2023 6 Hours of Fuji

2023 6 Hours of Fuji

Event information
Round 6 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	10 September 2023
Location	Oyama, Shizuoka
Venue	Fuji Speedway
Duration	6 Hours
Results
Laps completed	229
Distance (km)	1044.927
Distance (miles)	649.215
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:27.794
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López
LMP2
Winners
Team	Team WRT
Drivers	Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica
LMGTE Am
Winners
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon

The 2023 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car race held at Fuji Speedway on 10 September 2023. It was the sixth round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and the tenth running of the event in its current format.

Entry list

The entry list was released on 20 July 2023. The entry list consisted of 12 Hypercar entries, 11 LMP2 entries, and 13 LMGTE Am entries. ^[1] In Hypercar, Stoffel Vandoorne replaced Nico Müller in the No. 94 Peugeot 9X8, due to Müller still recovering from a collarbone injury. ^[2] Furthermore, Glickenhaus was absent for the race, due to a lack of funds. ^[1]
In LMP2, Juan Manuel Correa returned to the No. 9 Prema Racing machine, with Andrea Caldarelli taking Mathias Beche's place at the No. 63 Prema Racing machine. ^[1] Furthermore, Ben Hanley replaced Tom Blomqvist at the No. 23 United Autosports machine. ^[3]
In LMGTE Am, Kei Cozzolino and Hiroshi Koizumi took place besides Simon Mann in the No. 21 AF Corse machine. ^[4] Ritomo Miyata made his debut in the No. 57 Kessel Racing machine, replacing Daniel Serra due to Serra being unable to enter Japan. ^[5] Lastly, the No. 98 NorthWest AMR machine returned to the entry list, after conflicts with the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship's 2023 Chevrolet Grand Prix at Mosport Park in Canada. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: JST)	Event
Friday, 8 September	11:00	Free Practice 1
	15:30	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 9 September	10:20	Free Practice 3
	14:40	Qualifying - LMGTE Am
	15:05	Qualifying - LMP2
	15:30	Qualifying - Hypercar
Sunday, 10 September	11:00	Race
Source: [6]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco	1:35.649
	LMP2	28	Jota	Oliver Rasmussen	1:40.781
	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Mikkel O. Pedersen	1:43.538
Free Practice 2	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi	1:29.523
	LMP2	41	Team WRT	Louis Delétraz	1:33.131
	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Davide Rigon	1:38.239
Free Practice 3	Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi	1:30.068
	LMP2	23	United Autosports	Oliver Jarvis	1:34.258
	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	Davide Rigon	1:39.074
Source: [7] [8] [9]

Qualifying

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:27.794	-	1
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:28.418	+0.624	2
3	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:28.687	+0.893	3
4	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:28.717	+0.923	4
5	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:28.770	+0.976	5
6	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:28.991	+1.197	6
7	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:29.063	+1.269	7
8	Hypercar	38	Hertz Team Jota	1:29.111	+1.317	8
9	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	1:29.338	+1.544	9
10	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:29.898	+2.104	10
11	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:31.822	+4.028	11
12	LMP2	22	United Autosports	1:32.182	+4.388	12
13	Hypercar	4	Floyd Vanwall Racing Team	1:32.199	+4.405	13
14	LMP2	41	Team WRT	1:32.273	+4.479	14
15	LMP2	23	United Autosports	1:32.453	+4.659	15
16	LMP2	28	Jota	1:32.778	+4.984	16
17	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	1:32.846	+5.052	17
18	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	1:32.876	+5.082	18
19	LMP2	31	Team WRT	1:32.893	+5.099	19
20	LMP2	9	Prema Racing	1:32.917	+5.123	20
21	LMP2	36	Alpine Elf Team	1:33.027	+5.233	21
22	LMP2	63	Prema Racing	1:33.086	+5.292	22
23	LMP2	35	Alpine Elf Team	1:33.400	+5.606	23
24	LMGTE Am	33	Corvette Racing	1:38.338	+10.544	24
25	LMGTE Am	85	Iron Dames	1:38.373	+10.579	25
26	LMGTE Am	777	D'Station Racing	1:38.875	+11.081	26
27	LMGTE Am	98	NorthWest AMR	1:38.881	+11.087	27
28	LMGTE Am	57	Kessel Racing	1:39.011	+11.217	28
29	LMGTE Am	83	Richard Mille AF Corse	1:39.173	+11.379	29
30	LMGTE Am	56	Project 1 – AO	1:39.179	+11.385	30
31	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1:39.183	+11.389	31
32	LMGTE Am	86	GR Racing	1:39.202	+11.408	32
33	LMGTE Am	54	AF Corse	1:39.283	+11.489	33
34	LMGTE Am	25	ORT by TF	1:39.344	+11.550	34
35	LMGTE Am	21	AF Corse	1:39.566	+11.772	35
36	LMGTE Am	60	Iron Lynx	1:40.292	+12.498	36
Source: [10]

