2013 6 Hours of Fuji Review

Review of Round six of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji International Speedway in Fuji, Japan. The race only lasted three hours, a handful of laps and torrential rain that was un-drivable at Fuji International Speedway to conclude with only half points for everyone. And for the first time this season Toyota won a race, Toyota Racing team won the race overall and WEC LMP1 class too on their home track which Toyota owns. With the drivers of Alexander Wurz, Kazuki Nakajima and Nicolas Lapierre like last season giving the TS030 Hybrid its second win at the Fuji International Speedway. Menawhile, Audi Sport Team Joest team of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval finished second place in their Audi R18 e-tron quattro. Meanwhile, third place was the Rebellion Racing team of Andrea Belicchi and Mathias Beche in their Lola B12/60-Toyota 3.4l V8.



In LMP2 class, the OAK Racing team of Bertrand Baguette, Martin Plowman and Ricardo González in their Morgan LMP2 with a Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine won in LMP2 class and 4th overall. While in GTE Pro class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Darren Turner, Stefan Mücke and Frédéric Makowiecki won in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE, finished 13th overall as-well. While in GTE Am class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of Christoffer Nygaard, Kristian Poulsen and Bruno Senna in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE and finished 17th overall.

Next Stop 6 Hours of Shanghai in three weeks time for round seven of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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