2024 6 Hours of Fuji

2024 6 Hours of Fuji
Event information
Round 7 of 8 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date15 September 2024
LocationOyama, Shizuoka
VenueFuji Speedway
Duration6 Hours
Results
Laps completed213
Distance (km)971.612
Distance (miles)603.732
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:28.901
Team Cadillac Racing
Winners
Team Porsche Penske Motorsport
Drivers Kévin Estre
André Lotterer
Laurens Vanthoor
LMGT3
Winners
Team Vista AF Corse
Drivers Francesco Castellacci
Thomas Flohr
Davide Rigon

The 2024 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 15 September 2024, as the seventh of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the eleventh running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship.

Background

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the race being held in every WEC season, except the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[1]

Entry list

36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. The only changes from the Lone Star Le Mans entry list are Jules Gounon replacing Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 35 Alpine, and Christian Ried replacing Ben Keating in the No. 88 Ford.[2][3]

Schedule

Date Time (local: JST) Event
Friday, 13 September 11:00 Free Practice 1
15:30 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 14 September 10:20 Free Practice 3
14:20 Qualifying - LMGT3
14:40 Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:00 Qualifying - Hypercar
15:20 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Sunday, 15 September 11:00 Race
Source:[4]

Practice

Three practice session were held: two were held on Friday, and one was held on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 40 minutes, after being scheduled to last 60 minutes.[4]

Practice 1

The first practice session started at 11:00 JST on Friday. Laurens Vanthoor topped the sheets with a lap time of 1 minute, 30.561 seconds in his No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, 0.010 seconds quicker than second-placed Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota. Antonio Fuoco rounded out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari, 0.543 seconds behind Vanthoor.[5] Marino Sato was quickest in his No. 95 United Autosports McLaren in LMGT3, with a lap time of 1:40.528. Alessio Rovera set an identical fastest lap time in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, with Davide Rigon in the sister No. 54 Ferrari 0.265 seconds behind both Sato and Rovera.[6] The session saw one red flag: the No. 95 McLaren stopped at turn 10 after contact with the No. 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac.[6]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Laurens Vanthoor 1:30.561
LMGT3 95 United Autosports Marino Sato 1:40.528
Source:[7][8]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

The second practice session started at 15:30 JST on Friday, with Dries Vanthoor quickest in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT BMW: he set a lap of 1 minute, 29.577 seconds. Vanthoor's lap was 0.009 seconds quicker than that of Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche, with Alex Lynn claiming third place in the No. 2 Cadillac.[9] LMGT3 was topped by Rovera in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:40.682. Hiroshi Koizumi was second in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, 0.169 seconds slower. The top three was rounded out by Franck Perera in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini.[10]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Dries Vanthoor 1:29.577
LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse Alessio Rovera 1:40.682
Source:[11][12]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

