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The Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw history made with the first Hypercar victory going to Toyota, with the #8 Toyota driven by Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley taking the chequered flag for Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship.

After the two 10-minute qualifying sessions the four class pole position holders for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps headed to the press conference room.

Kamui Kobayashi took pole position for tomorrow’s opening round the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, while Kevin Estre starred with a brilliant performance in LMGTE Pro.

The final Free Practice session for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw Toyota top a session for the first time this week.

The second Free Practice session for the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw Alpine hold a slender advantage over Toyota at the top of the times this morning in continuing cool and overcast conditions.

On Saturday 1 May reigning Asian Le Mans Series champion and former DTM racer Ferdinand Habsburg will take the start of his first FIA World Endurance Championship race in the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

The Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is Round 1 of the FIA World Endurance Championship and ahead of the first free practice session some of the drivers attended the Pre Event Press Conference, which was held with individual drivers and streamed live on the FIA WEC YouTube channel.

The #22 United Autosports Oreca was the fastest car in the first practice session of the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Owing to two all-female line-ups, representing the Richard Mille Racing Team and Iron Lynx, in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season, history is about to be made with six females for the first time competing full-time in any FIA-sanctioned World Championship-level competition.

Below is a summary of a Q&A session with Marek Nawarecki, the FIA's Director of Sport and Touring Cars, and Thierry Bouvet, the ACO’s Director of Competition, following the Prologue – the official FIA WEC pre-season test – which was staged at Spa-Francorchamps earlier this week.