2015 6 Hours of Fuji explained

The 2015 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 9–11 October 2015, and served as the sixth race of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Porsche's Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Average Time	Grid
1	LMP1	No. 17 Porsche Team	1:22.763	1
2	LMP1	No. 18 Porsche Team	1:23.071	2
3	LMP1	No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:23.082	3
4	LMP1	No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest	1:23.245	4
5	LMP1	No. 1 Toyota Racing	1:25.072	5
6	LMP1	No. 2 Toyota Racing	1:25.327	6
7	LMP1	No. 13 Rebellion Racing	1:28.492	7
8	LMP1	No. 12 Rebellion Racing	1:28.641	8
9	LMP1	No. 4 Team ByKolles	1:30.740	9
10	LMP2	No. 26 G-Drive Racing	1:31.529	10
11	LMP2	No. 28 G-Drive Racing	1:31.750	11
12	LMP2	No. 43 Team SARD Morand	1:32.163	12
13	LMP2	No. 47 KCMG	1:32.275	13
14	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	1:32.483	14
15	LMP2	No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:32.558	15
16	LMP2	No. 42 Strakka Racing	1:33.490	16
17	LMP2	No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports	1:34.892	17
18	LMGTE Pro	No. 71 AF Corse	1:38.295	18
19	LMGTE Pro	No. 51 AF Corse	1:38.403	19
20	LMGTE Pro	No. 99 Aston Martin Racing V8	1:38.540	20
21	LMGTE Pro	No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey	1:38.751	21
22	LMGTE Pro	No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey	1:38.864	22
23	LMGTE Pro	No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	1:38.979	23
24	LMGTE Pro	No. 95 Aston Martin Racing	1:39.028	24
25	LMGTE Am	No. 72 SMP Racing	1:40.128	25
26	LMGTE Am	No. 98 Aston Martin Racing	1:40.442	26
27	LMGTE Am	No. 83 AF Corse	1:40.516	27
28	LMGTE Am	No. 77 Dempsey Racing-Proton	1:41.055	28
29	LMGTE Am	No. 96 Aston Martin Racing	1:41.181	29
30	LMGTE Am	No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	1:48.415	30
–	LMGTE Am	No. 50 Larbre Compétition	No Time	31

– The No. 50 Larbre Competition had its qualifying lap time deleted due to non-conformity of the car's fuel cell ventilation valve, but was allowed to start from the rear of the grid.^[3]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.^[4]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	17	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber	Porsche 919 Hybrid		216
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
2	LMP1	18	Porsche Team	Marc Lieb Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid		216
					Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
3	LMP1	7	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		215
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
4	LMP1	8	Audi Sport Team Joest	Loïc Duval Lucas di Grassi Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro		214
					Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
5	LMP1	1	Toyota Racing	Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		214
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
6	LMP1	2	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway	Toyota TS040 Hybrid		203
					Toyota 3.7 L V8
7	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Mathias Beche	Rebellion R-One		203
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
8	LMP1	4	Team ByKolles	Simon Trummer Pierre Kaffer	CLM P1/01		199
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
9	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Julien Canal Sam Bird	Ligier JS P2		198
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici Paul-Loup Chatin Vincent Capillaire	Alpine A450b		198
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11	LMP2	28	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González Pipo Derani	Ligier JS P2		197
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	30	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P2		194
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
13	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		193
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14	LMP2	43	Team SARD Morand	Oliver Webb Pierre Ragues Chris Cumming	Morgan LMP2 Evo		193
					SARD 3.6 L V8
15	LMGTE Pro	92	Porsche Team Manthey	Patrick Pilet Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR		192
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Davide Rigon James Calado	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		192
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Pro	91	Porsche Team Manthey	Richard Lietz Michael Christensen	Porsche 911 RSR		192
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMP2	42	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts	Gibson 015S		192
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Pro	95	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		191
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		190
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
21	LMGTE Pro	99	Aston Martin Racing V8	Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		190
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	77	Dempsey Racing-Proton	Patrick Dempsey Patrick Long Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 RSR		187
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		187
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24	LMGTE Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		186
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25	LMP2	31	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Ligier JS P2		186
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
26	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Nicolai Sylvest	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R		185
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
27	LMGTE Am	88	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Christian Ried Earl Bamber Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR		185
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28	LMGTE Am	72	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaitar Aleksey Basov Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2		185
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
29	LMGTE Am	96	Aston Martin Racing	Liam Griffin Stuart Hall Francesco Castellacci	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE		184
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
30	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Alexandre Imperatori Daniel Abt	Rebellion R-One		164
					AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
DNF	LMP2	47	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Nick Tandy	Oreca 05		192
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Porsche Dominates Rain-Affected 6H Fuji. John Dagys Media . sportscar365.com . Dagys . John . 11 October 2015 . 11 October 2015.
2. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Final Classification . . PDF . 10 October 2015 . 11 October 2015.
3. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race (360') Final Starting Grid . . PDF . 11 October 2015 . 11 October 2015.
4. Web site: FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race Final Classification . . PDF . 11 October 2015 . 11 October 2015.