2018 Total 6 HOURS of SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Round 1
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26.04.2018 2018 Total 6 HOURS OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Round 1: 3-5 May 2018 Lap distance: 7.003 km Race duration: 6 hours Location: Spa-Francorchamps is located in the Ardennes region of East Belgium, 140km from Brussels and close to the border with Germany. Other Races: Porsche Carrera Cup France & Benelux Press officer: Luc Willems [email protected] Circuit of Spa Francorchamps, S.A. Route du Circuit, 55 B-4970 Francorchamps Tél : +32 87 29.37.00 Fax : +32 87 27.05.81 web: www.spa-francorchamps.be Airport: Brussels Airport – 146km – http://www.brusselsairport.be CORDS LAP RECORDS LMP1 B.Hartley Porsche 919 Hybrid 1m57.638 214.3kph 6 May 2017 LMP2 M.Beche Oreca 07 Gibson 2m05.950 200.2kph 6 May 2017 LMGTE Pro K.Estre Porsche 911 RSR 2m17.045 184.0kph 6 May 2017 LMGTE Am M.Cairoli Porsche 911 RSR (991) 2m19.074 181.3kph 6 May 2017 ROLL OF HONOUR - 6 HOURS OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS 30 Apr - 2 May 5-7 May 2016 4-6 May 2017 WINNERS 4-5 May 2012 3-4 May 2013 1-3 May 2014 2015 LMP1 Dumas / Duval / Gené Fässler / Lotterer / Davidson / Lapierre / Fässler / Lotterer / Di Grassi / Duval / Buemi / Davidson no3 Audi Sport Team Tréluyer Buemi Tréluyer Jarvis / Nakajima Joest ** no1 Audi Sport Team no8 Toyota Racing No7 Audi Sport No8 Audi Sport no8 Toyota Racing Audi R18 Ultra (M) Joest Toyota TS 040 – Team Joest Team Joest Toyota TS 050 – 160 laps Audi R18 e-tron Hybrid (M) Audi R18 e-tron Audi R18 (M) Hybrid (M) quattro (M) 171 laps quattro (M) 160 laps 173 laps 168 laps 176 laps LMP2 Dolan / Hancock Perez Companc / Rusinov / Pla / Canal Dolan / Evans / Menezes / Rusinov / Pla / no38 Jota Sport ** Minassian / Kaffer no26 G-Drive Racing Tincknell Lapierre / Canal Zytek Z11SN – Nissan no49 Pecom Racing Morgan-Nissan (D) No38 Jota Sport ** Richelmi no26 G-Drive (D) Oreca 03 – Nissan (M) 160 laps Gibson 015S-Nissan No36 Signatech Racing 151 laps 157 laps 161 laps Alpine Oreca 07 - Gibson Alpine A460- (D) Nissan (D) 160 laps 151 laps LMGTE Pro Lieb / Lietz Bruni / Fisichella Bruni / Vilander MacDowall / Rees / Rigon / Bird Rigon / Bird no77 Team Felbermayr- no51 AF Corse no51 AF Corse Stanaway No71 AF Corse No71 AF Corse Proton Ferrari F458 Italia (M) Ferrari F458 Italia (M) No99 Aston Martin Ferrari F488 GTE Ferrari F488 GTE Porsche 911 RSR (997) 149 laps 152 laps Racing (M) (M) (M) Aston Martin 145 laps 151 laps 144 laps Vantage V8 151 laps LMGTE Am Armindo / Narac / Pons Potolicchio / Aguas / Perez-Companc / Cioci Dalla Lana / Lamy / Dalla Lana / Lamy Dalla Lana / Lamy no67 IMSA Malucelli / Venturi Lauda / Lauda / Lauda PERFORMANCE no81 8 Star no61 AF Corse no98 Aston Martin no98 Aston no98 Aston MATMUT** Motorsports Ferrari F458 Italia (M) Racing Martin Racing Martin Racing Porsche 911 RSR (997) Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 149 laps Aston Martin Aston Martin Aston Martin (M) 147 laps Vantage V8 (M) Vantage V8 (D) Vantage V8 (D) 139 laps 148 laps 140 laps 146laps ** Not a full season FIA WEC entry DID YOU KNOW? 2018 will be the seventh edition of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 7km circuit has produced some great on track action since that first race in 2012. Here are some facts and figures from the previous seasons. • In 2017 all four class lap records were broken. • Overall the top speed recorded in 2017 was 320.6kph, set by the no4 Bykolles Racing Team Enso CLM-Nismo of Oliver Webb. In 2016 it was 318.4kph compared to 319.5kph in 2015, 311.2 kph in 2014, 308.6kph in 2013 and 302kph in 2012. • Toyota won in 2017 with Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson taking their second victory at Spa, with Kazuki Nakajima his first. • Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda have won the LMGTE Am class at Spa in 2015, 2016 and 2017. With the same driver line up in 2018 the no98 Aston Martin is on course to do make it four in a row. • Davide Rigon and Sam Bird won for Ferrari in the LMGTE Pro class in 2016 and 2017 and with an unchanged driver lien up the no71 AF Corse Ferrari F488 is on course to make it three in a row. • 2017 Race Distance The winner completed 173 laps in 2017; the race distance was 1211.52km. The longest race distance was set in 2015: 1232.69km / 765.96 miles 176 laps FIA WEC TIMETABLE Wednesday, 2 May 08:30-19:00 Scrutineering Thursday, 3 May 09:50 Drivers’ briefing 12:00 - 13:30 Free Practice #1 16:25 - 17:55 Free Practice #2 Friday, 4 May 11:00 - 12:00 Free Practice #3 15:00 - 15:25 Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM 15:35 - 16:00 Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2 Saturday, 5 May 13:30 - 19:30 RACE: Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps FIA OFFICIALS Eduardo Freitas FIA Race Director Jean-Francois Veroux FIA WEC Steward (Chairman) Michael Schwaegerl International Steward Marek Nawarecki FIA Coordinator Manuel Leal FIA Technical Delegate Jacques Tropenat FIA Medical Delegate Jeff Carter FIA Media Delegate Cristobal Lopera Chief timekeeper Yannick Dalmas Driver Adviser FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – TOTAL 6 HOURS OF SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com .