Monday 13 October 2014

2014 6 Hours of Fuji Review

Review of Round five of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji International Speedway in Fuji, Japan.

Toyota Racing team won the race overall and WEC LMP1 class too of Anthony Davidson and Sébastien Buemi in their Toyota TS030 Hybrid.



While, the second Toyota of Alexander Wurz, Stéphane Sarrazin and Kazuki Nakajima took second place in their Toyota TS030 Hybrid to complete a Toyota one-two finish at Toyota home race, they were 25 seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Porsche Team of Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley in their Porsche 919 Hybrid, they were a lap behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class, the G-Drive Racing team of Julien Canal, Olivier Pla and Roman Rusinov in their Ligier JS P2 with a Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 engine won in LMP2 class. They finish in seventh place overall and they were seventeen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP1-L class (a new category this season, designed solely for privateers without hybrid systems in their cars), the Rebellion Racing team of Dominik Kraihamer, Andrea Belicchi and Fabio Leimer in their Rebellion R-One with a Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 engine won LMP1-L class class. They finish in eleventh place overall and they were twenty-one laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by AF Corse team of Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander won in their Ferrari 458 Italia GT2. They finish in thirteenth place overall and they were twenty-eight laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Aston Martin Racing team of David Heinemeier Hansson, Kristian Poulsen and Nicki Thiim in their Aston Martin Vantage GTE. They finish in seventeenth place overall and they were twenty-nine laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

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

End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.

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