2012 6 Hours of Silverstone

Summary

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]

Map of the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 LMP1 1   Audi Sport Team Joest 1:43.663 - 1
2 LMP1 2   Audi Sport Team Joest 1:43.673 +0.010 2
3 LMP1 7   Toyota Racing 1:44.411 +0.748 3
4 LMP1 21   Strakka Racing 1:46.160 +2.497 4
5 LMP1 12   Rebellion Racing 1:46.207 +2.544 5
6 LMP1 13   Rebellion Racing 1:46.234 +2.571 6
7 LMP1 22   JRM 1:46.758 +3.095 7
8 LMP2 42   Greaves Motorsport 1:49.964 +6.301 8
9 LMP2 44   Starworks Motorsport 1:49.997 +6.334 9
10 LMP2 25   ADR-Delta 1:50.129 +6.466 10
11 LMP2 38   Jota 1:50.165 +6.502 11
12 LMP2 48   Murphy Prototypes 1:50.250 +6.587 12
13 LMP2 23   Signatech-Nissan 1:50.624 +6.961 13
14 LMP2 32   Lotus 1:50.688 +7.025 PL1
15 LMP2 49   PeCom Racing 1:50.775 +7.112 14
16 LMP2 35   OAK Racing 1:50.851 +7.188 15
17 LMP2 30   Status GP 1:50.919 +7.256 16
18 LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport 1:50.993 +7.330 17
19 LMP2 24   OAK Racing 1:51.283 +7.620 18
20 LMP2 26   Signatech-Nissan 1:51.942 +8.279 19
21 LMP2 31   Lotus 1:53.349 +9.686 20
22 LMP2 29   Gulf Racing Middle East 1:54.476 +10.813 21
23 LMGTE Pro 77   Team Felbermayr-Proton 2:09.564 +25.901 22
24 LMGTE Pro 66   JMW Motorsport 2:10.018 +26.355 23
25 LMGTE Pro 51   AF Corse 2:10.481 +26.818 24
26 LMGTE Am 98   Aston Martin Racing 2:12.525 +28.862 25
27 LMGTE Am 88   Team Felbermayr-Proton 2:12.965 +29.302 26
28 LMGTE Pro 97   Aston Martin Racing 2:14.150 +30.487 27
29 LMGTE Pro 71   AF Corse 2:15.153 +31.490 28
30 LMGTE Am 61   AF Corse-Waltrip 2:15.491 +31.828 29
31 LMGTE Am 57   Krohn Racing 2:15.608 +31.945 30
32 LMGTE Am 55   JWA-Avila 2:16.466 +32.803 332
33 LMGTE Am 99   Aston Martin Racing 2:16.717 +33.054 31
34 LMGTE Am 50   Larbre Compétition 2:16.907 +33.244 32
35 LMGTE Am 70   Larbre Compétition 2:17.261 +33.598 342
Source:[2]

Notes:

  • ^1 —The No. 32 Lotus Lola started from the pit lane.
  • ^2 —The No. 55 JWA-Avila Porsche and No. 70 Larbre Compétition Chevrolet started from the back of the grid due to being granted a waiver for drivers Markus Palttala and Christophe Bourret, respectively, who were otherwise not allowed to race in the wet conditions.

