2018 6 Hours of Fuji

Track map of the Fuji Speedway
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

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Qualifying Results

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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 DempseyProton 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 DempseyProton 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

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Race Result

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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
Engine
1 LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 230 6:00:21.800
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Spain Fernando Alonso
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 230 +11.440
Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 1 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Neel Jani
Germany André Lotterer
Brazil Bruno Senna
Rebellion R13 M 226 +4 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
4 LMP1 11 Russia SMP Racing Russia Mikhail Aleshin
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Russia Vitaly Petrov
BR Engineering BR1 M 219 +7 Laps
AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6
5 LMP1 4 Austria ByKolles Racing Team France Tom Dillmann
United Kingdom James Rossiter
United Kingdom Oliver Webb
ENSO CLM P1/01 M 219 +11 Laps
Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6
6 LMP2 37 China Jackie Chan DC Racing Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar
Malaysia Nabil Jeffri
Malaysia Weiron Tan
Oreca 07 D 217 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
7 LMP2 38 China Jackie Chan DC Racing France Gabriel Aubry
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi
China Ho-Pin Tung
Oreca 07 D 217 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
8 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine Matmut France Nicolas Lapierre
Brazil André Negrão
France Pierre Thiriet
Alpine A470 D 217 +13 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
9 LMP2 28 France TDS Racing France Jean-Éric Vergne
France François Perrodo
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 D 216 +14 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
10 LMP2 50 France Larbre Compétition France Erwin Creed
Japan Keiko Ihara
France Romano Ricci
Ligier JS P217 M 211 +19 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
11 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche GT Team Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 207 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
12 LMGTE
Pro
82 Germany BMW Team MTEK United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Portugal António Félix da Costa
BMW M8 GTE M 207 +23 Laps
BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8
13 LMGTE
Pro
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 207 +23 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
14 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 207 +23 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche GT Team Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 207 +23 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6
16 LMGTE
Pro
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
Denmark Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 206 +24 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
81 Germany BMW Team MTEK Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW M8 GTE M 206 +24 Laps
BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Germany Stefan Mücke
France Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 206 +24 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6
19 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Alex Lynn
Belgium Maxime Martin
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 206 +24 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8
20 LMP2 31 United States DragonSpeed United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Mexico Roberto Gonzalez
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Oreca 07 M 205 +25 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
21 LMP2 29 Netherlands Racing Team Nederland Netherlands Frits van Eerd [nl]
Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Dallara P217 M 204 +26 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2L V8
22 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Sam Bird
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE M 202 +28 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
23 LMGTE
Am
56 Germany Team Project 1 Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Lindsey
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR M 201 +29 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
24 LMGTE
Am
90 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Turkey Salih Yoluç
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 201 +29 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
25 LMGTE
Am
98 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 201 +29 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5L V8
26 LMGTE
Am
86 United Kingdom Gulf Racing UK United Kingdom Ben Barker
Austria Thomas Preining
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR M 201 +29 Laps
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
27 LMGTE
Am
54 Switzerland Spirit of Race Italy Francesco Castellacci
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Ferrari 488 GTE M 200 +30 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE
Am
61 Singapore Clearwater Racing Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Japan Keita Sawa
Malaysia Weng Sun Mok
Ferrari 488 GTE M 200 +30 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DNF LMP1 10 United States DragonSpeed Australia James Allen
United Kingdom Ben Hanley
BR Engineering BR1 M 179 Mechanical
Gibson GL458 4.5L V8
DNF LMP1 17 Russia SMP Racing Russia Matevos Isaakyan
Russia Egor Orudzhev
France Stéphane Sarrazin
BR Engineering BR1 M 132 Mechanical
AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6
DNF LMP1 3 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
United States Gustavo Menezes
France Thomas Laurent
Rebellion R13 M 23 Accident
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am
70 Japan MR Racing Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Eddie Cheever III
Japan Motoaki Ishikawa
Ferrari 488 GTE M 14 Puncture
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
DSQ LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Dempsey - Proton Racing Italy Matteo Cairoli
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
Italy Gianluca Roda
Porsche 911 RSR M 201 Disqualified[N 1]
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
DSQ LMGTE
Am
77 Germany Dempsey - Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR M 176 Disqualified[N 1]
Porsche 4.0L Flat 6
  1. ^ a b Following the 6 Hours of Fuji, Dempsey-Proton Racing was penalized for exceeding the minimum refueling time during pit stops. Upon further investigation, the FIA data loggers for the team's cars were found to have been altered to manipulate the refueling times for the cars for at least two races. The team failed to disclose their consultant who tampered with the loggers, therefore the FIA, disqualified both cars from the 6 Hours of Fuji and nullified all points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round, including manufacturer points the team had scored for Porsche.

Standings after the race

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

References

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  1. ^ "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2018 6 Hours of Fuji Race Results" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ^ "2018-19 LMP World Endurance Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2018–2019 LMP1 World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Drivers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "2018–2019 World Endurance GTE Manufacturers Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.[permanent dead link]
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