The No. 6 Toyota wins at home

After his disillusionment with 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota signe sa première victoire de l’année en s’imposant à domicile aux 6 heures de Fuji avec la TS050 Hybrid n°6 de Kobayashi-Conway-Sarrazin, at the end of an event which did not suffer from any neutralization.

The Japanese manufacturer took the advantage at the end of the event by attempting a double stint for Kamui Kobayashi who won with less than two seconds ahead of the No. 8 Audi of Duval-Di Grassi-Jarvis, the second R18 of Lotterer-Tréluyer-Fässler having retired due to a mechanical problem.

Porsche complète le podium avec la 919 Hybrid n°1 de Webber-Hartley-Bernhard qui s’est classée à 17 secondes des vainqueurs. La Toyota n°5 de Davidson-Buemi-Nakajima and the Porsche n°2 of Dumas-Jani-Lieb complete the top five with 15 laps ahead of the Rebellion of Tuscher-Kraihamer-Imperatori which was no longer worried following the abandonment of the CLM01/P1 of the Trummer-Webb-Kaffer's ByKolles Racing.

G-Drive Racing finally won in LMP2 with the Oreca 05 of Stevens-Brundle-Rusinov which beat the Ligier JS P2 of RGR Sport by Morand of Senna-Gonzalez-Albuquerque. Will Stevens had to hand back the category lead to Bruno Senna following a contentious overtake in the last stint, but the Briton easily regained the advantage over the Brazilian afterwards.

THEAlpine n ° 36 of Stone-Menezes-Richelmi completes the podium, with the Signatech crew securing valuable points in the quest for the title. The Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports Ligier JS P2s complete the top five LMP2s with the #30 of Giovinazzi-Van der Garde-Gelael preceding the #31 of Derani-Cumming-Dalziel.

The Ford GTs scored a double in GTE Pro for their first success in WEC. Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell took the category victory in the #67 which preceded the #15 from Mücke-Pla by 66 seconds. American cars have outstripped Ferrari of AF Corse, the No. 51 of Bruni-Calado taking the podium ahead of the No. 71 of Bird-Rigon. Aston Martin consoles itself with the victory of the No. 98 Vantage of Lamy-Dalla Lana-Lauda in GTE Am.

Results of the 6 Hours of Fuji

Discover the analysis of the 6 Hours of Fuji carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2085 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.