6 Hours of Fuji
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| FIA World Endurance Championship | |
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| Venue | Fuji Speedway |
| First race | 1967 |
| First FIA WEC race | 2012 |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Previous names | World Endurance Championship in Japan |
| Most wins (driver) | Japan Hiroshi Fushida (4) Japan Kazuki Nakajima (4) Switzerland Sébastien Buemi (4) |
| Most wins (team) | Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing (9) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Toyota (16) |
The 6 Hours of Fuji (formerly the Fuji 1000 Kilometres) is a sports car race held at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. The race was held for the first time in 1967, and in 1977 became part of the new Fuji Long Distance Series. In 1982 a second 1000 km race known as WEC in Japan was run as a round of the World Sportscar Championship. The All Japan Sports Prototype Championship was formed in 1983, and since then co-sanctioned this event. The World Championship left after 1988, but the JSPC carried on both races until 1992. The race was revived in 1999 as an attempt to gauge interest in an Asian Le Mans Series; the series never materialized. The race was revived again as a part of the short-lived Japan Le Mans Challenge in 2007. The race returned again as part of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, but changed to a 6-hour race, with no distance limit.
Results
[edit | edit source]Fuji 1000 km / 6 Hours of Fuji
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NOTE: The 2013 race did not start; all 17 laps were run under the Safety Car. A subsequent rule change was implemented to mandate two green flag laps before a race counted.
Records
[edit | edit source]Wins by constructor
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Constructor | Wins | Years |
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| 1 | Japan Toyota | 16 | 1967–1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2022–2023 |
| 2 | Germany Porsche | 8 | 1971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015, 2024 |
| 3 |  March |
5 | 1975–1978, 1981 |
| 4 | Japan Nissan | 4 | 1970, 1991, 1992, 1999 |
| 5 | Chevron |
3 | 1974, 1979, 1980 |
| 6 | Germany BMW | 1 | 1982 |
| Japan Mazda | 1984 | ||
| Reynard |
2007 | ||
| France Alpine | 2025 |
Wins by engine manufacturer
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Engine supplier | Wins | Years |
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| 1 | Japan Toyota | 16 | 1967–1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012–2014, 2016–2019, 2022–2023 |
| 2 | Germany Porsche | 8 | 1971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015, 2024 |
| 3 | Japan Mazda | 5 | 1977–1979, 1981, 1984 |
| 4 | Japan Nissan | 4 | 1970, 1991, 1992, 1999 |
| Germany BMW | 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982 | ||
| 6 |  Ford |
1 | 1974 |
| Gibson |
2007 | ||
| France Alpine | 2025 |
Drivers with multiple wins
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Driver | Wins | Years |
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| 1 | Japan Hiroshi Fushida | 4 | 1968, 1969, 1974, 1979 |
| Japan Kazuki Nakajima | 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019 | ||
| Switzerland Sébastien Buemi | 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022 | ||
| 4 | Japan Fumiyasu Sato | 3 | 1976, 1981, 1982 |
| Australia Vern Schuppan | 1983, 1985, 1989 | ||
| New Zealand Brendon Hartley | 2015, 2019, 2022 | ||
| Mike Conway |
2016, 2018, 2023 | ||
| Japan Kamui Kobayashi | 2016, 2018, 2023 | ||
| 9 | Japan Yoshio Otsubo | 2 | 1967, 1969 |
| Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi | 1970, 1986 | ||
| Japan Kiyoshi Misaki | 1972, 1973 | ||
| Japan Nobuhide Tachi | 1972, 1975 | ||
| Japan Harukuni Takahashi | 1973, 1974 | ||
| Japan Tetsuji Ozasa | 1976, 1981 | ||
| Japan Yoshimi Katayama | 1977, 1978 | ||
| Japan Keiichi Suzuki | 1980, 1985 | ||
| Japan Naohiro Fujita | 1981, 1983 | ||
| Japan Naoki Nagasaka | 1982, 1990 | ||
| Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 1991, 1992 | ||
| Japan Toshio Suzuki | 1991, 1992 | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: Alexander Wurz | 2012, 2013 | ||
| France Nicolas Lapierre | 2012, 2013 | ||
| Anthony Davidson |
2014, 2017 | ||
| Argentina José María López | 2018, 2023 |
WEC in Japan / Interchallenge Fuji
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- ^A The 1985 race was stopped after 2 hours due to heavy rain. Most of the international entries withdrew before the race, or in the early laps.
External links
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