World Endurance Championship - 6 Hours Of Fuji
6 Hours Of Fuji
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Display & Timezone
Showing times for Africa/Johannesburg
Timezone
Africa - Johannesburg
26 - 29 Sep
Completed
Fuji Speedway
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Track Info
Fuji Speedway - Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan
Grand Prix venue in the foothills of Mount Fuji - clockwise - 4.563 km with 16 turns and a monster 1.475 km main straight that dictates slipstream battles and heavy-brake overtakes
When was the track built?
Fuji was conceived in the early 1960s as a US-style superspeedway. Funding shortfalls meant only one high-banked turn, Daiichi, was completed; the project pivoted to a road course that opened in 1965. The hazardous banking was bypassed after fatal accidents and ultimately removed in the 1970s. A full Hermann Tilke redesign in 2003–2005 created today’s 4.563 km Grand Prix layout.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race season was 1965, with major international fixtures arriving in 1966, including the Japanese GP for sports cars and the FIM motorcycle GP. Fuji later hosted Japan’s first Formula 1 World Championship rounds in 1976 and 1977, then again in 2007–2008 after the rebuild.
What’s the circuit like?
- Power then precision: The 1.475 km pit straight launches the lap into a heavy stop for T1, before flowing sections like 100R and a technical final sector around Panasonic Corner.
- Weather wildcard: Sitting under Mount Fuji, conditions can swing from clear to foggy or wet within a session, amplifying strategy calls and tyre life.
- Brake-and-traction test: Big stops into T1 and T10 reward stability, while long-radius arcs punish rear tyres over a stint in GT and prototypes.
- Benchmark pace: F1 race-lap 1:18.426, Super Formula 1:21.391, WEC Hypercar around 1:30–1:31 in race conditions, Super GT GT500 sub-1:29 in 2025.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- Formula 1 - race lap: 1:18.426 - Felipe Massa, Ferrari F2008, 2008.
- Super Formula - race lap: 1:21.391 - Nirei Fukuzumi, Dallara SF19, 2020.
- WEC Hypercar - race lap references: LMH 1:30.735 - Kamui Kobayashi (2022) • LMDh 1:30.507 - Will Stevens (2025).
- Super GT GT500 - race lap: 1:28.441 - Nirei Fukuzumi, Toyota GR Supra GT500, 2025.
Why go?
Few places serve a bigger speed hit than Fuji’s front straight, and the infield lets you watch prototypes or GT500s switch from aero grip to traction fights in a heartbeat. With WEC, Super GT and Super Formula on the bill, it’s a year-round destination framed by Mount Fuji’s backdrop.
Where’s the best place to watch?
- T1 grandstands: Starts, restarts and the heaviest stop on the lap after the 1.475 km draft.
- 100R complex: Long, loaded right-hander shows who has tyre in hand and who’s hanging on.
- Final sector - Panasonic Corner: Mistakes here decide overtakes down the straight and photo finishes at the flag.
Not just one series - headline events at Fuji
FIA WEC - 6 Hours of Fuji: Prototypes hit 330+ km/h before T1 and race strategy pivots on traffic through the infield.
Super GT: Golden Week’s Fuji 500 km is a Japanese classic with GT500/GT300 multi-class chess.
Super Formula: Japan’s top single-seaters hammer the aero corners and deliver sub-1:22 race laps.
Hotels & Accommodation
6 Hours Of Fuji
26 - 29 Sep
Completed
Fuji Speedway
Track Info
Fuji Speedway - Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan
Grand Prix venue in the foothills of Mount Fuji - clockwise - 4.563 km with 16 turns and a monster 1.475 km main straight that dictates slipstream battles and heavy-brake overtakes
When was the track built?
Fuji was conceived in the early 1960s as a US-style superspeedway. Funding shortfalls meant only one high-banked turn, Daiichi, was completed; the project pivoted to a road course that opened in 1965. The hazardous banking was bypassed after fatal accidents and ultimately removed in the 1970s. A full Hermann Tilke redesign in 2003–2005 created today’s 4.563 km Grand Prix layout.
When was its first race?
The venue’s first race season was 1965, with major international fixtures arriving in 1966, including the Japanese GP for sports cars and the FIM motorcycle GP. Fuji later hosted Japan’s first Formula 1 World Championship rounds in 1976 and 1977, then again in 2007–2008 after the rebuild.
What’s the circuit like?
- Power then precision: The 1.475 km pit straight launches the lap into a heavy stop for T1, before flowing sections like 100R and a technical final sector around Panasonic Corner.
- Weather wildcard: Sitting under Mount Fuji, conditions can swing from clear to foggy or wet within a session, amplifying strategy calls and tyre life.
- Brake-and-traction test: Big stops into T1 and T10 reward stability, while long-radius arcs punish rear tyres over a stint in GT and prototypes.
- Benchmark pace: F1 race-lap 1:18.426, Super Formula 1:21.391, WEC Hypercar around 1:30–1:31 in race conditions, Super GT GT500 sub-1:29 in 2025.
Lap records and benchmarks (by series)
- Formula 1 - race lap: 1:18.426 - Felipe Massa, Ferrari F2008, 2008.
- Super Formula - race lap: 1:21.391 - Nirei Fukuzumi, Dallara SF19, 2020.
- WEC Hypercar - race lap references: LMH 1:30.735 - Kamui Kobayashi (2022) • LMDh 1:30.507 - Will Stevens (2025).
- Super GT GT500 - race lap: 1:28.441 - Nirei Fukuzumi, Toyota GR Supra GT500, 2025.
Why go?
Few places serve a bigger speed hit than Fuji’s front straight, and the infield lets you watch prototypes or GT500s switch from aero grip to traction fights in a heartbeat. With WEC, Super GT and Super Formula on the bill, it’s a year-round destination framed by Mount Fuji’s backdrop.
Where’s the best place to watch?
- T1 grandstands: Starts, restarts and the heaviest stop on the lap after the 1.475 km draft.
- 100R complex: Long, loaded right-hander shows who has tyre in hand and who’s hanging on.
- Final sector - Panasonic Corner: Mistakes here decide overtakes down the straight and photo finishes at the flag.
Not just one series - headline events at Fuji
FIA WEC - 6 Hours of Fuji: Prototypes hit 330+ km/h before T1 and race strategy pivots on traffic through the infield.
Super GT: Golden Week’s Fuji 500 km is a Japanese classic with GT500/GT300 multi-class chess.
Super Formula: Japan’s top single-seaters hammer the aero corners and deliver sub-1:22 race laps.
