2012 6 Hours of Castellet

Circuit Paul Ricard 1A-V2 (pit road was different before 2019

The 2012 6 Hours of Castellet (6 Heures du Castellet) was the opening round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 1 April 2012. Previously known as the Le Mans Series, it was the first race in the series' history where LMP1 was not contested in as LMP2 has taken over as the top prototype class. The Formula Le Mans (FLM) spec class has been renamed to Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), the same name used in the American Le Mans Series. A new Grand Touring class was meant to participate in the opening round which was Grand Touring Challenge (GTC), but lack of entrants meant it did not participate.

Qualifying[]

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Qualifying result[]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race[]

Race result[]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[1]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Oreca 03	D	189
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2	LMP2	19	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Nicolas Marroc Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03	D	188
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3	LMP2	17	Status GP	Alexander Sims Yelmer Buurman	Lola B12/80	D	188
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
4	LMP2	1	Greaves Motorsport	Alex Brundle Tom Kimber-Smith Lucas Ordoñez	Zytek Z11SN	D	188
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5	LMP2	11		Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 03	D	186
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
6	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Guillaume Moreau Dominik Kraihamer	Morgan LMP2	D	185
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
7	LMP2	10	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Gianmaria Bruni	Oreca 03	D	183
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	LMPC	42		Phil Keen	Oreca FLM09	M	177
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
9	LMGTE Pro	66		Jonny Cocker James Walker	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	176
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
10	LMGTE Pro	83	JMB Racing	Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	176
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11	LMGTE Am	75	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Maxime Soulet	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	175
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12	LMP2	44			Norma M200P	D	175
					Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
13	LMP2	38	JOTA	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan	Zytek Z11SN	D	174
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMGTE Am	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Nicolas Armindo	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	174
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	LMGTE Pro	61	Kessel Racing	Philipp Peter	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	174
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
16	LMGTE Am	99	JMB Racing	Alain Ferté	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	172
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Am	69	Gulf Racing	Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	D	160
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
18	LMGTE Am	60	AF Corse		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	144
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMPC	40	Boutsen Ginion Racing		Oreca FLM09	M	111
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNF	LMP2	18	Murphy Prototypes	Warren Hughes Jody Firth Luca Moro	MG-Oreca 03	D	64
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	45	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Jack Clarke Sébastien Buemi	Oreca 03	D	27
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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