The 2015 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 9–11 October 2015, and served as the sixth race of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.[1]

Map of Fuji Speedway

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

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

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid
1 LMP1 No. 17 Porsche Team 1:22.763 1
2 LMP1 No. 18 Porsche Team 1:23.071 2
3 LMP1 No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:23.082 3
4 LMP1 No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:23.245 4
5 LMP1 No. 1 Toyota Racing 1:25.072 5
6 LMP1 No. 2 Toyota Racing 1:25.327 6
7 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing 1:28.492 7
8 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing 1:28.641 8
9 LMP1 No. 4 Team ByKolles 1:30.740 9
10 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:31.529 10
11 LMP2 No. 28 G-Drive Racing 1:31.750 11
12 LMP2 No. 43 Team SARD Morand 1:32.163 12
13 LMP2 No. 47 KCMG 1:32.275 13
14 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine 1:32.483 14
15 LMP2 No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:32.558 15
16 LMP2 No. 42 Strakka Racing 1:33.490 16
17 LMP2 No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1:34.892 17
18 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 1:38.295 18
19 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 1:38.403 19
20 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8 1:38.540 20
21 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey 1:38.751 21
22 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 1:38.864 22
23 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 1:38.979 23
24 LMGTE Pro No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 1:39.028 24
25 LMGTE Am No. 72 SMP Racing 1:40.128 25
26 LMGTE Am No. 98 Aston Martin Racing 1:40.442 26
27 LMGTE Am No. 83 AF Corse 1:40.516 27
28 LMGTE Am No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton 1:41.055 28
29 LMGTE Am No. 96 Aston Martin Racing 1:41.181 29
30 LMGTE Am No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing 1:48.415 30
LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition No Time1 31

^1 – The No. 50 Larbre Competition had its qualifying lap time deleted due to non-conformity of the car's fuel cell ventilation valve, but was allowed to start from the rear of the grid.[3]

Race edit

Race result edit

Class winners in bold.[4]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 17   Porsche Team   Timo Bernhard
  Brendon Hartley
  Mark Webber
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 216
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2 LMP1 18   Porsche Team   Marc Lieb
  Romain Dumas
  Neel Jani
Porsche 919 Hybrid M 216
Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3 LMP1 7   Audi Sport Team Joest   André Lotterer
  Marcel Fässler
  Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 215
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4 LMP1 8   Audi Sport Team Joest   Loïc Duval
  Lucas di Grassi
  Oliver Jarvis
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 214
Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
5 LMP1 1   Toyota Racing   Anthony Davidson
  Sébastien Buemi
  Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 214
Toyota 3.7 L V8
6 LMP1 2   Toyota Racing   Alexander Wurz
  Stéphane Sarrazin
  Mike Conway
Toyota TS040 Hybrid M 203
Toyota 3.7 L V8
7 LMP1 12   Rebellion Racing   Nicolas Prost
  Mathias Beche
Rebellion R-One M 203
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
8 LMP1 4   Team ByKolles   Simon Trummer
  Pierre Kaffer
CLM P1/01 M 199
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9 LMP2 26   G-Drive Racing   Roman Rusinov
  Julien Canal
  Sam Bird
Ligier JS P2 D 198
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine   Nelson Panciatici
  Paul-Loup Chatin
  Vincent Capillaire
Alpine A450b D 198
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 28   G-Drive Racing   Gustavo Yacamán
  Ricardo González
  Pipo Derani
Ligier JS P2 D 197
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 30   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Scott Sharp
  Ryan Dalziel
  David Heinemeier Hansson
Ligier JS P2 D 194
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
13 LMGTE
Pro
51   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Toni Vilander
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 193
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 43   Team SARD Morand   Oliver Webb
  Pierre Ragues
  Chris Cumming
Morgan LMP2 Evo D 193
SARD 3.6 L V8
15 LMGTE
Pro
92   Porsche Team Manthey   Patrick Pilet
  Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR M 192
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE
Pro
71   AF Corse   Davide Rigon
  James Calado
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 192
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro
91   Porsche Team Manthey   Richard Lietz
  Michael Christensen
Porsche 911 RSR M 192
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 LMP2 42   Strakka Racing   Nick Leventis
  Jonny Kane
  Danny Watts
Gibson 015S D 192
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Pro
95   Aston Martin Racing   Christoffer Nygaard
  Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 191
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Pro
97   Aston Martin Racing   Darren Turner
  Jonathan Adam
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 190
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Pro
99   Aston Martin Racing V8   Fernando Rees
  Alex MacDowall
  Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 190
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am
77   Dempsey Racing-Proton   Patrick Dempsey
  Patrick Long
  Marco Seefried
Porsche 911 RSR M 187
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 M 187
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
83   AF Corse   François Perrodo
  Emmanuel Collard
  Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 186
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25 LMP2 31   Extreme Speed Motorsports   Ed Brown
  Johannes van Overbeek
  Jon Fogarty
Ligier JS P2 D 186
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
26 LMGTE
Am
50   Larbre Compétition   Gianluca Roda
  Paolo Ruberti
  Nicolai Sylvest
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R M 185
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
27 LMGTE
Am
88   Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing   Christian Ried
  Earl Bamber
  Khaled Al Qubaisi
Porsche 911 RSR M 185
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE
Am
72   SMP Racing   Viktor Shaitar
  Aleksey Basov
  Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 185
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am
96   Aston Martin Racing   Liam Griffin
  Stuart Hall
  Francesco Castellacci
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE M 184
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
30 LMP1 13   Rebellion Racing   Dominik Kraihamer
  Alexandre Imperatori
  Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One M 164
AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF LMP2 47   KCMG   Matthew Howson
  Richard Bradley
  Nick Tandy
Oreca 05 D 192
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ Dagys, John (11 October 2015). "Porsche Dominates Rain-Affected 6H Fuji". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race (360') Final Starting Grid" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.


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