The 2017 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 13–15 October 2017, and served as the seventh race of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota TS050 Hybrid's Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima won the race driving the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing car.

Track map of Fuji Speedway

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

Performance done during the qualifying session (Pole position in Class is in bold)[1]
Pos Class Team Driver Times Grid
A
1 LMP1 2   Porsche LMP Team   Brendon Hartley 1 min 35 s 160 1
2 LMP1 1   Porsche LMP Team   Nick Tandy 1 min 35 s 231 2
3 LMP1 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Kazuki Nakajima 1 min 35 s 355 3
4 LMP1 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Kamui Kobayashi 1 min 36 s 630 4
5 LMP2 13   Vaillante Rebellion   Nelson Piquet Jr. 1 min 44 s 196 5
6 LMP2 31   Vaillante Rebellion   Bruno Senna 1 min 44 s 925 6
7 LMP2 38   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Ho-Pin Tung 1 min 45 s 078 7
8 LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine Matmut   André Negrão 1 min 45 s 927 8
9 LMP2 37   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Alex Brundle 1 min 46 s 109 9
10 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov 1 min 46 s 205 10
11 LMP2 25   CEFC Manor TRS Racing   Vitaly Petrov 1 min 47 s 354 11
12 LMP2 24   CEFC Manor TRS Racing   Matt Rao 1 min 47 s 411 12
13 LMGTE Pro 91   Porsche GT Team   Frédéric Makowiecki 1 min 47s 577 13
14 LMP2 28   TDS Racing   François Perrodo 1 min 47 s 989 14
15 LMGTE Pro 67   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Harry Tincknell 1 min 48 s 018 15
16 LMGTE Pro 66   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Stefan Mücke 1 min 48 s 139 16
17 LMGTE Pro 71   AF Corse   Sam Bird 1 min 48 s 195 17
18 LMGTE Pro 92   Porsche GT Team   Kévin Estre 1 min 48 s 265 18
19 LMGTE Pro 95   Aston Martin Racing   Marco Sørensen 1 min 48 s 578 19
20 LMGTE Pro 51   AF Corse   James Calado 1 min 48 s 702 20
21 LMGTE Pro 97   Aston Martin Racing   Jonathan Adam 1 min 49 s 125 21
22 LMGTE Am 61   Clearwater Racing   Matt Griffin 1 min 49 s 408 22
23 LMGTE Am 77   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Matteo Cairoli 1 min 49 s 734 23
24 LMGTE Am 98   Aston Martin Racing   Pedro Lamy 1 min 49 s 784 24
25 LMGTE Am 86   Gulf Racing UK   Ben Barker 1 min 49 s 866 25
26 LMGTE Am 54   Spirit of Race   Thomas Flohr 1 min 50 s 797 26

Race edit

Race result edit

Class winners are denoted with a yellow background.[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/retired
Engine
1 LMP1 8   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Anthony Davidson
  Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 113 4:24:50.950
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
2 LMP1 7   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Mike Conway
  Kamui Kobayashi
  José María López
Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 113 +1.498
Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
3 LMP1 1   Porsche LMP Team   Neel Jani
  Nick Tandy
  André Lotterer
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 113 +2.272
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
4 LMP1 2   Porsche LMP Team   Timo Bernhard
  Earl Bamber
  Brendon Hartley
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 112 +1 Lap
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
5 LMP2 31   Vaillante Rebellion   Julien Canal
  Nicolas Prost
  Bruno Senna
Oreca 07 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
6 LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine Matmut   Nicolas Lapierre
  Gustavo Menezes
  André Negrão
Alpine A470 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
7 LMP2 38   Jackie Chan DC Racing   Ho-Pin Tung
  Oliver Jarvis
  Thomas Laurent
Oreca 07 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
8 LMP2 28   TDS Racing   François Perrodo
  Matthieu Vaxiviere
  Emmanuel Collard
Oreca 07 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
9 LMP2 24   CEFC Manor TRS Racing   Matt Rao
  Ben Hanley
  Jean-Éric Vergne
Oreca 07 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
10 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov
  Pierre Thiriet
  James Rossiter
Oreca 07 D 110 +3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
11 LMGTE
Pro
51   AF Corse   James Calado
  Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 488 GTE M 109 +4 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12 LMGTE
Pro
91   Porsche GT Team   Richard Lietz
  Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 109 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 LMP2 25   CEFC Manor TRS Racing   Roberto González
  Simon Trummer
  Vitaly Petrov
Oreca 07 D 109 +4 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
14 LMGTE
Pro
92   Porsche GT Team   Michael Christensen
  Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR M 109 +4 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 LMGTE
Pro
66   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Stefan Mücke
  Olivier Pla
Ford GT M 109 +4 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
16 LMGTE
Pro
71   AF Corse   Davide Rigon
  Sam Bird
Ferrari 488 GTE M 109 +4 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
97   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 109 +4 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro
95   Aston Martin Racing   Nicki Thiim
  Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 108 +5 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Am
54   Spirit of Race   Thomas Flohr
  Francesco Castellacci
  Miguel Molina
Ferrari 488 GTE M 107 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
20 LMGTE
Am
61   Clearwater Racing   Weng Sun Mok
  Keita Sawa
  Matt Griffin
Ferrari 488 GTE M 107 +6 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
21 LMGTE
Am
77   Dempsey-Proton Racing   Christian Ried
  Matteo Cairoli
  Marvin Dienst
Porsche 911 RSR D 107 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 LMGTE
Am
86   Gulf Racing UK   Mike Hedlund
  Ben Barker
  Nick Foster
Porsche 911 RSR D 106 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE
Am
98   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE D 105 +8 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Pro
67   Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK   Andy Priaulx
  Harry Tincknell
Ford GT M 96 +17 Laps
Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 37   Jackie Chan DC Racing   David Cheng
  Alex Brundle
  Tristan Gommendy
Oreca 07 D 52 did not finish
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DSQ LMP2 13   Vaillante Rebellion   Mathias Beche
  David Heinemeier Hansson
  Nelson Piquet Jr.
Oreca 07 D 85 disqualified
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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