2012 Grand Prix of Mosport

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The 2012 Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 30th Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was held a two hour and 45 minute time period, during which 117 laps of the 3.9 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 463 kilometres.

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Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03a - Winner 2012 Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport

The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car took an eleven second victory over the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car. [1] It was the fourth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf [2] and also for both drivers it was their third victories in the Grand Prix of Mosport.

Third place, and first in the P2 division was Conquest Endurance team of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2. It was their first victory in the class and the first time Level 5 Motorsports had not won in the 2012 season. Any chance Level 5's HPD ARX-03b had of victory ended when Christophe Bouchut acquired a stop-go penalty late in the race crossing the blend-line at the exit of pit lane. [2]

Fifth was the second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda ahead of the PC class winners, the RSR Racing pair of Bruno Junqueira and Tomy Drissi in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's first victory in the Prototype Challenge class.

Tenth outright was the GT class winners, Extreme Speed Motorsports pair of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in their Ferrari 458 Italia. It was the first win of the year for Ferrari and the fourth different manufacturer to win in GT in five races. It was also Extreme Speed's debut ALMS win. The Ferrari crossed the finish line in second position, just behind the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long but the Porsche failed post-race scrutineering. Van Overbeek only moved into the race winning position on the last lap after Jan Magnussen's Chevrolet Corvette slide wide while attacking Bergmeister for the lead of the class. [2]

Back in 19th were the GT Challenge class winners, TRG driver Emilio Di Guida and Spencer Pumpelly.

22 of the 26 entries were running at races conclusion.

Race

Race result

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTireLaps
Engine
1P16 Flag of the United States.svg Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
HPD ARX-03a M 117
Honda 3.4 L V8
2P116 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Lola B12/60 D 117
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
3P237 Flag of the United States.svg Conquest Endurance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Plowman
Flag of Denmark.svg David Heinemeier Hansson
Morgan LMP2 D 117
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4P2055 Flag of the United States.svg Level 5 Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Tucker
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
HPD ARX-03b D 117
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
5P120 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Lola B11/66 D 115
Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4
(Isobutanol)
6PC9 Flag of the United States.svg RSR Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira
Flag of the United States.svg Tomy Drissi
Oreca FLM09 M 115
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7PC05 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of the United States.svg Jon Bennett
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun
Oreca FLM09 M 114
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8PC06 Flag of the United States.svg CORE Autosport Flag of Venezuela.svg Alex Popow
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
Oreca FLM09 M 113
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9PC25 Flag of the United States.svg Dempsey Racing Flag of France.svg Henri Richard
Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Ende
Oreca FLM09 M 112
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
10GT01 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 112
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11GT3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 112
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
12GT56 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 D 111
BMW 4.0 L V8
13GT17 Flag of the United States.svg Team Falken Tire Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Sellers
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR F 111
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
14GT48 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Miller Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Miller
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR D 110
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15GT44 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 110
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16GT55 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
BMW M3 GT2 D 110
BMW 4.0 L V8
17GT23 Flag of the United States.svg Lotus / Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sweedler
Flag of the United States.svg Townsend Bell
Lotus Evora GTE Y 110
Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6
18GT02 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Ed Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 109
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19GTC66 Flag of the United States.svg TRG Flag of Venezuela.svg Emilio Di Guida
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20GTC22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 104
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21
DNF
GTC11 Flag of the United States.svg JDX Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Cumming
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 98
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22
DNF
PC8 Flag of the United States.svg Merchant Services Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Marcelli
Flag of the United States.svg Antonio Downs
Oreca FLM09 M 97
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
23GT4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 91
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
24
DNF
PC52 Flag of the United States.svg PR1/Mathiasan Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Flag of the United States.svg Ken Dobson
Oreca FLM09 M 26
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
25
DNF
GTC34 Flag of the United States.svg Green Hornet Racing Flag of the United States.svg Peter LeSaffre
Flag of Ireland.svg Damien Faulkner
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 23
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26
EXC
GT45 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 112
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS [4]

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