Race edit

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 135 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 LMP1 1   Audi Sport Team Joest   Marcel Fässler
  André Lotterer
  Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 194 6:00:39.594‡
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
2 LMP1 7   Toyota Racing   Nicolas Lapierre
  Kazuki Nakajima
  Alexander Wurz
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 194 +55.675
Toyota RV8 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)
3 LMP1 2   Audi Sport Team Joest   Tom Kristensen
  Allan McNish
Audi R18 ultra M 194 +1:14.427
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
4 LMP1 13   Rebellion Racing   Andrea Belicchi
  Harold Primat
Lola B12/60 M 189 +5 Laps
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5 LMP1 21   Strakka Racing   Jonny Kane
  Nick Leventis
  Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03a M 189 +5 Laps
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 12   Rebellion Racing   Neel Jani
  Nicolas Prost
Lola B12/60 M 189 +5 Laps
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 22   JRM   David Brabham
  Karun Chandhok
  Peter Dumbreck
HPD ARX-03a M 187 +7 Laps
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 25   ADR-Delta   Jan Charouz
  Tor Graves
  John Martin
Oreca 03 D 183 +11 Laps‡
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 44   Starworks Motorsport   Ryan Dalziel
  Enzo Potolicchio
  Stéphane Sarrazin
HPD ARX-03b D 183 +11 Laps
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10 LMP2 26   Signatech-Nissan   Nelson Panciatici
  Pierre Ragues
  Roman Rusinov
Oreca 03 D 183 +11 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 49   PeCom Racing   Soheil Ayari
  Luís Pérez Companc
  Pierre Kaffer
Oreca 03 D 182 +12 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 42   Greaves Motorsport   Alex Brundle
  Martin Brundle
  Lucas Ordóñez
Zytek Z11SN D 182 +12 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 24   OAK Racing   Matthieu Lahaye
  Jacques Nicolet
  Olivier Pla
Morgan LMP2 D 182 +12 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 38   Jota   Simon Dolan
  Sam Hancock
  Nicolas Minassian
Zytek Z11SN D 182 +12 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMP2 30   Status GP   Julien Jousse
  Maxime Jousse
  Alexander Sims
Lola B12/80 D 181 +13 Laps
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
16 LMP2 48   Murphy Prototypes   Jody Firth
  Brendon Hartley
  Warren Hughes
Oreca 03 D 180 +14 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
17 LMP2 35   OAK Racing   Bertrand Baguette
  David Heinemeier Hansson
  Dominik Kraihamer
Morgan LMP2 D 176 +18 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
18 LMP2 29   Gulf Racing Middle East   Jean-Denis Délétraz
  Fabien Giroix
  Keiko Ihara
Lola B12/80 D 176 +18 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19 LMP2 31   Lotus   Christijan Albers
  Thomas Holzer
  Mirco Schultis
Lola B12/80 D 174 +20 Laps
Lotus 3.6 L V8
20 LMP2 41   Greaves Motorsport   Ricardo González
  Elton Julian
  Christian Zugel
Zytek Z11SN D 173 +21 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE Pro 51   AF Corse   Gianmaria Bruni
  Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 171 +23 Laps‡
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
22 LMGTE Pro 66   JMW Motorsport   Jonny Cocker
  James Walker
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 169 +25 Laps
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE Pro 97   Aston Martin Racing   Adrián Fernández
  Stefan Mücke
  Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 169 +25 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
24 LMGTE Am 61   AF Corse-Waltrip   Marco Cioci
  Matt Griffin
  Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 166 +28 Laps‡
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
25 LMGTE Am 88   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Christian Ried
  Gianluca Roda
  Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 166 +28 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 LMGTE Am 57   Krohn Racing   Niclas Jonsson
  Tracy Krohn
  Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 165 +29 Laps
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
27 LMGTE Pro 77   Team Felbermayr-Proton   Marc Lieb
  Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 164 +30 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE Am 98   Aston Martin Racing   Roald Goethe
  Stuart Hall
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 163 +31 Laps
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
29 LMGTE Am 70   Larbre Compétition   Jean-Philippe Belloc
  Christophe Bourret
  Pascal Gibon
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 162 +32 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
30 LMGTE Am 55   JWA-Avila   Joël Camathias
  Paul Daniels
  Markus Palttala
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 161 +33 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMGTE Pro 71   AF Corse   Olivier Beretta
  Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 168 Did not finish
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
DNF LMGTE Am 99   Aston Martin Racing   Jonathan Adam
  Andrew Howard
  Paul White
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 157 Did not finish
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 23   Signatech-Nissan   Olivier Lombard
  Franck Mailleux
  Jordan Tresson
Oreca 03 D 135 Did not finish
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 32   Lotus   Vitantonio Liuzzi
  James Rossiter
  Kevin Weeda
Lola B12/80 D 26 Did not finish
Lotus 3.6 L V8
EX LMGTE Am 50   Larbre Compétition   Patrick Bornhauser
  Julien Canal
  Fernando Rees
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 166 Excluded
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Audi wins FIA World Endurance Championship manufacturers' title - Autoweek". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
  2. ^ "2012 Silverstone qualifying results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ "2012 Silverstone race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "97_DriversWorldChampionship_Race.PDF" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2024.


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