2012 6 Hours of Bahrain

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The 2012 6 Hours of Bahrain was an auto race held at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was the inaugural running of the 6 Hours of Bahrain and the sixth round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

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The race was dominated by Audi Sport Team Joest who swept to a 1-2 victory with Benoît Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer taking a one lap win over the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen. Nicolas Lapierre for Toyota lead early in the race only to pit with faulty number plate illumination, losing over ten minutes in the pits before ultimately retired after a collision. The Strakka Racing HPD claimed third, six laps behind the winners.

The LMP2 category was won by the Pecom Racing Oreca 03 driven by Pierre Kaffer, Nicolas Minassian and Luís Pérez Companc, who held a two lap gap over the bulk of the class Signatech's of Jordan Tresson, Olivier Lombard and Franck Mailleux finished in second place. The AF Corse Ferrari pair of Toni Vilander and Giancarlo Fisichella won LMGTE Pro by a lap over Aston Martin Racing, which allowed AF Corse to wrap up the class championship. AF Corse's Olivier Beretta, driving another Ferrari, was excluded from the event after making avoidable contact with Greaves Motorsports' Ricardo González. [1] Porsche won LMGTE Am class with the Team Felbermayr-Proton 997 of Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti leading by a lap over the Waltrip Ferrari.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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

PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1LMP1#2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish 1:45.8141
2LMP1#1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler 1:45.8882
3LMP1#7 Toyota Racing Nicolas Lapierre 1:46.2543
4LMP1#12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:47.6384
5LMP1#21 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:48.4465
6LMP1#22 JRM Karun Chandhok 1:48.7846
7LMP2#44 Starworks Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin 1:51.7987
8LMP2#25 ADR-Delta John Martin 1:52.2858
9LMP2#24 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:52.3689
10LMP2#35 OAK Racing Dominik Kraihamer 1:52.60910
11LMP2#49 Pecom Racing Nicolas Minassian 1:52.62411
12LMP2#32 Lotus James Rossiter 1:52.69612
13LMP2#26 Signatech-Nissan Roman Rusinov 1:53.32813
14LMP2#31 Lotus Thomas Holzer 1:53.73314
15LMP2#23 Signatech-Nissan Jordan Tresson 1:53.79315
16LMP2#29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix 1:55.46516
17LMP2#41 Greaves Motorsport Christian Zugel 1:58.60317
18LMGTE Pro#97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 2:00.23418
19LMGTE Pro#77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Richard Lietz 2:00.53219
20LMGTE Pro#51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella 2:01.52220
21LMGTE Pro#71 AF Corse Olivier Beretta 2:01.86121
22LMGTE Am#61 AF Corse-Waltrip Rui Águas 2:02.81222
23LMGTE Am#50 Larbre Compétition Fernando Rees 2:03.25323
24LMGTE Am#88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Paolo Ruberti 2:03.68624
25LMGTE Am#70 Larbre Compétition Christophe Bourret 2:04.93425
26LMGTE Am#55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 2:05.57226
27LMGTE Am#57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn 2:06.80627
LMP1#13 Rebellion Racing No Time28

Race

Race result

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP11 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marcel Fässler
Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 191
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
2LMP12 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 190
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3LMP121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
HPD ARX-03a M 185
Honda LM-AR6 3.4 L V8
4LMP112 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Lola B12/60 M 184
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5LMP113 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi
Lola B12/60 M 181
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
6LMP249 Flag of Argentina.svg Pecom Racing Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Oreca 03 D 179
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7LMP223 Flag of France.svg Signatech-Nissan Flag of France.svg Jordan Tresson
Flag of France.svg Olivier Lombard
Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux
Oreca 03 D 177
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMP244 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Flag of Venezuela.svg Enzo Potolicchio
HPD ARX-03b D 177
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
9LMP232 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Lola B12/80 D 177
Lotus 3.6 L V8
10LMP226 Flag of France.svg Signatech-Nissan Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici
Oreca 03 D 176
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11LMP224 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Morgan LMP2 D 172
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12LMP241 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greaves Motorsport Flag of Ecuador.svg Elton Julian
Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo González
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Zugel
Zytek Z11SN D 170
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13LMGTE
Pro
51 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Finland.svg Toni Vilander
Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 170
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
14LMGTE
Pro
97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 169
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
15LMGTE
Pro
77 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 169
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16LMGTE
Pro
71 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta 1
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 169
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
17LMGTE
Am
88 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried
Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Roda
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 165
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18LMGTE
Am
61 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse-Waltrip Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kauffman
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Vickers
Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Águas
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 164
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
19LMGTE
Am
57 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Krohn
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 162
Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
20LMP225 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ADR-Delta Flag of Thailand.svg Tor Graves
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin
Oreca 03 D 161
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
21LMGTE
Am
50 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Patrick Bornhauser
Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Rees
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 157
GM LS1 5.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Am
70 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Belloc
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bourret
Flag of France.svg Pascal Gibon
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 153
GM LS1 5.5 L V8
23LMGTE
Am
55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JWA-Avila Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Joël Camathias
Flag of Denmark.svg Benny Simonsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Daniels
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 150
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNFLMP17 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Racing Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 144
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
DNFLMP231 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus Flag of Italy.svg Luca Moro
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Lola B12/80 D 103
Lotus 3.6 L V8
DNFLMP229 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Gulf Racing Middle East Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Denis Délétraz
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ihara
Flag of France.svg Fabien Giroix
Lola B12/80 D 97
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNFLMP122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JRM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
HPD ARX-03a M 61
Honda LM-AR6 3.4 L V8
DNFLMP235 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Brundle
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
Morgan LMP2 D 14
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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