6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
*6 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps* (French)
FIA World Endurance Championship
Venue	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
First race	1953
First FIA WEC race	2012
Duration	6 hours
Most wins (driver)	Jacky Ickx ; Sébastien Buemi (5)
Most wins (team)	Toyota Gazoo Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ferrari (11)

The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formerly the 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

History

The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other races followed. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24-hour race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an endurance race for sports cars and GTs. The 24 hour race counted towards the inaugural World Sports Car championship in 1953, the last time that race would be held until 1964, and the last time it was for sports cars for several decades. Earlier in 1953 a minor sports car race, the Coupe de Spa was the first race held in the lineage of the 1000 km (now 6 hour) race.^[1] The first Spa Grand Prix was held in 1954,^[2] and in 1963 joined the World Sportscar Championship and was extended to 500 km. Starting in 1966 the name Spa Grand Prix was no-longer used,^[2] and the race was run for 1000 km, following the 1000 km Nürburgring and 1000 km Monza. Due to safety problems on the traditional long and very fast 14 km track over public roads, the race was discontinued after 1975.

The 14km Spa used by sportscars up until 1975

The 1000 km race was resumed in 1982 after the track was made safer by shortening it to 7 km. In 1989 and 1990, the race distance was lowered to 480 km. Due to the decline of the WSC, the "1000km" was discontinued after 1990 even before the WSC closed.

The race was revived in 1999, as a part of the SportsRacing World Cup (the predecessor to the FIA Sportscar Championship), running to a 2-hour, 30 minute time limit. In 2003, the 1000 km race was resumed as a joint event of the FIA SCC with the British GT Championship. In 2004, it was part of the Le Mans Series (LMS), and in 2011 was also part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. From 2012 onwards the race has been part of the FIA World Endurance Championship, albeit in the format of a six-hour race.

Jacky Ickx currently holds record of most wins, having won the race 5 times, in 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982, and 1983. He is also one of two drivers to win the 1000 km on both the original and current circuits, the other being Derek Bell.

