The 2023 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car race held at Fuji Speedway on 10 September 2023. It was the sixth round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and the tenth running of the event in its current format.
Entry list The entry list was released on 20 July 2023. The entry list consisted of 12 Hypercar entries, 11 LMP2 entries, and 13 LMGTE Am entries. In Hypercar, Stoffel Vandoorne replaced Nico Müller in the No. 94 Peugeot 9X8, due to Müller still recovering from a collarbone injury. Furthermore, Glickenhaus was absent for the race, due to a lack of funds.In LMP2, Juan Manuel Correa returned to the No. 9 Prema Racing machine, with Andrea Caldarelli taking Mathias Beche's place at the No. 63 Prema Racing machine. Furthermore, Ben Hanley replaced Tom Blomqvist at the No. 23 United Autosports machine.In LMGTE Am, Kei Cozzolino and Hiroshi Koizumi took place besides Simon Mann in the No. 21 AF Corse machine. Ritomo Miyata made his debut in the No. 57 Kessel Racing machine, replacing Daniel Serra due to Serra being unable to enter Japan. Lastly, the No. 98 NorthWest AMR machine returned to the entry list, after conflicts with the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship's 2023 Chevrolet Grand Prix at Mosport Park in Canada.
Schedule Date Time (local: JST) Event Friday, 8 September 11:00 Free Practice 1 15:30 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 9 September 10:20 Free Practice 3 14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE Am 15:05 Qualifying - LMP2 15:30 Qualifying - Hypercar Sunday, 10 September 11:00 Race Source:
Free practice Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Free Practice 1 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco 1:35.649 LMP2 28 Jota Oliver Rasmussen 1:40.781 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Mikkel O. Pedersen 1:43.538 Free Practice 2 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi 1:29.523 LMP2 41 Team WRT Louis Delétraz 1:33.131 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Davide Rigon 1:38.239 Free Practice 3 Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Kamui Kobayashi 1:30.068 LMP2 23 United Autosports Oliver Jarvis 1:34.258 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Davide Rigon 1:39.074 Source:
Qualifying Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Team Time 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:27.794 - 1 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:28.418 +0.624 2 3 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:28.687 +0.893 3 4 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:28.717 +0.923 4 5 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:28.770 +0.976 5 6 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:28.991 +1.197 6 7 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.063 +1.269 7 8 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota 1:29.111 +1.317 8 9 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:29.338 +1.544 9 10 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:29.898 +2.104 10 11 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:31.822 +4.028 11 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports 1:32.182 +4.388 12 13 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:32.199 +4.405 13 14 LMP2 41 Team WRT 1:32.273 +4.479 14 15 LMP2 23 United Autosports 1:32.453 +4.659 15 16 LMP2 28 Jota 1:32.778 +4.984 16 17 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition 1:32.846 +5.052 17 18 LMP2 10 Vector Sport 1:32.876 +5.082 18 19 LMP2 31 Team WRT 1:32.893 +5.099 19 20 LMP2 9 Prema Racing 1:32.917 +5.123 20 21 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team 1:33.027 +5.233 21 22 LMP2 63 Prema Racing 1:33.086 +5.292 22 23 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team 1:33.400 +5.606 23 24 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing 1:38.338 +10.544 24 25 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames 1:38.373 +10.579 25 26 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing 1:38.875 +11.081 26 27 LMGTE Am 98 NorthWest AMR 1:38.881 +11.087 27 28 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing 1:39.011 +11.217 28 29 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse 1:39.173 +11.379 29 30 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO 1:39.179 +11.385 30 31 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:39.183 +11.389 31 32 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing 1:39.202 +11.408 32 33 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse 1:39.283 +11.489 33 34 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF 1:39.344 +11.550 34 35 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse 1:39.566 +11.772 35 36 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx 1:40.292 +12.498 36Source:
Race The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 160 laps. Class winners are in bold and .
+Final race classification Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid 229 6:01:17.551 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 229 +39.119 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 229 +47.768 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 228 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 228 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota António Félix da Costa Will Stevens Yifei Ye Porsche 963 228 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 228 +1 Lap Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 226 +3 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Gianmaria Bruni Neel Jani Harry Tincknell Porsche 963 221 +8 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 10 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R 219 +10 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 11 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 219 +10 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 13 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Ben Hanley Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 15 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 16 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 17 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 18 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Juan Manuel Correa Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 19 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 20 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Andrea Caldarelli Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 216 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 21 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 216 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 22 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Esteban Guerrieri João Paulo de Oliveira Tristan Vautier Vanwall Vandervell 680 211 +18 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 210 +19 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R 210 +19 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 25 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Ritomo Miyata Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 210 +19 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli P.J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 RSR-19 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 29 LMGTE Am 98 NorthWest AMR Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR 210 +19 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 30 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 31 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 209 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 32 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR 209 +20 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 33 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 209 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 34 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Kei Cozzolino Hiroshi Koizumi Simon Mann Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 208 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 35 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR 206 +23 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 36 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 182 +47 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8Source:+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer Goodyear Michelin
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