WEC - 2017 6 Hours of Fuji - Preview
WEC - 2017 6 Hours of Fuji - Preview
2017 6 HOURS OF FUJI
Round 7: 13-15 October 2017
Lap distance: 4.563 km
Race duration: 6 hours
Location: Oyama-cho, Sunto-gun
Shizuoka 410-1308
Japan
Website : http://www.fsw.tv/english/
Press officer: Naoki Tokuyama
E: tokuyama@fujispeedway.co.jp
Airport: Tokyo Haneda 104km http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/
Tokyo Narita 171km http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/index.html
Fuji International Speedway
Since 1982 endurance racing has a rich history at Fuji Speedway when a round of the Sports Car World Championship was contested. Located at the foot of the world famous Mount Fuji, Fuji Speedway is a fast track, which was rebuilt in 2005. It hosted the first Japanese round of the World Endurance Championship in October 2012 with 40,000 fans travelling to see Toyota win on home soil and it has been a firm favourite since then with the Japanese fans.
DATE | 12-14 Oct | 18-20 Oct | 10-12 Oct | 9-11 Oct | 14-16 Oct |
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WINNERS | 2012 | 2013 *** | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
LMP1 | Wurz / Lapierre / Nakajima no7 Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 – Hybrid (M) 233 laps | Wurz / Lapierre / Nakajima no7 Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 – Hybrid (M) 16 laps | Buemi / Davidson no8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid (M) 236 laps | Bernhard/Webber/Hartley No17 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid (M) 216 laps | Sarrazin / Conway / Kobayashi No6 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 – Hybrid (M) 244 laps |
LMP2 | Martin / Nakano / Graves no25 Delta-ADR Oreca 03 - Nissan (D) 220 laps | Baguette / Gonzalez / Plowman 35 OAK Racing Morgan – Nissan (D) 16 laps | Rusinov / Pla / Canal no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan (D) 219 laps | Rusinov/Canal/Bird No26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 – Nissan (D) 198 laps | Rusinov/Brundle/ Stevens No26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 05 – Nissan (D) 223 laps |
LMGTE Pro | Lieb / Lietz no77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 RSR (997) (M) 207 Laps | Makowiecki / Mücke / Turner no97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 16 laps | Bruni / Vilander no51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 208 laps | Bruni / Vilander No51 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 193 laps | Priaulx / Tincknell No67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT (M) 212 laps |
LMGTE Am | Bornhauser / Canal / Lamy no50 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 (M) 204 laps | Nygaard / Poulsen / Senna no95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 16 laps | Poulsen / Heinemeier Hansson / Thiim no95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 207 laps | Dempsey/Long/Seefried No77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 919 RSR 187 laps | Dalla Lana / Lamy / Lauda no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 208 laps |
POLE POSITION | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||
LMP1 | K. Nakajima no7 Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 – Hybrid (M) 1:27.499 | Fässler / Lotterer / Tréluyer No1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro (M) 1:26.577 | S. Buemi / A. Davidson no8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS 040 – Hybrid (M) 1:26.886 | M. Webber / T Bernhard No17 Porsche Team (M) Porsche 919 Hybrid 1:22.763 | L. Duval/L. Di Grassi No8 Audi Sport Team Joest (M) Audi R18 1:23.570 | ||||||
LMP2 | S. Sarrazin no44 Starworks Motorsports HPD ARX 03b – Honda (D) 1:32.367 | B. Baguette / M. Plowman 35 OAK Racing Morgan – Nissan (D) 1:32.938 | R. Rusinov / O. Pla no26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan (D) 1:33.062 | S. Bird / J. Canal No26 G-Drive Racing Ligier JS P2 - Nissan (D) 1:31.529 | R. Rusinov/ W. Stevens No26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 05 – Nissan (D) 1:31.698 | ||||||
LMGTE Pro | M. Lieb no77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 RSR (997) (M) 1:40.289 | F. Makowiecki / S. Mücke no97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 1:39.114 | A. MacDowall / D. O'Young no99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 1:39.686 | D. Rigon / J. Calado No71 AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 1:38.295 | O. Pla / S. Mucke No67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Ford GT (M) 1:37.681
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LMGTE Am | J-P. Belloc no70 Larbre Competition Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1 (M) 1:41.386 | C. Nygaard / B. Senna no95 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 1:40.649 | P. Dalla Lana / C. Nygaard no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 1 :40.230 | V. Shaytar / A. Basov No72 SMP Racing Ferrari F458 Italia (M) 1:40.128 | P. Dalla Lana / P.Lamy no98 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage V8 (M) 1 :39.490 | ||||||
LAP RECORDS |
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LMP1 | Loic Duval | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | 1m24.645 | 194.1kph | 16 October 2016 |
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LMP2 | Alex Lynn | Oreca-Nissan | 1m32.948 | 176.7kph | 16 October 2016 |
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LMGTE Pro | Harry Tinknell | Ford GT | 1m38.575 | 166.6kph | 16 October 2016 |
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LMGTE Am | Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage V8 | 1m40.052 | 164.2kph | 16 October 2016 |
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*** 2013 race was red flagged after 16 laps behind the safety car due to heavy rainfall. Half points awarded.
FIA WEC TIMETABLE
Thursday 12 October
08:30-19:00 Scrutineering
Friday 13 October
09:15 Drivers’ briefing
11:00 - 12:30 Free Practice #1
14:00 Pre-event Press conference
15:30 - 17:00 Free Practice #2
Saturday 14 October
10:00 - 11:00 Free Practice #3
14:00 – 14:20 Qualifying - LMGTE-PRO/LMGTE-AM
14:30 – 14:50 Qualifying - LMP1/LMP2
15:00 Qualifying Press Conference
15:30 Mixed Interview Zone
Sunday 15 October
11:00 - 17:00 RACE: 6 Hours of Fuji
17:15 Post-race Press Conference
FIA OFFICIALS
Eduardo Freitas FIA Race Director
Jean-Francois Veroux FIA WEC Steward (Chairman)
Denis Chevrier FIA Technical Delegate
Jacques Tropenat FIA Medical Delegate
Jeff Carter FIA Media Delegate
David Escribano Chief timekeeper
Yannick Dalmas Driver Adviser
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
The provisional classifications for all the Championship can be found on the following link:
FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP –6 HOURS OF FUJI
Shortly after the finish of the sessions, results of the event can be found on the following link:
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