The 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formerly the 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps) is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
History The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other races followed. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24-hour race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an endurance race for sports cars and GTs. The 24 hour race counted towards the inaugural World Sports Car championship in 1953, the last time that race would be held until 1964, and the last time it was for sports cars for several decades. Earlier in 1953 a minor sports car race, the Coupe de Spa was the first race held in the lineage of the 1000 km (now 6 hour) race. The first Spa Grand Prix was held in 1954, and in 1963 joined the World Sportscar Championship and was extended to 500 km. Starting in 1966 the name Spa Grand Prix was no-longer used, and the race was run for 1000 km, following the 1000 km Nürburgring and 1000 km Monza. Due to safety problems on the traditional long and very fast 14 km track over public roads, the race was discontinued after 1975.
The 1000 km race was resumed in 1982 after the track was made safer by shortening it to 7 km. In 1989 and 1990, the race distance was lowered to 480 km. Due to the decline of the WSC, the "1000km" was discontinued after 1990 even before the WSC closed.
The race was revived in 1999, as a part of the SportsRacing World Cup (the predecessor to the FIA Sportscar Championship), running to a 2-hour, 30 minute time limit. In 2003, the 1000 km race was resumed as a joint event of the FIA SCC with the British GT Championship. In 2004, it was part of the Le Mans Series (LMS), and in 2011 was also part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. From 2012 onwards the race has been part of the FIA World Endurance Championship, albeit in the format of a six-hour race.
Jacky Ickx currently holds record of most wins, having won the race 5 times, in 1967, 1968, 1974, 1982, and 1983. He is also one of two drivers to win the 1000 km on both the original and current circuits, the other being Derek Bell.
Winners Year Drivers Team Car Time Distance Championship circuit 1953 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 166 MM Non-championship 1954 Hans Davids Hans Davids Jaguar C-Type Non-championship 1955 Paul Frère Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3S 1:37:33.900 Non-championship 1956 Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 0:57:34.800 Non-championship 1957 Tony Brooks Aston Martin Aston Martin DBR1 1:15:56.000 Non-championship 1958 Masten Gregory Ecurie Ecosse Lister-Jaguar 1:05:02.300 Non-championship 1959 Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 RSK 1:11:10.100 Non-championship 1960 Paul Frère Porsche 718 RSK 1:20:54.800 Non-championship 1961 Willy Mairesse Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB 1:05:33.800 Non-championship 1962 Edgar Berney Edgar Berney Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB 1:12:32.100 Non-championship 1963 Willy Mairesse Ecurie Nationale Belge Ferrari 250 GTO 2:38:40:800 International Championship for GT Manufacturers 1964 Mike Parkes Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 250 GTO 2:32:05.200 International Championship for GT Manufacturers 1965 Willy Mairesse Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 250 LM 2:29:45.700 International Championship for GT Manufacturers International Trophy for GT Prototypes 1966 Ludovico Scarfiotti Mike Parkes SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 P3 4:43:24.000 International Manufacturers' Championship International Sports Car Championship 1967 Jacky Ickx Dick Thompson J.W. Automotive Engineering Mirage M1-Ford 5:09:46.500 International Championship for Sports-Prototypes International Championship for Sports Cars 1968 Jacky Ickx Brian Redman J.W. Automotive Engineering Ford GT40 Mk.I 5:05:19:300 International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars 1969 Jo Siffert Brian Redman Porsche System Engineering Porsche 908LH 4:24:19.600 International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars 1970 Jo Siffert Brian Redman J.W. Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K 4:09:47.800 International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars 1971 Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver J.W. Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K 4:01:09.700 International Championship for Makes International Cup for GT Cars 1972 Arturo Merzario Brian Redman SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 312 PB 4:17:19.100 World Championship for Makes International Grand Touring Trophy 1973 Derek Bell Mike Hailwood Gulf Research Mirage M6-Ford 4:05:43.500 World Championship for Makes International Grand Touring Trophy 1974 Jacky Ickx Jean-Pierre Jarier Equipe Gitanes Matra-Simca MS670C 4:12:15.600 World Championship for Makes FIA Cup for GT Cars 1975 Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Alfa Romeo 33TT12 3:32:58.400 World Championship for Makes FIA Cup for GT Cars FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars 1976to1981 No Races circuit 1982 Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 6:06:04.140 World Endurance Championship 1983 Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 5:44:33.520 World Endurance Championship European Endurance Championship 1984 Stefan Bellof Derek Bell Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956B 5:53:17.190 World Endurance Championship 1985 Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi Martini Racing Lancia LC2 5:00:23.420 World Endurance Championship 1986 Thierry Boutsen Frank Jelinski Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C 5:35:54.540 World Sports Prototype Championship 