2013 6 Hours of Fuji

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The 2013 6 Hours of Fuji was intended to have been an automobile endurance race held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 20 October 2013. The race was the sixth round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Heavy rains forced race officials to start the race under safety car conditions, completing eight laps before the race was temporarily stopped due to no improvement in track conditions. Following a two-hour delay the race was restarted once more under the safety car, lapping another eight circuits before officials stopped the race again and eventually called an end to the event. The No. 7 Toyota was declared the race winner, gaining the lead following a pit stop under caution from the Audi which started on pole position, while the majority of the field finished in the same position they started the race.[1] Only half points were awarded towards the various championships being held under the WEC umbrella.

As a result of the race, which did not take the green flag, the FIA imposed a rule change effective 2014 where points are only scored if two laps are run under green flag conditions to prevent a repeat of what happened in Fuji.

Qualifying[]

Qualifying result[]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:26.577 1
2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Racing 1:26.755 2
3 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Racing 1:26.860 3
4 LMP1 No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:27.425 4
5 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing 1:29.250 5
6 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:32.938 6
7 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:33.019 7
8 LMP2 No. 27 Gainer International 1:33.073 8
9 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing 1:33.097 9
10 LMP2 No. 25 Delta-ADR 1:33.209 10
11 LMP2 No. 47 KCMG 1:33.512 11
12 LMP2 No. 49 Pecom Racing 1:33.525 12
13 LMP2 No. 31 Lotus 1:34.080 13
14 LMP2 No. 32 Lotus 1:34.246 14
15 LMP2 No. 45 OAK Racing 1:35.408 15
16 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:39.114 16
17 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing 1:39.591 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:39.693 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche AG Team Manthey 1:39.736 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche AG Team Manthey 1:39.778 20
21 LMGTE Am No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.649 21
22 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 1:40.814 22
23 LMGTE Am No. 96 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.824 23
24 LMGTE Am No. 88 Proton Competition 1:41.311 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 81 8 Star Motorsports 1:41.369 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 61 AF Corse 1:41.529 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 57 Krohn Racing 1:41.625 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 1:41.683 28
LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse No Time 29

Race[]

Race result[]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 7 Japan Toyota Racing Austria Alexander Wurz
France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 16
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
2 LMP1 2 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest United Kingdom Allan McNish
Denmark Tom Kristensen
France Loïc Duval
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 16
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3 LMP1 12 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Italy Andrea Belicchi
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Lola B12/60 M 16
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
4 LMP2 35 France OAK Racing Belgium Bertrand Baguette
United Kingdom Martin Plowman
Mexico Ricardo González
Morgan LMP2 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 LMP2 26 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
Australia John Martin
United Kingdom Mike Conway
Oreca 03 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 27 Japan Gainer International Japan Katsuyuki Hiranaka
Japan Masayuki Ueda
Sweden Björn Wirdheim
Zytek Z11SN D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMP2 24 France OAK Racing France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Alex Brundle
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMP2 25 United Kingdom Delta-ADR Thailand Tor Graves
United Kingdom James Walker
Japan Shinji Nakano
Oreca 03 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 47 China KCMG Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
Japan Tsugio Matsuda
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Morgan LMP2 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 49 Argentina Pecom Racing Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
Germany Pierre Kaffer
France Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03 M 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 32 Czech Republic Lotus Germany Thomas Holzer
Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Lotus T128 D 16
Praga 3.6 L V8
12 LMP2 45 France OAK Racing France Jacques Nicolet
Japan Keiko Ihara
Morgan LMP2 D 16
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMGTE
Pro
97 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Germany Stefan Mücke
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 16
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
14 LMGTE
Pro
51 Italy AF Corse Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 16
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
91 Germany Porsche AG Team Manthey Germany Jörg Bergmeister
France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 RSR M 16
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE
Pro
92 Germany Porsche AG Team Manthey Germany Marc Lieb
Austria Richard Lietz
Porsche 911 RSR M 16
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 LMGTE
Am
95 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Kristian Poulsen
Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Brazil Bruno Senna
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 16
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Am
96 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
United Kingdom Stuart Hall
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 16
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Am
88 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 16
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20 LMGTE
Am
81 United States 8 Star Motorsports Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
Portugal Rui Águas
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 16
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Pro
71 Italy AF Corse Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Finland Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 16
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
76 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Raymond Narac
France Jean-Karl Vernay
Finland Markus Palttala
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 16
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 LMP2 31 Czech Republic Lotus United States Kevin Weeda
United Kingdom James Rossiter
Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Lotus T128 D 16
Praga 3.6 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
57 United States Krohn Racing United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
Italy Maurizio Mediani
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 16
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Am
61 Italy AF Corse South Africa Jack Gerber
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Italy Marco Cioci
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 16
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
26 LMP1 1 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany André Lotterer
Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 16
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
27 LMP1 8 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
France Stéphane Sarrazin
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 15
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
28 LMGTE
Pro
99 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Portugal Pedro Lamy
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 15
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am
50 France Larbre Compétition France Julien Canal
France Patrick Bornhauser
Brazil Fernando Rees
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 14
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8

References[]

  1. ^ Watkins, Gary (20 October 2013). "Fuji WEC: Toyota gets victory as rain ends race". Autosport.com. Haymarket Press. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Practice Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.


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