Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
3rd to 5th May 2018
There were no many surprises for the kick-off of the FIA WEC Super Season. The two Toyota's dominated the race, mostly in the second part, at point to finish in close formation, the #8 of Fernando Alonso, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima winning for 1"444 before the #7 of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez. The logic was Also respected beyond the two Nippon cars, with the Rebellion's R13 #1 of Jani / Lotterer / Senna and the #3 of Laurent / Beche / Menezes at the 3rd and 4th places, at two laps of the Toyota's unbeatable on regular on 6 hours.

Domination of the G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 #26 of Jean-Eric Vergne, Roman Rusinov and Andrea Pizzitola in LMP2, that take the best for 21"7 on the Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 #38 of Tung / Aubry / Richelmi and the Alpine A470 #36 of Lapierre / Negrão / Thiriet.

The LMGTE Pro battle saw Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK and Porsche GT Team dominate Friday's qualifying before entertaining the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps with a close duel on race day, despite a spectacular early crash involving Harry Tincknell's Ford GT at Le Raidillon (thankfully, the British driver walked away unhurt). Victory ended up in the hands of the Ford GT #66 of Mücke / Pla / Johnson which finished 13"931 clear of the #92 Porsche 911 RSR of Christensen / Estre. The #71 Ferrari 488 GTE of Rigon / Bird clinched third spot after Davide Rigon found a way past the #91 Porsche 911 RSR of Lietz / Bruni through one of the final turns of the 6 hours race.

Finally, in GTE Am, Aston Martin victory with the Vantage #98 of Lamy / Lauda / Dalla Lana in extreme accuracy in face of the similar car aligned by TF Sport for Yoluc / Hankey / Eastwood. It's the Clearwwater Racing Ferrari #61 of Mok / Sawa / Griffin that completed the podium.
Pos. No. Driver / Co-driver Car Team
1 8 Buemi / Nakajima / Alonso Toyota TS050 - Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing
2 7 Conway / Kobayashi / Lopez Toyota TS050 - Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing
3 3 Beche / Laurent / Menezes Rebellion R13 - Gibson Rebellion Racing
4 4 Webb / Kraihamer / Dillmann ENSO CLM P1/01 - Nismo Bykolles Racing Team
5 11 Aleshin / Petrov BR Engineering BR1 - AER SMP Racing
6 26 Rusinov / Vergne / Pizzitola (1st LMP2) Oreca 07 - Gibson G-Drive Racing
7 38 Tung / Aubry / Richelmi Oreca 07 - Gibson Jackie Chan DC Racing
8 36 Lapierre / Negrão / Thiriet Alpine A470 - Gibson Signatech Alpine Matmut
9 37 Jaafar / Tan / Jeffri Oreca 07 - Gibson Jackie Chan DC Racing
10 28 Perrodo / Vaxiviere / Duval Oreca 07 - Gibson