6 Hours of Fuji

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.

The start of the 2019 6 Hours of Fuji
6 Hours of Fuji
FIA World Endurance Championship
VenueFuji Speedway
First race1967
First FIA WEC race2012
Duration6 hours
Previous namesWorld Endurance Championship in Japan
Most wins (driver) Hiroshi Fushida (4)
Kazuki Nakajima (4)
Most wins (team) Toyota Gazoo Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)Toyota (14)

Results

Fuji 1000 km / 6 Hours of Fuji

YearOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleChampionshipReport
1967 Yoshio Otsubo
Shihomi Hosoya
Toyota 2000GT1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1968 Hiroshi Fushida
Mitsumasa Kanie
Toyota 71,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1969 Hiroshi Fushida
Yoshio Otsubo
Toyota 71,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1970 Motoharu Kurosawa
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Datsun 240Z1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1971 Yoshimasa Kawaguchi
Yoshifumi Kikura
Porsche 9101,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1972 Kiyoshi Misaki
Nobuhide Tachi
Toyota Sprinter Trueno1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1973 Kiyoshi Misaki
Harukuni Takahashi
Toyota Celica1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1974 Hiroshi Fushida
Harukuni Takahashi
Chevron B21-Ford1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1975 Nobuhide Tachi
Haruhito Yanagida
March 73S-BMW1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1976 Fumiyasu Sato
Tetsuji Ozasa
March 73S-BMW1,000 km (620 mi)1000 km Fuji
1977 Yoshimi Katayama
Takashi Yorino
Katayama RacingMarch 76S-Mazda1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1978 Yoshimi Katayama
Tsunehisa Asai
Katayama RacingMarch 75S-Mazda1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1979 Hiroshi Fushida
Richard Thomas Geck
Fushida RacersChevron B36-Mazda1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1980 Keiichi Suzuki
Mutsuaki Sanada
Sanada RacingChevron B36-BMW1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1981 Naohiro Fujita
Fumiyasu Sato
Tetsuji Ozasa
Racing Mate Project TeamMarch 73S-Mazda1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1982 Naoki Nagasaka
Fumiyasu Sato
Auto Beaurex Motor SportsBMW M11,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1983 Naohiro Fujita
Vern Schuppan
Trust Racing TeamPorsche 9561,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1984 Kaoru Iida
Taku Akikake
Team TakuMazda 83C1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresFuji Long Distance Series
1985 Keiichi Suzuki
Vern Schuppan
Trust Racing TeamPorsche 9561,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Endurance Championshipreport
1986 Kunimitsu Takahashi
Kenji Takahashi
Advan Sports NovaPorsche 962C1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Endurance Championshipreport
1987 Alan Jones
Masanori Sekiya
Geoff Lees
Toyota Team TOM'SToyota 87C1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1988 Kris Nissen
Bruno Giacomelli
Leyton House Racing TeamPorsche 962C1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1989 Keiji Matsumoto
Vern Schuppan
Eje Elgh
Omron RacingPorsche 962C1,000 km (620 mi)JAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 kmAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1990 Roland Ratzenberger
Naoki Nagasaka
Toyota Team SARDToyota 89C-V1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1991 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
Nissan MotorsportsNissan R91CP1,000 km (620 mi)All Japan Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1992 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
Nissan MotorsportsNissan R92CP1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1993-1998: Not held
1999 Érik Comas
Satoshi Motoyama
Masami Kageyama
NISMONissan R3911,000 km (620 mi)Le Mans Fuji 1000 KilometresNon-championshipreport
2000-2006: Not held
2007 Hideki Noda
Shinsuke Yamazaki
Hitotsuyama RacingZytek 04S1,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 kmJapan Le Mans Challengereport
2008-2011: Not held
2012 Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota RacingToyota TS030 Hybrid6:00:426 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2013 Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota RacingToyota TS030 Hybrid2:56:05
Race Did Not Start
(Weather)
6 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2014 Sébastien Buemi
Anthony Davidson
Toyota RacingToyota TS040 Hybrid6:00:396 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2015 Timo Bernhard
Mark Webber
Brendon Hartley
Porsche TeamPorsche 919 Hybrid6:00:256 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2016 Stéphane Sarrazin
Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 Hybrid6:00:376 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2017 Sébastien Buemi
Anthony Davidson
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 Hybrid4:24:50
(Stopped for fog)
6 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2018 Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
José María López
Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 Hybrid6:00:216 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2019 Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 Hybrid6:00:306 Hours of FujiFIA World Endurance Championshipreport
2020: Not held

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.

