The 2014 3 Hours of Fuji was the second round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on August 31, 2014, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.
The 2014 3 Hours of Fuji was the second round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on August 31, 2014, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.
The race result was as follows. [1] Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 1 |  OAK Racing Team Total |  David Cheng  Keiko Ihara  Ho-Pin Tung | Morgan LMP2 | M | 105 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 27 |  Eurasia Motorsport |  Richard Bradley John Hartshorne Pu Jun Jin | Oreca 03 | M | 104 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | GT | 91 |  AAI-Rstrada |  Carlo van Dam Jun San Chen Tatsuya Tanigawa | BMW Z4 GT3 | M | 103 |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 4 | GT | 92 | AAI-Rstrada | Hanchen Chen Ryohei Sakaguchi Marco Seefried | Nissan GT-R GT3 | M | 102 |
| Nissan 3.8 L V6 | |||||||
| 5 | CN | 77 |  Craft-Bamboo Racing |  Mathias Beche  Kevin Tse  Samson Chan | Ligier JS53 | M | 101 |
| Honda 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 6 | CN | 21 |  Team Avelon Formula |  Denis Lian William Lok  James Mitchell | Wolf GB08 | M | 97 |
| Honda 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
| 7 | GT-Am | 11 | The Emperor Racing | Akihiko Nakaya  Max Wiser Giorgio Sanna | Lamborghini Gallardo | M | 94 |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| DNF | GT | 90 | AAI-Rstrada | Yu Lam Takamitsu Matsui Takeshi Tsuchiya | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | M | 82 |
| Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
| WD | GT-Am | 82 | The Emperor Racing | Jiang Xin Hideshi Matsuda Hironori Takeuchi | Lamborghini Gallardo | M | – |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 |
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