6H Fuji after 4 hours: Toyota in front while Ferrari takes GTE lead
The headlines after 4 Hours at Fuji…
14/10/2018
Mike Conway extends lead for No.7 Toyota TS050 HYBRID in fourth hour and hands over to José María López
Fernando Alonso takes over from Sébastien Buemi in No.8 Toyota after 3hrs 25mins and sets about trying to catch Conway
British driver stretches lead to 22-seconds though
Full Course Yellow called just before end of fourth hour after Metevos Issakayan abandons No.17 SMP car after technical issue forces retirement
Rebellion Racing consolidates third place as Bruno Senna completes double stint and hands over to Neel Jani
SMP Racing drops back from Rebellion in fourth as Mikhail Aleshin takes over in cockpit of No.11
ByKolles and DragonSpeed battle over fifth position with Oliver Webb and Ben Hanley making it an all-British fight
LMGTE Pro swings in favour of Ferrari as Sam Bird pushes to the front in no.71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo
Bird takes Antonio Felix da Costa’s BMW M8 GTE at start of fourth hour before Davide Rigon takes over right at end of that same hour
Da Costa slips back to fourth position after excursion after 3hrs 45mins
Major Porsche and Ford battle as Kevin Estre and Andy Priaulx run bumper-to-bumper for second position
No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson continues to hold comfortable 22-second lead in LMP2 over sister No.38 car
Nabil Jeffri leads Stéphane Richelmi in intra-team battle
Signatech Alpine Matmut still third as André Negrão takes his turn at the wheel
TDS Racing fourth as Jean-Eric Vergne attempts to put pressure on Negrão
Dempsey Proton Porsche 911 RSR of Satoshi Hoshino retakes the lead of LMGTE Am after leading in first hour
Japanese veteran continues remarkable cameo appearance and leads the Clearwater Racing Ferrari by 14-seconds
Matt Griffin takes over Clearwater car from Weng Sun Mok and immediately takes Spirit of Race Ferrari of Francesco Castellacci to claim second position
Clearwater though receives drive-through penalty for earlier contact incident with Pla’s Ford
