2012 6 Hours of Silverstone
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[edit]
Qualifying result[edit]
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | 1 |  Audi Sport Team Joest
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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
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1:50.129 | +6.466 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | 38 | Jota
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1:50.165 | +6.502 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | 48 |  Murphy Prototypes
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1:50.250 | +6.587 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | 23 |  Signatech-Nissan
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1:50.624 | +6.961 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | 32 | Lotus
|
1:50.688 | +7.025 | PL1 |
| 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 | 332 |
| 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 | 342 |
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Notes:
- ^1 —The No. 32 Lotus Lola started from the pit lane.
- ^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.
Race[edit]
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 135 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
Championship standings after the race[edit]
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References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2012 6 Hours of Silverstone.
- ^ "Audi wins FIA World Endurance Championship manufacturers' title - Autoweek". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ "2012 Silverstone qualifying results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "2012 Silverstone race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "97_DriversWorldChampionship_Race.PDF" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2024.