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