2019 6 Hours of Fuji

The 2019 6 Hours of Fuji was an <a href="/facts/Endurance_racing_(motorsport)/Hrzj9IyX">endurance</a> <a href="/facts/Sports_car_racing/Htyaoyhk">sports car race</a> held on the 6th of October 2019, at the <a href="/facts/Fuji_Speedway/teSEEYCs">Fuji Speedway</a>. It was the 2nd round of the <a href="/facts/2019-20_FIA_World_Endurance_Championship/ocAsd2M0">2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship</a>.
The race was won overall by the #8 <a href="/facts/Toyota_Motorsport_GmbH/IRq2vN7n">Toyota Gazoo Racing</a> <a href="/facts/Toyota_TS050_Hybrid/7g66gJKU">Toyota TS050 Hybrid</a>, driven by <a href="/facts/Brendon_Hartley/V11CCjW6">Brendon Hartley</a>, <a href="/facts/S%25C3%25A9bastien_Buemi/QhwcDwPr">Sébastien Buemi</a>, and <a href="/facts/Kazuki_Nakajima/oUVS85jC">Kazuki Nakajima</a>, who had started from pole position. The #8 Toyota won the race in a dominant fashion, taking advantage of the reduced success handicap, compared to the sister #7 car, which had won the season opening round at <a href="/facts/2019_4_Hours_of_Silverstone/jUzBEMME">Silverstone</a>. In the <a href="/facts/Le_Mans_Prototype/emM3rrL6">Le Mans Prototype</a> LMP2 class, the race was won by the #29 <a href="/facts/Oreca_07/Qa11PIsM">Oreca 07</a>, run by Racing Team Nederland, and driven by <a href="/facts/Giedo_van_der_Garde/jHosfdkU">Giedo van der Garde</a>, <a href="/facts/Frits_van_Eerd/T41FUg13">Frits van Eerd</a> and <a href="/facts/Nyck_de_Vries/wE6Hox8B">Nyck de Vries</a>.
In the <a href="/facts/LM_GTE/bDjGIGVM">LMGTE</a> Pro class, the #95 <a href="/facts/Aston_Martin_Vantage_GTE_(2018)/YSX5C1aw">Aston Martin Vantage GTE</a>, run by <a href="/facts/Aston_Martin_Racing/eCXhwl96">Aston Martin Racing</a>, and driven by <a href="/facts/Marco_S%25C3%25B8rensen/nIE1AUvr">Marco Sørensen</a> and <a href="/facts/Nicki_Thiim/X6EHGIps">Nicki Thiim</a> emerged victorious, after the duo dominated the second half of the race, to finish 1 lap ahead of the second placed #92 <a href="/facts/Porsche_911_RSR-19/Tk8tFurv">Porsche 911 RSR-19</a>.

In the <a href="/facts/LM_GTE/bDjGIGVM">LMGTE</a> Am class, the #90 <a href="/facts/Aston_Martin_Vantage_GTE_(2018)/YSX5C1aw">Aston Martin Vantage GTE</a>, run by <a href="/facts/TF_Sport/WCefz5Tx">TF Sport</a>, and driven by <a href="/facts/Jonathan_Adam/vzHystNY">Jonathan Adam</a>, <a href="/facts/Charlie_Eastwood/JIrrhwur">Charlie Eastwood</a> and <a href="/facts/Salih_Yolu%25C3%25A7/sR99slP3">Salih Yoluç</a> secured the race victory in a dominant fashion, the pole sitting car holding the lead from start to finish, with the trio managing to maintain a gap exceeding 30 seconds to the 2nd placed car throughout the race.

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2019 6 Hours of Fuji