Ferrari
dominated the 6 Hours of Fuji, round five of the FIA World Endurance
Championship. In the LMGTE Pro class, Ferrari claimed a one-two crucial for the
world championship, with the Italian cars always in the top positions. The
number 51 Ferrari 488 GTE with James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi was first
over the finish line, ahead of the other AF Corse car, number 52, crewed by
Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina.
The
result gives the Anglo-Italian duo a twelve-point lead over their rivals Kevin
Estre and Michael Christensen, while the Italo-Spanish pair trail by
twenty-seven points. Ferrari moved into the lead in the Constructors’ standings
with 216 points ahead of the Sakhir round, which, being a longer eight-hour
race, offers a bigger points haul. The reigning champions clinched their second
win of the season, following that at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps,
celebrating on the Fuji podium as they did in 2017, a year that ended with the
world title win.
The World Endurance
Championship will be back in the spotlight with the season’s last event at the
8 Hours of Bahrain on the weekend of 12-13 November.