Wins by constructor
RankConstructorWinsYears
1 Toyota141967-1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012-2014, 2016-2019
2 Porsche71971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015
3 March51975-1978, 1981
4 Nissan41970, 1991, 1992, 1999
5 Chevron31974, 1979, 1980
6 BMW11982
Mazda1984
Reynard2007
Wins by engine manufacturer
RankEngine supplierWinsYears
1 Toyota141967-1969, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1990, 2012-2014, 2016-2019
2 Porsche71971, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2015
3 Mazda51977-1979, 1981, 1984
4 Nissan41970, 1991, 1992, 1999
BMW1975, 1976, 1980, 1982
6 Ford11974
Gibson2007
Drivers with multiple wins
RankDriverWinsYears
1 Hiroshi Fushida41968, 1969, 1974, 1979
Kazuki Nakajima2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
3 Fumiyasu Sato31976, 1981, 1982
Vern Schuppan1983, 1985, 1989
Sébastien Buemi2014, 2017, 2019
6 Yoshio Otsubo21967, 1969
Kunimitsu Takahashi1970, 1986
Kiyoshi Misaki1972, 1973
Nobuhide Tachi1972, 1975
Harukuni Takahashi1973, 1974
Tetsuji Ozasa1976, 1981
Yoshimi Katayama1977, 1978
Keiichi Suzuki1980, 1985
Naohiro Fujita1981, 1983
Naoki Nagasaka1982, 1990
Kazuyoshi Hoshino1991, 1992
Toshio Suzuki1991, 1992
Alexander Wurz2012, 2013
Nicolas Lapierre2012, 2013
Anthony Davidson2014, 2017
Brendon Hartley2015, 2019
Mike Conway2016, 2018
Kamui Kobayashi2016, 2018

WEC in Japan / Interchallenge Fuji

YearOverall Winner(s)EntrantCarDistance/DurationRace TitleChampionshipReport
1982 Jacky Ickx
Jochen Mass
Rothmans PorschePorsche 9566 hoursWEC in JapanWorld Endurance Championshipreport
1983 Stefan Bellof
Derek Bell
Rothmans PorschePorsche 9561,000 km (620 mi)WEC in JapanWorld Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1984 Stefan Bellof
John Watson
Rothmans PorschePorsche 9561,000 km (620 mi)WEC in JapanWorld Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1985 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Akira Hagiwara
Keiji Matsumoto
Hoshino RacingMarch 85G-Nissan1,000 km (620 mi)AWEC JapanWorld Endurance Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1986 Paolo Barilla
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Joest RacingPorsche 956B1,000 km (620 mi)WEC in JapanWorld Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Endurance Championship
report
1987 Jan Lammers
John Watson
Silk Cut JaguarJaguar XJR-81,000 km (620 mi)WEC in JapanWorld Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
report
1988 Martin Brundle
Eddie Cheever
Silk Cut JaguarJaguar XJR-91,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresWorld Sports Prototype Championship
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
report
1989 Hitoshi Ogawa
Paolo Barilla
Toyota Team Tom'sToyota 89C-V1,000 km (620 mi)Inter-Challenge Fuji 1000All Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1990 Cancelled due to bad weather
1991 Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki
Nissan MotorsportsNissan R91CP1,000 km (620 mi)Interchallenge Fuji 1000 kmAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
1992 Geoff Lees
Jan Lammers
Toyota Team Tom'sTS0101,000 km (620 mi)Fuji 1000 KilometresAll Japan Sports Prototype Championshipreport
^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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