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2022 6 Hours of Fuji

The 2022 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance sports car race that was held at Fuji Speedway on 11 September. It was the fifth round of the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Renger van der Zande stood in for Nico Müller in the #10 Vector Sport Oreca, who had opted to attend the 2022 DTM Spa round.

René Rast and Nick Cassidy also missed the race due to clashes with DTM, with Davide Rigon replacing the latter in the #54 AF Corse 488 GTE.

James Rossiter continued to drive for Peugeot Sport in the #94 9X8 following Kevin Magnussen's commitment to Formula One.

Glickenhaus opted not to attend due to the significant increase in costs associated with shipping.

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

The start saw both Toyotas leading into the first corner and maintaining the lead towards the end of Lap 1 with the Alpine and Peugeots in tow. The #45 APR, going for an overtaking move locked up the rear wheels, sending the car sideways and making contact with the #28 Jota into Dunlop corner sending both cars off. The #51 Ferrari had managed to snatch the lead from the pole sitting #92 Porsche by Lap 2, while the #45 goes into the garage for repairs, the suspension wishbones shearing the bolts holding it to the tub, keeping it in the garage for a long time - rejoining the race at the 5h24m mark, though earning themselves a 2-minute stop and go penalty for the collision it caused.

By the 4th lap the 2nd place Toyota has extended the lead to the Alpine by 1.8 seconds, with the Peugeots trailing behind already with a 3.5 second deficit to the Alpine. In LMP2, the #31 WRT has established a sizeable lead while #38 Jota, with the #10 Vetor and both United cars following is in a close fight for 2nd place, while the 3 Aston Martins in GTEAm - #33,98 and 777 are also scrambling for 2nd place. Meanwhile, the two Peugeots were very close together with the #94 seemingly looking faster and stuck behind the #93, with Rossiter complaining on radio twice about the car's bouncing issues and being held back by his teammate Vergne killing the tyres, but being denied a switch of positions by the team - though the two cars would eventually swap positions some laps later.

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