– After the season opener, which took place with a delay in mid-April in Imola, the endurance world championship (WEC) race calendar now continues as originally planned. This weekend, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium are on the schedule.
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Because it is the last race before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in preparation for the season highlight, some hypercar teams are already increasing their line-ups from two to three drivers per car at the Spa weekend.
In the top class of the WEC, three questions arise for the Spa weekend: Will Toyota, after winning the season opener, also win the second race of the still young 2026 season? Will defending champion Ferrari achieve its first win of the season? Or will one of the other manufacturers in the field – Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Genesis, Peugeot – pull off a surprise?
Schedule 6h Spa 2026
The Spa weekend in the WEC calendar traditionally runs not from Friday to Sunday, but from Thursday to Saturday.
Thursday, May 7
11:00 – 12:30: 1st Free Practice
15:40 – 17:10: 2nd Free Practice
Friday, May 8
10:10 – 11:10: 3rd Free Practice
14:30 – 15:00: Qualifying and Hyperpole LMGT3
15:20 – 15:50: Qualifying and Hyperpole Hyperpole
Saturday, May 9
14:00 – 20:00: Race
In the supporting program, the historic series “Legends of Le Mans” by Peter Auto, featuring cars from the Le Mans era between 2006 and 2020, and the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux will race.
TV times and livestream 6h Spa 2026
The hard news upfront: There is no longer a free livestream of the WEC 2026. The exclusive TV rights in Germany this year are held by Eurosport, which however broadcasts the season opener entirely on their pay-TV channel Eurosport 2. In Austria, parts of the race can be seen on ORF Sport+.
Additionally, there is the streaming offer from HBO Max (formerly Eurosport Player/Discovery+) starting at 5.99 euros per month, and the official streaming offer FIAWEC+. Here, offers range from 9.99 euros per race up to 49.99 euros for the whole year. Still freely accessible is the livestream of the third free practice, which is also streamed again on the WEC YouTube channel.
Streams FIAWEC+/HBO Max
Saturday, 10:00 – 11:20: 3rd Free Practice (also on WEC YouTube)
Saturday, 14:20 – 15:55: Qualifying
Sunday, 13:30 – 20:30: Full-length race
Highlights WEC Spa 2025
Eurosport (Free TV)
Saturday, 17:45 – 20:30: Final phase
Sunday, 18:15 – 20:00: Summary
Monday, 20:00 – 22:00: Summary
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Eurosport 2
Saturday, 13:30 – 20:30: Live race
Sunday, 01:00 – 03:00: Summary
Sunday, 15:45 – 17:30: Summary
ORF Sport+
Saturday, 16:00 – 16:15: Interim report
Saturday, 18:45 – 20:00: Final phase
Saturday, 22:00 – 23:00: Summary
Entry list 6h Spa 2026
Hypercar – 17 cars
#007 – Aston Martin Thor Team – Harry Tincknell/Tom Gamble – Aston Martin Valkyrie
#009 – Aston Martin Thor Team – Alex Riberas/Marco Sörensen – Aston Martin Valkyrie
#7 – Toyota Racing – Mike Conway/Kamui Kobayashi/Nyck de Vries – Toyota TR010 Hybrid
#8 – Toyota Racing – Sebastien Buemi/Brendon Hartley/Ryo Hirakawa – Toyota TR010 Hybrid
#12 – Cadillac Hertz Team Jota – Will Stevens/Norman Nato/Louis Deletraz – Cadillac V-Series.R
#15 – BMW M Team WRT – Kevin Magnussen/Raffaele Marciello/Dries Vanthoor – BMW M Hybrid V8
#17 – Genesis Magma Racing – Andre Lotterer/Luis Felipe Derani/Mathys Jaubert – Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar
#19 – Genesis Magma Racing – Mathieu Jaminet/Paul-Loup Chatin/Daniel Juncadella – Genesis GMR-001-Hypercar
#20 – BMW M Team WRT – Robin Frijns/Rene Rast/Sheldon van der Linde – BMW M Hybrid V8
#35 – Alpine Endurance Team – Antonio Felix da Costa/Charles Milesi/Ferdinand Habsburg – Alpine A424
#36 – Alpine Endurance Team – Frederic Makowiecki/Jules Gounon/Victor Martins – Alpine A424
#38 – Cadillac Hertz Team Jota – Earl Bamber/Sebastien Bourdais/Jack Aitken – Cadillac V-Series.R
#50 – Ferrari AF Corse – Antonio Fuoco/Miguel Molina/Nicklas Nielsen – Ferrari 499P
#51 – Ferrari AF Corse – Alessandro Pier Guidi/James Calado/Antonio Giovinazzi – Ferrari 499P
#83 – AF Corse – Yifei Ye/Robert Kubica/Philip Hanson – Ferrari 499P
#93 – Peugeot TotalEnergies – Paul di Resta/Stoffel Vandoorne/Nick Cassidy – Peugeot 9X8
