The 2015 2 Hours of Fuji was the first round of the 2015-16 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on October 10, 2015, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. [1]
The 2015 2 Hours of Fuji was the first round of the 2015-16 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on October 10, 2015, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. [1]
Class winners in bold.
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 8 |  Race Performance | Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano | Oreca 03R | 70 |
| Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | ||||||
| 2 | GT | 3 |  Clearwater Racing | Weng Sun Mok Keita Sawa  Rob Bell | McLaren 650S GT3 | 69 |
| McLaren 3.8 L Turbo V8 | ||||||
| 3 | LMP3 | 1 |  DC Racing | David Cheng Ho-Pin Tung | Ligier JS P3 | 69 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| 4 | GT | 38 | Spirit of Race | Nasrat Muzayyin Rui Águas | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 68 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||
| 5 | GT | 92 |  Team AAI - Hubauto | Han-Chen Chen Shinya Hosokawa Hiroki Yoshimoto | BMW Z4 GT3 | 68 |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | ||||||
| 6 | GT | 7 |  ARC Bratislava | Miroslav Konôpka  Pierre Kaffer | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 68 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||
| 7 | GT | 5 | Absolute Racing | Jeffrey Lee Shaun Thong  Alex Yoong | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 66 |
| Audi 5.2 L V10 | ||||||
| 8 | GTAm | 51 | KCMG | Paul Ip Christian Ried  James Munro | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 65 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ||||||
| 9 | GT | 27 | Nexus Infinity | Dominic Ang Joshua Hunt | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 64 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | ||||||
| 10 | LMP2 | 99 |  Eurasia Motorsport | William Lok  Tacksung Kim Tristan Gommendy | Oreca 03R | 62 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | ||||||
| Ret | LMP3 | 89 | Team AAI | Masataka Yanagida Terry Fang Takamitsu Matsui | ADESS-03 | 48 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| Ret | LMP3 | 88 | Team AAI | Tatsuya Tanigawa Zhi Cong Li Ryohei Sakaguchi | ADESS-03 | 6 |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | ||||||
| Ret | GT | 91 | Team AAI | Jun-San Chen Ollie Millroy Nobuteru Taniguchi | BMW Z4 GT3 | 2 |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | ||||||
| Source: [2] | ||||||
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