2016 6 Hours of Fuji

File:Circuit Fuji.svg

The 2016 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 14–16 October 2016, and served as the seventh race of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota's Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi won the race driving the No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing car.{{cite web|title=Toyota beats Audi to 6 Hours of Fuji victory|url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2016/10/16/13073/|work=Motorsport Week|date=16 October 2016|access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite web|title=Toyota wins epic 6 Hours of Fuji|url=https://www.autoracing1.com/pl/98206/toyota-wins-epic-6-hours-of-fuji/|work=AutoRacing123|date=16 October 2016|access-date=30 October 2024}}

Qualifying

=Qualifying result=

Pole position in Class is in bold.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/07_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/140_FIA%20WEC/201610151435_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji - Qualifying Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 15 October 2016 | access-date = 17 October 2016}}

class="wikitable"
PosClassTeamAverage TimeGrid
1

|LMP1||No. 8 Audi Sport Team Joest||1:23.570||1

2

|LMP1||No. 1 Porsche Team||1:23.595||2

3

|LMP1||No. 5 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:23.739||3

4

|LMP1||No. 6 Toyota Gazoo Racing||1:23.781||4

5

|LMP1||No. 7 Audi Sport Team Joest||1:23.856||5

6

|LMP1||No. 2 Porsche Team||1:24.134||6

7

|LMP1||No. 13 Rebellion Racing||1:28.837||7

8

|LMP1||No. 4 ByKolles Racing||1:29.827||8

9

|LMP2||No. 26 G-Drive Racing||1:31.698||9

10

|LMP2||No. 36 Signatech Alpine||1:31.919||10

11

|LMP2||No. 30 Extreme Speed Motorsports||1:31.945||11

12

|LMP2||No. 42 Strakka Racing||1:32.007||12

13

|LMP2||No. 43 RGR Sport by Morand||1:32.128||13

14

|LMP2||No. 44 Manor||1:32.214||14

15

|LMP2||No. 45 Manor||1:32.536||15

16

|LMP2||No. 31 Extreme Speed Motorsports||1:32.932||16

17

|LMP2||No. 37 SMP Racing||1:33.046||17

18

|LMP2||No. 27 SMP Racing||1:33.133||18

19

|LMP2||No. 35 Baxi DC Racing Alpine||1:33.472||19

20

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||1:37.681||20

21

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 67 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK||1:37.725||21

22

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 71 AF Corse||1:38.010||22

23

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 51 AF Corse||1:38.103||23

24

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 95 Aston Martin Racing||1:38.175||24

25

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 97 Aston Martin Racing||1:38.442||25

26

|LMGTE-Pro||No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing||1:38.910||26

27

|LMGTE-Am||No. 98 Aston Martin Racing||1:39.490||27

28

|LMGTE-Am||No. 83 AF Corse||1:39.863||28

29

|LMGTE-Am||No. 50 Larbre Compétition||1:39.956||29

30

|LMGTE-Am||No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing||1:40.587||30

31

|LMGTE-Am||No. 78 KCMG||1:40.834||31

32

|LMGTE-Am||No. 86 Gulf Racing||1:41.734||32

Race

=Race result=

Class winners are denoted with bold.{{cite web | url = http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/06_2016/07_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/140_FIA%20WEC/201610161100_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF | title = FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji - Race Final Classification | publisher = Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | format = PDF | date = 16 October 2016 | access-date = 18 October 2016}}

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! rowspan=2 | Pos

! rowspan=2 | Class

! rowspan=2 | No

! rowspan=2 | Team

! rowspan=2 | Drivers

! Chassis

! rowspan=2 | Tyre

! rowspan=2 | Laps

Engine
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Gazoo Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin
{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Conway
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kamui Kobayashi

| Toyota TS050 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 244

style="font-weight:bold"

| Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6

rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 8

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Joest

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Jarvis

| Audi R18

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 244

Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6
rowspan=2 | 3

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Porsche Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Timo Bernhard
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Webber
{{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley

| Porsche 919 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 244

Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
rowspan=2 | 4

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 5

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Gazoo Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Anthony Davidson
{{flagicon|CHE}} Sébastien Buemi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Nakajima

| Toyota TS050 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 244

Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 5

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Porsche Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Dumas
{{flagicon|CHE}} Neel Jani
{{flagicon|DEU}} Marc Lieb

| Porsche 919 Hybrid

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 243

Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
rowspan=2 | 6

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 13

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Rebellion Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Mathéo Tuscher
{{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Kraihamer
{{flagicon|CHE}} Alexandre Imperatori

| Rebellion R-One

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 229

AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 7

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 26

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} G-Drive Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Rusinov
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Brundle
{{flagicon|GBR}} Will Stevens

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 223

style="font-weight:bold"

| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 8

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 43

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|MEX}} RGR Sport by Morand

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Ricardo González
{{flagicon|PRT}} Filipe Albuquerque
{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 223

