CEFC TRSM Racing withdraws from Fuji WEC round

CEFC TRSM Racing has withdrawn its single Ginetta LMP1 entry from next month’s FIA World Endurance Championship round at Fuji Speedway.

After withdrawing from the opening round of the WEC season at Spa in May, the two-car Ginetta LMP1 effort featured at the 24 Hours of Le Mans one month later, only for on-track difficulties to result in the team changing engine supplier mid-season.

Issues with the FIA's homologation deadline relating to engines meant the team had to miss last month's 6 Hours of Silverstone, but a single car - the #6 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 - was listed on the entry list for the 6 Hours of Fuji on October 14.

However, the #6 Ginetta does not feature on the final entry list for the race, which was published by the WEC on Thursday with a reduced tally of eight LMP1 cars.

Other changes to the entry list see DragonSpeed switch to a two-driver line-up in LMP1 with its #10 BR Engineering BR1 Gibson as James Allen partners Ben Hanley, while Japanese drivers Keiko Ihara and Satoshi Hoshino also join the grid in GTE-Am, meaning there will be six home drivers racing at Fuji.

FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji - Entry List