2018 6 Hours of Fuji

Circuit Fuji — Track map of the Fuji Speedway

No.7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid — No. 7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid which won the race

The 2018 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Japan on the 12–14 October 2018. Fuji served as the fourth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:23.648	-	1
2	LMP1	No. 1 Rebellion Racing	1:24.359	+0.711	2
3	LMP1	No. 3 Rebellion Racing	1:24.533	+0.885	3
4	LMP1	No. 17 SMP Racing	1:24.744	+1.096	4
5	LMP1	No. 11 SMP Racing	1:25.146	+1.498	5
6	LMP1	No. 4 ByKolles Racing Team	1:26.579	+2.931	6
7	LMP1	No. 10 DragonSpeed	1:28.207	+4.559	7
8	LMP2	No. 31 DragonSpeed	1:28.906	+5.258	9
9	LMP2	No. 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:29.203	+5.555	10
10	LMP2	No. 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing	1:29.294	+5.646	11
11	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut	1:29.432	+5.784	12
12	LMP2	No. 28 TDS Racing	1:30.795	+7.147	13
13	LMP2	No. 29 Racing Team Nederland	1:31.440	+7.792	14
14	LMP2	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	1:32.677	+9.029	15
15	LMGTE Pro	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	1:36.093	+12.445	16
16	LMGTE Pro	No. 82 BMW Team MTEK	1:36.275	+12.627	17
17	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	1:36.362	+12.714	18
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:36.453	+12.805	19
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	1:36:542	+12.894	20
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	1:36.544	+12.896	21
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 81 BMW Team MTEK	1:36.737	+13.089	22
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche GT Team	1:36.776	+13.128	23
23	LMGTE Pro	No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1:36.967	+13.319	24
24	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche GT Team	1:37.109	+13.461	25
25	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Dempsey – Proton Racing	1:38.336	+14.688	26
26	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	1:38.400	+14.752	27
27	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey – Proton Racing	1:38.524	+14.876	28
28	LMGTE Am	No. 56 Team Project 1	1:38.578	+14.930	29
29	LMGTE Am	No. 90 TF Sport	1:38.598	+14.950	30
30	LMGTE Am	No. 61 Clearwater Racing	1:39.330	+15.682	31
31	LMGTE Am	No. 86 Gulf Racing UK	1:39.355	+15.707	32
32	LMGTE Am	No. 54 Spirit of Race	1:39.371	+15.723	33
33	LMGTE Am	No. 70 MR Racing	1:39.885	+16.237	34
34	LMP1	No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:23.678¹	+0.030	8

^1 - All of José María López's lap times were deleted for speeding in the pit lane, resulting in only one driver of the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing being classified as setting a lap time

Race[]

Race Result[]

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 161 laps. Class winners in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
1	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	230	6:00:21.800
1	LMP1	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M	230	6:00:21.800
2	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	M	230	+11.440
2	LMP1	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6	M	230	+11.440
3	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13	M	226	+4 Laps
3	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	M	226	+4 Laps
4	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov	BR Engineering BR1	M	219	+7 Laps
4	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov	AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6	M	219	+7 Laps
5	LMP1	4	ByKolles Racing Team	Tom Dillmann James Rossiter Oliver Webb	ENSO CLM P1/01	M	219	+11 Laps
5	LMP1	4	ByKolles Racing Team	Tom Dillmann James Rossiter Oliver Webb	Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6	M	219	+11 Laps
6	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	Oreca 07	D	217	+13 Laps
6	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D	217	+13 Laps
7	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung	Oreca 07	D	217	+13 Laps
7	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D	217	+13 Laps
8	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	D	217	+13 Laps
8	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D	217	+13 Laps
9	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	Jean-Éric Vergne François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Oreca 07	D	216	+14 Laps
9	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	Jean-Éric Vergne François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	D	216	+14 Laps
10	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Keiko Ihara Romano Ricci	Ligier JS P217	M	211	+19 Laps
10	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Keiko Ihara Romano Ricci	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M	211	+19 Laps
11	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	M	207	+23 Laps
11	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6	M	207	+23 Laps
12	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa	BMW M8 GTE	M	207	+23 Laps
12	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	207	+23 Laps
13	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	M	207	+23 Laps
13	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M	207	+23 Laps
14	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	M	207	+23 Laps
14	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8	M	207	+23 Laps
15	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	M	207	+23 Laps
15	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6	M	207	+23 Laps
16	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	206	+24 Laps
16	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	M	206	+24 Laps
17	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk	BMW M8 GTE	M	206	+24 Laps
17	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk	BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8	M	206	+24 Laps
18	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT	M	206	+24 Laps
18	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6	M	206	+24 Laps
19	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	M	206	+24 Laps
19	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8	M	206	+24 Laps
20	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado	Oreca 07	M	205	+25 Laps
20	LMP2	31	DragonSpeed	Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M	205	+25 Laps
21	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Dallara P217	M	204	+26 Laps
21	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	M	204	+26 Laps
22	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Sam Bird Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	202	+28 Laps
22	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Sam Bird Davide Rigon	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	202	+28 Laps
23	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	M	201	+29 Laps
23	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6	M	201	+29 Laps
24	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	201	+29 Laps
24	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M	201	+29 Laps
25	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	201	+29 Laps
25	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	M	201	+29 Laps
26	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	M	201	+29 Laps
26	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6	M	201	+29 Laps
27	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	200	+30 Laps
27	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	200	+30 Laps
28	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	200	+30 Laps
28	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	200	+30 Laps
DNF	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	James Allen Ben Hanley	BR Engineering BR1	M	179	Mechanical
DNF	LMP1	10	DragonSpeed	James Allen Ben Hanley	Gibson GL458 4.5L V8	M	179	Mechanical
DNF	LMP1	17	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin	BR Engineering BR1	M	132	Mechanical
DNF	LMP1	17	SMP Racing	Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin	AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6	M	132	Mechanical
DNF	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13	M	23	Accident
DNF	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	M	23	Accident
DNF	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari 488 GTE	M	14	Puncture
DNF	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	M	14	Puncture
DSQ	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Matteo Cairoli Satoshi Hoshino Gianluca Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	M	201	Disqualified^{[N 1]}
DSQ	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Matteo Cairoli Satoshi Hoshino Gianluca Roda	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6	M	201	Disqualified^{[N 1]}
DSQ	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	M	176	Disqualified^{[N 1]}
DSQ	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey - Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried	Porsche 4.0L Flat 6	M	176	Disqualified^{[N 1]}

↑ "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/201810131440_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF. ^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Race Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/201810141100_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF.

Standings after the race[]

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship^[1]

Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Fernando Alonso Kazuki Nakajima Sébastien Buemi	84
2	1	Kamui Kobayashi Mike Conway José María López	71
3	1	Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche	63
4		Neel Jani André Lotterer	51
5	2	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	34

2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship^[2]

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Toyota Gazoo Racing	92
2	Rebellion Racing	78
3	SMP Racing	37
4	ByKolles Racing Team	22
5	CEFC TRSM Racing	1
6	DragonSpeed	0.5

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers' Championship^[3]

Pos.	+/–	Driver	Points
1		Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	96
2		Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	61
3	1	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	55.5
4	1	Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz	50
5	2	Billy Johnson	48

2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers' Championship^[4]

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Porsche	148
2	Ford	96
3	Ferrari	84
4	Aston Martin	57
5	BMW	51

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the Drivers' Championship standings.

References[]

↑ "2018-19 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_LMP_WORLD_ENDURANCE_DRIVERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_LMP1_WORLD_ENDURANCE_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf.
↑ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_WORLD_ENDURANCE_GTE_DRIVERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_WORLD_ENDURANCE_GTE_MANUFACTURERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Official website

FIA World Endurance Championship
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[1] "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/201810131440_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF. ^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Race Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/201810141100_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF.

[4] "2018-19 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_LMP_WORLD_ENDURANCE_DRIVERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_LMP1_WORLD_ENDURANCE_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf.

[6] "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_WORLD_ENDURANCE_GTE_DRIVERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/08_2018/04_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/246_FIA%20WEC/Championships/2018_WORLD_ENDURANCE_GTE_MANUFACTURERS_CHAMPIONSHIP_AFTER_FUJI.pdf. ^{[permanent dead link]}

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