2012 6 Hours of Silverstone

Map of the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit

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.

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	PL 1
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	33 2
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	34 2
Source: [2]

Notes:

• ^1 —The No. 32 Lotus Lola started from the pit lane. ^[3]
• ^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. ^[4]

Race

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: [5]

Championship standings after the race

World Drivers' Championship standings Pos. +/- Driver Points 1 1 Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer 96.5 2 1 Tom Kristensen Allan McNish 92 (−4.5) 3 2 Rinaldo Capello 77 (−19.5) 4 1 Romain Dumas Loïc Duval 67 (−29.5) 5 Neel Jani Nicolas Prost 50.5 (−46) Source: [6]

LMP1 Manufacturers' World Championship standings Pos. +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Audi 129 2 Toyota 18 (–111) Source: [6]

LMGTE Manufacturers' World Cup standings Pos. +/- Manufacturer Points 1 Ferrari 197 2 Porsche 102 (–95) 3 Chevrolet 84 (–113) Source: [6]

Endurance Trophy for LMP1 Teams standings Pos. +/- Team Points 1 Rebellion Racing 112 2 1 Strakka Racing 75 (–37) 3 1 JRM 75 (–37) 4 Pescarolo Team 25 (–87) 5 OAK Racing 8 (–104) Source: [6]

Endurance Trophy For LMP2 Teams standings Pos. +/- Team Points 1 Starworks Motorsport 98 2 ADR-Delta 86 (–12) 3 PeCom Racing 74 (–24) 4 Greaves Motorsport 63 (–35) 5 OAK Racing 43 (–55) Source: [6]

Endurance Trophy For LMGTE Pro Teams standings Pos. +/- Team Points 1 AF Corse 118 2 1 Aston Martin Racing 63 (–55) 3 1 Team Felbermayr-Proton 59 (–59) 4 2 Luxury Racing 53 (–65) Source: [6]

Endurance Trophy For LMGTE Am Teams standings Pos. +/- Team Points 1 Larbre Compétition 98 2 Krohn Racing 71 (–27) 3 Team Felbermayr-Proton 69 (–29) 4 1 AF Corse-Waltrip 61 (–37) 5 1 JWA-Avila 50 (–48) Source: [6]

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