| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 3 of 8 in the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Date | 10 May 2025 |
| Location | Stavelot |
| Venue | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 150 |
| Distance (km) | 1050.478 |
| Distance (miles) | 652.737 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:59.617 |
| Team | |
| Drivers | |
| Winners | |
| Team | |
| Drivers | |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
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The2025 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the2025 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps[1]) was anendurancesportscar racing event, held between 8 and 10 May 2025 atCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps inStavelot, Belgium. It was the third of eight rounds of the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 59th running of theevent, 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.[2] In the Hypercar category,Nico Müller andPascal Wehrlein joined the No. 5 and No. 6 Porsches, respectively, to prepare for their participation in the24 Hours of Le Mans.[3][4] Furthermore,Dries Vanthoor andSheldon van der Linde were absent from the No. 15 and No. 20 BMWs, respectively, due to driving duties at IMSA'sLaguna Seca round.[2] In the LMGT3 category,Brenton Grove and Stephen Grove replacedMatteo Cressoni andClaudio Schiavoni in the No. 60Iron Lynx Mercedes, with Schiavoni suffering from an injury.[5] Martin Berry is set to replaceChristian Ried behind the wheel of the No. 61 Mercedes, with Ried stepping away from driving duties.[6] Finally,Yuichi Nakayama replacedBen Barnicoat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with Barnicoat still suffering from a hand injury.[7]
| Date | Time (local:CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 8 May | 11:30 | Free Practice 1 |
| 16:30 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Friday, 9 May | 11:00 | Free Practice 3 |
| 14:40 | Qualifying – LMGT3 | |
| 15:03 | Hyperpole – LMGT3 | |
| 15:25 | Qualifying – Hypercar | |
| 15:48 | Hyperpole – Hypercar | |
| Saturday, 10 May | 14:00 | Race |
| Source:[8] | ||
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,[9] and the session on Friday is scheduled to be run for 60 minutes.[8]
The first practice session started at 11:30CEST on Thursday.Antonio Fuoco topped the session in the No. 50Ferrari AF Corse entry, with a lap time of 2:02.835. He was 0.222 seconds quicker than second-placedRobert Kubica in the No. 83 Ferrari.Mick Schumacher was third-quickest in the No. 36Alpine Endurance Team entry, 0.259 seconds behind Fuoco.[10]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 thanAlessio Rovera in the No. 21Vista AF Corse entry in second, withJosé María López in the No. 87 Lexus rounding out the top three.[11]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 | 2:02.835 | |||
| LMGT3 | 78 | 2:18.432 | |||
| Source:[12][13] | |||||
The second practice session started at 16:30CEST on Thursday, withKévin Estre topping the session in the No. 6Porsche 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. 20BMW M Team WRT entry, 0.310 seconds slower.[14]Zacharie Robichon topped the session in the LMGT3 category in the No. 27Heart of Racing Team entry, with a fastest lap of 2:18.326. He was 0.052 seconds quicker thanClemens Schmid in the No. 87 Lexus, withDavide Rigon rounding out the top three in the No. 54 Ferrari, 0.555 seconds behind Robichon.[9] 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. 60Iron Lynx Mercedes, again at Eau Rouge. This saw the session extended from 90 minutes to 2 hours.[9] The third and final red flag stoppage was for the No. 007 Aston Martin, withTom Gamble crashing at Pouhon.[9]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 6 | 2:01.475 | |||
| LMGT3 | 27 | 2:18.326 | |||
| Source:[15][16] | |||||
The third and final practice session started at 11:00CEST 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-placedEarl Bamber in the No. 38Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry, withAlex Lynn in the No. 12 Cadillac in third, 0.227 seconds behind Fuoco.[17] The LMGT3 class was topped bySimon 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. 88Proton Competition Ford. Schmid rounded out the top three in the No. 87 Lexus, a further 0.495 seconds behind.[18]
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 | 2:00.596 | |||
| LMGT3 | 21 | 2:17.831 | |||
| Source:[19][20] | |||||
Qualifying started at 14:40CEST 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.[8]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 byKamui Kobayashi in2021.[21]
Pole position winners in each class are marked inbold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 50 | 2:00.108 | 1:59.617 | 1 | |
| 2 | Hypercar | 83 | 2:00.539 | 1:59.964 | 2 | |
| 3 | Hypercar | 51 | 2:00.576 | 2:00.201 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hypercar | 94 | 2:01.387 | 2:00.218 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hypercar | 12 | 2:01.073 | 2:00.246 | 5 | |
| 6 | Hypercar | 36 | 2:00.965 | 2:00.368 | 6 | |
| 7 | Hypercar | 93 | 2:00.448 | 2:00.440 | 7 | |
| 8 | Hypercar | 20 | 2:01.162 | 2:00.456 | 8 | |
| 9 | Hypercar | 35 | 2:01.220 | 2:00.763 | 9 | |
| 10 | Hypercar | 38 | 2:01.326 | 2:00.887 | 10 | |
| 11 | Hypercar | 15 | 2:01.410 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Hypercar | 6 | 2:01.512 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Hypercar | 5 | 2:01.588 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Hypercar | 99 | 2:01.837 | 14 | ||
| 15 | Hypercar | 8 | 2:01.908 | 15 | ||
| 16 | Hypercar | 7 | 2:01.911 | 16 | ||
| 17 | Hypercar | 007 | 2:02.282 | 17 | ||
| 18 | Hypercar | 009 | 2:02.403 | 18 | ||
| 19 | LMGT3 | 78 | 2:19.497 | 2:17.732 | 19 | |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 10 | 2:19.736 | 2:18.008 | 20 | |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 77 | 2:19.757 | 2:18.016 | 21 | |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 88 | 2:19.390 | 2:18.229 | 22 | |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 54 | 2:19.753 | 2:18.288 | 23 | |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 27 | 2:19.652 | 2:18.314 | 24 | |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 21 | 2:19.223 | 2:18.456 | 25 | |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 92 | 2:19.265 | 2:18.917 | 26 | |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 46 | 2:19.733 | 2:19.753 | 27 | |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 87 | 2:19.276 | No time | 28 | |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 81 | 2:20.215 | 29 | ||
| 30 | LMGT3 | 31 | 2:20.252 | 30 | ||
| 31 | LMGT3 | 85 | 2:20.320 | 31 | ||
| 32 | LMGT3 | 95 | 2:20.482 | 32 | ||
| 33 | LMGT3 | 61 | 2:20.539 | 33 | ||
| 34 | LMGT3 | 59 | 2:20.857 | 34 | ||
| 35 | LMGT3 | 33 | 2:21.284 | 35 | ||
| 36 | LMGT3 | 60 | 2:25.211 | 36 | ||
| Source:[22][23] | ||||||
The race started at 14:00CEST on Saturday, and ran for six hours.[8]
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 105 laps. Class winners are inbold and ‡.
| FIA World Endurance Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: 6 Hours of Imola | 2025 season | Next race: 24 Hours of Le Mans |