2026 6 Hours of São Paulo
Sports car endurance race
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The 2026 6 Hours of São Paulo (formally known as the 2026 Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 10 and 12 July 2026 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the fourth of eight rounds of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship and the sixth running of the event.
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| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 4 of 8 in the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| |
| Date | 12 July 2026 |
| Location | São Paulo |
| Venue | Autódromo José Carlos Pace |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 242 |
| Distance (km) | 1,042.78 |
| Distance (miles) | 647.95 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:23.041 |
| Team |  Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
| Drivers |  Norman Nato Will Stevens |
| Winners | |
| Team |  BMW M Team WRT |
| Drivers |  Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Racing Team Turkey by TF |
| Drivers |  Peter Dempsey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç |
Entry list
The entry list consisted of 35 cars, with 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. Due to Alex Lynn's neck injury, the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota Cadillac competed with 2 drivers. Both Heart of Racing Aston Martins also each entered 2 drivers, with Ross Gunn in the No. 007 and Roman De Angelis in the No. 009 being absent.
In LMGT3, due to clashing with the 2026 Chevrolet Grand Prix of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, Eduardo Barrichello was absent from the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin lineup, and Nicky Catsburg was replaced by Nicolás Varrone in the No. 33 TF Sport Corvette. Additionally, Esteban Masson returned to his seat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus after competing in LMP2 at Le Mans.[2]
Schedule
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Practice
Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two sessions on Friday ran for 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday ran for 60 minutes.[3]
Practice 1
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 007 | Aston Martin THOR Team |
Harry Tincknell |
1:25.457 |
| LMGT3 | 61 |  Iron Lynx |
Maxime Martin |
1:34.833 |
| Source:[4][5] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 19 |  Genesis Magma Racing |
Mathieu Jaminet |
1:24.271 |
| LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team |
 Clemens Schmid |
1:34.498 |
| Source:[6][7] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team |
Victor Martins |
1:24.038 |
| LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx |
 Rui Andrade |
1:34.283 |
| Source:[8][9] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Qualifying started at 14:30 BRT on Saturday, with one twelve-minute qualifying session and one ten-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.[3]
Pole position winners in each class and fastest times in each session are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 12 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
1:23.603 | 1:23.041 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 38 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
1:23.482 | 1:23.089 | 2 |
| 3 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team |
1:23.616 | 1:23.108 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT |
1:23.695 | 1:23.135 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team |
1:23.546 | 1:23.168 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 19 | Genesis Magma Racing |
1:23.491 | 1:23.341 | 71 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse |
1:23.524 | 1:23.387 | 6 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies |
1:23.598 | 1:23.402 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 007 |  Aston Martin THOR Team |
1:23.773 | 1:23.578 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 83 | Ferrari AF Corse |
1:23.683 | 1:23.625 | 10 |
| 11 | Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse |
1:23.832 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 17 | Genesis Magma Racing |
1:23.984 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies |
1:24.010 | 13 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 8 |  Toyota Racing |
1:24.048 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team |
1:24.151 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Racing |
1:24.010 | 172 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT |
1:24.221 | 16 | |
| 18 | LMGT3 | 23 | Heart of Racing Team |
1:34.527 | 1:33.350 | 18 |
| 19 | LMGT3 | 79 | Iron Lynx |
1:34.720 | 1:33.549 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team |
1:34.537 | 1:33.764 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 69 | Team WRT |
1:34.190 | 1:33.766 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition |
1:34.501 | 1:33.773 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx |
1:34.570 | 1:33.873 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 92 | The Bend Manthey |
1:34.558 | 1:34.069 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition |
1:34.566 | 1:34.281 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 32 | Team WRT |
1:34.676 | 1:34.326 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 77 | Racing Team Turkey by TF |
1:33.808 | 1:34.612 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 91 | Manthey DK Engineering |
1:34.913 | 28 | |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport |
1:35.003 | 29 | |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse |
1:35.112 | 30 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 54 | Garage 59 |
1:35.135 | 31 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team |
1:35.206 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team |
1:35.211 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 21 | Vista AF Corse |
1:35.231 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 54 | Garage 59 |
1:35.262 | 35 | |
| Source:[10][11] | ||||||
Notes
- ^1 – The No. 19 Genesis Magma Racing originally qualified in 6th, but was given a one-place grid penalty for impeding the No. 20 BMW M Team WRT.[12]
- ^2 – The No. 7 Toyota Racing originally qualified in 16th, but was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding the No. 19 Genesis Magma Racing. Thus, they started at the back of the Hypercar grid in 17th.[12]
Results
Race results
The race started at 11:30 BRT on Sunday.[3]
The minimum number of laps for classification will be 70 percent of the overall race winner's distance. Class winners are denoted in bold and ‡.
