2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
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The 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps[1]) will be an endurance sportscar racing event to be held on 11 May 2024, as the third of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It will be the 58th running of the event, and the 13th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship.
Background[edit]
The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. With the Italian round being moved from July to April, there is only a three-week period between the round at Imola, and the round at Spa.[2]
Entry list[edit]
The entry list was revealed on 24 April 2024, with 37 entries: 19 in the Hypercar category, and 18 in the LMGT3 category. Multiple Hypercar crews will run only two drivers for the event: the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry will run with the same two drivers as in Imola, whilst the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota, No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies, and No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entries will run without Norman Nato, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Stoffel Vandoorne, respectively. All three drivers have duties at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.[3] Andrea Caldarelli will replace Edoardo Mortara in the No. 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx entry, with Mortara also away on Formula E duties. Ferdinand Habsburg is set to make his return in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team entry after recovering from his injury.[4] In LMGT3, Ritomo Miyata will replace Kelvin van der Linde in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team entry. Furthermore, Rahel Frey will replace Doriane Pin in the No. 85 Iron Dames entry, with Pin having duties in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship.[4]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 9 May | 11:30 | Free Practice 1 |
| 17:30 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Friday, 10 May | 11:00 | Free Practice 3 |
| 14:45 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 15:08 | Hyperpole - LMGT3 | |
| 15:30 | Qualifying - Hypercar | |
| 15:53 | Hyperpole - Hypercar | |
| Sunday, 11 May | 13:00 | Race |
| Source:[5] | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Cavers, Rachel (9 April 2024). "Belgian FIA WEC round presented to media at special press conference in Liège". fiawec.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Mitchell, Rory (9 June 2023). "WEC to visit Imola and Qatar for the first time in 2024". RacingNews365. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (24 April 2024). "Peugeot Settles on Two-Driver Lineups for Spa". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b Kilbey, Stephen (24 April 2024). "37 Car Provisional 6H Spa Entry Released". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 Spa-Francorchamps - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.