Over the next two days in excess of 1500 Japanese school children from the local schools  around Fuji Speedway will enjoy a closer look at the cars and meet some of the drivers taking part in this weekend's 6 Hours of Fuji.  Every child will also be presented with a FIA WEC baseball cap as a souvenir of their day.

 

154 children from the 6th grade at Gotemba Minami school were the first to visit this morning and the children, all aged between 10 and 11 years old, posed for photographs with the Audi R8 Safety Car on the grid.  Their excitement at being allowed onto the Fuji Speedway track is clear on their faces.  

Tomorrow 28 children from the 5th grade at Suyama school will get the opportunity to sit in the pre event press conference and they will have the opportunity to ask a question to Kazuki Nakajima, Mark Webber, Loic Duval, Keiko Ihara, Richard Bradley, Gianmaria Bruni, Fred Makowiecki and Pedro Lamy.