10] Finn Gehrsitz topped the LMGT3 class in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry, with a lap time of 2:18.432. He was 0.096 seconds quicker than Alessio Rovera in the No. 21 Vista AF Corse entry in second, with José María López in the No. 87 Lexus rounding out the top three.[11]
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
The second practice session started at 16:30 CEST on Thursday, with Kévin Estre topping the session in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. He lapped the circuit in 2 minutes, 1.475 seconds. Fuoco was second-fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari, 0.091 seconds behind Estre. Robin Frijns rounded out the top three in the No. 20 BMW M Team WRT entry, 0.310 seconds slower.[14] Zacharie Robichon topped the session in the LMGT3 category in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry, with a fastest lap of 2:18.326. He was 0.052 seconds quicker than Clemens Schmid in the No. 87 Lexus, with Davide Rigon rounding out the top three in the No. 54 Ferrari, 0.555 seconds behind Robichon.[9] The session saw three red flag stoppages. The first stoppage was after a crash from the No. 51 Ferrari at Eau Rouge. The second stoppage was after a crash from the No. 60 Iron Lynx Mercedes, again at Eau Rouge. This saw the session extended from 90 minutes to 2 hours.[9] The third and final red flag stoppage was for the No. 007 Aston Martin, with Tom Gamble crashing at Pouhon.[9]
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3
The third and final practice session started at 11:00 CEST on Friday. Fuoco topped the session in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap time of 2:00.596. He was 0.197 seconds quicker than second-placed Earl Bamber in the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry, with Alex Lynn in the No. 12 Cadillac in third, 0.227 seconds behind Fuoco.[17] The LMGT3 class was topped by Simon Mann in the No. 21 Ferrari, with a fastest lap of 2:17.831. He was 0.350 seconds quicker than Giammarco Levorato, who finished second in the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford. Schmid rounded out the top three in the No. 87 Lexus, a further 0.495 seconds behind.[18]
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
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Qualifying
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Qualifying started at 14:40 CEST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.[8] Antonio Fuoco claimed pole position in the No. 50 Ferrari, setting a new unofficial Hypercar lap record, surpassing the previous best of 2:00.747 set by Kamui Kobayashi in 2021.[21]
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
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Race
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The race started at 14:00 CEST on Saturday, and ran for six hours.[8]
Race results
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 105 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
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