1987 Raul Boesel Martin Brundle Johnny Dumfries Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 6:00:16.180 World Sports Prototype Championship 1988 Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9-Mercedes 6:01:34.230 World Sports Prototype Championship 1989 Mauro Baldi Kenny Acheson Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9-Mercedes 2:39:16.453 World Sports Prototype Championship 1990 Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger Team Sauber Mercedes Mercedes-Benz C11 2:42:54.880 World Sports Prototype Championship 1991to1998 No Races 1999 Laurent Rédon Mauro Baldi JB Giesse Team Ferrari Ferrari 333 SP 2:30:24.347 SportsRacing World Cup 2000 Filippo Francioni Salvatore Ronca Lucchini Engineering Lucchini SR2000-Alfa Romeo 2:31:17.377 SportsRacing World Cup 2001 Marco Zadra Jean-Marc Gounon BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 333 SP 2:31:27.898 FIA Sportscar Championship 2002 Sébastien Bourdais Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 EVO-Peugeot 2:03:16.089 FIA Sportscar Championship 2003 Tom Kristensen Seiji Ara Audi Sport Japan Audi R8 5:47:50.209 FIA Sportscar ChampionshipBritish GT Championship 2004 Johnny Herbert Jamie Davies Audi Sport UK Veloqx Audi R8 5:58:55.262 Le Mans Endurance Series 2005 John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Hayanari Shimoda Zytek Motorsport Zytek 04S 6:00:48.389 Le Mans Endurance Series 2006 Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60-Judd 6:01:06.782 Le Mans Series 2007 Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP(Diesel) 5:47:47.313 Le Mans Series 2008 Jacques Villeneuve Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP(Diesel) 5:17:48.566 Le Mans Series 2009 Nicolas Minassian Simon Pagenaud Christian Klien Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP(Diesel) 5:45:35.429 Le Mans Series 2010 Sébastien Bourdais Simon Pagenaud Pedro Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP(Diesel) 6:00:39.012 Le Mans Series 2011 Alexander Wurz Anthony Davidson Marc Gené Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908(Diesel) 6:02:03.799 Le Mans SeriesIntercontinental Le Mans Cup 2012 Romain Dumas Loïc Duval Marc Gené Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 ultra(Diesel) 6:00:22.708 FIA World Endurance Championship 2013 Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro(Diesel hybrid) 6:00:55.971 FIA World Endurance Championship 2014 Nicolas Lapierre Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Toyota Racing Toyota TS040 Hybrid 6:01:31.675 FIA World Endurance Championship 2015 Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro(Diesel hybrid) 6:01:08.896 FIA World Endurance Championship 2016 Loïc Duval Oliver Jarvis Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro(Diesel hybrid) 6:00:32.112 FIA World Endurance Championship 2017 Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Anthony Davidson Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 6:00:11.490 FIA World Endurance Championship 2018 Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 6:00:50.702 FIA World Endurance Championship 2019 Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 5:44:41.101 FIA World Endurance Championship 2020 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 6:00:02.534 FIA World Endurance Championship 2021 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:00:17.733 FIA World Endurance Championship 2022 José María López Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:00:31.052 FIA World Endurance Championship 2023 José María López Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:00:24.798 FIA World Endurance Championship 2024 Callum Ilott Will Stevens Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 5:57:31.542 FIA World Endurance Championship 2025 James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P 6:01:07.299 FIA World Endurance Championship 2026 Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 6:01:17.036 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 1975 event was originally scheduled for 1000 km, but was shortened to 750 km the day of the race due to an approaching storm. The 1985 event was originally scheduled for 1000 km, but was shortened to five hours (848 km) after the ensuing 40-minute caution caused by the collision of the Bellof/Boutsen Brun Motorsport Porsche 956 with the Ickx/Jochen Mass Rothmans Porsche 962 at Eau Rouge. Bellof died in the hospital afterwards, and officials ended the race at the five-hour mark, after 122 of 145 laps. The 2002 event was stopped early due to heavy rain. The 2010 event was red flagged during the race due to electrical outages. The race covered approximately 975 km when it ended on a six hour time limit. The 2019 event was stopped early because of snow. Race record for distance covered.
Records Wins by constructor RankConstructorWinsYears1 Ferrari 11 1953, 1961–1966, 1972, 1999, 2001, 20252 Porsche 10 1959, 1960, 1969–1971, 1982–1984, 1986, 20243 Toyota 8 2014, 2017–20234 Audi 6 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 20165 Peugeot 5 2007–20116 Jaguar 3 1954, 1956, 1987 7 Aston Martin 2 1955, 1957 Mirage 1967, 1973 Sauber 1988, 1989 Courage 2002, 2006 12 Lister 1 1958 Ford 1968 Matra 1974 Alfa Romeo 1975 Lancia 1985 Mercedes-Benz 1990 Lucchini 2000 Reynard 2005 BMW 2026
Wins by engine manufacturer RankManufacturerWinsYears1 Ferrari 12 1953, 1961–1966, 1972, 1985, 1999, 2001, 20252 Porsche 10 1959, 1960, 1969–1971, 1982–1984, 1986, 20243 Toyota 8 2014, 2017–2023 4 Peugeot 6 2002, 2007–2011 Audi 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2015, 20166 Jaguar 4 1954, 1956, 1958, 1987 7 Ford 3 1967, 1968, 1973 Mercedes-Benz 1988–1990 9 Aston Martin 2 1955, 1957 Alfa Romeo 1975, 2000 13 Matra 1 1974 Gibson 2005 Judd 2006 BMW 2026
Drivers with multiple wins