3 Hours of Fuji 2013
The 3 Hours of Fuji 2013 , also called 3 Hours of Fuji, Fuji Speedway , took place on September 22nd at Fuji Speedway and was the second race of the Asian Le Mans Series this year.
The race
The first race of the season, the 3-hour race in Inje 2013 , was characterized by a lack of participants. Only eight vehicles started the race. To counteract this fact, cars from the Japanese Super GT were also allowed to start in Fuji . As a result, the number of participants increased to 20. As in Inje , the Morgan LMP2 from KCMG also won in Fuji , this time driven by Hiroshi Koizumi , James Winslow and Richard Bradley .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 18th |
 KCMG
|
 Hiroshi Koizumi James Winslow Richard Bradley
|
Morgan LMP2 | 108 | ||
| 2 | LMP2 | 24 |
 OAK Racing
|
 Jeffrey Lee Cheng Congfu David Cheng
|
Morgan LMP2 | 108 | ||
| 3 | SGT | 16 |
Team Mugen
|
Hideki Mutō Yūki Nakayama
|
Honda CR-Z ZF2 | 106 | ||
| 4th | SGT | 11 |
Gainer
|
Katsuyuki Hiranaka Björn Werdenheim
|
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 106 | ||
| 5 | SGT | 61 |
R&D sport
|
Kota Sasaki Tetsuya Yamano
|
Subaru BRZ GT300 | 105 | ||
| 6th | SGT | 0 |
Team Taisan Ken Endless
|
Naoki Yokomizo Kyosuke Mineo
|
Porsche 997 GT3 R. | 104 | ||
| 7th | SGT | 2 |
Cars Tokai Dream28
|
Hiroki Katō Kazuho Takahashi
|
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 104 | ||
| 8th | GTC | 007 |
Craft racing
|
Richard Lyons Frank Yu
|
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | 103 | ||
| 9 | GTC | 77 |
 AF Corse
|
 Steve Wyatt Michele Rugolo Andrea Bertolini
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 103 | ||
| 10 | SGT | 52 |
Okinawa-Imp Racing with Shift
|
Hironori Takeuchi Takeshi Tsuchiya Motoyoshi Yoshida
|
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 103 | ||
| 11 | SGT | 5 |
Team do
|
Naoya Yamano Tetsuji Tamanaka
|
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 R35 | 103 | ||
| 12 | GTE | 70 |
Taisan Ken Endless
|
Akira Iida Shinji Nakano Shogo Mitsuyama
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | 101 | ||
| 13 | SGT | 9 |
Pacific Direction Racing
|
Yuya Sakamoto Yuu Yokomaku Akira Mizutani
|
Porsche 997 GT3 R. | 100 | ||
| 14th | GTC | 26th |
Team Taisan Ken Endless
|
Naoya Gamou Akihiro Asai
|
Porsche 997 GT3 R. | 100 | ||
| 15th | GTC | 91 |
AAI-Rstrada
|
Tatsuya Tanigawa Marco Seefried Jun San Chen
 |
Porsche 997 GT3 R. | 99 | ||
| 16 | SGT | 62 |
Leon Racing
|
Haruki Kurosawa Tsubasa Kurosawa
|
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 84 | ||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 17th | GTC | 37 |
BBT
|
Anthony Liu Davide Rizzo Massimilliano Wiser
|
Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | 98 | ||
| 18th | GTC | 92 |
AAI-Rstrada
|
Yasushi Kikuchi Morris Chen
|
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 63 | ||
| 19th | SGT | 30th |
Apr
|
Yuki Iwasaki Igor Sushko Kenji Kobayashi
 |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 R35 | 44 | ||
| 20th | SGT | 55 |
Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
|
Shinichi Takagi Takashi Kobayashi Tomoki Nojiri
|
Honda CR-Z ZF2 | 34 | ||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 |
Hiroshi Koizumi
|
James Winslow
|
Richard Bradley
|
Morgan LMP2 | Overall victory |
| GTE |
Akira Iida
|
Shinji Nakano
|
Shogo Mitsuyama
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTE | Rank 12 |
| GTC |
Richard Lyons
|
Frank Yu
|
Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | Rank 8 | |
| SGT |
Hideki Muto
|
Yūki Nakayama
|
Honda CR-Z ZF2 | Rank 3 |
Racing data
- Registered: 20
- Started: 20
- Valued: 16
- Race classes: 4
- Spectators: 7,800
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 4.563 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 3:00: 52.377 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 108
- Total distance of the winning team: 492.804 km
- Winner's average: 163.374 km / h
- Pole position: Jeffrey Lee - Morgan LMP2 (# 24) - 1: 34.253 = 174.284 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Cheng Congfu - Morgan LMP2 (# 24) - 1: 35.843 = 171.393 km / h
- Racing series: 2nd round of the Asian Le Mans Series 2013
Web links
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Previous race, 3-hour race by Inje 2013 |
Asian Le Mans Series |
Successor to the 3-hour race in Zhuhai 2013 |