Monday, 12 September 2022

2022 6 Hours of Fuji Review

Review of Round Five of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji International Speedway in Fuji, Japan.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing team won the race overall and the Hypercar class too of Sébastien Buemi, Ryō Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley in their Toyota GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6.



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 GR010 Hybrid; Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6; they were a minute behind the leaders at the end of the race. Meanwhile, third place was the Alpine Elf Matmut team of Nicolas Lapierre, André Negrão and Matthieu Vaxivière in their Alpine A480, Gibson 4.5 L V8; they were two laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 class (all cars using the Gibson 4.2 L V8 engine), Team WRT of Robin Frijns, Sean Gelael and Dries Vanthoor in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 class. They finish in fifth place overall and they were seven laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

In LMP2 Pro-Am Cup Class (all cars using the Gibson 4.3 L V8 engine and a team must have a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up) AF Corse team of Nicklas Nielsen, François Perrodo and Alessio Rovera in their Oreca 07 won LMP2 Pro-Am class. They finish in fourteenth place overall and they were nine 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 Evo. They finish in seventeenth place overall and they were fifteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

While in GTE Am class, was won by TF Sport team of Henrique Chaves, Ben Keating and Marco Sørensenin their Aston Martin Vantage AMR. They finish in twenty-third place overall and they were nineteen laps behind the leaders at the end of the race.

Highlights of the 6 Hours of Monza below, enjoy.



Next Stop 8 Hours of Bahrain in nine weeks time for Round Six and the final round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

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