6 Hours of Fuji

6 Hours of Fuji
FIA World Endurance Championship
Venue Fuji Speedway
First race 1967
First FIA WEC race 2012
Duration 6 hours
Previous names World Endurance Championship in Japan
Most wins (driver) Hiroshi Fushida (5)
Most wins (team) Rothmans Porsche (3)
Most wins (manufacturer) Toyota (10)

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 that 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

Fuji 1000 km / 6 Hours of Fuji

Year Overall Winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race Title Championship Report
1967 Japan Yoshio Otsubo
Japan Shihomi Hosoya
Toyota 2000GT 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1968 Japan Hiroshi Fushida
Japan Mitsumasa Kanie
Toyota 7 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1969 Japan Hiroshi Fushida
Japan Yoshio Otsubo
Toyota 7 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1970 Japan Motoharu Kurosawa
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Datsun 240Z 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1971 Japan Yoshimasa Kawaguchi
Japan Yoshifumi Kikura
Porsche 910 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1972 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki
Japan Nobuhide Tachi
Toyota Sprinter Trueno 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1973 Japan Kiyoshi Misaki
Japan Harukuni Takahashi
Toyota Celica 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1974 Japan Hiroshi Fushida
Japan Harukuni Takahashi
Chevron B21-Ford 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1975 Japan Nobuhide Tachi
Japan Haruhito Yanagida
March 73S-BMW 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1976 Japan Fumiyasu Sato
Japan Tetsuji Ozasa
March 73S-BMW 1,000 km (620 mi) 1000 km Fuji
1977 Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Japan Takashi Yorino
Japan Katayama Racing March 76S-Mazda 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1978 Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Japan Tsunehisa Asai
Japan Katayama Racing March 75S-Mazda 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1979 Japan Hiroshi Fushida
United States Richard Thomas Geck
Japan Fushida Racers Chevron B36-Mazda 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1980 Japan Keiichi Suzuki
Japan Mutsuaki Sanada
Japan Sanada Racing Chevron B36-BMW 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1981 Japan Naohiro Fujita
Japan Fumiyasu Sato
Japan Tetsuji Ozasa
Japan Racing Mate Project Team March 73S-Mazda 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1982 Japan Naoki Nagasaka
Japan Fumiyasu Sato
Japan Auto Beaurex Motor Sports BMW M1 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1983 Japan Naohiro Fujita
Australia Vern Schuppan
Japan Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1984 Japan Kaoru Iida
Japan Taku Akikake
Japan Team Taku Mazda 83C 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres Fuji Long Distance Series
1985 Japan Keiichi Suzuki
Australia Vern Schuppan
Japan Trust Racing Team Porsche 956 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Endurance Championship report
1986 Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Kenji Takahashi
Japan Advan Sports Nova Porsche 962C 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Endurance Championship report
1987 Australia Alan Jones
Japan Masanori Sekiya
United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Japan Toyota Team TOM'S Toyota 87C 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
1988 Denmark Kris Nissen
Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Japan Leyton House Racing Team Porsche 962C 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
1989 Japan Keiji Matsumoto
Australia Vern Schuppan
Sweden Eje Elgh
Australia Omron Racing Porsche 962C 1,000 km (620 mi) JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
1990 Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Japan Naoki Nagasaka
Japan Toyota Team SARD Toyota 89C-V 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
1991 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Nissan Motorsports Nissan R91CP 1,000 km (620 mi) All Japan Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
1992 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Nissan Motorsports Nissan R92CP 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
1993-1998: Not held
1999 France Érik Comas
Japan Satoshi Motoyama
Japan Masami Kageyama
Japan NISMO Nissan R391 1,000 km (620 mi) Le Mans Fuji 1000 Kilometres Non-championship report
2000-2006: Not held
2007 Japan Hideki Noda
Japan Shinsuke Yamazaki
Japan Hitotsuyama Racing Zytek 04S 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 km Japan Le Mans Challenge report
2008-2011: Not held
2012 Austria Alexander Wurz
France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 Hybrid 6 hours 6 Hours of Fuji FIA World Endurance Championship report
2013 Austria Alexander Wurz
France Nicolas Lapierre
Japan Kazuki Nakajima
Japan Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 Hybrid 2:56:05
Race Did Not Start
(Weather)
6 Hours of Fuji FIA World Endurance Championship report
2014 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Japan Toyota Racing Toyota TS040 Hybrid 6:00:39 6 Hours of Fuji FIA World Endurance Championship report
2015 Germany Timo Bernhard
Australia Mark Webber
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Germany Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid 6:00:25 6 Hours of Fuji FIA World Endurance Championship report

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.

WEC in Japan / Interchallenge Fuji

Year Overall Winner(s) Entrant Car Distance/Duration Race Title Championship Report
1982 Belgium Jacky Ickx
Germany Jochen Mass
Germany Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 6 hours WEC in Japan World Endurance Championship report
1983 Germany Stefan Bellof
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Germany Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 1,000 km (620 mi) WEC in Japan World Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1984 Germany Stefan Bellof
United Kingdom John Watson
Germany Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 1,000 km (620 mi) WEC in Japan World Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1985 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Akira Hagiwara
Japan Keiji Matsumoto
Japan Hoshino Racing March 85G-Nissan 1,000 km (620 mi)A WEC Japan World Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1986 Italy Paolo Barilla
Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani
Germany Joest Racing Porsche 956B 1,000 km (620 mi) WEC in Japan World Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1987 Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom John Watson
United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 1,000 km (620 mi) WEC in Japan World Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
report
1988 United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United States Eddie Cheever
United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres World Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
report
1989 Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
Italy Paolo Barilla
Japan Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 89C-V 1,000 km (620 mi) Inter-Challenge Fuji 1000 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
1990 Cancelled due to bad weather
1991 Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Toshio Suzuki
Japan Nissan Motorsports Nissan R91CP 1,000 km (620 mi) Interchallenge Fuji 1000 km All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
1992 United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Japan Toyota Team Tom's TS010 1,000 km (620 mi) Fuji 1000 Kilometres All Japan Sports Prototype Championship report
^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.

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