6 hours of Fuji 2018

For the seventh time in a row, the Fuji Speedway hosted a race of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship.

The Jackie Chan DC Racing Team achieved a double victory in the LMP2 class.

The seventh 6-hour race of Fuji , also 6 Hours of Fuji , took place on October 14, 2018 at Fuji International Speedway and was the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 .

Before the race

The CEFC TRSM Racing team parted ways with Manor before the race, the Ginetta G60-LT-P1 prototype first appeared in the entry list for the race but was later withdrawn.

On October 6, the Equivalence of Technology regulations were adjusted by the FIA, which means that the two Toyota plants have to load 26 kg. In addition, the hybrid prototypes lost their stint advantage over the LMP1 prototypes with a combustion engine. There were also adjustments to the Gran Turismo vehicles: the BMW M8 GTE smells 20 kg less weight and has 2 liters more tank volume. The Ford GTs were allowed to unload 18 kg, Porsche had to load 2 kg. There were no changes at Ferrari and Aston Martin.

The qualifying session for the two Gran Turismo classes began under cool but dry weather conditions. The two Danes Marco Sørensen and Nicki Thiim were able to place their Aston Martin Vantage AMR in the professional class ahead of the BMW M8 GTE with the number 82. In the amateur class, the Porsche 911 RSR with the number 88 from Dempsey - Proton Racing achieved the best starting position.

Despite the Equivalence of Technology adjustments in the LMP1 class, both Toyota were dominant in the qualification. The Toyota with starting number 7 took pole position ahead of its sister vehicle. The fastest Toyota was subsequently transferred to the last place on the grid in the LMP1 class because José María López drove too fast in the pit lane. The Dragonspeed prototype with the number 31 achieved the best starting position in the LMP2 class.

The race

The race started under wet conditions as it had rained before. After about 20 minutes the teams started the pit stops to put on slick tires. The BR Engineering BR1 prototype from Hedman, Hanley & van der Zande lost a wheel due to an incorrectly fastened wheel nut and slipped off the track. The team lost a lot of time and the prototype only came in 25th overall. The safety car had to be deployed for the first time after about half an hour, Motoaki Ishikawa burst the rear tires on the start and finish straight and the rear was damaged, the debris was spread all over the straight. Even before the safety car phase was over, rain began to set in and Gustavo Menezes lost control of the rebellion with the number 3 on slick tires , the prototype collided with the guardrail and could not restart the race. Because the teams switched to rain tires again, Jenson Button managed to briefly take first place overall on the SMP Racing prototype at the end of the safety car phase. The two Toyota quickly overtook the SMP Racing prototype and the trio Conway, Kobayashi and López crossed the finish line ahead of the sister car with Buemi, Nakajima and Alonso. The R13 Rebellion from Lotterer, Jani, Senna was rated third overall.

Shortly after the fifth hour of racing, the Allen & Hanley Dragonspeed LMP1 prototype stalled and was unable to restart the race. Jackie Chan DC Racing achieved a double victory in the LMP2 class. The trio Jaafar, Tan Jeffri crossed the finish line in front of the sister vehicle with Tung, Aubry and Richelmi.

