2024 6 Hours of Fuji

The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the race being held in every WEC season, except the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.^[1]

36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. The only changes from the Lone Star Le Mans entry list are Jules Gounon replacing Paul-Loup Chatin in the No. 35 Alpine, and Christian Ried replacing Ben Keating in the No. 88 Ford.^[2][3]

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, and the session on Saturday morning lasted 40 minutes, after being scheduled to last 60 minutes.^[4]

The first practice session started at 11:00 JST on Friday. Laurens Vanthoor topped the sheets with a lap time of 1 minute, 30.561 seconds in his No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, 0.010 seconds quicker than second-placed Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota. Antonio Fuoco rounded out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari, 0.543 seconds behind Vanthoor.^[5] Marino Sato was quickest in his No. 95 United Autosports McLaren in LMGT3, with a lap time of 1:40.528. Alessio Rovera set an identical fastest lap time in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari, with Davide Rigon in the sister No. 54 Ferrari 0.265 seconds behind both Sato and Rovera.^[6] The session saw one red flag: the No. 95 McLaren stopped at turn 10 after contact with the No. 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac.^[6]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Laurens Vanthoor	1:30.561
LMGT3	95	United Autosports	Marino Sato	1:40.528
Source:[7][8]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

The second practice session started at 15:30 JST on Friday, with Dries Vanthoor quickest in the No. 15 BMW M Team WRT BMW: he set a lap of 1 minute, 29.577 seconds. Vanthoor's lap was 0.009 seconds quicker than that of Matt Campbell in the No. 5 Porsche, with Alex Lynn claiming third place in the No. 2 Cadillac.^[9] LMGT3 was topped by Rovera in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap time of 1:40.682. Hiroshi Koizumi was second in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, 0.169 seconds slower. The top three was rounded out by Franck Perera in the No. 60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini.^[10]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	Dries Vanthoor	1:29.577
LMGT3	55	Vista AF Corse	Alessio Rovera	1:40.682
Source:[11][12]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

The third and final practice session started at 10:20 JST on Saturday. Hirakawa topped the timing sheets in the No. 8 Toyota with a lap time of 1:29.621. Lynn was second in the No. 2 Cadillac, 0.086 seconds slower, with Fuoco rounding out the top three in the No. 50 Ferrari.^[13] François Heriau topped the LMGT3 cars in the No. 55 Ferrari, with a lap of 1 minute, 41.206 seconds. Rigon was in second in the sister Ferrari, 0.107 seconds slower, with Arnold Robin rounding out the top three.^[14] The session was red-flagged after 40 minutes due to curbing issues in turn 1.^[14]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Ryō Hirakawa	1:29.577
LMGT3	55	Vista AF Corse	François Heriau	1:40.682
Source:[15][16]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Entrant	Qualifying	Hyperpole	Grid
1	Hypercar	2	Cadillac Racing	1:29.090	1:28.901	1
2	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:29.513	1:28.942	2
3	Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	1:29.505	1:29.059	3
4	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	1:29.423	1:29.065	4
5	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:29.256	1:29.152	5
6	Hypercar	35	Alpine Endurance Team	1:29.402	1:29.154	6
7	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:29.510	1:29.196	7
8	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:29.591	1:29.223	8
9	Hypercar	63	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	1:29.721	1:29.582	9
10	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	1:29.399	1:29.589	10
11	Hypercar	20	BMW M Team WRT	1:29.724		11
12	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:29.772		12
13	Hypercar	83	AF Corse	1:29.829		13
14	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:29.883		14
15	Hypercar	36	Alpine Endurance Team	1:30.028		15
16	Hypercar	12	Hertz Team Jota	1:30.072		16
17	Hypercar	38	Hertz Team Jota	1:30.092		17
18	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	1:30.157		18
19	LMGT3	55	Vista AF Corse	1:40.932	1:40.893	19
20	LMGT3	81	TF Sport	1:41.110	1:40.975	20
21	LMGT3	95	United Autosports	1:41.332	1:41.120	21
22	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	1:41.189	1:41.265	22
23	LMGT3	59	United Autosports	1:41.619	1:41.293	23
24	LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	1:41.527	1:41.308	24
25	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	1:41.267	1:41.310	25
26	LMGT3	27	Heart of Racing Team	1:41.426	1:41.397	26
27	LMGT3	54	Vista AF Corse	1:41.483	1:41.608	27
28	LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	1:41.440	1:41.719	28
29	LMGT3	87	Akkodis ASP Team	1:41.850		29
30	LMGT3	46	Team WRT	1:41.866		30
31	LMGT3	777	D'station Racing	1:41.908		31
32	LMGT3	92	Manthey PureRxcing	1:41.935		32
33	LMGT3	91	Manthey EMA	1:41.999		33
34	LMGT3	31	Team WRT	1:42.013		34
35	LMGT3	88	Proton Competition	1:42.502		35
36	LMGT3	60	Iron Lynx	1:43.417		36
Source:[17]