Spa WEC and Alonso's debut

20:48 Here is our report on a dramatic Spa 6 Hours, in which Fernando Alonso won on his WEC debut:

WEC Spa: Fernando Alonso wins as Toyota claim 1-2

Toyota secured a one-two finish in the opening round of the new FIA World Endurance Championship superseason at Spa, with Fernando Alonso's car taking a narrow win

20:46 GTE Am results:

1) Lamy/Dalla Lana/Lauda – Aston Martin
2) Hankey/Yoluc/Eastwood – TF Sport
3) Griiffin/Sawa/Sun Mok – Clearwater Racing

20:43 GTE Pro results:

1) Pla/Mucke/Johnson – Ganassi Ford
2) Christensen/Estre – Porsche GT
3) Rigon/Bird – Ferrari

20:40 LMP2 results:

1) Vergne/Pizzitola/Rusinov – G-Drive Racing
2) Tung/Aubry/Richelmi – Jackie Chan Racing
3) Lapierre/Negrao/Thiret – Signatech Alpine Matmut

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20:35 LMP1 results:

1) Alonso/Nakajima/Buemi - Toyota
2) Conway/Kobayahsi/Lopez – Toyota
3) Lotterer/Jani/Senna – Revellion
4) Beche/Laurent/Menezes – Rebellion
5) Webb/Dillmann/Kraihamaer – ByKolles
6) Aleshin/Petrov - SMP Racing

20:34 Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez get second in the #7 Toyota, just 1.4s off the win, despite starting from the pitlane a lap down!

20:32 Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi win the Spa 6 Hours for Toyota

20:32 We're being treated to a frenzied battle for third place in GTE Pro - Davide Rigon's Ferrari has just taken the place from Richard Lietz's Porsche with a robust move at the Bus Stop.

20:28 The gap between Alonso and Conway at the front has hovered at 2.5s for a while, looks like the fight has been called off. Three minutes to go.

20:24 Hankey goes for it, sending his car up the inside of Lamy's at the Bus Stop chicane, but Lamy gets his elbows out and retains GTE Am lead!

20:20 Alonso is advised by his engineer to short shift because of rising gearbox temperatures with low aero - Alonso replies "OK". He leads Conway by 3s now.

20:18 We have a tight battle for GTE Am victory too - class leader Pedro Lamy in the Aston Martin Vantage is being shadowed by Euan Hankey in the TF Sport Aston Martin.

20:17 15 minutes to go, there's now 2.3s between the Toyotas, both are lapping rather tardily.

20:12 The #8 and #7 are together again and in traffic.

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20:09 Alonso remains in the lead, indeed he's 5.4s ahead of Conway now thanks to a pitstop 10s quicker. Conway also had traffic on his outlap.

20:07 Now Alonso pits - can the #8 be turned around and back into the action before the #7? Still no word on the stewards' decision...

20:06 Its's nearly over for Alonso as he has to slam on the anchors at the Bus Stop chicane as Maxime Martin in the Aston Martin cuts across his bows. Conway gets right with him, but immediately dives in to pit!

19:58 Conway is edging in on Alonso - the gap is now 3.5s

19:54 No word yet on any penalty for Conway in the #7 Toyota, but the gap to Alonso stays pretty steady at 5s.

19:52 Michael Chistensen in the #92 is up to second in GTE Pro, after ambushing his team-mate Lietz at the Bus Stop chicane. He's 5s off class leader Pla.

19:48 We have a change of leader in GTE Pro - Olivier Pla's Ford passes Richard Lietz's Porsche with a thrilling move through Eau Rouge.

19:46 The battle we have might be off - the #7 is reported to the stewards for possible overtaking behind the safety car.

19:43 The safety car is in and we're racing - there is just six seconds between leader Fernando Alonso and Toyota team-mate Mike Conway next up, and only one car between them.

19:40 Giancarlo Fisichella, who is getting ready to take over the #54, says its problem was unrelated to the #17 crash: "It was an electrical problem, and then Francesco switched it on and is back".

19:36 The #54 Ferrari that was stationary on the Kemmel Straight driven by Castellacci is going again - there is no outward sign of damage.

19:34 Sarrazin confirms Isaakyan escaped serious injury in that crash:
“We don’t know anything at the moment. He’s out of the car, but the car is destroyed. We were very fast, chasing the podium, but it’s racing you know. He went out of the car OK, nothing broken.”

19:33 Let's recount the positions under the safety car:

1) Alonso - Toyota
2) Conway - Toyota
3) Laurent - Rebellion
4) Lotterer - Rebellion
5) Isaakyan - SMP (despite having just crashed)
6) Dillmann - ByKolles

LMP2: Vergne - G-Drive Racing
GTE Pro: Bruni - Porsche
GTE Am: Lauda - Aston Martin

19:31 The #17 car is on the back of a flatbed truck now. That's SMP Racing's podium hopes over, and Alonso's minute advantage over Conway at the head of the field has evaporated.

19:29 There's also a GTE Am class Ferrari stationary on the Kemmel Straight, which may have been involved. That's Castellacci in the #54 Spirit of Race Ferrari.

19:27 Isaakyan has clearly clouted the barriers at speed at the top of Eau Rouge. The AER-powered BR1 is looking decidedly second-hand.

19:26 Safety car. The #17 SMP car is in the barriers.

19:23 Early stop for Isaakyan in the #17 SMP car, which will now be a long way off Laurent in the Rebellion. Lotterer pits the #1 machine after that black and orange.

19:20 Vergne pits the LMP2-leading G-Drive car, but he has enough of a lead to come out in front of the chasing #36 Signatech machine.

19:20 Oh dear, the #1 Rebellion has another black-and-orange flag for a "lack of datas on the car". Clearly, whatever they did last time they got the 'meatball' flag didn't do the trick.

19:19 Alonso is back aboard the #8 Toyota for what will presumably be a final double-stint. Conway took over the #7 car from Lopez a short while ago.

19:18 Laurent gets back ahead of Isaakyan as the Russian gets baulked by a GTE Pro Porsche at the bottom of Eau Rouge! Game on indeed.

19:16 He's made it! Duval takes over the #28 TDS Oreca with 1h15 to go, just sneaking in ahead of the 1h10m minimum drive-time after finishing 10th in the Hockenheim DTM opener earlier today.

19:15 Lurid moment at Blanchimont for Isaakyan! He's got Laurent all over his tail again now, the fight for third isn't over yet...