2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

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The layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, where the race will be held.

The 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps[1]) will be an endurance sportscar racing event to be held on 11 May 2024, as the third of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It will be the 58th running of the event, and the 13th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.

Background[edit]

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. With the Italian round being moved from July to April, there is only a three-week period between the round at Imola, and the round at Spa.[2]

Entry list[edit]

Main article: 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The entry list was revealed on 24 April 2024, with 37 entries: 19 in the Hypercar category, and 18 in the LMGT3 category. Multiple Hypercar crews will run only two drivers for the event: the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry will run with the same two drivers as in Imola, whilst the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota, No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies, and No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entries will run without Norman Nato, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Stoffel Vandoorne, respectively. All three drivers have duties at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.[3] Andrea Caldarelli will replace Edoardo Mortara in the No. 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx entry, with Mortara also away on Formula E duties. Ferdinand Habsburg was initially set to make his return in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry, but will be replaced by Jules Gounon for an additional round since Habsburg is still recovering from his injury.[4][5] In LMGT3, Ritomo Miyata will replace Kelvin van der Linde in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry. Furthermore, Rahel Frey will replace Doriane Pin in the No. 85 Iron Dames entry, with Pin having duties in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship.[4]

On a revised entry list, which was published on 6 May 2024, Harry Tincknell was dropped from the No. 99 Proton Competition crew, with Tincknell having duties in IMSA's Laguna Seca round.[5] Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani will be sharing the car as a duo. Furthermore, Akkodis ASP Team announced on 8 May 2024 that Clemens Schmid will replace Timur Boguslavskiy in their No. 78 entry, with the latter falling ill.[6]

Schedule[edit]

Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Thursday, 9 May 11:30 Free Practice 1
17:30 Free Practice 2
Friday, 10 May 11:00 Free Practice 3
14:45 Qualifying - LMGT3
15:08 Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:30 Qualifying - Hypercar
15:53 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 11 May 13:00 Race
Source:[7]

Practice[edit]

There are three practice session scheduled to be held: two on Thursday and one on Friday. The sessions on Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday morning is scheduled to last 60 minutes.[7]

Practice 1[edit]

The first practice session started at 11:30 CEST on Thursday and ended with Antonio Fuoco on top, with a lap time of 2:05.690 in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry. He was 1.141 seconds quicker than team mate Antonio Giovinazzi in the sister No. 51 Ferrari, whilst Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top three in the No. 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx entry.[8] LMGT3 was led by Daniel Juncadella in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, with a lap of 2:20.885. He was 0.335 seconds quicker than second-placed Davide Rigon in the No. 54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, whilst Daniel Mancinelli rounded out the top three in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin.[9]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco 2:05.690
LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport Spain Daniel Juncadella 2:20.885
Source:[10][11]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2[edit]

The second practice session started at 17:30 CEST on Thursday. Kévin Estre topped the time sheets in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry, with a lap of 2:04.162. He was 0.121 seconds quicker than Fuoco in the No. 50 Ferrari in second, with Alex Lynn 0.179 seconds behind Estre in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry.[12] Clemens Schmid was quickest in LMGT3 in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with a lap of 2:21.257. He was 0.115 seconds quicker than second-placed Sarah Bovy in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini. Valentino Rossi rounded out the top three in the No. 46 Team WRT BMW.[13]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre 2:04.162
LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team Austria Clemens Schmid 2:21.257
Source:[14][15]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3[edit]

The third and final practice session started at 11:00 CEST on Friday. Kévin Estre topped the sheets in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport with a lap of 2:04.125. He was 0.215 seconds faster than Guidi in the No. 51 Ferrari in second, with Müller in the No. 93 Peugeot in third 0.232 seconds behind Estre.

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre 2:04.125
LMGT3 78 Germany Manthey EMA Austria Klaus Bachler 2:20.947
Source:[14][15]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying for LMGT3 is scheduled to start at 14:45

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cavers, Rachel (9 April 2024). "Belgian FIA WEC round presented to media at special press conference in Liège". fiawec.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Rory (9 June 2023). "WEC to visit Imola and Qatar for the first time in 2024". RacingNews365. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ Klein, Jamie (24 April 2024). "Peugeot Settles on Two-Driver Lineups for Spa". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b Kilbey, Stephen (24 April 2024). "37 Car Provisional 6H Spa Entry Released". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b Euwema, Davey (6 May 2024). "Gounon to Replace Habsburg for 6H Spa". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (8 May 2024). "Schmid Gets Late AKKODIS Call Up". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2024 Spa-Francorchamps - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (9 May 2024). "Ferrari Sets The Pace In Opening Spa Practice". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ Klein, Jamie (9 May 2024). "Ferrari 1-2 in First Practice at Spa". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ "03_Classification_Free Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ^ "07_FastestLapByDriver_Free Practice 1.PDF" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (9 May 2024). "Porsche To The Fore In FP2". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. ^ Euwema, Davey (9 May 2024). "Porsche's Estre Fastest on Thursday". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ a b "03_Classification_Free Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b "07_FastestLapByDriver_Free Practice 2.PDF" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Alkamel Systems. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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