2012 6 Hours of São Paulo
The 2012 6 Hours of São Paulo was held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo on Saturday 15 September 2012, and was the fifth round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Toyota claimed its first FIA World Endurance Championship victory at the event.
Qualifying[]
Qualifying result[]
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP1 | #7 Toyota Racing | Alexander Wurz | 1:22.363 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP1 | #2 Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas di Grassi | 1:23.147 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP1 | #1 Audi Sport Team Joest | André Lotterer | 1:23.332 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP1 | #12 Rebellion Racing | Neel Jani | 1:23.962 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP1 | #21 Strakka Racing | Danny Watts | 1:24.089 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP1 | #13 Rebellion Racing | Andrea Belicchi | 1:24.179 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP1 | #22 JRM | Peter Dumbreck | 1:24.320 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | #44 Starworks Motorsport | Stéphane Sarrazin | 1:27.048 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | #25 ADR-Delta | John Martin | 1:27.153 | 9 |
| 10 | LMP2 | #26 Signatech-Nissan | Nelson Panciatici | 1:27.167 | 10 |
| 11 | LMP2 | #35 OAK Racing | Bertrand Baguette | 1:27.275 | 11 |
| 12 | LMP2 | #32 Lotus | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 1:27.338 | 12 |
| 13 | LMP2 | #23 Signatech-Nissan | Franck Mailleux | 1:27.452 | 13 |
| 14 | LMP2 | #41 Greaves Motorsport | Elton Julian | 1:27.769 | 14 |
| 15 | LMP2 | #24 OAK Racing | Matthieu Lahaye | 1:27.818 | 15 |
| 16 | LMP2 | #49 Pecom Racing | Pierre Kaffer | 1:27.968 | 16 |
| 17 | LMP2 | #31 Lotus | Thomas Holzer | 1:28.958 | 17 |
| 18 | LMP2 | #29 Gulf Racing Middle East | Fabien Giroix | 1:30.871 | 18 |
| 19 | LMGTE Pro | #97 Aston Martin Racing | Darren Turner | 1:33.855 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGTE Pro | #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton | Marc Lieb | 1:34.040 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGTE Pro | #51 AF Corse | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1:34.203 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGTE Pro | #71 AF Corse | Andrea Bertolini | 1:34.733 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGTE Am | #61 AF Corse-Waltrip | Enrique Bernoldi | 1:34.781 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGTE Am | #57 Krohn Racing | Michele Rugolo | 1:35.401 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGTE Am | #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton | Paolo Ruberti | 1:35.485 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGTE Am | #50 Larbre Compétition | Fernando Rees | 1:35.485 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGTE Am | #55 | Markus Palttala | 1:36.800 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGTE Am | #70 Larbre Compétition | 1:38.792 | 28 |
Race[]
Race result[]
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP1 | 7 |  Toyota Racing
|
 Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre
|
Toyota TS030 Hybrid | M | 247 |
| Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) | |||||||
| 2 | LMP1 | 1 |  Audi Sport Team Joest
|
André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer
|
Audi R18 e-tron quattro | M | 247 |
| Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | |||||||
| 3 | LMP1 | 2 | Audi Sport Team Joest
|
 Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Lucas di Grassi
|
Audi R18 ultra | M | 247 |
| Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | |||||||
| 4 | LMP1 | 12 | Rebellion Racing
|
Nicolas Prost Neel Jani
|
Lola B12/60 | M | 242 |
| Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP1 | 21 | Strakka Racing
|
Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts
|
HPD ARX-03a | M | 240 |
| Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP1 | 13 | Rebellion Racing
|
 Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat
|
Lola B12/60 | M | 240 |
| Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | LMP2 | 44 |  Starworks Motorsport
|
Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin
|
HPD ARX-03b | D | 234 |
| Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | |||||||
| 8 | LMP2 | 49 |  Pecom Racing
|
Luís Pérez Companc Nicolas Minassian Pierre Kaffer
|
Oreca 03 | D | 231 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | LMP1 | 22 | JRM
|
Peter Dumbreck David Brabham Karun Chandhok
|
HPD ARX-03a | M | 230 |
| Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP2 | 24 | OAK Racing
|
Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla Matthieu Lahaye
|
Morgan LMP2 | D | 230 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | LMP2 | 41 | Greaves Motorsport
|
 Roberto González Elton Julian
|
Zytek Z11SN | D | 229 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 12 | LMP2 | 25 | ADR-Delta
|
John Martin Tor Graves Jan Charouz
|
Oreca 03 | D | 228 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 13 | LMP2 | 32 | Lotus
|
Kevin Weeda Vitantonio Liuzzi James Rossiter
|
Lola B12/80 | D | 228 |
| Lotus 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 14 | LMP2 | 26 | Signatech-Nissan
|
Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Roman Rusinov
|
Oreca 03 | D | 227 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 15 | LMP2 | 31 | Lotus
|
Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Luca Moro
|
Lola B12/80 | D | 226 |
| Lotus 3.6 L V8 | |||||||
| 16 | LMGTE Pro |
51 | AF Corse
|
Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 221 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 17 | LMGTE Pro |
97 | Aston Martin Racing
|
Stefan Mücke Darren Turner
|
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | M | 220 |
| Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 18 | LMGTE Pro |
77 | Team Felbermayr-Proton
|
Marc Lieb Richard Lietz
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 220 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 19 | LMGTE Pro |
71 | AF Corse
|
Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 219 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 20 | LMGTE Am |
88 | Team Felbermayr-Proton
|
Christian Ried Paolo Ruberti
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | M | 213 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 21 | LMGTE Am |
70 | Larbre Compétition
|
Jean-Philippe Belloc
|
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 211 |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 22 | LMGTE Am |
61 | AF Corse-Waltrip
|
Enrique Bernoldi
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 210 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 23 | LMGTE Am |
55 |
|
Joël Camathias Markus Palttala
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | P | 195 |
| Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
| 24 | LMP2 | 29 |  Gulf Racing Middle East
|
Fabien Giroix Keiko Ihara Jean-Denis Délétraz
|
Lola B12/80 | D | 194 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 35 | OAK Racing
|
 Bertrand Baguette Dominik Kraihamer Alex Brundle
|
Morgan LMP2 | D | 164 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 23 | Signatech-Nissan
|
Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson Olivier Lombard
|
Oreca 03 | D | 96 |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMGTE Am |
57 | Krohn Racing
|
Tracy Krohn Niclas Jonsson Michele Rugolo
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | M | 1 |
| Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| EX | LMGTE Am |
50 | Larbre Compétition
|
Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Fernando Rees
|
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | M | 216 |
| Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 |
Note: After finishing 1st in LMGTE Am class, the No. 50 Larbre Corvette was excluded following the post-race technical checks. The team has appealed the Stewards' Decision.[3]
References[]
- ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Sao Paulo Qualifying Practice Final Classification" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. September 14, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Sao Paulo Race Final Classification" (PDF). fiawec.alkamelsystems.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Race report LMGTE: AF Corse Take Third Win in a Row in Brazil". fiawec.com. FIA World Endurance Championship. September 15, 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
Categories:
- 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season
- 2012 in Brazilian motorsport
- 6 Hours of São Paulo
- September 2012 sports events in South America