2018 4 Hours of Fuji

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The 2018 4 Hours of Fuji was the second round of the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on December 9, 2018, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.{{Cite web |title=4H Fuji: Thursday Paddock Notes |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/12/06/thursday-paddock-notes-20-cars-for-4-hours-of-fuji.html |access-date=September 1, 2024 |website=www.dailysportscar.com}}

Qualifying

=Qualifying results=

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

class="wikitable"

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Class

!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

!Entry

!Chassis

!Time

1

|LMP2

|22

|{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

|Ligier JS P2-Nissan

|1:31.685

2

|LMP2

|24

|{{flagicon|PRT}} Algarve Pro Racing

|Ligier JS P2-Judd

|1:32.020

3

|LMP2

|8

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Spirit of Race

|Ligier JS P2-Nissan

|1:32.154

4

|LMP2

|23

|{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

|Ligier JS P2-Nissan

|1:32.885

5

|LMP2

|25

|{{flagicon|PRT}} Algarve Pro Racing

|Ligier JS P2-Judd

|1:33.028

6

|LMP2

|4

|{{flagicon|SVK}} ARC Bratislava

|Ligier JS P2-Nissan

|1:33.098

7

|LMP2

|35

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Panis Barthez Competition

|Ligier JS P2-Judd

|1:34.751

8

|LMP3

|65

|{{flagicon|MYS}} Viper Niza Racing

|Ligier JS P3

|1:35.467

9

|LMP3

|2

|{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

|Ligier JS P3

|1:36.095

10

|LMP3

|3

|{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

|Ligier JS P3

|1:36.152

11

|LMP3

|36

|{{flagicon|PHL}} Eurasia Motorsport

|Ligier JS P3

|1:36.551

12

|LMP3

|13

|{{flagicon|POL}} Inter Europol Competition

|Ligier JS P3

|1:36.836

13

|LMP3

|7

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen

|Ligier JS P3

|1:36.838

14

|GT

|11

|{{flagicon|JPN}} CarGuy Racing

|Ferrari 488 GT3

|1:37.852

15

|GT

|51

|{{flagicon|CHE}} Spirit of Race

|Ferrari 488 GT3

|1:38.236

16

|GT

|88

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT

|Audi R8 LMS

|1:38.774

17

|GT

|66

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT

|Audi R8 LMS

|1:39.659

18

|GT

|5

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Red River Sport by TF Sport

|Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

|1:45.266

19

|LMP3

|50

|{{flagicon|JPN}} R24

|Ligier JS P3

|1:52.964

20

|LMP3

|79

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen

|Ligier JS P3

|—

colspan="6" |Source:{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2024 |title=2018 4 Hours of Fuji Qualifying |url=https://www.asianlemansseries.com/results/20182019/files/round2/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Qualifying.pdf |access-date=September 1, 2024 |website=Asian Le Mans Series}}

Race

= Race results =

Class winners in bold.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! rowspan="2" |Class

! rowspan="2" |{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan="2" |Entry

! rowspan="2" |Drivers

!Chassis

! rowspan="2" |Laps

Engine
rowspan="2" |1

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |24

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PRT}} Algarve Pro Racing

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Harrison Newey
{{flagicon|FRA}} Andrea Pizzitola

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |140

Judd HK 3.6 L V8
rowspan="2" |2

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |22

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Hanson
{{flagicon|GBR}} Paul di Resta

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |140

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |4

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|SVK}} ARC Bratislava

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Burke
{{flagicon|SVK}} Miroslav Konôpka
{{flagicon|CHN}} Kang Ling

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |138

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan="2" |4

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |35

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Panis Barthez Competition

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|FRA}} François Heriau
{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Lahaye

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |138

Judd HK 3.6 L V8
rowspan="2" |5

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |23

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Byrne
{{flagicon|USA}} Guy Cosmo
{{flagicon|TUR}} Salih Yoluç

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |138

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan="2" |6

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHE}} Spirit of Race

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Pipo Derani
{{flagicon|FRA}} Côme Ledogar
{{flagicon|SWE}} Alexander West

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |137

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
rowspan="2" |7

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Matthew Bell
{{flagicon|GBR}} Christian England
{{flagicon|NLD}} Kay van Berlo

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |135

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |8

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |13

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|POL}} Inter Europol Competition

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|POL}} Jakub Śmiechowski
{{flagicon|DEU}} Martin Hippe

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |134

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |9

| rowspan="2" |LMP2

| rowspan="2" |25

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PRT}} Algarve Pro Racing

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|DNK}} Anders Fjordbach
{{flagicon|USA}} Chris McMurry
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Patterson

|Ligier JS P2

| rowspan="2" |134

Judd HK 3.6 L V8
rowspan="2" |10

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |79

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Noble
{{flagicon|GBR}} Anthony Wells

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |133

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |11

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |7

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Nick Adcock
{{flagicon|DNK}} Christian Stubbe Olsen

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |133

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |12

| rowspan="2" |GT

| rowspan="2" |11

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|JPN}} CarGuy Racing

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} James Calado
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kei Cozzolino
{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kimura

|Ferrari 488 GT3

| rowspan="2" |132

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan="2" |13

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |2

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|USA}} United Autosports

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Wayne Boyd
{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Buncombe
{{flagicon|CAN}} Garett Grist

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |132

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |14

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |65

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|MYS}} Viper Niza Racing

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|MYS}} Douglas Khoo
{{flagicon|GBR}} Nigel Moore

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |132

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |15

| rowspan="2" |GT

| rowspan="2" |51

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHE}} Spirit of Race

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Francesco Piovanetti
{{flagicon|BRA}} Oswaldo Negri Jr.
{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Pier Guidi

|Ferrari 488 GT3

| rowspan="2" |131

Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
rowspan="2" |16

| rowspan="2" |GT

| rowspan="2" |66

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Wei
{{flagicon|ITA}} Max Wiser
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yaqi

|Audi R8 LMS

| rowspan="2" |130

Audi 5.2 L V10
rowspan="2" |17

| rowspan="2" |GT

| rowspan="2" |88

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|BEL}} Dries Vanthoor
{{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Chen Weian|English name: David Chen}}
{{flagicon|CHN}} Anthony Liu Xu

|Audi R8 LMS

| rowspan="2" |130

Audi 5.2 L V10
rowspan="2" |18

| rowspan="2" |GT

| rowspan="2" |5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Red River Sport by TF Sport

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Johnny Mowle
{{flagicon|GBR}} Bonamy Grimes
{{flagicon|GBR}} Ivor Dunbar

|Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

| rowspan="2" |129

Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
rowspan="2" |19

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |50

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|JPN}} R24

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Anna Inotsume
{{flagicon|JPN}} Sayaka Katō
{{flagicon|JPN}} Marie Iwaoka

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |116

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
rowspan="2" |DNF

| rowspan="2" |LMP3

| rowspan="2" |36

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHL}} Eurasia Motorsport

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuya Yamanaka
{{flagicon|AUS}} Aidan Read

|Ligier JS P3

| rowspan="2" |104

Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
colspan="7" |Source:{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2018 |title=2018 4 Hours of Fuji Race |url=https://www.asianlemansseries.com/results/20182019/files/round2/Asian%20Le%20Mans%20Series%20-%20Race.pdf |access-date=September 1, 2024 |website=Asian Le Mans Series}}

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