2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Summary

The 2013 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance race held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on 3—4 May 2013, and the annual running of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. It was the second round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Defending World Champions André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler led a clean sweep of the overall race podium for Audi, while Pecom Racing were victorious in the LMP2 category. The No. 51 car of AF Corse won the LMGTE Pro class, and 8 Star Motorsports won in LMGTE Am.

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No.1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:59.961 1
2 LMP1 No.3 Audi Sport Team Joest 2:00.236 2
3 LMP1 No.2 Audi Sport Team Joest 2:00.610 3
4 LMP1 No.7 Toyota Racing 2:00.947 4
5 LMP1 No.8 Toyota Racing 2:01.203 5
6 LMP1 No.12 Rebellion Racing 2:01.482 6
7 LMP1 No.13 Rebellion Racing 2:03.278 7
8 LMP1 No.21 Strakka Racing 2:03.688 8
9 LMP2 No.49 Pecom Racing 2:08.540 9
10 LMP2 No.38 Jota 2:08.762 10
11 LMP2 No.24 OAK Racing 2:08.932 11
12 LMP2 No.35 OAK Racing 2:09.606 12
13 LMP2 No.25 Delta-ADR 2:09.732 13
14 LMP2 No.26 G-Drive Racing 2:09.892 14
15 LMP2 No.31 Lotus 2:10.361 15
16 LMP2 No.32 Lotus 2:12.753 16
17 LMP2 No.45 OAK Racing 2:13.518 17
18 LMGTE Pro No.98 Aston Martin Racing 2:19.811 18
19 LMGTE Pro No.51 AF Corse 2:19.853 19
20 LMGTE Pro No.71 AF Corse 2:20.089 20
21 LMGTE Pro No.97 Aston Martin Racing 2:20.107 21
22 LMGTE Pro No.99 Aston Martin Racing 2:20.241 22
23 LMGTE Pro No.91 Porsche AG Team Manthey 2:20.243 23
24 LMGTE Pro No.92 Porsche AG Team Manthey 2:20.860 24
25 LMGTE Am No.95 Aston Martin Racing 2:21.265 25
26 LMGTE Am No.81 8 Star Motorsports 2:21.295 26
27 LMGTE Am No.96 Aston Martin Racing 2:21.549 27
28 LMGTE Am No.50 Larbre Compétition 2:21.745 28
29 LMGTE Am No.88 Proton Competition 2:22.690 29
30 LMGTE Am No.61 AF Corse 2:22.825 30
31 LMGTE Am No.76 IMSA Performance Matmut 2:23.421 31
32 LMGTE Am No.57 Krohn Racing 2:25.564 32
33 LMGTE Am No.54 AF Corse 2:27.888 33
LMP2 No. 41 Greaves Motorsport No Time 1
LMP2 No. 28 Gulf Racing Middle East Did Not Participate 34
  • ^1 The No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan crashed during the qualifying session, setting no time. The entry was later withdrawn and did not participate in the race.[2]

Race edit

Race result edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 1   Audi Sport Team Joest   André Lotterer
  Marcel Fässler
  Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 168
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
2 LMP1 2   Audi Sport Team Joest   Allan McNish
  Tom Kristensen
  Loïc Duval
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 168
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3 LMP1 3   Audi Sport Team Joest   Marc Gené
  Lucas di Grassi
  Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 168
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
4 LMP1 8   Toyota Racing   Anthony Davidson
  Stéphane Sarrazin
  Sébastien Buemi
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 167
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
5 LMP1 12   Rebellion Racing   Nicolas Prost
  Neel Jani
  Nick Heidfeld
Lola B12/60 M 165
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 13   Rebellion Racing   Andrea Belicchi
  Mathias Beche
  Congfu Cheng
Lola B12/60 M 165
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 21   Strakka Racing   Nick Leventis
  Jonny Kane
  Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03c M 161
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 49   Pecom Racing   Luís Pérez Companc
  Pierre Kaffer
  Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03 M 157
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 24   OAK Racing   Olivier Pla
  Alex Brundle
  David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 157
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 38   Jota   Simon Dolan
  Oliver Turvey
  Lucas Luhr
Zytek Z11SN D 157
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 35   OAK Racing   Bertrand Baguette
  Martin Plowman
  Ricardo González
Morgan LMP2 D 156
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov
  John Martin
  Mike Conway
Oreca 03 D 152
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 45   OAK Racing   Jacques Nicolet
  Jean-Marc Merlin
Morgan LMP2 D 152
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 32   Lotus   Thomas Holzer
  Dominik Kraihamer
  Jan Charouz
Lotus T128 D 152
Praga 3.6 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
51   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 149
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16 LMGTE
Pro
98   Aston Martin Racing   Bruno Senna
  Frédéric Makowiecki
  Rob Bell
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 149
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
71   AF Corse   Kamui Kobayashi
  Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 149
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
97   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Stefan Mücke
  Peter Dumbreck
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 148
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
92   Porsche AG Team Manthey   Marc Lieb
  Richard Lietz
  Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 RSR M 148
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 LMGTE
Pro
99   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Pedro Lamy
  Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 147
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Am
81   8 Star Motorsports   Enzo Potolicchio
  Rui Águas
  Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 147
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
95   Aston Martin Racing   Allan Simonsen
  Kristian Poulsen
  Christoffer Nygaard
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 146
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am
50   Larbre Compétition   Julien Canal
  Patrick Bornhauser
  Fernando Rees
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 145
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
24 LMP2 31   Lotus   Kevin Weeda
  James Rossiter
  Vitantonio Liuzzi
Lotus T128 D 144
Praga 3.6 L V8
25 LMGTE
Am
96   Aston Martin Racing   Roald Goethe
  Jamie Campbell-Walter
  Stuart Hall
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 144
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
88   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Gianluca Roda
  Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 143
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 LMGTE
Am
76   IMSA Performance Matmut   Raymond Narac
  Jean-Karl Vernay
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 143
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE
Am
57   Krohn Racing   Tracy Krohn
  Niclas Jönsson
  Maurizio Mediani
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 142
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29 LMP2 28   Gulf Racing Middle East   Fabien Giroix
  Frédéric Fatien
  Keiko Ihara
Lola B12/80 D 140
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
30 LMGTE
Am
54   AF Corse   Yannick Mallegol
  Jean-Marc Bachelier
  Howard Blank
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 138
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
31 LMGTE
Am
61   AF Corse   Jack Gerber
  Matt Griffin
  Marco Cioci
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 125
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Pro
91   Porsche AG Team Manthey   Jörg Bergmeister
  Patrick Pilet
  Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 RSR M 123
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP1 7   Toyota Racing   Alexander Wurz
  Nicolas Lapierre
  Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 99
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
DNF LMP2 25   Delta-ADR   Tor Graves
  Antônio Pizzonia
  James Walker
Oreca 03 D 25
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
WD LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport   Tom Kimber-Smith
  Chris Dyson
  Michael Marsal
Zytek Z11SN D
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ^ Watkins, Gary (4 May 2013). "Spa WEC: Greaves withdraws due to chassis damage". Autosport.com. Haymarket Press. Retrieved 6 May 2013.


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