#94 – Peugeot TotalEnergies – Loic Duval/Malthe Jakobsen/Theo Pourchaire – Peugeot 9X8
LMGT3 – 18 cars
#10 – Garage 59 – Antares Au/Thomas Fleming/Marvin Kirchhöfer – McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo
#21 – Vista AF Corse – Francois Heriau/Simon Mann/Alessio Rovera – Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo
#23 – Heart of Racing Team – Gray Newell/Eduardo Barrichello/Jonny Adam – Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3
#27 – Heart of Racing Team – Ian James/Zacharie Robichon/Mattia Drudi – Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3
#32 – Team WRT – Darren Leung/Sean Gelael/Augusto Farfus – BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo
#33 – TF Sport – Blake McDonald/Jonny Edgar/Nicky Catsburg – Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R
#34 – Racing Team Turkey by TE – Peter Dempsey/Salih Yoluc/Charlie Eastwood – Corvette Z06 LMGT3.R
#54 – Vista AF Corse – Thomas Flohr/Francesco Castellacci/Davide Rigon – Ferrari 296 LMGT3 Evo
#58 – Garage 59 – Alexander West/Finn Gehrsitz/Benjamin Goethe – McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo
#61 – Iron Lynx – Martin Berry/Rui Andrade/Maxime Martin – Mercedes-AMG LMGT3
#69 – Team WRT – Anthony McIntosh/Parker Thompson/Daniel Harper – BMW M4 LMGT3 Evo
#77 – Proton Competition – Eric Powell/Ben Tuck/Sebastian Priaulx – Ford Mustang LMGT3
#78 – Akkodis ASP Team – Tom van Rompuy/Hadrien David/Esteban Masson – Lexus RC F LMGT3
#79 – Iron Lynx – Johannes Zelger/Matteo Cressoni/Lin Hodenius – Mercedes-AMG LMGT3
#87 – Akkodis ASP Team – Petru Umbrarescu/Clemens Schmid/Jose Maria Lopez – Lexus RC F LMGT3
#88 – Proton Competition – Stefano Gattuso/Giammarco Levorato/Logan Sargeant – Ford Mustang LMGT3
#91 – Manthey DK Engineering – James Cottingham/Timur Boguslavskiy/Ayhancan Güven – Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3
#92 – The Bend Manthey – Yasser Shahin/Riccardo Pera/Richard Lietz – Porsche 911 GT3 R LMGT3
Balance of Performance (BoP)
The Balance of Performance (BoP) will no longer be published in 2026 but kept secret. More information can be found here.
Weather forecast, as of: May 6, 2026
Rain showers are not predicted for the second race weekend of the WEC 2026 season, but no particularly high temperatures either. On Thursday, the training day, continuous cloudy skies with a maximum of 14 degrees Celsius are expected, on Friday, the qualifying day, with somewhat broken clouds and a maximum of 17 degrees.
For Saturday, which is race day at Spa, up to 21 degrees are forecast under mostly cloudy skies. The 6-hour race is scheduled from 14:00 to 20:00. In the evening and especially at night, temperatures during the Spa weekend are expected to drop to as low as 6 degrees Celsius.
Data on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Track length: 7.004 kilometers
Turns: 19-20 (depending on counting)
Opening/Modifications: 1921/1939/1979/2007/2022
WEC at Spa since: 2012
Distance record: 176 laps (1,232.704 kilometers; 2015)
Track record Hypercar: Antonio Fuoco (Ferrari 499P; 1:59.617 minutes; 2025)
Address: Le Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Route du Circuit, 55 – 4970 Francorchamps, Belgium
All previous WEC winners at Spa
2012: R. Dumas/L. Duval/M. Gene (Audi R18 Ultra)
2013: M. Fässler/A. Lotterer/B. Treluyer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro)
2014: A. Davidson/N. Lapierre/S. Buemi (Toyota TS040 Hybrid)
2015: M. Fässler/A. Lotterer/B. Treluyer (Audi R18 e-tron quattro)
2016: L. di Grassi/L. Duval/O. Jarvis (Audi R18)
2017: S. Buemi/A. Davidson/K. Nakajima (Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
2018: S. Buemi/F. Alonso/K. Nakajima (Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
2019: S. Buemi/F. Alonso/K. Nakajima (Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
2020: M. Conway/K. Kobayashi/J. M. Lopez (Toyota TS050 Hybrid)
2021: S. Buemi/K. Nakajima/B. Hartley (Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
2022: M. Conway/K. Kobayashi/J. M. Lopez (Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
2023: M. Conway/K. Kobayashi/J. M. Lopez (Toyota GR010 Hybrid)
2024: W. Stevens/C. Ilott (Porsche 963)
2025: A. Pier Guidi/J. Calado/A. Giovinazzi (Ferrari 499P)
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