2012 6 Hours of Silverstone

The 2012 6 Hours of Silverstone was held at Silverstone on 26 August 2012, and was the fourth round in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Audi claimed the LMP1 Manufacturers' World Championship with an overall victory at the event.[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[2]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP1 #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Benoît Tréluyer 1:43.663 1
2 LMP1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish 1:43.673 2
3 LMP1 #7 Toyota Racing Nicolas Lapierre 1:44.441 3
4 LMP1 #21 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:46.160 4
5 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:46.207 5
6 LMP1 #13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi 1:46.234 6
7 LMP1 #22 JRM Karun Chandhok 1:46.758 7
8 LMP2 #42 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle 1:49.964 8
9 LMP2 #44 Starworks Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin 1:49.997 9
10 LMP2 #25 ADR-Delta John Martin 1:50.129 10
11 LMP2 #38 JOTA Nicolas Minassian 1:50.165 11
12 LMP2 #48 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley 1:50.250 12
13 LMP2 #23 Signatech-Nissan Franck Mailleux 1:50.624 13
14 LMP2 #32 Lotus James Rossiter 1:50.688 1
15 LMP2 #49 PeCom Racing Pierre Kaffer 1:50.775 14
16 LMP2 #35 OAK Racing Bertrand Baguette 1:50.851 15
17 LMP2 #30 Status GP Alexander Sims 1:50.919 16
18 LMP2 #41 Greaves Motorsport Elton Julian 1:50.993 17
19 LMP2 #24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 1:51.283 18
20 LMP2 #26 Signatech-Nissan Pierre Ragues 1:51.942 19
21 LMP2 #31 Lotus Thomas Holzer 1:53.349 20
22 LMP2 #29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix 1:54.476 21
23 GTE Pro #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Richard Lietz 2:09.564 22
24 GTE Pro #66 JMW Motorsport James Walker 2:10.018 23
25 GTE Pro #51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 2:10.481 24
26 GTE Am #98 Aston Martin Racing Stuart Hall 2:12.525 25
27 GTE Am #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Paolo Ruberti 2:12.965 26
28 GTE Pro #97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 2:14.150 27
29 GTE Pro #71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini 2:15.153 28
30 GTE Am #61 AF Corse-Waltrip Marco Cioci 2:15.491 29
31 GTE Am #57 Krohn Racing Michele Rugolo 2:15.608 30
32 GTE Am #55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 2:16.466 31
33 GTE Am #99 Aston Martin Racing Jonathan Adam 2:16.717 32
34 GTE Am #50 Larbre Compétition Fernando Rees 2:16.907 33
35 GTE Am #70 Larbre Compétition Jean-Philippe Belloc 2:17.261 34

Notes:

  • ^1 —The No. 32 car of Lotus started from the pit lane.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[3]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 194
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
2 LMP1 7 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz
Kazuki Nakajima
Nicolas Lapierre
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 194
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
3 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Audi R18 ultra M 194
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi
Harold Primat
Lola B12/60 M 189
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5 LMP1 21 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03a M 189
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost
Neel Jani
Lola B12/60 M 189
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 22 JRM Peter Dumbreck
David Brabham
Karun Chandhok
HPD ARX-03a M 187
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 25 ADR-Delta John Martin
Tor Graves
Jan Charouz
Oreca 03 D 183
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 44 Starworks Motorsport Ryan Dalziel
Enzo Potolicchio
Stéphane Sarrazin
HPD ARX-03b D 183
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10 LMP2 26 Signatech-Nissan Pierre Ragues
Nelson Panciatici
Roman Rusinov
Oreca 03 D 183
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 49 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc
Soheil Ayari
Pierre Kaffer
Oreca 03 D 182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 42 Greaves Motorsport Martin Brundle
Alex Brundle
Lucas Ordóñez
Zytek Z11SN D 182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet
Olivier Pla
Matthieu Lahaye
Morgan LMP2 D 182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 38 Jota Simon Dolan
Sam Hancock
Nicolas Minassian
Zytek Z11SN D 182
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMP2 30 Status GP Alexander Sims
Maxime Jousse
Julien Jousse
Lola B12/80 D 181
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
16 LMP2 48 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes
Jody Firth
Brendon Hartley
Oreca 03 D 180
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
17 LMP2 35 OAK Racing Bertrand Baguette
Dominik Kraihamer
David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 176
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
18 LMP2 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix
Keiko Ihara
Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lola B12/80 D 176
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19 LMP2 31 Lotus Thomas Holzer
Mirco Schultis
Christijan Albers
Lola B12/80 D 174
Lotus 3.6 L V8
20 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Christian Zugel
Ricardo González
Elton Julian
Zytek Z11SN D 173
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Pro
51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 171
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Pro
66 JMW Motorsport James Walker
Jonny Cocker
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 169
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Pro
97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Adrián Fernández
Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 169
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE
Am
61 AF Corse-Waltrip Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 166
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Am
88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 166
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE
Am
57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jonsson
Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 165
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
27 LMGTE
Pro
77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 164
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE
Am
98 Aston Martin Racing Roald Goethe
Stuart Hall
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 163
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
29 LMGTE
Am
70 Larbre Compétition Pascal Gibon
Christophe Bourret
Jean-Philippe Belloc
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 162
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
30 LMGTE
Am
55 JWA-Avila Paul Daniels
Joël Camathias
Markus Palttala
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 161
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMGTE
Pro
71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 168
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE
Am
99 Aston Martin Racing Jonathan Adam
Andrew Howard
Paul White
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 157
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 23 Signatech-Nissan Franck Mailleux
Jordan Tresson
Olivier Lombard
Oreca 03 D 135
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 32 Lotus Kevin Weeda
Vitantonio Liuzzi
James Rossiter
Lola B12/80 D 26
Lotus 3.6 L V8
EX LMGTE
Am
50 Larbre Compétition Patrick Bornhauser
Julien Canal
Fernando Rees
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8

Note: After finishing 2nd in LMGTE Am class, the No. 50 Larbre Corvette was excluded following the race for a failure to meet safety requirements (validity of the fire extinguisher).[4]

References

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