FIA WEC, 6 Hours of Fuji - Saturday Paddock Notes

There will be more in the coming days of our experiences at Fuji Speedway but for now lets just note that this event has been really superbly mounted.

We were already pretty impressed by what we’d seen from the local fans in the paddock even before we took a stroll down to the old 30 degree banking beyond the current Turn One, last used in 1974 - We'll be featuring the story of this unique location later next week.

We then chose to wander back behind the stands in search of a display of historic Toyota race cars we’d seen briefly on TV – What we found was a huge variety of food, souvenir and concession stands, entertainment with music, a well attended interview stage and manufacturer displays.

And, despite the fact that there had been no track action for well over an hour, we found easily a a couple of thousand fans still soaking up the atmosphere, including several of the teams, Jordan Tresson was thoroughly enjoying himself and Reinhold Joest was sitting in his golf cart taking in the video wall at the Toyota Racing stand.

We did find the old Toyotas, a TS010, TS020 and TS030 sharing an awning and there were displays too featuring examples of Nissan and Mazda Group C machinery also on display.

And we aren’t even at raceday yet!!