The 2024 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 September 2024, as the seventh of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the eleventh running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship.

Background The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the race being held in every WEC season, except the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Entry list 36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. The only changes from the Lone Star Le Mans entry list are Jules Gounon replacing Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 35 Alpine, and Christian Ried replacing Ben Keating in the No. 88 Ford.

Schedule Date Time (local: JST) Event Friday, 13 September 11:00 Free Practice 1 15:30 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 14 September 10:20 Free Practice 3 14:20 Qualifying - LMGT3 14:40 Hyperpole - LMGT3 15:00 Qualifying - Hypercar 15:20 Hyperpole - Hypercar Sunday, 15 September 11:00 Race Source:

Practice Three practice session were held: two were held on Friday, and one was held on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 40 minutes, after being scheduled to last 60 minutes.

Practice 1 The first practice session started at 11:00 JST on Friday. Laurens Vanthoor topped the sheets with a lap time of 1 minute, 30.561 seconds in his No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, 0.010 seconds quicker than second-placed Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota. Antonio Fuoco rounded out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari, 0.543 seconds behind Vanthoor. Marino Sato was quickest in his No. 95 United Autosports McLaren in LMGT3, with a lap time of 1:40.528. Alessio Rovera set an identical fastest lap time in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, with Davide Rigon in the sister No. 54 Ferrari 0.265 seconds behind both Sato and Rovera. The session saw one red flag: the No. 95 McLaren stopped at turn 10 after contact with the No. 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Laurens Vanthoor 1:30.561 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Marino Sato 1:40.528 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2 The second practice session started at 15:30 JST on Friday, with Dries Vanthoor quickest in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT BMW: he set a lap of 1 minute, 29.577 seconds. Vanthoor's lap was 0.009 seconds quicker than that of Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche, with Alex Lynn claiming third place in the No. 2 Cadillac. LMGT3 was topped by Rovera in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:40.682. Hiroshi Koizumi was second in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, 0.169 seconds slower. The top three was rounded out by Franck Perera in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Dries Vanthoor 1:29.577 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse Alessio Rovera 1:40.682 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice The third and final practice session started at 10:20 JST on Saturday. Hirakawa topped the timing sheets in the No. 8 Toyota with a lap time of 1:29.621. Lynn was second in the No. 2 Cadillac, 0.086 seconds slower, with Fuoco rounding out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari. François Heriau topped the LMGT3 cars in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap of 1 minute, 41.206 seconds. Rigon was in second in the sister Ferrari, 0.107 seconds slower, with Arnold Robin rounding out the top three. The session was red-flagged after 40 minutes due to curbing issues in turn 1.

Class Entrant Driver Time Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Ryō Hirakawa 1:29.577 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Heriau 1:40.682 Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:29.090 1:28.901 1 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.513 1:28.942 2 3 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:29.505 1:29.059 3 4 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.423 1:29.065 4 5 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.256 1:29.152 5 6 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:29.402 1:29.154 6 7 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.510 1:29.196 7 8 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.591 1:29.223 8 9 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:29.721 1:29.582 9 10 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:29.399 1:29.589 10 11 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:29.724 11 12 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.772 12 13 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:29.829 13 14 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:29.883 14 15 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:30.028 15 16 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota 1:30.072 16 17 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota 1:30.092 17 18 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:30.157 18 19 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse 1:40.932 1:40.893 19 20 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 1:41.110 1:40.975 20 21 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 1:41.332 1:41.120 21 22 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 1:41.189 1:41.265 22 23 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 1:41.619 1:41.293 23 24 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.527 1:41.308 24 25 LMGT3 82 TF Sport 1:41.267 1:41.310 25 26 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 1:41.426 1:41.397 26 27 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 1:41.483 1:41.608 27 28 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 1:41.440 1:41.719 28 29 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.850 29 30 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 1:41.866 30 31 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing 1:41.908 31 32 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing 1:41.935 32 33 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA 1:41.999 33 34 LMGT3 31 Team WRT 1:42.013 34 35 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 1:42.502 35 36 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 1:43.417 36Source:

Race

Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 149 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 213 6:00:32.196 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 2 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann BMW M Hybrid V8 213 +16.601 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 3 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Nicolas Lapierre Mick Schumacher Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A424 213 +42.321 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Nico Müller Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 213 +45.846 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott Norman Nato Will Stevens Porsche 963 213 +49.689 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 6 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota Jenson Button Phil Hanson Oliver Rasmussen Porsche 963 213 +51.916 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 213 +54.316 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta Loïc Duval Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 213 +54.324 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 213 +57.874 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 10 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 213 +58.879 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Julien Andlauer Neel Jani Harry Tincknell Porsche 963 212 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 12 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Robert Kubica Robert Shwartzman Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 211 +2 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 13 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 194 +19 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 14 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Klaus Bachler Alex Malykhin Joel Sturm Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 194 +19 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 15 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi BMW M4 GT3 194 +19 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 16 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 194 +19 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 17 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 194 +19 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 18 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 194 +19 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 19 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Erwan Bastard Clément Mateu Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 194 +19 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 20 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 194 +19 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 194 +19 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 22 LMGT3 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 194 +19 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 23 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Kelvin van der Linde Arnold Robin Clemens Schmid Lexus RC F GT3 194 +19 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 24 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura José María López Esteban Masson Lexus RC F GT3 194 +19 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 193 +20 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 26 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA Richard Lietz Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 193 +20 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon Ford Mustang GT3 193 +20 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 28 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Dennis Olsen Mikkel O. Pedersen Christian Ried Ford Mustang GT3 192 +21 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 29 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Josh Caygill Nico Pino Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 191 +22 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 202 Retired BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Cadillac V-Series.R 193 Collision damage Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 168 Retired Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMGT3 82 TF Sport Sébastien Baud Daniel Juncadella Hiroshi Koizumi Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 164 Collision damage Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid 163 Collision damage Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 163 Collision damage Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara Lamborghini SC63 146 Gearbox Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8Source:

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