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WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
2nd to 4th May 2019
The no.8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 HYBRID trio claimed a famous win amid a variety of challenging rain and snow showers which hit the Belgian venue throughout an exhilarating and unpredictable race. There were four safety car periods for deteriorating conditions through the six hours, and the race was eventually red-flagged with 11 minutes to go as the weather closed in once again.
The pole-sitting no.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José Maria Lopez led comfortably until just before the half-distance mark but lost 11-minutes and four laps in the pits after a sensor problem on their hybrid system had to be repaired.
Kobayashi was over 50-seconds in the lead when the issue occurred, and he was forced to pit. The car eventually finished in sixth place in the LMP1 class.
The no.3 Rebellion R-13 shared by Gustavo Menezes, Thomas Laurent and Nathanaël Berthon took second place overall after a close battle with the no.11 SMP Racing car of WEC debutant Stoffel Vandoorne and his teammates Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov.
The DragonSpeed crew of Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez claimed a first win in LMP2 after a stunning victory which the American team moulded in the second phase of the six-hour race. Maldonado drove a stellar triple stint to surge ahead of early leaders, the no.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA 07 and the no.36 Signatech Alpine Matmut entry. The third Safety Car period in the fifth hour saw a fired-up Maldonado pass Gabriel Aubry and Nicolas Lapierre during his remarkable charge.
The pole-sitting G-Drive Racing car of Jean-Eric Vergne, Job Van Uitert and Roman Rusinov took second place after Vergne was able to leapfrog both the Signatech Alpine Matmut and no.38 Jackie Chan Racing cars in the final two hours.
Aston Martin wins LMGTE Pro.
The no. 51 car piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado took the runner-up spot for Ferrari. During the race’s closing stages, the AF Corse entry was hot on the heels of category winner Aston Martin Racing with less than a second separating the two cars. However, a red flag was issued 11 minutes before the end of the race due to deteriorating weather conditions putting an end to the on-track battle.
The LMGTE Am field once again saw plenty of action from start to finish but the top spot of the podium eventually went to Dempsey-Proton Racing’s no. 77 car trio made up of Christian Ried, Riccardo Pera and Matt Campbell.
Pole-sitter TF Sport finished runner-up with Salih Yoluc, Euan Hankey and Charlie Eastwood at the wheel of their Aston Martin. Clearwater Racing’s trio of Luis Perez-Companc, Matteo Cressoni and Matthew Griffin took the third podium spot in the Ferrari. The Singaporean team enjoyed a close battle with the no. 98 of Aston Martin Racing and the no. 86 Gulf Racing team in the early stages of the race.
The pole-sitting no.7 Toyota Gazoo Racing car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José Maria Lopez led comfortably until just before the half-distance mark but lost 11-minutes and four laps in the pits after a sensor problem on their hybrid system had to be repaired.
Kobayashi was over 50-seconds in the lead when the issue occurred, and he was forced to pit. The car eventually finished in sixth place in the LMP1 class.
The no.3 Rebellion R-13 shared by Gustavo Menezes, Thomas Laurent and Nathanaël Berthon took second place overall after a close battle with the no.11 SMP Racing car of WEC debutant Stoffel Vandoorne and his teammates Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov.
The DragonSpeed crew of Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez claimed a first win in LMP2 after a stunning victory which the American team moulded in the second phase of the six-hour race. Maldonado drove a stellar triple stint to surge ahead of early leaders, the no.38 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA 07 and the no.36 Signatech Alpine Matmut entry. The third Safety Car period in the fifth hour saw a fired-up Maldonado pass Gabriel Aubry and Nicolas Lapierre during his remarkable charge.
The pole-sitting G-Drive Racing car of Jean-Eric Vergne, Job Van Uitert and Roman Rusinov took second place after Vergne was able to leapfrog both the Signatech Alpine Matmut and no.38 Jackie Chan Racing cars in the final two hours.
Aston Martin wins LMGTE Pro.
The no. 51 car piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado took the runner-up spot for Ferrari. During the race’s closing stages, the AF Corse entry was hot on the heels of category winner Aston Martin Racing with less than a second separating the two cars. However, a red flag was issued 11 minutes before the end of the race due to deteriorating weather conditions putting an end to the on-track battle.
The LMGTE Am field once again saw plenty of action from start to finish but the top spot of the podium eventually went to Dempsey-Proton Racing’s no. 77 car trio made up of Christian Ried, Riccardo Pera and Matt Campbell.
Pole-sitter TF Sport finished runner-up with Salih Yoluc, Euan Hankey and Charlie Eastwood at the wheel of their Aston Martin. Clearwater Racing’s trio of Luis Perez-Companc, Matteo Cressoni and Matthew Griffin took the third podium spot in the Ferrari. The Singaporean team enjoyed a close battle with the no. 98 of Aston Martin Racing and the no. 86 Gulf Racing team in the early stages of the race.
| Pos. | No. | Driver / Co-driver | Car | Team |
| 1 | 8 | Buemi / Nakajima / Alonso | Toyota TS050 - Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| 2 | 3 | Berthon / Laurent / Menezes | Rebellion R13 - Gibson | Rebellion Racing |
| 3 | 11 | Aleshin / Petrov / Vandoorne | BR Engineering BR1 - AER | SMP Racing |
| 4 | 17 | Sarrazin / Orudzhev / Sirotkin | BR Engineering BR1 - AER | SMP Racing |
| 5 | 1 | Jani / Lotterer / Senna | Rebellion R13 - Gibson | Rebellion Racing |
| 6 | 7 | Conway / Kobayashi / Lopez | Toyota TS050 - Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| 7 | 31 | Gonzalez / Maldonado / Davidson (1st LMP2) | Oreca 07 - Gibson | DragonSpeed |
| 8 | 26 | Rusinov / Van Uitert / Vergne | Aurus 01 - Gibson | G-Drive Racing |
| 9 | 36 | Lapierre / Negrão / Thiriet | Alpine A470 - Gibson | Signatech Alpine Matmut |
| 10 | 38 | Tung / Aubry / Richelmi | Oreca 07 - Gibson | Jackie Chan DC Racing |
