2025 6 Hours of Fuji

Japan 2025 6 Hours of Fuji
Event information
Round 7 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date28 September 2025
LocationOyama, Shizuoka
VenueFuji Speedway
Duration6 Hours
Results
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:28.236
TeamUnited Kingdom Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
Winners
TeamFrance Alpine Endurance Team
DriversFrance Paul-Loup Chatin
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
France Charles Milesi
LMGT3
Winners
TeamUnited Kingdom TF Sport
DriversAngola Rui Andrade
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Belgium Tom van Rompuy

The 2025 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 28 September 2025, as the seventh of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the twelfth running of the event in its current format in the World Endurance Championship and the 100th race of the championship overall since its inaugural race at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2012.[1]

Entry list

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36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: JST) Event
Friday, 26 September 10:15 Free Practice 1
14:30 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 27 September 09:50 Free Practice 3
14:20 Qualifying - LMGT3
14:40 Hyperpole - LMGT3
15:00 Qualifying - Hypercar
15:20 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Sunday, 28 September 11:00 Race
Source:[3]

Practice

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Three practice session were held: two were held on Friday, and one was held on Saturday. The sessions on Friday morning and Friday afternoon lasted 90 minutes, while the Saturday session 60 minutes.

Qualifying

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Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 12 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:29.082 1:28.236 1
2 Hypercar 38 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:29.332 1:28.675 2
3 Hypercar 009 United States Aston Martin THOR Team 1:28.935 1:28.705 3
4 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:28.989 1:28.716 4
5 Hypercar 20 Germany BMW M Team WRT 1:29.392 1:28.854 5
6 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.300 1:28.945 6
7 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.183 1:29.031 7
8 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.252 1:29.071 8
9 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:29.297 1:29.080 9
10 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse 1:29.330 1:29.245 10
11 Hypercar 007 United States Aston Martin THOR Team 1:29.424 11
12 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:29.426 12
13 Hypercar 15 Germany BMW M Team WRT 1:29.478 13
14 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:29.495 14
15 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:29.506 15
16 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:29.832 16
17 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:29.920 17
18 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:30.085 18
19 LMGT3 10 France Racing Spirit of Léman 1:41.234 1:39.981 19
20 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:40.918 1:40.011 20
21 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:40.469 1:40.013 21
22 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team 1:41.154 1:40.387 22
23 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm 1:41.210 1:40.414 23
24 LMGT3 33 United Kingdom TF Sport 1:41.024 1:40.426 24
25 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport 1:40.952 1:40.490 25
26 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse 1:41.375 1:40.600 26
27 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition 1:41.269 1:40.708 27
28 LMGT3 21 Italy Vista AF Corse 1:41.221 1:40.819 28
29 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT 1:41.436 29
30 LMGT3 61 Italy Iron Lynx 1:41.611 30
31 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.626 31
33 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team 1:41.886 33
32 LMGT3 31 Belgium The Bend Team WRT 1:41.788 32
34 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx 1:41.963 34
35 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames 1:42.284 35
36 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition No time 36
Source:[4][5]

Race

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The race started at 11:00 JST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.[3]

Race results

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Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Paul-Loup Chatin
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
France Charles Milesi
Alpine A424 M 202 6:00:38.167‡
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 202 +7.682
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 202 +8.167
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
4 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
France Julien Andlauer
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 963 M 202 +16.083
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 Hypercar 009 United States Aston Martin THOR Team Spain Alex Riberas
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Valkyrie M 202 +39.761
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
6 Hypercar 12 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Alex Lynn
France Norman Nato
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Cadillac V-Series.R M 202 +43.567
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 202 +45.031
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
8 Hypercar 20 Germany BMW M Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany René Rast
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 202 +50.362
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Poland Robert Kubica
China Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P M 202 +58.989
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8 M 202 +1:11.542
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
11 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition Switzerland Neel Jani
Chile Nico Pino
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Porsche 963 M 202 +1:14.826
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
12 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 202 +2:08.878
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
13 Hypercar 38 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Sébastien Bourdais
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Cadillac V-Series.R M 201 +1 Lap
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
14 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team France Jules Gounon
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Mick Schumacher
Alpine A424 M 201 +1 Lap
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
15 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 201 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
16 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 200 +2 laps
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
17 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport Angola Rui Andrade
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Belgium Tom van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 185 +17 Laps‡
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
18 LMGT3 21 Italy Vista AF Corse France François Heriau
United States Simon Mann
Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 185 +17 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
19 LMGT3 31 Belgium The Bend Team WRT Timur Boguslavskiy
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Australia Yasser Shahin
BMW M4 GT3 G 185 +17 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
20 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Italy Valentino Rossi
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
BMW M4 GT3 G 185 +17 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
21 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm United States Ryan Hardwick
Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 185 +17 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
22 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 185 +17 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
23 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Italy Mattia Drudi
United Kingdom Ian James
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 184 +18 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
24 LMGT3 61 Italy Iron Lynx Australia Martin Berry
Netherlands Lin Hodenius
Belgium Maxime Martin
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 184 +18 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
25 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Germany Finn Gehrsitz
France Arnold Robin
Lexus RC F GT3 G 184 +18 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
26 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports Indonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
Japan Marino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 184 +18 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGT3 33 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Spain Daniel Juncadella
United States Ben Keating
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 184 +18 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
28 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker
Portugal Bernardo Sousa
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
Ford Mustang GT3 G 184 +18 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
29 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Célia Martin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 184 +18 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
30 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports France Sébastien Baud
United Kingdom James Cottingham
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 184 +18 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
31 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Austria Clemens Schmid
Romania Răzvan Umbrărescu
Lexus RC F GT3 G 184 +18 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
32 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
Spain Fran Rueda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 183 +19 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
33 LMGT3 10 France Racing Spirit of Léman Brazil Eduardo Barrichello
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
United States Derek DeBoer
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 183 +19 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Italy Stefano Gattuso
Italy Giammarco Levorato
Norway Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang GT3 G 143 Collision damage
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
Ret Hypercar 007 United States Aston Martin THOR Team United Kingdom Tom Gamble
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Aston Martin Valkyrie M 113 Collision
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
Ret Hypercar 15 Germany BMW M Team WRT Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 68 Accident
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:[6]

Sources

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