2018 6 Hours of Fuji

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. Class Team Average Time 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 1:23.678 +0.030 8 - 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. Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota TS050 Hybrid 230 6:00:21.800 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 2 LMP1 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Fernando Alonso Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid 230 +11.440 Toyota 2.4L Turbo V6 3 LMP1 1 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani André Lotterer Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 226 +4 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 4 LMP1 11 SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin Jenson Button Vitaly Petrov BR Engineering BR1 219 +7 Laps AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6 5 LMP1 4 ByKolles Racing Team Tom Dillmann James Rossiter Oliver Webb ENSO CLM P1/01 219 +11 Laps Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 LMP2 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron Tan Oreca 07 217 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 7 LMP2 38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi Ho-Pin Tung Oreca 07 217 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 8 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470 217 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 9 LMP2 28 TDS Racing Jean-Éric Vergne François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 216 +14 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 10 LMP2 50 Larbre Compétition Erwin Creed Keiko Ihara Romano Ricci Ligier JS P217 211 +19 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 11 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 207 +23 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 12 LMGTEPro 82 BMW Team MTEK Tom Blomqvist António Félix da Costa BMW M8 GTE 207 +23 Laps BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 13 LMGTEPro 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell Ford GT 207 +23 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 14 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 207 +23 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9L Turbo V8 15 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche GT Team Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 207 +23 Laps Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6 16 LMGTEPro 95 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR 206 +24 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 17 LMGTEPro 81 BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Martin Tomczyk BMW M8 GTE 206 +24 Laps BMW S63 4.0L Turbo V8 18 LMGTEPro 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla Ford GT 206 +24 Laps Ford EcoBoost 3.5L Turbo V6 19 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Alex Lynn Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR 206 +24 Laps Aston Martin 4.0L Turbo V8 20 LMP2 31 DragonSpeed Anthony Davidson Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Oreca 07 205 +25 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 21 LMP2 29 Racing Team Nederland Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries Dallara P217 204 +26 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2L V8 22 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Sam Bird Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 202 +28 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 23 LMGTEAm 56 Team Project 1 Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR 201 +29 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 24 LMGTEAm 90 TF Sport Jonathan Adam Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Aston Martin Vantage GTE 201 +29 Laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 25 LMGTEAm 98 Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Aston Martin Vantage GTE 201 +29 Laps Aston Martin 4.5L V8 26 LMGTEAm 86 Gulf Racing UK Ben Barker Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR 201 +29 Laps Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 27 LMGTEAm 54 Spirit of Race Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE 200 +30 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 28 LMGTEAm 61 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Keita Sawa Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 488 GTE 200 +30 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DNF LMP1 10 DragonSpeed James Allen Ben Hanley BR Engineering BR1 179 Mechanical Gibson GL458 4.5L V8 DNF LMP1 17 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev Stéphane Sarrazin BR Engineering BR1 132 Mechanical AER P60B 2.4L Turbo V6 DNF LMP1 3 Rebellion Racing Mathias Beche Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent Rebellion R13 23 Accident Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 DNF LMGTEAm 70 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE 14 Puncture Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DSQ LMGTEAm 88 Dempsey - Proton Racing Matteo Cairoli Satoshi Hoshino Gianluca Roda Porsche 911 RSR 201 Disqualified Porsche 4.0L Flat 6 DSQ LMGTEAm 77 Dempsey - Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR 176 Disqualified Porsche 4.0L Flat 6

Standings after the race

2018–2019 LMP World Endurance Drivers' Championship +/– DriverPoints 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 +/– 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 +/– DriverPoints 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 +/– 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.

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