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All the numbers behind the FIA World Endurance Championship @FIAWEC. Words by Alex Harrison.

Joined April 2017
3 - Darren Leung and Sean Gelael are the first #WEC GT drivers to win a race (BMW), move to another manufacturer (McLaren) and win again, then move back to the original manufacturer (BMW) and win again. Familiar. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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5 - Fuji has eliminated Aston Martin, Peugeot and Genesis from the 2026 #WEC Manufacturers’ title race. Five marques can still win the world title, with 88 points up for grabs. No make has claimed a full haul of 44 points at any 6-hour race yet this season. 📊 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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9 - @BMWMotorsport @followWRT #32 led just 9 of the 187 laps it completed to win LMGT3 at Fuji 2026, or 4.8%. Only at Spa 2026 (0 laps) and Fuji 2025 (2 laps) has the newest #WEC class's winner spent less time at the head of the field. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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22 - Toyota #8 led just 22 of the 203 laps it completed at Fuji 2026, or 10.8%. This is the 3rd-lowest percentage of laps led for an overall winner in #WEC history, ahead of only 0% at Silverstone 2018, and 8.8% at Silverstone 2016. Steal. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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10 - Only managing a high of P10 by car #51, #6hFuji 2026 was the Ferrari 499P's worst #WEC race to-date. The Hypercar model's previous weakest race result was P9, also at Fuji in both 2024 and 2025. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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94 - A late charge to P6 for @peugeotsport #94 at #6hFuji gave the marque its best finish of this #WEC season, and its best single result since also this race in 2025, when it finished P2. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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3 - An average finishing position of P3 (#36 finished P2, #35 finished P4) at #6hFuji gives @AlpineWECteam its best-ever collective #WEC result with the A424. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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6 - BMW is the 6th major manufacturer to achieve 4 or more wins in a single #WEC season, after Audi, Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin and Toyota; a feat which has occurred in every season. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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3 - 2026 is the 10th #WEC season in which @ToyotaRacingWEC has won at least THREE races. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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5 - @BMWMotorsport achieves its 5th #WEC victory at #6hFuji, and @followWRT claim their 15th win across the classes. BMW M4 has finished on the LMGT3 podium in Japan every year! 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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10 - Toyota wins at home in #6hFuji for the 10th time, and takes victory in its 105th #WEC race! EVERY model of Toyota LMP1 or Hypercar has WON its first race on home soil 👏 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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50 - Ferrari AF Corse #50 at #6hFuji is the 550th car to retire or be disqualified from a #WEC race, and the 75th Ferrari to not be classified. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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20 - Peugeot #93 becomes the first Hypercar retirement at #6hFuji 2026, bringing an end to its 20-race run of finishes. The last time 9X8 #93 was not classified in a #WEC race was its disqualification from Qatar 2024. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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15 - @ProtonRacing #88 fails to finish #6hFuji for a 2nd-consecutive edition, for its first DNF in #WEC 2026. @FordRacing suffers its record-equalling 11th non-finish in the LMGT3 class, as the 10th manufacturer to lose 15+ cars from races, across all classes. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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10 - Iron Lynx #61 suffers its 3rd non-finish of the 2026 #WEC season, at #6hFuji. This is the 10th retirement by an @amgmotorsport LMGT3 car, becoming the 3rd marque to endure 10 DNF's in class, after Lexus and Ford. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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2 - #6hFuji has previously staged the two shortest 6-hour races in #WEC history. The 2013 race lasted just 2 hours and 56 minutes, before the 2017 event was concluded after 4 hours and 25 minutes. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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6 - #6hFuji 2024 staged the most retirements in #WEC top class history, with six Hypercars failing to finish the race. Lamborghini Iron Lynx #63 ❌ Ferrari AF Corse #51 ❌ Toyota #7 ❌ Porsche Penske #5 ❌ Cadillac Racing #12 ❌ BMW M Team WRT #20 ❌ 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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10 - Despite no official qualifying sessions, #6hFuji 2026 featured the joint-closest top-10 grid in #WEC history, just 0.584 seconds separating pole position and P10; tied with Sao Paulo 2026, two rounds ago. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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3 - LMGT3's grid at #WEC #6hFuji 2026 features the 3rd-closest gap from pole to P6 in class history (0.429 seconds), the 2nd-closest gap to P8 (0.547 seconds), and the closest-ever gap from pole to P10 (0.728 seconds). Entertainment. 💚 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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3 - All three of @AlpineWECteam's overall #WEC pole positions have been achieved by different French drivers. @Matt_vaxiviere at Portimao 2021, @Nico_Lapierre at Sebring 2022, and @VictorMartinsFR at #6hFuji 2026. 📸: FIAWEC/DPPI
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