Most successful drivers at Spa and General Statistics

A first Hypercar win for Sebastien Buemi at Spa 2021 saw him become the first driver to win five times at one WEC circuit. 

Dalla Lana, Lamy, and Lauda won in GTE Am at Spa for four consecutive years – 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. This is the longest win streak at one circuit by any crew in WEC history.

Twenty-six crews that won a WEC drivers title scored a podium that season in Spa (counting only the first race during the 2018/19 SuperSeason).

Ferrari reached eight total wins at Spa in 2021 across both GTE classes. This matched their record haul of eight wins at Silverstone. Two races later, they swept Le Mans to take their tally to eight in France as well.

When using Spa as a warm-up for Le Mans only, Jota Sport won the race twice in 2012 with Zytek and in 2015 in the Gibson.

Three cars – United Autosports #22, Porsche GT Team #92, and AF Corse #83 have all won the last two races at Spa (2020, 2021). This last happened at the circuit in 2017 and 2018, when Toyota #8, G-Drive Racing #26, and Aston Martin #98 all won on both occasions. 

The first five Spa races saw different constructor names win in LMP2 – Zytek, Oreca, Morgan, Gibson, and Alpine. Oreca has won all five races post-2016.

AF Corse led every session at Spa in 2014, topping all Free Practice sessions, taking pole, and winning the race. This was the most recent ‘perfect’ weekend in GTE Pro for over seven years until Porsche #92 last time out at Sebring 2022.

All four winning teams from Spa 2020 backed up their win in 2021, only Toyota winning with a different car. The #8 GR010 took Hypercar debut victory after the #7 TS050 scored its penultimate LMP1 win nine months prior.

Most wins at Spa across all classes

5 wins – Sebastien Buemi

4 wins – Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda, Kazuki Nakajima 

3 wins – Anthony Davidson, Roman Rusinov

Most wins by class.

Overall/LMP1/Hypercar – Sebastien Buemi, 5 wins

LMP2 – Roman Rusinov, 3 wins

GTE Pro – Gianmaria Bruni, Sam Bird, Davide Rigon, Kevin Estre

GTE Am – Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda

Average age of LMP2 drivers

Richard Mille #1 – Lilou Wadoux 21 – Sebastien Ogier 38 – Charles Milesi 21 = 80

Penske #5 – Dane Cameron 33 – Emmanuel Collard 51 – Felipe Nasr 29 = 113

Prema #9 – Robert Kubica 37 – Louis Deletraz 24 – Lorenzo Colombo 21 = 82

Vector Sport #10 – Nico Muller 30 – Ryan Cullen 31 – Sebastien Bourdais 43 = 104

United Autosports #22 – Phil Hanson 22 – Filipe Albuquerque 36 – Will Owen 27 = 85

United Autosports #23 – Alex Lynn 28 – Oliver Jarvis 38 – Josh Pierson 16 = 82

Jota Sport #28 – Oliver Rasmussen 21– Ed Jones 27 – Jonathan Aberdein 24 = 72

WRT #31 – Sean Gelael 25 – Robin Frijns 30 – Rene Rast 35 = 90

Inter Europol #34 – Jakub Smiechowski 30 – Alex Brundle 31 – Esteban Gutierrez 30 = 91

Ultimate #35 – Jean-Baptiste Lahaye 30 – Mathieu Lahaye 37 – Francois Heriau 38 = 105

Jota Sport #38 – Roberto Gonzales 46 – Antonio Felix da Costa 30 – Will Stevens 30 = 106

Realteam by WRT #41 – Rui Andrade 22 – Ferdinand Habsburg 24 – Norman Nato 29 = 75

ARC Bratislava #44 – Miro Konopka 60 – Tijmen van der Helm 18 – Bent Viscaal 22 = 100

