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The #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez took the chequered flag 39 seconds clear of the sister #8 car shared by Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi, as the Japanese manufacturer celebrated its ninth WEC win at Fuji in 10 attempts.

Parker Kligerman raced his way into the playoffs for the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship at Kansas with a strong fourth placed finish, claiming the final spot over Riley Herbst.

Championship leader Rovanpera started the day third, 25.5s down on overnight leader Neuville, but returned to the service park with a 2m04.4s rally lead over Hyundai’s Dani Sordo.

Vasselon, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, put the Japanese driver's advantage over team-mate Brendon Hartley down to his renowned qualifying pace and local knowledge of the Fuji Speedway.

Neuville held a 10.9s lead over Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 10, the second pass through Pavliani stage, but came to halt 11 kilometres into the 24.25km rough gravel test.

Lynn got down to a time aboard the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R that left him only three tenths behind the second-placed #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID qualified by Brendon Hartley during the 15-minute Hypercar qualifying period on Saturday afternoon. 

Calado could only manage sixth in the best of the two Ferrari 499P LMH cars in qualifying for the penultimate round of the 2023 WEC season, 1.2 seconds down on the #7 Toyota that took pole with Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel.

Overnight leader Neuville lost the rally lead to Toyota’s Ogier in the day’s opening gravel test, but fought back to build up a 10.9s margin at the end of the Saturday morning loop.

Kobayashi took the top spot with a best time of 1m27.794s around halfway through the 15-minute Hypercar qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, scoring a crucial bonus point for himself and his team-mates Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway.