The 6 Hours of Fuji produced major changes across the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) standings as the season completed its sixth round in Japan.
Toyota Racing turned a late strategic gamble into a dramatic home victory with Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryō Hirakawa in the No. 8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid. The trio defeated the No. 36 Alpine by just 0.591s. Meanwhile, the No. 15 BMW M Hybrid V8 completed the Hypercar podium.
The result has strengthened Toyota’s position in the Manufacturers’ Championship. It has also producing a new leader in the Hypercar Drivers’ standings. Therefore, Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa have jumped from third to first, while the No. 7 Toyota crew and No. 20 BMW drivers lost ground during difficult races.
LMGT3 also produced significant movement after Augusto Farfus charged from sixth at the final restart to win for Team WRT. However, fifth place for the No. 33 TF Sport Corvette allowed the championship-leading entry to further strengthen its advantage before the final two rounds.
2026 WEC Hypercar Manufacturers’ standings after Round 6
Toyota entered Fuji with a nine-point advantage over BMW after the Lone Star Le Mans left the two manufacturers on 140 and 131 points respectively. Victory at home has allowed Toyota to more than double that margin.
The Japanese manufacturer collected 29 points from Fuji and now leads the championship with 169. However, BMW added 15 through the No. 15 car’s third-place finish, moving to 146 points but dropping 23 behind Toyota with two rounds remaining.
Ferrari endured the most damaging weekend among the leading three manufacturers. The No. 51 Ferrari 499P finished ninth while the No. 50 ended the race further back, leaving Ferrari with only one championship point from Fuji. The manufacturer therefore moves from 114 to 115 points and now sits 54 behind Toyota.
Alpine made the largest gain after controlling significant portions of the six-hour race at Fuji. Second for the No. 36 and fourth for the No. 35 earned the manufacturer 30 points, lifting Alpine from 66 to 96.
That gain moves Alpine ahead of Cadillac in the standings, although both manufacturers sit level on 96 points. Cadillac added 16 points after placing its two cars fifth and seventh, but drops from fourth to fifth in the classification.
Aston Martin remains sixth after adding two points to reach 54, while Peugeot’s sixth-place finish with the No. 94 car helped it increase its total from 16 to 24. Genesis failed to score and remains eighth on 12 points.
Standings:
- Toyota — 169 pts
- BMW — 146 pts
- Ferrari — 115 pts
- Alpine — 96 pts
- Cadillac — 96 pts
- Aston Martin — 54 pts
- Peugeot — 24 pts
- Genesis — 12 pts
Toyota therefore leaves Fuji with its largest championship advantage since before the summer break. BMW remains firmly in contention, but its deficit has increased from five points after São Paulo and nine after COTA to 23 after Fuji.
Ferrari’s difficult weekend has also changed the shape of the title fight. After victory at the Lone Star Le Mans reduced its deficit to Toyota to 26 points, Ferrari now sits 54 behind the championship leader.
The battle for fourth has moved in the opposite direction. Alpine’s 30-point haul has taken it level with Cadillac, with the French manufacturer classified ahead after its stronger results across the opening six rounds.
2026 WEC Hypercar Drivers’ standings after Round 6
The Drivers’ Championship has undergone an even greater change, with the No. 8 Toyota crew moving from third to first following victory at Fuji.
Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa entered the weekend on 64 points, 11 behind both the No. 7 Toyota crew and the leading No. 20 BMW drivers. Their 25 points for victory take them to 89 and give the trio a 10-point championship advantage.
Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries added four points with eighth place in the No. 7 Toyota. They move from 75 to 79 and remain second, but now trail their teammates rather than sharing the championship lead.
René Rast and Robin Frijns suffered the biggest setback among the pre-Fuji leaders. The No. 20 BMW failed to score, leaving both drivers on 75 points and dropping them from the championship lead to third.
Kevin Magnussen and Raffaele Marciello move into fourth after their podium in the No. 15 BMW. The pair added 15 points and now sit on 69, while Sheldon van der Linde remains fifth on 65 after not competing at Fuji.
Dries Vanthoor is separately classified because of his different participation record and moves to sixth on 63 after sharing the No. 15 BMW’s podium result.
Alessandro Pier Guidi, Antonio Giovinazzi and James Calado added only one point in the No. 51 Ferrari and remain seventh on 59. Charles Milesi and Ferdinand Habsburg move ahead of the No. 50 Ferrari crew after taking fourth at Fuji, lifting the No. 35 Alpine drivers to 56 points.
Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen failed to score and remain on 54, while Norman Nato and Will Stevens complete the top 10 on 50 points.
Standings:
- Sébastien Buemi / Brendon Hartley / Ryō Hirakawa — Toyota #8 — 89 pts
- Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi / Nyck de Vries — Toyota #7 — 79 pts
- René Rast / Robin Frijns — BMW #20 — 75 pts
- Kevin Magnussen / Raffaele Marciello — BMW #15 — 69 pts
- Sheldon van der Linde — BMW #20 — 65 pts
- Dries Vanthoor — BMW #15 — 63 pts
- Alessandro Pier Guidi / James Calado / Antonio Giovinazzi — Ferrari #51 — 59 pts
- Charles Milesi / Ferdinand Habsburg — Alpine #35 — 56 pts
- Antonio Fuoco / Miguel Molina / Nicklas Nielsen — Ferrari #50 — 54 pts
- Norman Nato / Will Stevens — Cadillac #12 — 50 pts
- Earl Bamber / Sébastien Bourdais — Cadillac #38 — 44 pts
- António Félix da Costa — Alpine #35 — 44 pts
- Harry Tincknell / Tom Gamble — Aston Martin #007 — 42 pts
- Jack Aitken — Cadillac #38 — 40 pts
- Jules Gounon / Victor Martins — Alpine #36 — 32 pts
- Phil Hanson / Robert Kubica / Yifei Ye — Ferrari #83 — 31 pts
- Louis Delétraz — Cadillac #12 — 26 pts
- Frédéric Makowiecki — Alpine #36 — 14 pts
- Loïc Duval / Malthe Jakobsen / Théo Pourchaire — Peugeot #94 — 12 pts
- André Lotterer / Pipo Derani / Mathys Jaubert — Genesis #17 — 10 pts
- Ross Gunn — Aston Martin #007 — 8 pts
- Nick Cassidy / Paul di Resta / Stoffel Vandoorne — Peugeot #93 — 6 pts
- Alex Riberas / Marco Sørensen — Aston Martin #009 — 4 pts
- Ricky Taylor — Cadillac #101 — 2 pts
- Dani Juncadella / Mathieu Jaminet / Paul-Loup Chatin — Genesis #19 — 0 pts
- Roman De Angelis — Aston Martin #009 — 0 pts
The official FIA WEC championship classification therefore leaves six drivers or driver groupings within 26 points of the championship lead, although differing participation means several teammates appear separately.
The most significant change remains at the front. Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa have gone from 11 points behind the joint leaders before Fuji to 10 points clear after it, producing a 21-point swing relative to the No. 7 Toyota crew and a 25-point swing relative to Rast and Frijns.
2026 WEC LMGT3 Teams’ standings after Round 6
TF Sport has strengthened its position at the top of the LMGT3 Teams’ standings despite missing the podium at Fuji.
The No. 33 Corvette entered the weekend with 76 points and a 22-point advantage over the No. 21 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari. Fifth place added another 10 points, taking TF Sport to 86.
However, the identity of its closest challenger has changed. The No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin followed its Lone Star Le Mans victory with second place at Fuji, adding 18 points to move from 44 to 62.
The result lifts the No. 27 from sixth to second in only one round, although it remains 24 points behind the leading Corvette.
Racing Team Turkey by TF also made significant progress. Third place for the No. 34 Corvette added 15 points and takes the entry from 43 to 58, moving it from eighth to third.
Manthey DK Engineering moves from fifth to fourth after the No. 91 Porsche added six points. It now sits level on 54 with the No. 21 VISTA AF Corse Ferrari, which failed to score and drops from second to fifth.
The No. 69 Team WRT BMW added eight points and climbs to sixth on 51. The No. 92 The Bend Manthey Porsche and No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin remain tied on 49 after neither scored at Fuji.
The biggest single gain belongs to the race-winning No. 32 Team WRT BMW. Farfus, Leung and Gelael entered Fuji 13th in the Teams’ Championship on 22 points but collected the full 25 for victory. The result takes the car to 47 points and ninth in the standings.
Standings:
- Corvette #33 — TF Sport — 86 pts
- Aston Martin #27 — Heart of Racing Team — 62 pts
- Corvette #34 — Racing Team Turkey by TF — 58 pts
- Porsche #91 — Manthey DK Engineering — 54 pts
- Ferrari #21 — VISTA AF Corse — 54 pts
- BMW #69 — Team WRT — 51 pts
- Porsche #92 — The Bend Manthey — 49 pts
- Aston Martin #23 — Heart of Racing Team — 49 pts
- BMW #32 — Team WRT — 47 pts
- Lexus #78 — Akkodis ASP Team — 39 pts
- McLaren #10 — Garage 59 — 38 pts
- Lexus #87 — Akkodis ASP Team — 38 pts
- McLaren #58 — Garage 59 — 22 pts
- Mercedes-AMG #61 — Iron Lynx — 17 pts
- Ford #88 — Proton Competition — 16 pts
- Ferrari #54 — VISTA AF Corse — 13 pts
- Ford #77 — Proton Competition — 13 pts
- Mercedes-AMG #79 — Iron Lynx — 6 pts
TF Sport’s championship advantage has therefore increased from 22 to 24 points, but the group immediately behind the leader has changed considerably. Heart of Racing and Racing Team Turkey have moved into second and third, while only 15 points separate second-placed Heart of Racing from the race-winning No. 32 BMW in ninth.
The No. 32’s victory also brings another entry into the increasingly compressed fight behind TF Sport. Only five points now separate fourth-placed Manthey DK Engineering from eighth-placed Heart of Racing, leaving several teams closely matched before the final two rounds.
2026 WEC LMGT3 Drivers’ standings after Round 6
Jonny Edgar remains at the top of the LMGT3 Drivers’ Championship after the No. 33 Corvette added 10 points at Fuji.
Edgar moves from 76 to 86 points and retains first, while Nicky Catsburg increases his total from 72 to 82. Catsburg missed São Paulo and therefore remains separately classified despite sharing the No. 33 Corvette with Edgar for the other rounds.
Ben Keating moves from 54 to 64 points and remains third. However, the gap behind the leading Corvette drivers has changed significantly following Heart of Racing’s second consecutive podium.
Ian James, Mattia Drudi and Zacharie Robichon added 18 points with second place and move from 44 to 62. They climb from outside the leading group to fourth, just two points behind Keating and 24 behind Edgar.
Charlie Eastwood, Peter Dempsey and Salih Yoluç climb to fifth on 58 after finishing third with the No. 34 Corvette. The No. 91 Manthey DK Engineering trio of Ayhancan Güven, James Cottingham and Timur Boguslavskiy follows on 54, level with Alessio Rovera, François Hériau and Simon Mann from the No. 21 Ferrari.
Anthony McIntosh, Daniel Harper and Parker Thompson move to eighth on 51, while Riccardo Pera, Richard Lietz and Yasser Shahin remain ninth on 49. Gray Newell and Jonny Adam share the same total in 10th.
The Fuji-winning No. 32 BMW trio makes the largest move among the leading drivers. Farfus, Leung and Gelael add 25 points to climb to 47, placing them 11th in the championship and 39 points behind Edgar.
Standings:
- Jonny Edgar — Corvette #33 — 86 pts
- Nicky Catsburg — Corvette #33 — 82 pts
- Ben Keating — Corvette #33 — 64 pts
- Ian James / Mattia Drudi / Zacharie Robichon — Aston Martin #27 — 62 pts
- Charlie Eastwood / Peter Dempsey / Salih Yoluç — Corvette #34 — 58 pts
- Ayhancan Güven / James Cottingham / Timur Boguslavskiy — Porsche #91 — 54 pts
- Alessio Rovera / François Hériau / Simon Mann — Ferrari #21 — 54 pts
- Anthony McIntosh / Daniel Harper / Parker Thompson — BMW #69 — 51 pts
- Riccardo Pera / Richard Lietz / Yasser Shahin — Porsche #92 — 49 pts
- Gray Newell / Jonny Adam — Aston Martin #23 — 49 pts
- Augusto Farfus / Darren Leung / Sean Gelael — BMW #32 — 47 pts
- Eduardo Barrichello — Aston Martin #23 — 46 pts
- Hadrien David / Tom Van Rompuy — Lexus #78 — 39 pts
- Antares Au / Marvin Kirchhöfer / Thomas Fleming — McLaren #10 — 38 pts
- Clemens Schmid / José María López / Petru Umbrărescu — Lexus #87 — 38 pts
- Jack Hawksworth — Lexus #78 — 36 pts
- Blake McDonald — Corvette #33 — 22 pts
- Alexander West / Benjamin Goethe / Finn Gehrsitz — McLaren #58 — 22 pts
- Martin Berry / Maxime Martin / Rui Andrade — Mercedes-AMG #61 — 17 pts
- Giammarco Levorato / Logan Sargeant / Stefano Gattuso — Ford #88 — 16 pts
- Davide Rigon / Francesco Castellacci / Thomas Flohr — Ferrari #54 — 13 pts
- Ben Tuck / Eric Powell / Sebastian Priaulx — Ford #77 — 13 pts
- Johannes Zelger / Lin Hodenius / Matteo Cressoni — Mercedes-AMG #79 — 6 pts
- Nicolás Varrone — Corvette #33 — 4 pts
- Esteban Masson — Lexus #78 — 3 pts
- Kobe Pauwels — Aston Martin #23 — 3 pts
The official post-Fuji standings leave Edgar in control of the Drivers’ Championship, but Heart of Racing’s recent form has brought James, Drudi and Robichon firmly into the leading group. They now sit only two points behind Keating and 24 behind Edgar.
Fuji therefore produced significant changes in both classes. Toyota has strengthened its Manufacturers’ Championship advantage while its No. 8 crew has taken control of the Hypercar Drivers’ standings for the first time this season. In LMGT3, TF Sport remains the benchmark, but the order behind the No. 33 Corvette continues to change as Heart of Racing, Racing Team Turkey and both Team WRT BMWs close in.
With only two rounds remaining, the championship now moves to Barcelona on 16–18 October before the season concludes at Monza on 6–8 November.