The two Gran Turismo classes each won a Porsche 911 RSR. In the top class, Christensen & Estre won ahead of da Costa & Farfus. The trio Bergmeister, Lindsey, Perfetti came in first in the amateur ranking ahead of Yoluc, Hankey & Eastwood.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	230
2	LMP1	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	230
3	LMP1	1	Rebellion Racing	André Lotterer Neel Jani Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13	226
4th	LMP1	11	SMP Racing	Mikhail Aleshin Vitaly Petrov Jenson Button	BR Engineering BR1	219
5	LMP1	4th	ByKolles Racing Team	Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann James Rossiter	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	219
6th	LMP2	37	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jazeman Jaafar Weiron Tan Nabil Jeffri	Oreca 07	217
7th	LMP2	38	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ho-Pin Tung Gabriel Aubry Stéphane Richelmi	Oreca 07	217
8th	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Pierre Thiriet	Alpine A470	217
9	LMP2	28	TDS Racing	François Perrodo Matthieu Vaxivière Loïc Duval	Oreca 07	216
10	LMP2	50	Larbre Compétition	Erwin Creed Romano Ricci Keiko Ihara	Ligier JS P217	211
11	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	207
12	LMGTE Pro	82	BMW Team MTEK	António Félix da Costa Augusto Farfus	BMW M8 GTE	207
13	LMGTE Pro	67	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	207
14th	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	207
15th	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Gianmaria Bruni	Porsche 911 RSR	207
16	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	206
17th	LMGTE Pro	81	BMW Team MTEK	Martin Tomczyk Nicky Catsburg	BMW M8 GTE	206
18th	LMGTE Pro	66	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Stefan Mücke Olivier Pla	Ford GT	206
19th	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Maxime Martin	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	206
20th	LMP2	20th	Dragonspeed	Roberto Gonzalez Pastor Maldonado Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07	205
21st	LMP2	29	Racing Team Nederland	Frits van Eerd Giedo van der Garde Nyck de Vries	Dallara P217	204
22nd	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Sam Bird	Ferrari 488 GTE EVO	202
23	LMGTE Am	56	Team Project 1	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	201
24	LMGTE Am	90	TF Sport	Salih Yoluc Euan Hankey Charlie Eastwood	Aston Martin Vantage	201
25th	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin Vantage	201
26th	LMGTE Am	86	Gulf Racing UK	Mike Wainwright Ben Barker Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	201
27	LMGTE Am	88	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Giorgio Roda Matteo Cairoli	Porsche 911 RSR	201
28	LMGTE Am	54	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	200
29	LMGTE Am	61	Clearwater Racing	Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa Matt Griffin	Ferrari 488 GTE	200
30th	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	176
Failed
31	LMP1	10	Dragonspeed	James Allen Ben Hanley	BR Engineering BR1
32	LMP1	17th	SMP Racing	Stéphane Sarrazin Egor Orudzhev Matewos Issaakjan	BR Engineering BR1
33	LMP1	3	Rebellion Racing	Thomas Laurent Gustavo Menezes Mathias Beche	Rebellion R13
34	LMGTE Am	70	MR Racing	Motoaki Ishikawa Olivier Beretta Eddie Cheever III	Ferrari 488 GTE

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
35	LMP1	6th	CEFC TRSM Racing	Oliver Rowland Alex Brundle Oliver Turvey	Ginetta G60-LT-P1

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Mike Conway	Kamui Kobayashi	José María López	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Jazeman Jaafar	Weiron Tan	Nabil Jeffri	Oreca 07	Rank 6
LMGTE Pro	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre		Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 11
LMGTE Am	Jörg Bergmeister	Patrick Lindsey	Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR	Rank 23

Racing data

• Registered: 35
• Started: 34
• Rated: 30
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cool and changeable
• Route length: 5.891 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 21,800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 230
• Total distance of the winning team: 1,354.930 km
• Winner's average: 191.9 km / h
• Pole position: Sébastien Buemi & Fernando Alonso - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 8) - 1: 23.648
• Fastest race lap: Fernando Alonso - Toyota TS050 Hybrid (# 8) - 1: 23.203
• Racing series: 4th round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19

Web links

Commons : 6 Hours of Fuji 2018  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manor no longer involved in the Ginetta LMP1 project? motorsport-total.com, accessed October 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Ginetta LMP1 Returns in 35-Car Fuji Entry List. sportscar365.com, accessed October 6, 2018 . 
3. ^ Ginetta cuts back to single car for Fuji WEC round. motorsport.com, accessed October 6, 2018 . 
4. ^ Toyota Given Weight Increase, Loses Stint Length Advantage. sportscar365.com, accessed October 6, 2018 . 
5. ↑ BMW Gets Big BoP Break; Ford, Porsche Slowed for Fuji. sportscar365.com, accessed October 6, 2018 . 
6. ↑ WEC Fuji 2018: Buemi mistake washes Conway / Kobayashi / Lopez on pole. motorsport-total.com, accessed on October 23, 2018 (German). 
7. ↑ Gustavo Menezes breaks down Rebellion into Fuji: "Stupid Mistake". motorsport-total.com, accessed on October 23, 2018 (German). 
8. ↑ 6 Hours of Fuji - Race - Final Classification. fiawec.alkamelsystems.com, accessed October 20, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Qualification results of the 6-hour race at Fuji 2018. press.fiawec.com, accessed on October 22, 2018 (English). 
10. ↑ Final Classification by Fastest Lap. press.fiawec.com, accessed on October 22, 2018 (English). 

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