6 Hours of Fuji after 2 Hours: Epic racing in challenging conditions

The Headlines after 2 Hours of racing at Fuji….

• Race starts under Safety Car due to wet conditions
• Green flag deployed after four laps 
• Earl Bamber in pole sitting No.2 Porsche leads first phase of race but under pressure from No.8 Toyota TS 050 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi
• Bamber eventually stretches lead to a healthy 12-seconds before Safety Car is deployed after 51 minutes for poor visibility
• Andre Lotterer in No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid drops back at start from second to fourth position behind both Toyotas
• Lotterer fights back and begins epic battle with Kamui Kobayashi in No.7 Toyota 
• Kobayashi loses time at Turn One and Lotterer takes third
• After stoppage the two Toyotas run 1-2 with Kazuki Nakajima leading Jose Maria Lopez 
• Porsche lose out after longer pit stops
• Bruno Senna opens up gap at front of LMP2 in No.31 Vaillante Rebellion
• Pole sitting sister car driven by Nelson Piquet falls back at start after Brazilian spins at Turn One
• Alex Brundle holds an initial second position in No.37 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca-Gibson  but is caught by flying Signatech Alpine driven by Nicolas Lapierre
• Lapierre goes from fifth to second in class in opening stint as he eventually takes Brundle but only after sensational battle over several laps
• Ben Hanley stars in wet conditions and moves CEFC Manor TRS car up to third position

• Porsche lead first hour in LMGTE Pro as Richard Lietz opens up large gap over Harry Tincknell driven No.67 Ford GT
• Alessandro Pier Guidi is man on the move in No.51 AF Corse Ferrari and moves from fifth to third
• Stefan Mucke takes over lead after first stops in No.66 Ford GT but is under huge pressure from No.51 AF Corse Ferrari still with Pier Guidi aboard
• Keita Sawa drives impeccable opening hour in pole sitting Clearwater Ferrari to lead LMGTE Am from Spirit of Race Ferrari driven by Francesco Castellacci
• Weng sun Mok takes over for second stint and holds slender lead over Thomas Flohr in Spirit of Race Ferrari
• Dempsey Proton Porsche is third after Mathias Lauda loses time in No.98 Aston Martin
• Safety Car deployed after 51 minutes of racing due to poor visibility 
• Race red flagged for 32mins in second hour but re-started at 12:51 local time, just before race enters third hour