WEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps 2023 - LMP2

Two of the LMP2 cars are about to fall into the clutches of a Toyota Hypercar.

There were eleven Oreca 07 cars entered by various teams in the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.   Eight of these finished on the same lap.   The United Autosports car No.23 had taken pole in qualifying but in the race the No.41 WRT car took the honours after a faster last pit stop.  The racing was also close for third place but the Prema car made an error and thus Albert Costa and the Inter Europol team took the final podium spot.  The Alpine ELF cars were slowest in qualifying but the No.36 car took fastest lap in the race.

All eleven LMP2 cars are featured in this blogpost.  Photos are from the Friday practice and qualifying and Saturday's race.

The LMP2 Class winning Team WRT Oreca 07 driven by Rui Andrade, Robert Kubica and Louis Deletraz.

The winning WRT LMP2 car.

2nd in LMP2 was this United Autosports Oreca 07 driven by Josh Pierson, Olivier Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist.

The United Autosports car leading the Iron Dames.

The United Autosport drivers.

3rd in the LMP2 class was this Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 driven by Jakub Smiechowski, Fabic Scherer and Albert Costa.

The third placed Inter Europol Competition car.

Albert Costa.

4th place in LMP2 went to the Prema Racing Oreca 07 driven by Felip Ugran, Bent Viscaal and Andrea Caldarelli.

The Prema Racing No.9.

5th place in LMP2 went to the United Autosports Oreca 07 driven by Frederick Lubin, Philip Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque.

United Autosports No.22.

The No.22 drivers.

6th place in LMP2 went to the Team WRT Oreca 07 driven by Sean Gelael, Ferdinand Habsburg and Robin Frijns.

The WRT No.31 car.

7th place in LMP2 went to the Alpine ELF Team Oreca 07 driven by Matthieu Vaxiviere, Julien Canal and Charles Milesi.

The Alpine ELF Team No.36 car.

8th place in LMP2 went the Alpine Elf Team Oreca 07 driven by Andre Negrao, Memo Rojas and Ollie Caldwell.

Both Alpines were the slowest cars in qualifying.

9th place in LMP2 went to the JOTA Oreca 07 driven by David Heinemeier Hansson, Pietro Fittipaldi and Olivier Rasmussen.

The No.28 JOTA car.

Pietro Fittipaldi.

10th place in LMP2 went to the Prema racing Oreca 07 driven by Doriane Pin, Mirko Bortolotti and Danil Kvyat.

Prema Racing No.63.

The Vector Sport Oreca 07 driven by Ryan Cullen, Matthias Kaiser and Gabriel Aubry only lasted 14 laps.

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LMP2 cars come of to the Kemmel straight accompanied by some LMGTE AM cars.

Two LMP2 cars exit La Source.

The Alpine enters the start finish straight followed by the Iron Dames.