Algarve Pro #45 – Steven Thomas 54 – James Allen 25 – Rene Binder 30 = 109

AF Corse #83 – Francois Perrodo 45 – Nicklas Nielsen 25 – Alessio Rovera 26 = 96

15 cars, 45 drivers

Oldest average crew: Penske #5, 113 years

Youngest average crew: Jota #28, 72 years

Oldest driver: Miro Konopka, 60

Youngest driver: Josh Pierson, 16

All drivers together totals 1,390 years

Average age of a driver trio: 93

Average age of a driver in the LMP2 class: 31

Trio closest to the average age: Inter Europol #34, 91 years combined

Driver Stats

Most appearances in the series:

73 races – Christian Ried

71 races – Richard Lietz

66 races – Sebastien Buemi

63 races – Gianmaria Bruni

62 races – Paul Dalla Lana

Five most successful drivers
in each class

Overall wins:

20 wins – Sebastien Buemi

17 wins – Kazuki Nakajima, Brendon Hartley

12 wins – Timo Bernhard

11 wins – Mike Conway

LMP2 wins:

17 wins – Roman Rusinov

12 wins – Julien Canal

9 wins – Nico Lapierre

8 wins – Filipe Albuquerque

7 wins – John Martin

GTE Pro wins:

15 wins – Gianmaria Bruni

10 wins – James Calado

9 wins – Toni Vilander, Richard Lietz, Alessandro Pier Guidi

GTE Am wins:

19 wins – Pedro Lamy

17 wins – Paul Dalla Lana

13 wins – Mathias Lauda

10 wins – Christian Ried

8 wins – Francois Perrodo

Most wins across
all classes combined

20 wins – Sebastien Buemi (all outright)

19 wins – Pedro Lamy (all GTE Am)

17 wins – Roman Rusinov (all LMP2), Brendon Hartley (all outright), Kazuki Nakajima (all outright), Paul Dalla Lana (all GTE Am)

16 wins – Nico Lapierre (outright and LMP2)

15 wins – Julien Canal (GTE Am and LMP2), Gianmaria Bruni (all GTE Pro), Mike Conway (LMP2 and outright)

Record number of podiums
by a driver

41 - Sebastien Buemi and Nico Lapierre

Teams/manufacturer stats

Most pole positions by the manufacturer (all):

Overall:

31 poles – Toyota

20 poles – Porsche

16 poles – Audi

4 poles – Rebellion

2 poles – Alpine

LMP2:

44 poles - Oreca

12 poles - Ligier

7 poles - Alpine (Oreca)

4 poles - Morgan

3 poles - HPD

1 pole – Zytek, Lola, Aurus (Oreca)

GTE Pro:

27 poles – Aston Martin

20 poles - Porsche

18 poles - Ferrari

8 poles - Ford

GTE Am:

35 poles - Aston Martin

21 poles - Porsche 

15 poles - Ferrari

2 poles - Corvette

Most pole positions by team

Overall: same as above.

LMP2 (top 5):

23 poles – G-Drive

7 poles – Signatech Alpine

6 poles – United Autosport

5 poles – Jackie Chan DC Racing 

3 poles – KCMG, ADR Delta, OAK Racing, Starworks, Jota Sport

GTE Pro (top 3):

27 poles – Aston Martin Racing

16 poles – AF Corse, Porsche GT Team

GTE Am (top 3):

29 poles – Aston Martin Racing

9 poles – Dempsey-Proton Racing

6 poles – TF Sport

Most wins by manufacturer (all)

Overall:

35 wins – Toyota

17 wins – Audi, Porsche

3 wins – Rebellion Racing

1 win - Alpine

LMP2:

47 wins - Oreca

8 wins - Alpine (Oreca), Ligier

4 wins - Morgan

3 wins - HPD

2 wins - Zytek

1 win - Gibson

GTE Pro:

28 wins – Ferrari

19 wins – Aston Martin

19 wins – Porsche

6 wins – Ford

1 win – Corvette

GTE Am:

31 wins – Aston Martin

20 wins – Ferrari

19 wins – Porsche

3 wins - Corvette

Most wins by team:

Overall: same as above.

