6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Date
Sat 5th May 2018 (UTC)
Sat 5th May 2018 (Local)

Timestamp
2018-05-05T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
WEC

Season
2018-2019

Round
1

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Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formerly the 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other races followed. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24-hour race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an endurance race for sports cars and GTs. The sports car race began in 1953, and in 1963 joined the World Sportscar Championship and was extended to 500 km. Starting in 1966, it was run for 1000 km, following the 1000 km Nürburgring and 1000 km Monza. Due to safety problems on the traditional long and very fast 14 km track over public roads, the race was discontinued after 1975.
The 1000 km race was resumed in 1982 after the track was made safer by shortening it to 7 km. In 1989 and 1990, the race distance was lowered to 480 km as a rule change required the use of Formula One-derived engines that lasted longer. Due to the decline of the WSC, the "1000km" was discontinued after 1990 even before the WSC closed.
The race was revived in 1999, as a part of the SportsRacing World Cup (the predecessor to the FIA Sportscar Championship), running to a 2-hour, 30 minute time limit. In 2003, the 1000 km race was resumed as a joint event of the FIA SCC with the British GT Championship. In 2004, it was part of the Le Mans Series (LMS), and in 2011 was also part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. From 2012 onwards the race has been part of the FIA World Endurance Championship, albeit in the format of a six-hour race.

The 2018 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 3-5 May 2018. Spa-Francorchamps serves as the first race of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and is the seventh running of the event as part of the championship.
Toyota secured a one-two finish in the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship superseason at Spa, with Fernando Alonso’s car taking a narrow win.

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Result List

01	Kazuki Nakajima	6:00:50.702
01	Sébastien Buemi	6:00:50.702
01	Fernando Alonso	6:00:50.702
02	Kamui Kobayashi	+ 1.444
02	José María López	+ 1.444
02	Mike Conway	+ 1.444
03	Mathias Beche	+ 2 laps
03	Thomas Laurent	+ 2 laps
03	Gustavo Menezes	+ 2 laps

Result Description
Pos/Drivers/Team/Points

1/Fernando Alonso/KazukiNakajima/Sébastien Buemi/Toyota Gazoo Racing/26
2/Kamui Kobayashi/Mike Conway/José María López/Toyota Gazoo Racing/18
3/Thomas Laurent/Gustavo Menezes/Mathias Beche/Rebellion Racing/15
4/Oliver Webb/Tom Dillmann/Dominik Kraihamer/Bykolles Racing Team/12
5/Mikhail Aleshin/Vitaly Petrov/SMP Racing/10

Pos/Team/Points

1/Toyota Gazoo Racing/26
2/Rebellion Racing/15
3/ByKolles Racing Team/12
4/SMP Racing/10

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