Drama continues at Fuji as incidents in LMP2 and LMGTE Pro thrill in third and fourth hours

The Headlines after 4 hours at Fuji Speedway in Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji….

Two Safety Car periods after firstly more poor conditions, and then a collision between Matthias Beche and Jean-Eric Vergne
Nick Tandy leads from two Toyotas as race re-starts
Gap between front three is just one second as fight for final two hours of race nears
Jose Maria Lopez grabs the lead and Kazuki Nakajima follows through to make it 1-2 for local favourites
No.2 Porsche places fourth, but a lap behind after struggling with tyre optimization during weather affected race
Hartley, Bernhard and Bamber look likely to have to wait until Shanghai to be confirmed as champions
LMP2 sees more drama as Jean-Eric Vergne inherits brief lead after pit stop shake-out but stops just before race goes green again
Frenchman involved in controversial incident with Beche of Vaillante Rebellion as two touch several times before accident which brings out safety car for a lengthy fifth period
G-Drive takes over at front with Roman Rusinov at wheel
No.31 Vaillante Rebellion third as Nicolas Prost re-takes lead from Rusinov as green flag waves
Rusinov then spins down to fifth place just before Full Course Yellow is deployed for Priaulx accident
No.38 points leading Jackie Chan Racing Oreca-Gibson now up to third in class

High drama in LMGTE Pro as class leading No.92 Porsche is spun out by Andy Priaulx’s Ford GT while trying to unlap himself
Priaulx in the No.67 Ford GT then goes off deep into gravel a lap later at Turn One bringing out Full Course Yellow for retrieval
No.91 Porsche 911 RSR of Frederic Makowiecki inherits lead but under huge pressure from James Calado’s AF Corse Ferrari
Spirit of Race Ferrari to the front in LMGTE Am as Miguel Molina holds off Matt Griffin in energetic battle
Dempsey Proton Porsche third with Marvin Dienst at wheel

Sam SMITH