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 9

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 36

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Signatech Alpine

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Gustavo Menezes
{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre
{{flagicon|MON}} Stéphane Richelmi

| Alpine A460

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 223

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 10

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 30

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Giovinazzi
{{flagicon|NED}} Giedo van der Garde
{{flagicon|IDN}} Sean Gelael

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 223

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 11

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 31

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Extreme Speed Motorsports

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ryan Dalziel
{{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani
{{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Cumming

| Ligier JS P2

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 222

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 12

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 42

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Strakka Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jonny Kane
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Williamson

| Gibson 015S

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 222

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 13

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 44

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Manor

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Matt Rao
{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Bradley
{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Merhi

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 222

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 14

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 27

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Minassian
{{flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio Mediani
{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Aleshin

| BR Engineering BR01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 222

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 15

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 35

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Baxi DC Racing Alpine

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} David Cheng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ho-Pin Tung
{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul-Loup Chatin

| Alpine A460

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 221

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 16

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 37

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} SMP Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Petrov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Kirill Ladygin
{{flagicon|RUS}} Viktor Shaytar

| BR Engineering BR01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 220

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 17

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 67

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Priaulx
{{flagicon|GBR}} Harry Tincknell

| Ford GT

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 212

style="font-weight:bold"

| Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6

rowspan=2 | 18

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 66

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Mücke
{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Pla

| Ford GT

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 212

Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | 19

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 51

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianmaria Bruni
{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado

| Ferrari 488 GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 212

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 20

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 71

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Rigon
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

| Ferrari 488 GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 212

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan=2 | 21

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 95

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DNK}} Nicki Thiim
{{flagicon|DNK}} Marco Sørensen

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 211

Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 22

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 97

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway
{{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Turner

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 211

Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 23

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Pro

| rowspan=2 | 77

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Dempsey-Proton Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Richard Lietz
{{flagicon|DEN}} Michael Christensen

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 210

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
style="font-weight:bold"

! rowspan=2 | 24

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 98

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Paul Dalla Lana
{{flagicon|PRT}} Pedro Lamy
{{flagicon|AUT}} Mathias Lauda

| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 208

style="font-weight:bold"

| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8

rowspan=2 | 25

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 83

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} AF Corse

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} François Perrodo
{{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Collard
{{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Águas

| Ferrari 458 Italia GT2

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 207

Ferrari 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 26

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 78

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|HKG}} KCMG

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Ried
{{flagicon|DEU}} Wolf Henzler
{{flagicon|CHE}} Joël Camathias

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 206

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 27

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 86

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Gulf Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Michael Wainwright
{{flagicon|GBR}} Adam Carroll
{{flagicon|GBR}} Ben Barker

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 205

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 28

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 88

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ARE}} Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|ARE}} Khaled Al Qubaisi
{{flagicon|DNK}} David Heinemeier Hansson
{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Long

| Porsche 911 RSR

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 200

Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
rowspan=2 | 29

| rowspan=2 | LMP2

| rowspan=2 | 45

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Manor

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|THA}} Tor Graves
{{flagicon|GBR}} Alex Lynn
{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Nakano

| Oreca 05

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 190

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | 30

| rowspan=2 | LMGTE
Am

| rowspan=2 | 50

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Larbre Compétition

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaka Yamagishi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Ragues
{{flagicon|USA}} Ricky Taylor

| Chevrolet Corvette C7.R

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 147{{refn|group=N|name=Larbre Compétition|The No. 50 Larbre Compétition Chevrolet was penalized by the stewards after the race for failing to achieve the minimum driver time for Ricky Taylor. Twenty-five laps was added to race time for Larbre Compétition to account for the amount of time Taylor was short of his requirement.{{cite web|last=Dagys|first=John|title=Fuji Post-Race Notebook|url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/fuji-post-race-notebook-2/|work=SportsCar365|date=17 October 2016|access-date=30 October 2024}}}}

Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8
rowspan=2 | DNF

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 4

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|AUT}} ByKolles Racing Team

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Simon Trummer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Webb
{{flagicon|DEU}} Pierre Kaffer

| CLM P1/01

| rowspan=2 | {{Dunlop}}

| rowspan=2 | 79

AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6
rowspan=2 | DNF

| rowspan=2 | LMP1

| rowspan=2 | 7

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport Team Joest

| rowspan=2 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Marcel Fässler
{{flagicon|DEU}} André Lotterer
{{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Tréluyer

| Audi R18

| rowspan=2 | {{Michelin}}

| rowspan=2 | 36

Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6

=Notes=

{{reflist|group=N}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Sportscar Race Report

| Year_of_race = 2016

| Sportscar_Series = FIA World Endurance Championship

| Previous_race_in_season = 6 Hours of COTA

| Next_race_in_season = 6 Hours of Shanghai

}}

{{6 Hours of Fuji}}

{{WEC Rounds}}

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2016

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Fuji

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