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The no 8 Toyota TS050-hybrid set the pace in the first Free Practice session of the 6 Hours of Fuji weekend, Round 2 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship.

The FIA World Endurance Championship is in Japan preparing for Round 2 of the 2019/20 season, the 6 Hours of Fuji. Thursday is the traditional set up day ahead of Free Practice, which begins at 11h00 on Friday, but there was still plenty going on in the Land of the Rising Sun.

2019 6 HOURS OF FUJI Round 2: 04-06 October 2019

An exciting array of Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Tourer Endurance (LMGTE) will be in Japan for Round 2 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Fuji.

Toyota and Porsche both claimed the top two steps of the podium in Round 1 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone. The 4-hour race in the UK saw safety car periods and rain showers mixing up the racing action and providing drama and excitement for the large British crowd.

The no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid has taken the first championship point of the new FIA World Endurance Championship season by claiming the pole position for tomorrow’s 4 Hours of Silverstone.

The third and final practice session for the 4 Hours of Silverstone took place this morning with the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid ahead of the rest of the 31 car field, with the no51 AF Corse Ferrari leading in the LMGTE Pro category.

In the second practice session of the 4 Hours of Silverstone weekend the no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 Hybrid finished with the fastest time of the day, with Kamui Kobayashi posting a 1m36.874 lap of the 3.6-mile Silverstone GP circuit, 0.826s ahead of the no8 Toyota.

The 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season got underway at Silverstone with the first 90-minute Free Practice session of the 4 Hours of Silverstone. There was a short delay to the start of the session due to barrier repairs following an accident at Stowe Corner in the earlier ELMS Free Practice.

By any standards the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season was a good one for the crew of the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050-Hybrid of Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima.