03.10.2018 2018 6 HOURS OF FUJI Round 4: 12-14 October 2018 Lap distance: 4.563 km Race duration: 6 hours Location: Oyama-cho, Sunto-gun Shizuoka 410-1308 Japan Website : http://www.fsw.tv/english/ Press officer: Naoki Tokuyama E: [email protected] Airport: Tokyo Haneda 104km http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/ Tokyo Narita 171km http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/index.html CORDS Fuji International Speedway Since 1982 endurance racing has a rich history at Fuji Speedway when a round of the Sports Car World Championship was contested. Located at the foot of the world famous Mount Fuji, Fuji Speedway is a fast track, which was rebuilt in 2005. It hosted the first Japanese round of the World Endurance Championship in October 2012 with 40,000 fans travelling to see Toyota win on home soil and it has been a firm favourite since then with the Japanese fans. DATE 12-14 Oct 18-20 Oct 10-12 Oct 9-11 Oct 14-16 Oct 13-15 Oct WINNERS 2012 2013 *** 2014 2015 2016 2017 LMP1 Wurz / Lapierre Wurz / Lapierre / Buemi / Davidson Bernhard/Webber/Ha Sarrazin / Conway Buemi / Davidson / Nakajima Nakajima no8 Toyota Racing rtley / Kobayashi / Nakajima no7 Toyota no7 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 040 – No17 Porsche Team No6 Toyota Gazoo no8 Toyota Racing Racing Toyota TS030 – Hybrid (M) Porsche 919 Hybrid Racing Toyota TS 050 – Toyota TS030 – Hybrid (M) 236 laps (M) Toyota TS050 – Hybrid (M) Hybrid (M) 16 laps 216 laps Hybrid (M) 113 laps 233 laps 244 laps LMP2 Martin / Nakano Baguette / Gonzalez Rusinov / Pla / Rusinov/Canal/Bird Rusinov/Brundle/ Canal / Prost / / Graves / Plowman Canal No26 G-Drive Racing Stevens Senna no25 Delta-ADR 35 OAK Racing no26 G-Drive Ligier JS P2 – Nissan No26 G-Drive No31 Vaillante Oreca 03 - Morgan – Nissan (D) Racing (D) Racing Rebellion Oreca Nissan (D) 16 laps Ligier JS P2 - 198 laps Oreca 05 – Nissan 07-Gibson (D) 220 laps Nissan (D) (D) 110 laps 219 laps 223 laps LMGTE Pro Lieb / Lietz Makowiecki / Bruni / Vilander Bruni / Vilander Priaulx / Tincknell Calado / Pier no77 Team Mücke / Turner no51 AF Corse No51 AF Corse No67 Ford Chip Guidi Felbermayr- no97 Aston Martin Ferrari F458 Italia Ferrari F458 Italia (M) Ganassi Team UK No51 AF Corse Proton Racing (M) 193 laps Ford GT (M) Ferrari 488 GTE Porsche 911 RSR Aston Martin 208 laps 212 laps (M) (997) (M) Vantage V8 (M) 109 laps 207 Laps 16 laps LMGTE Am Bornhauser / Nygaard / Poulsen / Poulsen / Dempsey/Long/Seefri Dalla Lana / Lamy Flohr / Castellacci Canal / Lamy Senna Heinemeier ed / Lauda / Molina no50 Larbre no95 Aston Martin Hansson / Thiim No77 Dempsey-Proton no98 Aston No54 Spirit of Competition Racing no95 Aston Racing Martin Racing Race Chevrolet Aston Martin Martin Racing Porsche 919 RSR Aston Martin Ferrari 488 GTE Corvette C6-ZR1 Vantage V8 (M) Aston Martin 187 laps Vantage V8 (M) (M) (M) 16 laps Vantage V8 (M) 208 laps 107 laps 204 laps 207 laps POLE 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 POSITION LMP1 K. Nakajima Fässler / Lotterer / S. Buemi / A. M. Webber / T L. Duval / L. Di B. Hartley / E. no7 Toyota Tréluyer Davidson Bernhard Grassi Bamber Racing No1 Audi Sport no8 