Race

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 160 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 229 6:01:17.551‡ Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 229 +39.119 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 M 229 +47.768 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P M 228 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P M 228 +1 Lap Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 38 Hertz Team Jota António Félix da Costa Will Stevens Yifei Ye Porsche 963 M 228 +1 Lap [N 1] Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 7 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Gustavo Menezes Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 M 228 +1 Lap Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 M 226 +3 Laps [N 1] Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Gianmaria Bruni Neel Jani Harry Tincknell Porsche 963 M 221 +8 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 10 Hypercar 2 Cadillac Racing Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook Cadillac V-Series.R M 219 +10 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 11 LMP2 41 Team WRT Rui Andrade Louis Delétraz Robert Kubica Oreca 07 G 219 +10 Laps‡ Gibson GK428 V8 engine 12 LMP2 22 United Autosports Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson Frederick Lubin Oreca 07 G 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 13 LMP2 31 Team WRT Robin Frijns Sean Gelael Ferdinand Habsburg Oreca 07 G 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 14 LMP2 23 United Autosports Ben Hanley Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson Oreca 07 G 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 15 LMP2 36 Alpine Elf Team Julien Canal Charles Milesi Matthieu Vaxivière Oreca 07 G 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 16 LMP2 28 Jota Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oliver Rasmussen Oreca 07 G 218 +11 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 17 LMP2 10 Vector Sport Gabriel Aubry Ryan Cullen Matthias Kaiser Oreca 07 G 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 18 LMP2 9 Prema Racing Juan Manuel Correa Filip Ugran Bent Viscaal Oreca 07 G 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 19 LMP2 34 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Fabio Scherer Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07 G 217 +12 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 20 LMP2 63 Prema Racing Andrea Caldarelli Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin Oreca 07 G 216 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 21 LMP2 35 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Memo Rojas Oreca 07 G 216 +13 Laps Gibson GK428 V8 engine 22 Hypercar 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Esteban Guerrieri João Paulo de Oliveira Tristan Vautier Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 211 +18 Laps Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTE Am 54 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 210 +19 Laps‡ Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 24 LMGTE Am 33 Corvette Racing Nicky Catsburg Ben Keating Nicolás Varrone Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 210 +19 Laps Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 25 LMGTE Am 57 Kessel Racing Scott Huffaker Takeshi Kimura Ritomo Miyata Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 210 +19 Laps [N 1] Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 26 LMGTE Am 85 Iron Dames Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 27 LMGTE Am 56 Project 1 – AO Matteo Cairoli P.J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 28 LMGTE Am 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Julien Andlauer Christian Ried Mikkel O. Pedersen Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 29 LMGTE Am 98 NorthWest AMR Ian James Daniel Mancinelli Alex Riberas Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 210 +19 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 30 LMGTE Am 86 GR Racing Ben Barker Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 210 +19 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 31 LMGTE Am 83 Richard Mille AF Corse Luis Pérez Companc Alessio Rovera Lilou Wadoux Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 209 +20 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 32 LMGTE Am 777 D'Station Racing Tomonobu Fujii Satoshi Hoshino Casper Stevenson Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 209 +20 Laps [N 1] Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 33 LMGTE Am 60 Iron Lynx Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 209 +20 Laps Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 34 LMGTE Am 21 AF Corse Kei Cozzolino Hiroshi Koizumi Simon Mann Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 208 +21 Laps Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 35 LMGTE Am 25 ORT by TF Ahmad Al Harthy Michael Dinan Charlie Eastwood Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 206 +23 Laps Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 36 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 963 M 182 +47 Laps [N 2] Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 Source: [16]

Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturer G Goodyear M Michelin

Notes

1. The Nos. 38, 57, 93, and 777 received a 10-second post-race penalty for not reducing speed to 80 km/h within the required time under FCY. The position of Nos. 38, 93, and 777 were unaffected. The No. 57 dropped from 2nd to 3rd in LMGTE Am. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}
2. The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 received a 3-lap penalty and an additional 55.067 seconds of race time because Frédéric Makowiecki did not complete his minimum of 1-hour driving time. Their final position was unaffected. ^[15]

References

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