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2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps


Event information
Round 3 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
10 May 2025
Stavelot
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
6 hours
150
1050.478
652.737
Hypercar
1:59.617
Ferrari AF Corse
Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari AF Corse
James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi
LMGT3
Vista AF Corse
François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera

The 2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2025 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 8 and 10 May 2025 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the third of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 59th running of the event, and the 14th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.

The provisional entry list was published on 25 April 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3. In the Hypercar category, Nico Müller and Pascal Wehrlein joined the No. 5 and No. 6 Porsches, respectively, to prepare for their participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Furthermore, Dries Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde were absent from the No. 15 and No. 20 BMWs, respectively, due to driving duties at IMSA's Laguna Seca round. In the LMGT3 category, Brenton Grove and Stephen Grove replaced Matteo Cressoni and Claudio Schiavoni in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Mercedes, with Schiavoni suffering from an injury. Martin Berry is set to replace Christian Ried behind the wheel of the No. 61 Mercedes, with Ried stepping away from driving duties. Finally, Yuichi Nakayama replaced Ben Barnicoat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with Barnicoat still suffering from a hand injury.

DateTime (local: CEST)Event
Thursday, 8 May11:30Free Practice 1
16:30Free Practice 2
Friday, 9 May11:00Free Practice 3
14:40Qualifying – LMGT3
15:03Hyperpole – LMGT3
15:25Qualifying – Hypercar
15:48Hyperpole – Hypercar
Saturday, 10 May14:00Race

Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Thursday and one on Friday. The session on Thursday morning ran for 90 minutes, the session on Thursday afternoon was scheduled to run for 90 minutes but was extended to 2 hours due to multiple crashes, and the session on Friday is scheduled to be run for 60 minutes.

The first practice session started at 11:30 CEST on Thursday. Antonio Fuoco topped the session in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry, with a lap time of 2:02.835. He was 0.222 seconds quicker than second-placed Robert Kubica in the No. 83 Ferrari. Mick Schumacher was third-quickest in the No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team entry, 0.259 seconds behind Fuoco. Finn Gehrsitz topped the LMGT3 class in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry, with a lap time of 2:18.432. He was 0.096 seconds quicker than Alessio Rovera in the No. 21 Vista AF Corse entry in second, with José María López in the No. 87 Lexus rounding out the top three.

Class.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No.EntrantDriverTime
50Ferrari AF CorseAntonio Fuoco2:02.835
78Akkodis ASP TeamFinn Gehrsitz2:18.432
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

The second practice session started at 16:30 CEST on Thursday, with Kévin Estre topping the session in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. He lapped the circuit in 2 minutes, 1.475 seconds. Fuoco was second-fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari, 0.091 seconds behind Estre. Robin Frijns rounded out the top three in the No. 20 BMW M Team WRT entry, 0.310 seconds slower. Zacharie Robichon topped the session in the LMGT3 category in the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team entry, with a fastest lap of 2:18.326. He was 0.052 seconds quicker than Clemens Schmid in the No. 87 Lexus, with Davide Rigon rounding out the top three in the No. 54 Ferrari, 0.555 seconds behind Robichon. The session saw three red flag stoppages. The first stoppage was after a crash from the No. 51 Ferrari at Eau Rouge. The second stoppage was after a crash from the No. 60 Iron Lynx Mercedes, again at Eau Rouge. This saw the session extended from 90 minutes to 2 hours. The third and final red flag stoppage was for the No. 007 Aston Martin, with Tom Gamble crashing at Pouhon.

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
6Porsche Penske MotorsportKévin Estre2:01.475
27Heart of Racing TeamZacharie Robichon2:18.326
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

The third and final practice session started at 11:00 CEST on Friday. Fuoco topped the session in the No. 50 Ferrari, with a lap time of 2:00.596. He was 0.197 seconds quicker than second-placed Earl Bamber in the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry, with Alex Lynn in the No. 12 Cadillac in third, 0.227 seconds behind Fuoco. The LMGT3 class was topped by Simon Mann in the No. 21 Ferrari, with a fastest lap of 2:17.831. He was 0.350 seconds quicker than Giammarco Levorato, who finished second in the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford. Schmid rounded out the top three in the No. 87 Lexus, a further 0.495 seconds behind.

ClassNo.EntrantDriverTime
50Ferrari AF CorseAntonio Fuoco2:00.596
21Vista AF CorseSimon Mann2:17.831
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying started at 14:40 CEST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total. Antonio Fuoco claimed pole position in the No. 50 Ferrari, setting a new unofficial Hypercar lap record, surpassing the previous best of 2:00.747 set by Kamui Kobayashi in 2021.

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

PosClassNo.EntrantQualifyingHyperpoleGrid
Hypercar50Ferrari AF Corse2:00.1081:59.617
Hypercar83AF Corse2:00.5391:59.964
Hypercar51Ferrari AF Corse2:00.5762:00.201
Hypercar94Peugeot TotalEnergies2:01.3872:00.218
Hypercar12Cadillac Hertz Team Jota2:01.0732:00.246
Hypercar36Alpine Endurance Team2:00.9652:00.368
Hypercar93Peugeot TotalEnergies2:00.4482:00.440
Hypercar20BMW M Team WRT2:01.1622:00.456
Hypercar35Alpine Endurance Team2:01.2202:00.763
Hypercar38Cadillac Hertz Team Jota2:01.3262:00.887
Hypercar15BMW M Team WRT2:01.410
Hypercar6Porsche Penske Motorsport2:01.512
Hypercar5Porsche Penske Motorsport2:01.588
Hypercar99Proton Competition2:01.837
Hypercar8Toyota Gazoo Racing2:01.908
Hypercar7Toyota Gazoo Racing2:01.911
Hypercar007Aston Martin THOR Team2:02.282
Hypercar009Aston Martin THOR Team2:02.403
LMGT378Akkodis ASP Team2:19.4972:17.732
LMGT310Racing Spirit of Léman2:19.7362:18.008
LMGT377Proton Competition2:19.7572:18.016
LMGT388Proton Competition2:19.3902:18.229
LMGT354Vista AF Corse2:19.7532:18.288
LMGT327Heart of Racing Team2:19.6522:18.314
LMGT321Vista AF Corse2:19.2232:18.456
LMGT392Manthey 1st Phorm2:19.2652:18.917
LMGT346Team WRT2:19.7332:19.753
LMGT387Akkodis ASP Team2:19.276No time
LMGT381TF Sport2:20.215
LMGT331The Bend Team WRT2:20.252
LMGT385Iron Dames2:20.320
LMGT395United Autosports2:20.482
LMGT361Iron Lynx2:20.539
LMGT359United Autosports2:20.857
LMGT333TF Sport2:21.284
LMGT360Iron Lynx2:25.211

The race started at 14:00 CEST on Saturday, and ran for six hours.

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 105 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

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