2012 6 Hours of Fuji

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The 2012 6 Hours of Fuji is an endurance auto race held at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan on 14 October 2012. The race is the seventh round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and marks the return of the former Fuji 1000 km event for the first time since 2007.

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Qualifying

Kazuki Nakajima took the win for Toyota in front of the Japanese crowd. Toyota Racing wins 2012 WEC Fuji.jpg
Kazuki Nakajima took the win for Toyota in front of the Japanese crowd.

Toyota earned their second pole position of the season in front of the home crowd at the circuit also owned by the company. Kazuki Nakajima set a lap time of 1:27.499 in the Toyota TS030 Hybrid, nearly two tenths of a second ahead of Marcel Fässler's Audi. Neel Jani gave Rebellion Racing the top spot amongst the LMP1 privateers to put another Toyota motor on the second row of the starting grid, just ahead of Strakka Racing's Honda. Starworks Motorsport continued their streak of four consecutive pole positions in the LMP2 category, with a 1:32.367 lap set by Stéphane Sarrazin in the team's Honda, with the ADR-Delta Oreca-Nissan second in the category.

In LMGTE Pro, Marc Lieb gave Porsche their second pole of the season with Team Felbermayr-Proton, three tenths of a second ahead of Gianmaria Bruni's AF Corse Ferrari. The LMGTE Am category was led by Jean-Philippe Belloc who earned Larbre Compétition their first pole of the year in the Chevrolet Corvette.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1LMP1No. 7 Toyota Racing Kazuki Nakajima 1:27.4991
2LMP1No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler 1:27.6392
3LMP1No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Tom Kristensen 1:28.3703
4LMP1No. 12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:29.8714
5LMP1No. 21 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:30.0515
6LMP1No. 22 JRM David Brabham 1:30.4106
7LMP1No. 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi 1:30.6827
8LMP1No. 15 OAK Racing Bertrand Baguette 1:30.9128
9LMP2No. 44 Starworks Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin 1:32.3679
10LMP2No. 25 ADR-Delta John Martin 1:32.54810
11LMP2No. 32 Lotus Vitantonio Liuzzi 1:32.73811
12LMP2No. 26 Signatech-Nissan Nelson Panciatici 1:32.96012
13LMP2No. 49 Pecom Racing Nicolas Minassian 1:33.11413
14LMP2No. 24 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:33.16514
15LMP2No. 23 Signatech-Nissan Olivier Lombard 1:34.29415
16LMP2No. 31 Lotus Thomas Holzer 1:35.03616
17LMP2No. 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix 1:35.23417
18LMP2No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Ricardo González 1:35.60118
19LMGTE ProNo. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb 1:40.28919
20LMGTE ProNo. 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:40.59820
21LMGTE ProNo. 97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:40.79824 1
22LMGTE ProNo. 71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini 1:41.20221
23LMGTE AmNo. 70 Larbre Compétition Jean-Philippe Belloc 1:41.38622
24LMGTE AmNo. 57 Krohn Racing Michele Rugolo 1:41.70123
25LMGTE AmNo. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Paolo Ruberti 1:41.71125
26LMGTE AmNo. 50 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal 1:41.94526 1
27LMGTE AmNo. 55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 1:42.91027 1

Race

Race result

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP17 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Racing Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Lapierre
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 233
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
2LMP11 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer
Flag of Switzerland.svg Marcel Fässler
Flag of France.svg Benoît Tréluyer
Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 233
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3LMP12 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 233
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
4LMP112 Flag of Switzerland.svg Rebellion Racing Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost
Flag of Switzerland.svg Neel Jani
Lola B12/60 M 227
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5LMP122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JRM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok
HPD ARX-03a M 226
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
6LMP121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Strakka Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Leventis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Kane
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
HPD ARX-03a M 226
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
7LMP113 Flag of Switzerland.svg Rebellion Racing Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi
Flag of Switzerland.svg Harold Primat
Lola B12/60 M 225
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8LMP225 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ADR-Delta Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Martin
Flag of Thailand.svg Tor Graves
Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano
Oreca 03 D 220
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9LMP244 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Flag of Venezuela.svg Enzo Potolicchio
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
HPD ARX-03b D 219
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10LMP224 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Jacques Nicolet
Flag of France.svg Olivier Pla
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye
Morgan LMP2 D 219
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11LMP249 Flag of Argentina.svg Pecom Racing Flag of Argentina.svg Luís Pérez Companc
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Minassian
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Oreca 03 D 216
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12LMP232 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Weeda
Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rossiter
Lola B12/80 D 216
Lotus 3.6 L V8
13LMP229 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Gulf Racing Middle East Flag of France.svg Fabien Giroix
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ihara
Flag of Switzerland.svg Jean-Denis Délétraz
Lola B12/80 D 214
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14LMP241 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greaves Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Christian Zugel
Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo González
Flag of Ecuador.svg Elton Julian
Zytek Z11SN D 212
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15LMP223 Flag of France.svg Signatech-Nissan Flag of France.svg Franck Mailleux
Flag of France.svg Jordan Tresson
Flag of France.svg Olivier Lombard
Oreca 03 D 211
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16LMP115 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato
OAK Pescarolo 01 D 210
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
17LMGTE
Pro
77 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Lietz
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 207
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18LMGTE
Pro
51 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 206
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19LMGTE
Pro
97 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 206
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20LMGTE
Pro
71 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 206
Ferrari 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 Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 204
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22LMGTE
Am
57 Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Krohn
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jonsson
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Rugolo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 203
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23LMGTE
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 202
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24LMGTE
Am
70 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Pascal Gibon
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bourret
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Belloc
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 199
Corvette 5.5 L V8
25LMGTE
Am
55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JWA-Avila Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Daniels
Flag of Switzerland.svg Joël Camathias
Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Kobayashi
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNFLMP231 Flag of Germany.svg Lotus Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of Germany.svg Mirco Schultis
Lola B12/80 D 139
Lotus 3.6 L V8
EXLMP226 Flag of France.svg Signatech-Nissan Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Oreca 03 D 213
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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