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]

Map of the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit

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	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
Source:[2]

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

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	194	6:00:39.594‡
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)	M	194	6:00:39.594‡
2	LMP1	7	Toyota Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima Alexander Wurz	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	M	194	+55.675
2	LMP1	7	Toyota Racing	Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima Alexander Wurz	Toyota RV8 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)	M	194	+55.675
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R18 ultra	M	194	+1:14.427
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	M	194	+1:14.427
4	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat	Lola B12/60	M	189	+5 Laps
4	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	M	189	+5 Laps
5	LMP1	21	Strakka Racing	Jonny Kane Nick Leventis Danny Watts	HPD ARX-03a	M	189	+5 Laps
5	LMP1	21	Strakka Racing	Jonny Kane Nick Leventis Danny Watts	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	M	189	+5 Laps
6	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Lola B12/60	M	189	+5 Laps
6	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani Nicolas Prost	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8	M	189	+5 Laps
7	LMP1	22	JRM	David Brabham Karun Chandhok Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03a	M	187	+7 Laps
7	LMP1	22	JRM	David Brabham Karun Chandhok Peter Dumbreck	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8	M	187	+7 Laps
8	LMP2	25	ADR-Delta	Jan Charouz Tor Graves John Martin	Oreca 03	D	183	+11 Laps‡
8	LMP2	25	ADR-Delta	Jan Charouz Tor Graves John Martin	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	183	+11 Laps‡
9	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX-03b	D	183	+11 Laps
9	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6	D	183	+11 Laps
10	LMP2	26	Signatech-Nissan	Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03	D	183	+11 Laps
10	LMP2	26	Signatech-Nissan	Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Roman Rusinov	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	183	+11 Laps
11	LMP2	49	PeCom Racing	Soheil Ayari Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer	Oreca 03	D	182	+12 Laps
11	LMP2	49	PeCom Racing	Soheil Ayari Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	182	+12 Laps
12	LMP2	42	Greaves Motorsport	Alex Brundle Martin Brundle Lucas Ordóñez	Zytek Z11SN	D	182	+12 Laps
12	LMP2	42	Greaves Motorsport	Alex Brundle Martin Brundle Lucas Ordóñez	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	182	+12 Laps
13	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla	Morgan LMP2	D	182	+12 Laps
13	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	182	+12 Laps
14	LMP2	38	Jota	Simon Dolan Sam Hancock Nicolas Minassian	Zytek Z11SN	D	182	+12 Laps
14	LMP2	38	Jota	Simon Dolan Sam Hancock Nicolas Minassian	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	182	+12 Laps
15	LMP2	30	Status GP	Julien Jousse Maxime Jousse Alexander Sims	Lola B12/80	D	181	+13 Laps
15	LMP2	30	Status GP	Julien Jousse Maxime Jousse Alexander Sims	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	181	+13 Laps
16	LMP2	48	Murphy Prototypes	Jody Firth Brendon Hartley Warren Hughes	Oreca 03	D	180	+14 Laps
16	LMP2	48	Murphy Prototypes	Jody Firth Brendon Hartley Warren Hughes	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	180	+14 Laps
17	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Bertrand Baguette David Heinemeier Hansson Dominik Kraihamer	Morgan LMP2	D	176	+18 Laps
17	LMP2	35	OAK Racing		Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	176	+18 Laps
18	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Délétraz Fabien Giroix Keiko Ihara	Lola B12/80	D	176	+18 Laps
18	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Délétraz Fabien Giroix Keiko Ihara	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	176	+18 Laps
19	LMP2	31	Lotus	Christijan Albers Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis	Lola B12/80	D	174	+20 Laps
19	LMP2	31	Lotus	Christijan Albers Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis	Lotus 3.6 L V8	D	174	+20 Laps
20	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Ricardo González Elton Julian Christian Zugel	Zytek Z11SN	D	173	+21 Laps
20	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Ricardo González Elton Julian Christian Zugel	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	173	+21 Laps
21	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	171	+23 Laps‡
21	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	M	171	+23 Laps‡
22	LMGTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Jonny Cocker James Walker	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	169	+25 Laps
22	LMGTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	Jonny Cocker James Walker	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	D	169	+25 Laps
23	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	169	+25 Laps
23	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Adrián Fernández Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	M	169	+25 Laps
24	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse-Waltrip	Marco Cioci Matt Griffin Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	166	+28 Laps‡
24	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse-Waltrip	Marco Cioci Matt Griffin Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	M	166	+28 Laps‡
25	LMGTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	166	+28 Laps
25	LMGTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	166	+28 Laps
26	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jonsson Tracy Krohn Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	165	+29 Laps
26	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Niclas Jonsson Tracy Krohn Michele Rugolo	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	M	165	+29 Laps
27	LMGTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	164	+30 Laps
27	LMGTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	M	164	+30 Laps
28	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	163	+31 Laps
28	LMGTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	M	163	+31 Laps
29	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	162	+32 Laps
29	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	162	+32 Laps
30	LMGTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias Paul Daniels Markus Palttala	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	161	+33 Laps
30	LMGTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias Paul Daniels Markus Palttala	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	P	161	+33 Laps
DNF	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Olivier Beretta Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	168	Did not finish
DNF	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Olivier Beretta Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	M	168	Did not finish
DNF	LMGTE Am	99	Aston Martin Racing	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard Paul White	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	157	Did not finish
DNF	LMGTE Am	99	Aston Martin Racing	Jonathan Adam Andrew Howard Paul White	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	M	157	Did not finish
DNF	LMP2	23	Signatech-Nissan	Olivier Lombard Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson	Oreca 03	D	135	Did not finish
DNF	LMP2	23	Signatech-Nissan	Olivier Lombard Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	135	Did not finish
DNF	LMP2	32	Lotus	Vitantonio Liuzzi James Rossiter Kevin Weeda	Lola B12/80	D	26	Did not finish
DNF	LMP2	32	Lotus	Vitantonio Liuzzi James Rossiter Kevin Weeda	Lotus 3.6 L V8	D	26	Did not finish
EX	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Fernando Rees	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	166	Excluded
EX	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Fernando Rees	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	M	166	Excluded
Source:[3]

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:[4]

LMP1 Manufacturers' World Championship standings
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	129
2	Toyota	18 (–111)
Source:[4]

LMGTE Manufacturers' World Cup standings
Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ferrari	197
2	Porsche	102 (–95)
3	Chevrolet	84 (–113)
Source:[4]

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:[4]

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:[4]

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:[4]

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:[4]

References

"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.
"97_DriversWorldChampionship_Race.PDF" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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[1] "Audi wins FIA World Endurance Championship manufacturers' title - Autoweek". Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2012-08-26.

[2] "2012 Silverstone qualifying results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[3] "2012 Silverstone race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[SilverstoneStandings-4] "97_DriversWorldChampionship_Race.PDF" (PDF). Alkamel Systems. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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