LMP2 (top 5):

17 wins – G-Drive Racing

8 wins – Signatech Alpine, Jackie Chan DC Racing

7 wins – United Autosport

5 wins – KCMG, Jota Sport

4 wins – ADR Delta, Rebellion Racing

GTE Pro (top 3):

28 wins – AF Corse

19 wins – Aston Martin Racing

10 wins – Porsche GT Team

GTE Am (top 3):

26 wins – Aston Martin Racing (Northwest AMR)

9 wins – AF Corse

8 wins – Dempsey-Proton Racing

Nationalities of all drivers competing at Spa

This is all based on nationality of license stated on the entry list, as opposed to nationalities a driver identifies as elsewhere, or flags they were listed against on previous entry lists. This is the format I will follow for any post-race stats regarding winners too. i.e.
Rui Andrade is Angolan, racing under a Portuguese flag

Sebastien Priaulx is British, competing for France

Total nations represented (24):  

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and USA

• France and Great Britain both have drivers competing in every class.

• No driver from Indonesia, Poland, Slovakia or South Africa, has ever won in the series

Total drivers
from each nation
participating
(106 total drivers) 

19 drivers: France

17 drivers: Great Britain

11 drivers: Italy

10 drivers: USA

7 drivers: Denmark, Switzerland

4 drivers: Japan, Portugal

3 drivers: Austria, Brazil, Holland

2 drivers: Belgium, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland

1 drivers: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain

Hypercar – 12 drivers, 7 nations

France – 4, Lapierre, Vaxiviere, Pla, Dumas

Brazil – 2, Negrao, Derani

Japan – 2, Kobayashi, Hirakawa

GB – 1, Conway

Argentina – 1, Lopez

Switzerland – 1, Buemi

New Zealand – 1, Hartley

LMP2 –  45 drivers, 17 nations

France – 10, Ogier, Wadoux, Milesi, Collard, Bourdais, Lahaye, Lahaye, Heriau, Nato, Perrodo

GB – 7, Cullen, Hanson, Lynn, Jarvis, Jones, Brundle, Stevens

USA – 4, Cameron, Owen, Pierson, Thomas

Holland – 3, Frijns, van der Helm, Viscaal

Portugal – 3, Albuquerque, da Costa, Andrade

Austria – 2, Habsburg, Binder

Denmark – 2, Rasmussen, Nielsen

Italy – 2, Colombo, Rovera

Mexico – 2, Gutierrez, Gonzalez

Poland – 2, Kubica, Smiechowski

Switzerland – 2, Deletraz, Muller

Australia – 1, Allen

Brazil – 1, Nasr

Germany – 1, Rast

Indonesia – 1, Gelael

Slovakia – 1, Konopka

South Africa – 1, Aberdein

GTE Pro –  10 drivers, 7 nations

Italy – 3, Pier Guidi, Fuoco, Bruni

GB – 2, Calado, Tandy

Austria – 1, Lietz

Denmark – 1, Christensen

France – 1, Estre

Spain – 1, Molina

USA – 1, Milner

GTE Am –  39 drivers,  13 nations

GB – 7, Millroy, Barnicoat, Tincknell, Wainwright, Barker, Pittard, Fagg

Italy – 6, Cairoli, Castellacci, Schiavoni, Cressoni, Fisichella, Pera

USA – 5, Mann, Keating, Iribe, Poordad, Lindsey

Denmark – 4, Sorensen, Pedersen, Gatting, Thiim

France – 4, Dezoteux, Ragues, Aubry, Priaulx

Switzerland – 4, Ulrich, Leutwiler, Flohr, Frey

Belgium – 2, Bovy, Heylen

Japan – 2, Fujii, Hoshino

Canada – 1, Dalla Lana

Finland – 1, Vilander

Germany – 1, Ried

New Zealand – 1, Cassidy

Portugal – 1, Chaves