The penultimate round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season will get underway at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
No fewer than 35 cars will be on track, with Toyota and Porsche both chasing down FIA World Endurance Manufacturer Championships. While Manufacturer titles may well be settled, driver world championships won’t be known until the Grand Finale of the Super Season, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
Endurance racing at Spa-Francorchamps can be traced back to the mid 1920s when the Spa 24 Hours race was first run. In 1966, Spa formed a round of the World Sportscar Championship as a 1000km race but was discontinued in 1975. The circuit was shortened to alleviate safety concerns and the 1000km race returned in 1982. Since 2012, Spa has been a regular stop on the WEC calendar.
At 7,004km in length, Spa is the second longest circuit on the WEC calendar after Le Mans. It is comprised of 19 corners and has the highest elevation of any race track of the season, with over 100 metres between the lowest and highest sections.
Teams and drivers competing at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
LMP1
1 REBELLION RACING CHE M Rebellion R13 – Gibson Neel Jani (CHE) P André Lotterer (DEU) P Bruno Senna (BRA) P
3 REBELLION RACING CHE M Rebellion R13 – Gibson Nathanaël Berthon (FRA) G Thomas Laurent (FRA) G Gustavo Menezes (USA) G
4 BYKOLLES RACING TEAM AUT M ENSO CLM P1/01 – Gibson Tom Dillmann (FRA) G Oliver Webb (GBR) G Paolo Ruberti (ITA) G
7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING JPN M Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Hybrid Mike Conway (GBR) P Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) P Jose Maria Lopez (ARG) P
8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING JPN M Toyota TS050 – Hybrid Hybrid Sébastien Buemi (CHE) P Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) P Fernando Alonso (ESP) P
10 DRAGONSPEED* USA M BR Engineering BR1 – Gibson Henrik Hedman (SWE) B Ben Hanley (GBR) G James Allen (AUS) S
11 SMP RACING RUS M BR Engineering BR1 – AER Mikhail Aleshin (RUS) P Vitaly Petrov (RUS) P Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL)
17 SMP RACING RUS M BR Engineering BR1 – AER Stéphane Sarrazin (FRA) P Egor Orudzhev (RUS) G Sergey Sirotkin (RUS) P
LMP2
26 G-DRIVE RACING RUS D Aurus 01 – Gibson Roman Rusinov (RUS) G Job Van Uitert (NLD) S Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) P
28 TDS RACING FRA D Oreca 07 – Gibson François Perrodo (FRA) B Matthieu Vaxiviere (FRA) G Norman Nato (FRA) G
29 RACING TEAM NEDERLAND NLD M Dallara P217 – Gibson Frits Van Eerd (NLD) B Giedo Van Der Garde (NLD) P Nyck de Vries (NLD) G
31 DRAGONSPEED USA M Oreca 07 – Gibson Roberto Gonzalez (MEX) S Pastor Maldonado (VEN) P Anthony Davidson (GBR) P
36 SIGNATECH ALPINE MATMUT FRA M Alpine A470 – Gibson Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P André Negrão (BRA) G Pierre Thiriet (FRA) S
37 JACKIE CHAN DC RACING CHN D Oreca 07 – Gibson David Heinemeier Hansson (DNK) S Jordan King (GBR) G Will Stevens (GBR) P
38 JACKIE CHAN DC RACING CHN D Oreca 07 – Gibson Ho-Pin Tung (NLD) G Gabriel Aubry (FRA) S Stéphane Richelmi (MCO) G
50 LARBRE COMPETITION FRA M Ligier JSP217 – Gibson Erwin Creed (FRA) B Romano Ricci (FRA) B Nicholas Boulle (USA) S
LMGTE Pro
51 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA) P James Calado (GBR) P 66 FORD CHIP GANASSI TEAM UK USA M Ford GT Stefan Mücke (DEU) P Olivier Pla (FRA) P
67 FORD CHIP GANASSI TEAM UK USA M Ford GT Andy Priaulx (GBR) P Harry Tincknell (GBR) P
71 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Davide Rigon (ITA) P Sam Bird (GBR) P
81 BMW TEAM MTEK DEU M BMW M8 GTE Martin Tomczyk (DEU) P Nicky Catsburg (NLD) G
82 BMW TEAM MTEK DEU M BMW M8 GTE Augusto Farfus (BRA) P Antonio Felix Da Costa (PRT) P
91 PORSCHE GT TEAM DEU M Porsche 911 RSR Richard Lietz (AUT) P Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) P
92 PORSCHE GT TEAM DEU M Porsche 911 RSR Michael Christensen (DNK) P Kevin Estre (FRA) P
95 ASTON MARTIN RACING GBR M Aston Martin Vantage AMR Marco Sørensen (DNK) G Nicki Thiim (DNK) P
97 ASTON MARTIN RACING GBR M Aston Martin Vantage AMR Alexander Lynn (GBR) P Maxime Martin (BEL) P
LMGTE Am
54 SPIRIT OF RACE CHE M Ferrari 488 GTE Thomas Flohr (CHE) B Francesco Castellacci (ITA) S Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) P
56 TEAM PROJECT 1 DEU M Porsche 911 RSR Jörg Bergmeister (DEU) P Patrick Lindsey (USA) S Egidio Perfetti (NOR) B
61 CLEARWATER RACING SGP M Ferrari 488 GTE Luis Perez Companc (ARG) B Matteo Cressoni (ITA) S Matthew Griffin (IRL) G
70 MR RACING JPN M Ferrari 488 GTE Motoaki Ishikawa (JPN) B Olivier Beretta (MCO) P Edward Cheever (ITA) S
77 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING DEU M Porsche 911 RSR Christian Ried (DEU) B Riccardo Pera (ITA) S Matt Campbell (AUS) G
86 GULF RACING GBR M Porsche 911 RSR Michael Wainwright (GBR) B Benjamin Barker (GBR) G Thomas Preining (AUT) S
88 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING DEU M Porsche 911 RSR Gianluca Roda (ITA) B Giorgio Roda (ITA) S Matteo Cairoli (ITA) G
90 TF SPORT GBR M Aston Martin Vantage Salih Yoluc (TUR) B Euan Alers-Hankey (GBR) G Charles Eastwood (GBR) S
98 ASTON MARTIN RACING GBR M Aston Martin Vantage Paul Dalla Lana (CAN) B Pedro Lamy (PRT) P Mathias Lauda (AUT) S
TYRES – M : MICHELIN / D : DUNLOP By Melissa Warren
