The 2026 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 27 September 2026, as the sixth of eight rounds of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the thirteenth running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship.
Entry list
The entry list consisted of 35 cars, with 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.
Schedule DateTime (local: JST)EventFriday, 25 September10:15Free Practice 114:30Free Practice 2Saturday, 26 September09:30Free Practice 314:00Qualifying - LMGT314:20Hyperpole - LMGT315:00Qualifying - Hypercar15:30Hyperpole - HypercarSunday, 27 September11:00RaceSource:
Practice Three practice sessions were held: two were held on Friday, and one was held on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, while the Saturday session 60 minutes.
Practice 1 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar8 Toyota Racing Ryō Hirakawa1:29.694LMGT358 Garage 59 Finn Gehrsitz1:40.214Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen1:29.495LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team Clemens Schmid1:41.431Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar36 Alpine Endurance Team Victor Martins1:40.594LMGT334 Racing Team Turkey by TF Charlie Eastwood1:51.232Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying Qualifying was scheduled to start at 14:00 JST on Saturday, with one twelve-minute qualifying session and one ten-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total. Qualifying was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and the grid was established based on the best times across all three practice sessions.
Race The race started at 11:00 JST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.
Race results Class winners are in bold and . +ClassTeamDriversChassisTyreTime/ReasonEngine 1 Hypercar 8 Toyota Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota TR010 Hybrid 2036:01:01.299 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Victor Martins Alpine A424 203 +0.591 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 203 +6.415 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 203 +7.699 Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Cadillac V-Series.R 203 +8.142 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 6 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo PourchairePeugeot 9X8 203 +10.176 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Norman Nato Will Stevens Cadillac V-Series.R 203 +13.497Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 8 Hypercar 7 Toyota Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota TR010 Hybrid 203 +14.206 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Valkyrie 203 +24.237Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 10 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 203 +26.443Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 19 Genesis Magma Racing Paul-Loup Chatin Mathieu Jaminet Daniel Juncadella Genesis GMR-001 203 +45.525Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 12 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 202 +1 LapFerrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 13 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8 202 +1 Lap BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 14 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble Harry Tincknell Aston Martin Valkyrie 202 +1 LapAston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 15 Hypercar 17 Genesis Magma Racing Pipo Derani Mathys Jaubert André Lotterer Genesis GMR-001 202 +1 Lap Genesis G8MR 3.2 L Turbo V8 16 LMGT3 32 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Sean Gelael Darren Leung BMW M4 GT3 Evo 187 +16 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 17 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 187 +16 LapsMcLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 18 LMGT3 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Peter Dempsey Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluç Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 187 +16 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 19 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 187 +16 LapsFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 20 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Jonny Edgar Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 187 +16 LapsChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 21 LMGT3 69 Team WRT Dan Harper Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson BMW M4 GT3 Evo 187 +16 LapsBMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 22 LMGT3 91 Manthey DK Engineering Timur Boguslavskiy James Cottingham Ayhancan Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 187 +16 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 23 LMGT3 10 Garage 59 Antares Au Tom Fleming Marvin Kirchhöfer McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 187 +16 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 24 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Hadrien David Esteban Masson Tom Van Rompuy Lexus RC F GT3 187 +16 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 25 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Eric Powell Sebastian Priaulx Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 187 +16 LapsFord Coyote 5.4 L V8 26 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu Lexus RC F GT3 185 +18 LapsLexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 27 LMGT3 92 The Bend Manthey Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) 181 +22 LapsPorsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGT3 79 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius Johannes Zelger Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 178 +25 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DNF LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Hériau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo 184 Did not finishFerrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 DNF LMGT3 58 Garage 59 Finn Gehrsitz Benjamin Goethe Alexander West McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 160 CrashMcLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 145 Power Ferrari F163CG 3.0 L Turbo V6 DNF Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Nick Cassidy Paul di Resta Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 67 Mechanical Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 DNF LMGT3 23 Heart of Racing Team Jonny Adam Eduardo Barrichello Gray Newell Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 37 ContactAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 DNF LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Logan Sargeant Ford Mustang GT3 Evo 1 SuspensionFord Coyote 5.4 L V8DNFLMGT361 Iron Lynx Rui Andrade Martin Berry Maxime MartinMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo1Chassis damageMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Source: Sources