2012 6 Hours of Donington

The 2012 6 Hours of Donington was an auto race held at the Donington Park Circuit, Leicestershire, United Kingdom on 13–15 July 2012. It was the second round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series season, and the first time that the European Le Mans Series held the 6 Hours of Donington since 2006. The race was won by Olivier Pla, Demitri Enjalbert, and Bertrand Baguette driving for OAK Racing in a Morgan-Nissan.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 1:20.921 1
2 LMP2 No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:21.063 2
3 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sam Hancock 1:21.192 3
4 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:21.226 4
5 LMP2 No. 1 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:21.238 5
6 LMP2 No. 17 Status GP Alexander Sims 1:21.293 6
7 LMP2 No. 19 Sébastien Loeb Racing Stéphane Sarrazin 1:21.539 7
8 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Jody Firth 1:21.971 8
9 LMP2 No. 10 Pecom Racing Soheil Ayari 1:22.879 9
10 LMPC No. 40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Thomas Dagoneau 1:28.737 10
11 LMGTE Pro No. 66 JMW Racing Jonny Cocker 1:29.328 13
12 LMGTE Am No. 60 AF Corse Marco Cioci 1:29.733 11
13 LMGTE Am No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 1:30.183 12
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Note: The No. 66 JMW Ferrari was moved to the back of the starting grid for substituting a driver after the qualifying session.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 35 OAK Racing Olivier Pla
Dimitri Enjalbert
Bertrand Baguette		 Morgan LMP2 D 251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 LMP2 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet
Mathias Beche		 Oreca 03 D 251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3 LMP2 18 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes
Jody Firth
Brendon Hartley		 MG-Oreca 03 D 251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 19 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nicolas Marroc
Stéphane Sarrazin
Nicolas Minassian		 Oreca 03 D 250
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 LMP2 10 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc
Pierre Kaffer
Soheil Ayari		 Oreca 03 D 246
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye
Jacques Nicolet		 Morgan LMP2 D 244
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
7 LMP2 1 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle
Tom Kimber-Smith
Lucas Ordoñez		 Zytek Z11SN D 234
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8 LMGTE
Pro		 66 JMW Motorsport Jonny Cocker
Allan Simonsen		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 232
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
9 LMGTE
Am		 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Anthony Pons
Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 231
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10 LMGTE
Am		 60 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Matt Griffin		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 230
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11 LMPC 40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Thomas Dagoneau
Jean-Charles Battut
John Hartshorne		 Oreca FLM09 M 213
Corvette 6.2 L V8
12
DNF		 LMP2 38 Jota Sam Hancock
Simon Dolan		 Zytek Z11SN D 127
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13
DNF		 LMP2 17 Status GP Alexander Sims
Julien Jousse
Maxime Jousse		 Lola B12/80 D 45
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
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References
  1. "European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Qualifying". DailySportscar.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. "European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Result". DailySportscar.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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