Toyota No17 Porsche Team No8 Audi Sport No2 Porsche Toyota TS030 – Team Joest Racing (M) Team Joest (M) Team (M) Hybrid (M) Audi R18 e-tron Toyota TS 040 – Porsche 919 Hybrid Audi R18 Porsche 919 1:27.499 quattro (M) Hybrid (M) 1:22.763 1:23.570 Hybrid 1:26.577 1:26.886 1:35.160 LMP2 S. Sarrazin B. Baguette / M. R. Rusinov / O. S. Bird / J. Canal R. Rusinov/ W. N. Piquet Jr / D. no44 Starworks Plowman Pla No26 G-Drive Racing Stevens Heinemeier Motorsports 35 OAK Racing no26 G-Drive Ligier JS P2 - Nissan No26 G-Drive Hansson HPD ARX 03b – Morgan – Nissan Racing (D) Racing No13 Vaillante Honda (D) (D) Ligier JS P2 - 1:31.529 Oreca 05 – Rebellion Oreca 1:32.367 1:32.938 Nissan (D) Nissan (D) 07-Gibson (D) 1:33.062 1:31.698 1m44.196 LMGTE Pro M. Lieb F. Makowiecki / S. A. MacDowall / D. Rigon / J. Calado O. Pla / S. Mucke R. Lietz / F. no77 Team Mücke D. O'Young No71 AF Corse No66 Ford Chip Makowiecki Felbermayr- no97 Aston Martin no99 Aston Ferrari F458 Italia Ganassi Team UK No91 Porsche Proton Racing Martin Racing (M) Ford GT (M) GT Team Porsche 911 Aston Martin Aston Martin 1:38.295 1:37.681 Porsche 911 RSR (997) (M) Vantage V8 (M) Vantage V8 (M) RSR (M) 1:40.289 1:39.114 1:39.686 1:47.577 LMGTE Am J-P. Belloc C. Nygaard / B. P. Dalla Lana / C. V. Shaytar / A. Basov P. Dalla Lana / M. Griffin / W. no70 Larbre Senna Nygaard No72 SMP Racing P.Lamy Mok Competition no95 Aston Martin no98 Aston Ferrari F458 Italia no98 Aston No61 Chevrolet Racing Martin Racing (M) Martin Racing Clearwater Corvette C6- Aston Martin Aston Martin 1:40.128 Aston Martin Racing ZR1 (M) Vantage V8 (M) Vantage V8 (M) Vantage V8 (M) Ferrari 488 GTE 1:41.386 1:40.649 1 :40.230 1 :39.490 1:49.125 LAP RECORDS LMP1 Loïc Duval Audi R18 e-tron quattro 1m24.645 194.1kph 16 October 2016 LMP2 Alex Lynn Oreca-Nissan 1m32.948 176.7kph 16 October 2016 LMGTE Pro Harry Tinknell Ford GT 1m38.575 166.6kph 16 October 2016 LMGTE Am Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage V8 1m40.052 164.2kph 16 October 2016 *** 2013 race was red flagged after 16 laps behind the safety car due to heavy rainfall. Half points awarded. FIA WEC TIMETABLE Event Timetable Thursday, 11 October 08:30-19:00 Scrutineering Friday, 12 October 11:00 - 12:30 Free Practice #1 14:00 Pre-event Press conference 15:30 - 1700 Free Practice #2 Saturday, 13 October 09:30 - 10:30 Free Practice #3 14:00 - 14:20 Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM 14:30 - 14:50 Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2 15:00 Qualifying Press Conference 15:30 – 15:50 Mixed Interview Zone Sunday, 14 October 11:00 - 17:00 RACE: 6 Hours of Fuji 17:30 Post-race Press Conference FIA OFFICIALS Eduardo Freitas FIA Race Director Jean-Francois Veroux FIA WEC Steward (Chairman) Marke Nawarecki FIA Coordinator Manuel Leal FIA Technical Delegate Benjamin Caron FIA Technical Delegate Christian Whalen FIA Medical Delegate Jeff Carter FIA Media Delegate Cristobal Lopera Chief Timekeeper Yannick Dalmas Driver Adviser FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP –6 HOURS OF FUJI Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link: http://www.fia.com EVENT HASHTAG #6HFuji #wec #superseason .