The 2022 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 7 May 2022. It was the second round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the eleventh running of the event as part of the championship.

Background The provisional calendar for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship released in August 2021. It saw a few changes, with the return of the Sebring and Fuji races, whilst the Portimao and second Bahrain races were dropped.

Entry list The entry list was revealed on 25 March 2022.

Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Class Team Time 1 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing 2:02.771 - 1 2 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Team 2:02.999 +0.228 2 3 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:03.087 +0.316 3 4 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:03.137 +0.366 4 5 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse 2:04.246 +1.475 5 6 LMP2 31 WRT 2:04.290 +1.519 6 7 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA 2:04.451 +1.680 7 8 LMP2 9 Prema Orlen Team 2:04.548 +1.777 8 9 LMP2 41 RealTeam by WRT 2:04.640 +1.869 9 10 LMP2 38 JOTA 2:04.692 +1.921 10 11 LMP2 28 JOTA 2:04.717 +1.946 11 12 LMP2 5 Team Penske 2:04.887 +2.116 12 13 LMP2 10 Vector Sport 2:04.985 +2.214 13 14 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team 2:05.148 +2.377 14 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 45 Algarve Pro Racing 2:05.370 +2.599 15 16 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 2:05.383 +2.612 16 17 LMP2 Pro-Am 35 Ultimate 2:05.843 +3.072 17 18 LMP2 23 United Autosports USA 2:05.849 +3.078 18 19 LMP2 Pro-Am 44 ARC Bratislava 2:06.667 +3.896 19 20 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team 2:14.301 +11.530 20 21 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team 2:14.481 +11.710 21 22 LMGTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing 2:14.606 +11.835 22 23 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse 2:15.102 +12.331 23 24 LMGTE Pro 52 AF Corse 2:15.443 +12.672 24 25 LMGTE Am 33 TF Sport 2:17.408 +14.637 25 26 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR 2:18.912 +16.141 26 27 LMGTE Am 56 Team Project 1 2:19.700 +16.929 27 28 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames 2:20.789 +18.018 28 29 LMGTE Am 46 Team Project 1 2:20.937 +18.166 29 30 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:21.027 +18.256 30 31 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing 2:21.168 +18.397 31 32 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse 2:21.787 +19.016 32 33 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing 2:22.622 +19.851 33 34 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx 2:23.856 +21.085 34 35 LMGTE Am 71 Spirit of Race 2:23.963 +21.192 35 36 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing 2:24.384 +21.613 36 37 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse No Time — 37Source:

Race The race was stopped thrice during the course of the event with red flags. The first stoppage was after the crash of the #44 ARC Bratislava entry, which required repairs to the barriers. The second stoppage was for a long period of heavy rain showering the circuit and the last stoppage was after the crash of the #34 Inter Europol Competition entry.

Race Result The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 73 laps. Class winners are in bold and . Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 103 6:00:31.052 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 36 Alpine Elf Team Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480 103 +27.473 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 3 LMP2 31 WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael René Rast Oreca 07 103 +1:06.185 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 4 LMP2 41 RealTeam by WRT Rui Andrade Ferdinand Habsburg Norman Nato Oreca 07 103 +1:40.676 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 5 LMP2 38 Jota António Félix da Costa Roberto González Will Stevens Oreca 07 103 +1:48.571 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 6 LMP2 5 Team Penske Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe Nasr Oreca 07 103 +1:57.610 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 7 LMP2 22 United Autosports USA Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Will Owen Oreca 07 103 +1:57.901 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 8 LMP2 23 United Autosports USA Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Alex Lynn Oreca 07 102 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 9 Hypercar 708 Glickenhaus Racing Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Pipo Derani Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH 102 +1 Lap Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 10 LMP2 9 Prema Orlen Team Lorenzo Colombo Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 102 +1 Lap Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 11 LMGTE Pro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 102 +1 Lap Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 12 LMGTE Pro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR-19 102 +1 Lap Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 13 LMGTE Pro 52 AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 102 +1 Lap Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 14 LMP2 1 Richard Mille Racing Team Charles Milesi Sébastien Ogier Lilou Wadoux Oreca 07 101 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 Pro-Am 83 AF Corse Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Oreca 07 101 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Ryan Cullen Nico Müller Sébastien Bourdais Oreca 07 101 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 Pro-Am 45 Algarve Pro Racing James Allen René Binder Steven Thomas Oreca 07 101 +2 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMGTE Pro 64 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Nick Tandy Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 101 +2 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 19 LMP2 Pro-Am 35 Ultimate François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye Oreca 07 100 +3 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMGTE Pro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR-19 100 +3 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 21 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Sebastian Priaulx Christian Ried Harry Tincknell Porsche 911 RSR-19 99 +4 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 22 LMGTE Am 33 TF Sport Ben Keating Marco Sørensen Henrique Chaves Aston Martin Vantage AMR 99 +4 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTE Am 98 Northwest AMR Paul Dalla Lana Nicki Thiim David Pittard Aston Martin Vantage AMR 99 +4 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Nick Cassidy Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 99 +4 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 25 LMGTE Am 46 Team Project 1 Matteo Cairoli Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 99 +4 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 26 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 98 +5 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Charlie Fagg Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Aston Martin Vantage AMR 97 +6 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Claudio Schiavoni Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 97 +6 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 29 LMGTE Am 88 Dempsey-Proton Racing Patrick Lindsey Fred Poordad Jan Heylen Porsche 911 RSR-19 96 +7 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 30 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Christina Nielsen Rahel Frey Doriane Pin Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 96 +7 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 31 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Simon Mann Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 94 +9 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 32 LMGTE Am 71 Spirit of Race Gabriel Aubry Franck Dezoteux Pierre Ragues Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 91 +12 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGTE Am 56 Team Project 1 Ben Barnicoat Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Porsche 911 RSR-19 93 Accident damage Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 28 Jota Jonathan Aberdein Ed Jones Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 82 Accident damage Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Esteban Gutiérrez Jakub Śmiechowski Alex Brundle Oreca 07 52 Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DNF Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 29 Hybrid Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 DNF LMP2 Pro-Am 44 ARC Bratislava Tijmen van der Helm Miroslav Konôpka Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 25 Accident Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

Standings after the race

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/- Driver Points1 André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière Nicolas Lapierre 572 Olivier Pla Romain Dumas 393 Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Sebastien Buemi 274 José María López Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway 255 Ryan Briscoe 23

2022 Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers' World Championship +/- Manufacturer Points1 Alpine 572 Toyota 523 Glickenhaus 39

2022 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship +/- Driver Points1 Kevin Estre Michael Christensen 572 Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado 433 Nick Tandy Tommy Milner 394 Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz 345 Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina 27

2022 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship +/- Team Points 1 Porsche 91 2 Ferrari 73 3 Chevrolet 39

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

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