CLASSIC CHALLENGE
A fixture on the WEC calendar since the championship’s inception in 2012, Spa-Francorchamps is one of motor sport’s crown jewels. The 7.004 km, 20-turn circuit weaves through the forests of the Ardennes, combining technical demands, extreme elevation changes, and famously unpredictable weather.

Corner names like Eau Rouge, Blanchimont, and La Source are etched into racing folklore, while Hypercars thunder through the track at speeds of up to 315 km/h, running at full throttle for 58% of the lap. Of the 104 drivers on the grid this weekend – across both classes, Hypercar and LMGT3 – 28 have previously conquered Spa’s formidable challenge to triumph either overall or in-class.

HISTORY MAKERS RETURN
The 2024 running of the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw a landmark moment as Hertz Team JOTA became the first privateer team to claim overall victory in WEC’s Hypercar era. Now partnered with Cadillac, the team returns to Belgium aiming to repeat that success.

“Winning as a customer team was a really special moment for us at JOTA,” said Will Stevens, who played a key role in the triumph. “It was a chaotic race with the red flag and all the drama, but we executed a strong strategy. It’ll be great going back.”

“We love driving Spa. The Cadillac has run strongly there before, and with the high-grip surface from last year’s resurfacing, we’re confident we’ll be more competitive than we were at Imola,” he concluded.

HOME HEROES AND HEAVY HITTERS
Among the key challengers will be Ferrari AF Corse, which has dominated the early part of the 2025 season, and BMW M Team WRT, the Liège-based team buoyed by a runner-up finish at Imola. Ferrari could well have secured two straight podium lockouts had things gone differently, while BMW is inching closer to its maiden WEC victory.

Regular BMW M Team WRT driver Dries Vanthoor will miss the race due to a schedule clash, but his older brother, Laurens Vanthoor, will take the wheel for Porsche Penske Motorsport. A native of Hasselt, just an hour from the track, Vanthoor is looking to jumpstart his title defence on home turf.

Meanwhile, Kortrijk’s Stoffel Vandoorne, driving for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies, is still hunting for his first points of the season and will hope Spa provides a turning point.

LMGT3: TIGHT BATTLES, LOCAL STARS
The LMGT3 class has already delivered two edge-of-the-seat finishes in 2025, with the closest margin just 0.316 seconds at Imola. Six different crews have reached the podium so far, underscoring the highly-competetive level of the field.

Two Belgian drivers will be particularly keen to make an impact: Tom Van Rompuy, piloting a Corvette for TF Sport, and Maxime Martin, competing in Iron Lynx’s Mercedes-AMG LMGT3. Martin remains the only Belgian to have won at Spa in FIA WEC (back in 2019) and will be eager to do so again.

KEY INFORMATION

• Thursday, 8 May: Free Practice to kick off on-track running
• Friday, 9 May (14:40 CET): Qualifying & Hyperpole
• Saturday, 10 May (14:00 CET): Race Start – TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps