6 Hours of Fuji

6 Hours of Fuji

FIA World Endurance Championship
Venue	Fuji Speedway
First race	1967
First FIA WEC race	2012
Duration	6 hours
Previous names	World Endurance Championship in Japan
Most wins (driver)	Hiroshi Fushida (4) Kazuki Nakajima (4) Sébastien Buemi (4)
Most wins (team)	Toyota Gazoo Racing (9)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Toyota (16)

The 6 Hours of Fuji (formerly the Fuji 1000 Kilometres) is a sports car race held at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. The race was held for the first time in 1967, and in 1977 became part of the new Fuji Long Distance Series. In 1982 a second 1000 km race known as WEC in Japan was run as a round of the World Sportscar Championship. The All Japan Sports Prototype Championship was formed in 1983, and since then co-sanctioned this event. The World Championship left after 1988, but the JSPC carried on both races until 1992. The race was revived in 1999 as an attempt to gauge interest in an Asian Le Mans Series; the series never materialized. The race was revived again as a part of the short-lived Japan Le Mans Challenge in 2007. The race returned again as part of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, but changed to a 6-hour race, with no distance limit.

Results[edit]

Fuji 1000 km / 6 Hours of Fuji[edit]

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Championship	Report
1967	Yoshio Otsubo Shihomi Hosoya		Toyota 2000GT	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1968	Hiroshi Fushida Mitsumasa Kanie		Toyota 7	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1969	Hiroshi Fushida Yoshio Otsubo		Toyota 7	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1970	Motoharu Kurosawa Kunimitsu Takahashi		Datsun 240Z	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1971	Yoshimasa Kawaguchi Yoshifumi Kikura		Porsche 910	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1972	Kiyoshi Misaki Nobuhide Tachi		Toyota Sprinter Trueno	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1973	Kiyoshi Misaki Harukuni Takahashi		Toyota Celica	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1974	Hiroshi Fushida Harukuni Takahashi		Chevron B21-Ford	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1975	Nobuhide Tachi Haruhito Yanagida		March 73S-BMW	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1976	Fumiyasu Sato Tetsuji Ozasa		March 73S-BMW	1,000 km (620 mi)	1000 km Fuji
1977	Yoshimi Katayama Takashi Yorino	Katayama Racing	March 76S-Mazda	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1978	Yoshimi Katayama Tsunehisa Asai	Katayama Racing	March 75S-Mazda	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1979	Hiroshi Fushida Richard Thomas Geck	Fushida Racers	Chevron B36-Mazda	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1980	Keiichi Suzuki Mutsuaki Sanada	Sanada Racing	Chevron B36-BMW	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1981	Naohiro Fujita Fumiyasu Sato Tetsuji Ozasa	Racing Mate Project Team	March 73S-Mazda	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1982	Naoki Nagasaka Fumiyasu Sato	Auto Beaurex Motor Sports	BMW M1	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1983	Naohiro Fujita Vern Schuppan	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1984	Kaoru Iida Taku Akikake	Team Taku	Mazda 83C	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Long Distance Series
1985	Keiichi Suzuki Vern Schuppan	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1986	Kunimitsu Takahashi Kenji Takahashi	Advan Sports Nova	Porsche 962C	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1987	Alan Jones Masanori Sekiya Geoff Lees	Toyota Team TOM'S	Toyota 87C	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1988	Kris Nissen Bruno Giacomelli	Leyton House Racing Team	Porsche 962C	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1989	Keiji Matsumoto Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh	Omron Racing	Porsche 962C	1,000 km (620 mi)	JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1990	Roland Ratzenberger Naoki Nagasaka	Toyota Team SARD	Toyota 89C-V	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1991	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan R91CP	1,000 km (620 mi)	All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1992	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan R92CP	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1993-1998: Not held
1999	Érik Comas Satoshi Motoyama Masami Kageyama	NISMO	Nissan R391	1,000 km (620 mi)	Le Mans Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Non-championship	report
2000-2006: Not held
2007	Hideki Noda Shinsuke Yamazaki	Hitotsuyama Racing	Zytek 04S	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 km	Japan Le Mans Challenge	report
2008-2011: Not held
2012	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	6:00:42	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2013	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	2:56:05 Race Did Not Start (Weather)	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2014	Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	6:00:39	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2015	Timo Bernhard Mark Webber Brendon Hartley	Porsche Team	Porsche 919 Hybrid	6:00:25	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2016	Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:37	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2017	Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	4:24:50 (Stopped for fog)	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2018	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:21	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2019	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	6:00:30	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2020: Not Held
2021: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:01:23	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report
2023	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:01:17	6 Hours of Fuji	FIA World Endurance Championship	report

NOTE: The 2013 race did not start; all 17 laps were run under the Safety Car. A subsequent rule change was implemented to mandate two green flag laps before a race counted.

Records[edit]

Wins by constructor[edit]

Rank	Constructor	Wins	Years
1	Toyota	16	1967–1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2022–2023
2	Porsche	7	1971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015
3	March	5	1975–1978, 1981
4	Nissan	4	1970, 1991, 1992, 1999
5	Chevron	3	1974, 1979, 1980
6	BMW	1	1982
	Mazda		1984
	Reynard		2007

Wins by engine manufacturer[edit]

Rank	Engine supplier	Wins	Years
1	Toyota	16	1967–1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2022–2023
2	Porsche	7	1971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015
3	Mazda	5	1977–1979, 1981, 1984
4	Nissan	4	1970, 1991, 1992, 1999
	BMW		1975, 1976, 1980, 1982
6	Ford	1	1974
	Gibson		2007

Drivers with multiple wins[edit]

Rank	Driver	Wins	Years
1	Hiroshi Fushida	4	1968, 1969, 1974, 1979
	Kazuki Nakajima		2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
	Sébastien Buemi		2014, 2017, 2019, 2022
4	Fumiyasu Sato	3	1976, 1981, 1982
	Vern Schuppan		1983, 1985, 1989
	Brendon Hartley		2015, 2019, 2022
	Mike Conway		2016, 2018, 2023
	Kamui Kobayashi		2016, 2018, 2023
9	Yoshio Otsubo	2	1967, 1969
	Kunimitsu Takahashi		1970, 1986
	Kiyoshi Misaki		1972, 1973
	Nobuhide Tachi		1972, 1975
	Harukuni Takahashi		1973, 1974
	Tetsuji Ozasa		1976, 1981
	Yoshimi Katayama		1977, 1978
	Keiichi Suzuki		1980, 1985
	Naohiro Fujita		1981, 1983
	Naoki Nagasaka		1982, 1990
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino		1991, 1992
	Toshio Suzuki		1991, 1992
	Alexander Wurz		2012, 2013
	Nicolas Lapierre		2012, 2013
	Anthony Davidson		2014, 2017
	José María López		2018, 2023

WEC in Japan / Interchallenge Fuji[edit]

Year	Overall Winner(s)	Entrant	Car	Distance/Duration	Race Title	Championship	Report
1982	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	6 hours	WEC in Japan	World Endurance Championship	report
1983	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	1,000 km (620 mi)	WEC in Japan	World Endurance Championship All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1984	Stefan Bellof John Watson	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	1,000 km (620 mi)	WEC in Japan	World Endurance Championship All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1985	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto	Hoshino Racing	March 85G-Nissan	1,000 km (620 mi)A	WEC Japan	World Endurance Championship All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1986	Paolo Barilla Piercarlo Ghinzani	Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	1,000 km (620 mi)	WEC in Japan	World Sports Prototype Championship All Japan Endurance Championship	report
1987	Jan Lammers John Watson	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	1,000 km (620 mi)	WEC in Japan	World Sports Prototype Championship All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1988	Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	World Sports Prototype Championship All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1989	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota 89C-V	1,000 km (620 mi)	Inter-Challenge Fuji 1000	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1990	Cancelled due to bad weather
1991	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan Motorsports	Nissan R91CP	1,000 km (620 mi)	Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report
1992	Geoff Lees Jan Lammers	Toyota Team Tom's	TS010	1,000 km (620 mi)	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	report

^A The 1985 race was stopped after 2 hours due to heavy rain. Most of the international entries withdrew before the race, or in the early laps.

External links[edit]

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