The third and final practice session started at 10:20 JST on Saturday. Hirakawa topped the timing sheets in the No. 8 Toyota with a lap time of 1:29.621. Lynn was second in the No. 2 Cadillac, 0.086 seconds slower, with Fuoco rounding out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari.[13] François Heriau topped the LMGT3 cars in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap of 1 minute, 41.206 seconds. Rigon was in second in the sister Ferrari, 0.107 seconds slower, with Arnold Robin rounding out the top three.[14] The session was red-flagged after 40 minutes due to curbing issues in turn 1.[14]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Ryō Hirakawa 1:29.577
LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Heriau 1:40.682
Source:[15][16]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing 1:29.090 1:28.901 1
2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.513 1:28.942 2
3 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:29.505 1:29.059 3
4 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.423 1:29.065 4
5 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.256 1:29.152 5
6 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:29.402 1:29.154 6
7 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.510 1:29.196 7
8 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.591 1:29.223 8
9 Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:29.721 1:29.582 9
10 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:29.399 1:29.589 10
11 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:29.724 11
12 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.772 12
13 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:29.829 13
14 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:29.883 14
15 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:30.028 15
16 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota 1:30.072 16
17 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota 1:30.092 17
18 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:30.157 18
19 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse 1:40.932 1:40.893 19
20 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 1:41.110 1:40.975 20
21 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 1:41.332 1:41.120 21
22 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 1:41.189 1:41.265 22
23 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 1:41.619 1:41.293 23
24 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.527 1:41.308 24
25 LMGT3 82 TF Sport 1:41.267 1:41.310 25
26 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 1:41.426 1:41.397 26
27 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 1:41.483 1:41.608 27
28 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 1:41.440 1:41.719 28
29 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.850 29
30 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 1:41.866 30
31 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing 1:41.908 31
32 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing 1:41.935 32
33 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA 1:41.999 33
34 LMGT3 31 Team WRT 1:42.013 34
35 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 1:42.502 35
36 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 1:43.417 36
Source:[17]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 149 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre
André Lotterer
Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 213 6:00:32.196‡
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
2 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello
Dries Vanthoor
Marco Wittmann 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 213 +16.601
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
3 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Nicolas Lapierre
Mick Schumacher
Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A424 M 213 +42.321
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen
Nico Müller
Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 213 +45.846
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 12 Hertz Team Jota Callum Ilott
Norman Nato
Will Stevens 		Porsche 963 M 213 +49.689
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
6 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota Jenson Button
Phil Hanson
Oliver Rasmussen 		Porsche 963 M 213 +51.916
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
7 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon
Ferdinand Habsburg
Charles Milesi 		Alpine A424 M 213 +54.316
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
8 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta
Loïc Duval
Stoffel Vandoorne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 213 +54.324
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
9 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco
Miguel Molina
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 213 +57.874
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Ryo Hirakawa 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 213 +58.879
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
11 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Julien Andlauer
Neel Jani
Harry Tincknell 		Porsche 963 M 212 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Robert Kubica
Robert Shwartzman
Yifei Ye 		Ferrari 499P M 211 +2 Laps
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
13 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci
Thomas Flohr
Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 194 +19 Laps‡
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
14 LMGT3 92 Manthey PureRxcing Klaus Bachler
Alex Malykhin
Joel Sturm 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 194 +19 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
15 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy
Maxime Martin
Valentino Rossi 		BMW M4 GT3 G 194 +19 Laps
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
16 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade
Charlie Eastwood
Tom van Rompuy 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 194 +19 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
17 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy
Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 194 +19 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
18 LMGT3 55 Vista AF Corse François Hériau
Simon Mann
Alessio Rovera 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 194 +19 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
19 LMGT3 777 D'station Racing Erwan Bastard
Clément Mateu
Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 194 +19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Nicolas Costa
James Cottingham
Grégoire Saucy 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 194 +19 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Ian James
Daniel Mancinelli
Alex Riberas 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 194 +19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
22 LMGT3 31 Team WRT Augusto Farfus
Sean Gelael
Darren Leung 		BMW M4 GT3 G 194 +19 Laps
BMW P58 L Turbo I6
23 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Kelvin van der Linde
Arnold Robin
Clemens Schmid 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 194 +19 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
24 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team Takeshi Kimura
José María López
Esteban Masson 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 194 +19 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
25 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni
Franck Perera
Claudio Schiavoni 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 193 +20 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
26 LMGT3 91 Manthey EMA Richard Lietz
Morris Schuring
Yasser Shahin 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 193 +20 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
27 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker
Ryan Hardwick
Zacharie Robichon 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 193 +20 Laps[R 1]
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
28 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Dennis Olsen
Mikkel O. Pedersen
Christian Ried 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 192 +21 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
29 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Josh Caygill
Nico Pino
Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 191 +22 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns
René Rast
Sheldon van der Linde 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 202 Retired
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
DNF Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber
Alex Lynn
 Cadillac V-Series.R M 193 Collision damage
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
DNF Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 499P M 168 Retired
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
DNF LMGT3 82 TF Sport Sébastien Baud
Daniel Juncadella
Hiroshi Koizumi 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 164 Collision damage
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
DNF Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 163 Collision damage
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
DNF Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell
Michael Christensen
Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 963 M 163 Collision damage
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
DNF Hypercar 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
Edoardo Mortara 		Lamborghini SC63 M 146 Gearbox
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
Source:[19]
  1. ^ The No. 77 Proton Competition Ford received a 1-minute time penalty due to a pitlane infringement. Their final finishing position was unaffected.[18]

Official recordings

References

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