2017 6 Hours of Fuji Review

Review of Round seven of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji International Speedway in Fuji, Japan.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the LMP1 class too of Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid. While, second place was the other Toyota Gazoo Racing to complete a Toyota one-two finish, with the team of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid, they were fourteen tenths of a second behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Porsche Team of Neel Jani, Nick Tandy and André Lotterer in their Porsche 919 Hybrid, they were two seconds behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), the Vaillante Rebellion team of Julien Canal, Nicolas Prost and Bruno Senna in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in fifth place overall and they were three laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Pro class, was won by AF Corse team of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi won in their Ferrari 488 GTE. They finish in eleventh place overall and they were four laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by Spirit of Race team of Thomas Flohr, Francesco Castellacci and Miguel Molina in their Ferrari 488 GTE. They finish in nineteenth place overall and they were six laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 6 Hours of Fuji below, enjoy.



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