Winners

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Distance	Championship
14.1 km (8.8 mi) circuit
1953	Olivier Gendebien		Ferrari 166 MM			Non-championship
1954	Hans Davids	Hans Davids	Jaguar C-Type		169 km (105 mi)	Non-championship
1955	Paul Frère	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DB3S	1:37:33.900	282 km (175 mi)	Non-championship
1956	Ninian Sanderson	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	0:57:34.800	169 km (105 mi)	Non-championship
1957	Tony Brooks	Aston Martin	Aston Martin DBR1	1:15:56.000	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1958	Masten Gregory	Ecurie Ecosse	Lister-Jaguar	1:05:02.300	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1959	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718 RSK	1:11:10.100	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1960	Paul Frère		Porsche 718 RSK	1:20:54.800	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1961	Willy Mairesse	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB	1:05:33.800	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1962	Edgar Berney	Edgar Berney	Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB	1:12:32.100	211.8 km (131.6 mi)	Non-championship
1963	Willy Mairesse	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Ferrari 250 GTO	2:38:40:800	500 km (310 mi)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1964	Mike Parkes	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 250 GTO	2:32:05.200	500 km (310 mi)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1965	Willy Mairesse	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 250 LM	2:29:45.700	500 km (310 mi)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers International Trophy for GT Prototypes
1966	Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330 P3	4:43:24.000	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Manufacturers' Championship International Sports Car Championship
1967	Jacky Ickx Dick Thompson	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Mirage M1-Ford	5:09:46.500	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars
1968	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Ford GT40 Mk.I	5:05:19:300	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars
1969	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908LH	4:24:19.600	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars
1970	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:09:47.800	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars
1971	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:01:09.700	1,000 km (620 mi)	International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars
1972	Arturo Merzario Brian Redman	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312 PB	4:17:19.100	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Championship for Makes International Grand Touring Trophy
1973	Derek Bell Mike Hailwood	Gulf Research	Mirage M6-Ford	4:05:43.500	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Championship for Makes International Grand Touring Trophy
1974	Jacky Ickx Jean-Pierre Jarier	Equipe Gitanes	Matra-Simca MS670C	4:12:15.600	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Championship for Makes FIA Cup for GT Cars
1975	Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	3:32:58.400	750 km (470 mi)¹	World Championship for Makes FIA Cup for GT Cars FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars
1976 to 1981	No Races
7.0 km (4.3 mi) circuit
1982	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	6:06:04.140	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Endurance Championship
1983	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	5:44:33.520	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Endurance Championship European Endurance Championship
1984	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956B	5:53:17.190	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Endurance Championship
1985	Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	5:00:23.420	848 km (527 mi)²	World Endurance Championship
1986	Thierry Boutsen Frank Jelinski	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	5:35:54.540	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1987	Raul Boesel Martin Brundle Johnny Dumfries	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	6:00:16.180	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1988	Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9-Mercedes	6:01:34.230	1,000 km (620 mi)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1989	Mauro Baldi Kenny Acheson	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9-Mercedes	2:39:16.453	480 km (300 mi)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1990	Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	2:42:54.880	480 km (300 mi)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1991 to 1998	No Races
1999	Laurent Rédon Mauro Baldi	JB Giesse Team Ferrari	Ferrari 333 SP	2:30:24.347	452.920 km (281.431 mi)	SportsRacing World Cup
2000	Filippo Francioni Salvatore Ronca	Lucchini Engineering	Lucchini SR2000-Alfa Romeo	2:31:17.377	355.368 km (220.815 mi)	SportsRacing World Cup
2001	Marco Zadra Jean-Marc Gounon	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari 333 SP	2:31:27.898	445.952 km (277.102 mi)	FIA Sportscar Championship
2002	Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	Courage C60 EVO-Peugeot	2:03:16.089³	376.272 km (233.805 mi)	FIA Sportscar Championship
2003	Tom Kristensen Seiji Ara	Audi Sport Japan	Audi R8	5:47:50.209	1,000 km (620 mi)	FIA Sportscar Championship British GT Championship
2004	Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies	Audi Sport UK Veloqx	Audi R8	5:58:55.262	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Endurance Series
2005	John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek Motorsport	Zytek 04S	6:00:48.389	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Endurance Series
2006	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60-Judd	6:01:06.782	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Series
2007	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	5:47:47.313	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Series
2008	Jacques Villeneuve Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	5:17:48.566	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Series
2009	Nicolas Minassian Simon Pagenaud Christian Klien	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	5:45:35.429	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Series
2010	Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	6:00:39.012	975 km (606 mi)⁴	Le Mans Series
2011	Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 (Diesel)	6:02:03.799	1,127.633 km (700.679 mi)	Le Mans Series Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
2012	Romain Dumas Loïc Duval Marc Gené	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 ultra (Diesel)	6:00:22.708	1,120.62 km (696.32 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2013	Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer Marcel Fässler	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Diesel hybrid)	6:00:55.971	1,176.67 km (731.15 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2014	Nicolas Lapierre Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	6:01:31.675	1,197.68 km (744.20 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2015	Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer Marcel Fässler	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Diesel hybrid)	6:01:08.896	1,232.704 km (765.967 mi) ⁶	FIA World Endurance Championship
2016	Loïc Duval Oliver Jarvis Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Diesel hybrid)	6:00:32.112	1,120.640 km (696.333 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2017	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:11.490	1,211.692 km (752.911 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2018	Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:50.702	1,141.652 km (709.390 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2019	Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	5:44:41.101 ⁵	931.532 km (578.827 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2020	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:02.534	1,001.572 km (622.348 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2021	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:00:17.733	1,134.648 km (705.038 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2022	José María López Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:00:31.052	721.412 km (448.265 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2023	José María López Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:00:24.798	1,036.455 km (644.023 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2024	Callum Ilott Will Stevens	Hertz Team Jota	Porsche 963	5:57:31.542	987.428 km (613.559 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2025	James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari AF Corse	Ferrari 499P	6:01:07.299	1,050.478 km (652.737 mi)	FIA World Endurance Championship

^1 The 1975 event was originally scheduled for 1000 km, but was shortened to 750 km the day of the race due to an approaching storm.

^2 The 1985 event was originally scheduled for 1000 km, but was shortened to five hours (848 km) after the ensuing 40-minute caution caused by the collision of the Bellof/Boutsen Brun Motorsport Porsche 956 with the Ickx/Jochen Mass Rothmans Porsche 962 at Eau Rouge. Bellof died in the hospital afterwards, and officials ended the race at the five-hour mark, after 122 of 145 laps.

^3 The 2002 event was stopped early due to heavy rain.

^4 The 2010 event was red flagged during the race due to electrical outages. The race covered approximately 975 km when it ended on a six hour time limit.

^5 The 2019 event was stopped early because of snow.

^6 Race record for distance covered.

