2022 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

2022 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Event information
Round 2 of 6 in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	7 May 2022
Location	Stavelot
Venue	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Duration	6 hours
Results
Laps completed	103
Distance (km)	721.412
Distance (miles)	448.256
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	2:02.771
Team	Glickenhaus Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team	WRT
Drivers	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast
LMP2 Pro-Am
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera
LMGTE Pro
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Drivers	Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell

The 2022 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 7 May 2022. It was the second round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eleventh running of the event as part of the championship.

Background

The provisional calendar for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship released in August 2021. It saw a few changes, with the return of the Sebring and Fuji races, whilst the Portimao and second Bahrain races were dropped. ^[1]

Entry list

The entry list was revealed on 25 March 2022.

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	2:02.771	-	1
2	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Team	2:02.999	+0.228	2
3	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:03.087	+0.316	3
4	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:03.137	+0.366	4
5	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	2:04.246	+1.475	5
6	LMP2	31	WRT	2:04.290	+1.519	6
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	2:04.451	+1.680	7
8	LMP2	9	Prema Orlen Team	2:04.548	+1.777	8
9	LMP2	41	RealTeam by WRT	2:04.640	+1.869	9
10	LMP2	38	JOTA	2:04.692	+1.921	10
11	LMP2	28	JOTA	2:04.717	+1.946	11
12	LMP2	5	Team Penske	2:04.887	+2.116	12
13	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	2:04.985	+2.214	13
14	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	2:05.148	+2.377	14
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	45	Algarve Pro Racing	2:05.370	+2.599	15
16	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	2:05.383	+2.612	16
17	LMP2 Pro-Am	35	Ultimate	2:05.843	+3.072	17
18	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	2:05.849	+3.078	18
19	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	2:06.667	+3.896	19
20	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	2:14.301	+11.530	20
21	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	2:14.481	+11.710	21
22	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	2:14.606	+11.835	22
23	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	2:15.102	+12.331	23
24	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	2:15.443	+12.672	24
25	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	2:17.408	+14.637	25
26	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	2:18.912	+16.141	26
27	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	2:19.700	+16.929	27
28	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	2:20.789	+18.018	28
29	LMGTE Am	46	Team Project 1	2:20.937	+18.166	29
30	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:21.027	+18.256	30
31	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	2:21.168	+18.397	31
32	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	2:21.787	+19.016	32
33	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2:22.622	+19.851	33
34	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	2:23.856	+21.085	34
35	LMGTE Am	71	Spirit of Race	2:23.963	+21.192	35
36	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	2:24.384	+21.613	36
37	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	No Time	—	37
Source: [2]

Race

The race was stopped thrice during the course of the event with red flags. The first stoppage was after the crash of the #44 ARC Bratislava entry, which required repairs to the barriers. The second stoppage was for a long period of heavy rain showering the circuit and the last stoppage was after the crash of the #34 Inter Europol Competition entry.

Race Result

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 73 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡. ^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	103	6:00:31.052‡
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
2	Hypercar	36	Alpine Elf Team	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine A480	M	103	+27.473
					Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
3	LMP2	31	WRT	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:06.185‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	41	RealTeam by WRT	Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:40.676
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2	38	Jota	António Félix da Costa Roberto González Will Stevens	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:48.571
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6	LMP2	5	Team Penske	Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:57.610
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7	LMP2	22	United Autosports USA	Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Will Owen	Oreca 07	G	103	+1:57.901
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8	LMP2	23	United Autosports USA	Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Alex Lynn	Oreca 07	G	102	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9	Hypercar	708	Glickenhaus Racing	Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Pipo Derani	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	M	102	+1 Lap
					Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8
10	LMP2	9	Prema Orlen Team	Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica	Oreca 07	G	102	+1 Lap
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	102	+1 Lap‡
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	102	+1 Lap
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
13	LMGTE Pro	52	AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	102	+1 Lap
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14	LMP2	1	Richard Mille Racing Team	Charles Milesi Sébastien Ogier Lilou Wadoux	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
15	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps‡
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
16	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Ryan Cullen Nico Müller Sébastien Bourdais	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
17	LMP2 Pro-Am	45	Algarve Pro Racing	James Allen René Binder Steven Thomas	Oreca 07	G	101	+2 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
18	LMGTE Pro	64	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Nick Tandy	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	M	101	+2 Laps
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19	LMP2 Pro-Am	35	Ultimate	François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye	Oreca 07	G	100	+3 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	100	+3 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
21	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	99	+4 Laps‡
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
22	LMGTE Am	33	TF Sport	Ben Keating Marco Sørensen Henrique Chaves	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	99	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
23	LMGTE Am	98	Northwest AMR	Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim David Pittard	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	99	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
24	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Nick Cassidy Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	99	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
25	LMGTE Am	46	Team Project 1	Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	99	+4 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
26	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	98	+5 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	Charlie Fagg Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	97	+6 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
28	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Claudio Schiavoni	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	97	+6 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
29	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Patrick Lindsey Fred Poordad Jan Heylen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	96	+7 Laps
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	Christina Nielsen Rahel Frey Doriane Pin	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	96	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	94	+9 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
32	LMGTE Am	71	Spirit of Race	Gabriel Aubry Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	91	+12 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	Porsche 911 RSR-19	M	93	Accident damage
					Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP2	28	Jota	Jonathan Aberdein Ed Jones Oliver Rasmussen	Oreca 07	G	82	Accident damage
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Esteban Gutiérrez Jakub Śmiechowski Alex Brundle	Oreca 07	G	52	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	29	Hybrid
					Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP2 Pro-Am	44	ARC Bratislava	Tijmen van der Helm Miroslav Konôpka Bent Viscaal	Oreca 07	G	25	Accident
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Standings after the race

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship [4] Pos +/- Driver Points 1 André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Nicolas Lapierre 57 2 Olivier Pla Romain Dumas 39 3 Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Sebastien Buemi 27 4 José María López Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway 25 5 Ryan Briscoe 23

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' World Championship [5] Pos +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Alpine 57 2 Toyota 52 3 Glickenhaus 39

2022 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship [6] Pos +/- Driver Points 1 Kevin Estre Michael Christensen 57 2 Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado 43 3 Nick Tandy Tommy Milner 39 4 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 34 5 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina 27

2022 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship [7] Pos +/- Team Points 1 Porsche 91 2 Ferrari 73 3 Chevrolet 39

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

References

1. "6 Races for FIA WEC in 2022 – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
2. "2022 Spa-Francorchamps results - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . Retrieved 6 May 2022.
3. "Race Classification" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
4. "Standings after the race (Hypercar drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
5. "Standings after the race (Hypercar manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
6. "Standings after the race (GTE drivers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.
7. "Standings after the race (GTE manufacturers)" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.