Records

Wins by constructor

Rank	Constructor	Wins	Years
1	Ferrari	11	1953, 1961–1966, 1972, 1999, 2001, 2025
2	Porsche	10	1959, 1960, 1969–1971, 1982–1984, 1986, 2024
3	Toyota	8	2014, 2017–2023
4	Audi	6	2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
5	Peugeot	5	2007–2011
6	Jaguar	3	1954, 1956, 1987
7	Aston Martin	2	1955, 1957
	Mirage		1967, 1973
	Sauber		1988, 1989
	Courage		2002, 2006
11	Lister	1	1958
	Ford		1968
	Matra		1974
	Alfa Romeo		1975
	Lancia		1985
	Mercedes-Benz		1990
	Lucchini		2000
	Reynard		2005

Wins by engine manufacturer

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins	Years
1	Ferrari	12	1953, 1961–1966, 1972, 1985, 1999, 2001, 2025
2	Porsche	10	1959, 1960, 1969–1971, 1982–1984, 1986, 2024
3	Toyota	8	2014, 2017–2023
4	Peugeot	6	2002, 2007–2011
4	Audi	6	2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
6	Jaguar	4	1954, 1956, 1958, 1987
7	Ford	3	1967, 1968, 1973
7	Mercedes-Benz	3	1988–1990
9	Aston Martin	2	1955, 1957
9	Alfa Romeo	2	1975, 2000
11	Matra	1	1974
	Gibson		2005
	Judd		2006

Drivers with multiple wins

Rank	Driver	Wins	Years
1	Jacky Ickx	5	1967, 1968, 1974, 1982, 1983
1	Sébastien Buemi	5	2014, 2017–2019, 2021
3	Brian Redman	4	1968–1970, 1972
	Mauro Baldi		1985, 1988, 1989, 1999
	Kazuki Nakajima		2017–2019, 2021
6	Willy Mairesse	3	1961, 1963, 1965
	Derek Bell		1973, 1975, 1984
	Jochen Mass		1982, 1983, 1990
	Marc Gené		2008, 2011, 2012
	Anthony Davidson		2011, 2014, 2017
	Mike Conway		2020, 2022, 2023
	Kamui Kobayashi		2020, 2022, 2023
	José María López		2020, 2022, 2023
14	Paul Frère	2	1955, 1960
	Mike Parkes		1955, 1960
	Jo Siffert		1969, 1970
	Jean-Christophe Boullion		2002, 2006
	Sébastien Bourdais		2002, 2010
	Pedro Lamy		2007, 2010
	Nicolas Minassian		2008, 2009
	Simon Pagenaud		2009, 2010
	Loïc Duval		2012, 2016
	Benoît Tréluyer		2013, 2015
	André Lotterer		2013, 2015
	Marcel Fässler		2013, 2015
	Fernando Alonso		2018, 2019

References

^ "Coupe de Spa 1953". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. ISBN 0851126421.

External links

Le Mans Series - 1000 km of Spa
1,000 KM of Spa Francorchamps (ILMC/ACO)
Racing Sports Cars: Spa archive

[1] "Coupe de Spa 1953". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[guiness-2] Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. ISBN 0851126421.

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4 Hours	4 Hours of Abu Dhabi 4 Hours of Barcelona 4 Hours of Castellet 4 Hours of Dubai 4 Hours of Imola 4 Hours of Portimão 4 Hours of Sepang 4 Hours of Silverstone 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 4 Hours of Aragón 4 Hours of Buriram 4 Hours of Estoril 4 Hours of Fuji 4 Hours of Mugello 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring 4 Hours of Shanghai 4 Hours of Shanghai (AsLMS) 4 Hours of The Bend 4 Hours of Zhuhai
2 hours	TCR European Endurance
1000 miles	Mil Milhas Brasil 1000 Miles of Sebring Mille Miglia
1000 km	1006 km Palanga 1000 km Paul Ricard Bathurst 1000 Baja 1000 Sepang 1000 km Suzuka 1000 km 1000 km Brands Hatch 1000 km Buenos Aires 1000 km Istanbul 1000 km Jarama 1000 km Le Mans (Bugatti) 1000 km Mosport 1000 km Okayama 1000 km Paris Race of a Thousand Years
Other	25 Hours of Spa 25 Hours of Thunderhill Carrera Panamericana Charge of the Headlight Brigade Targa Florio TCR Spa 500 Laps or 23 Hours The 2904
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