Bahrain 6 hour race 2012

Bahrain International Circuit, Turn 19

The 2012 6 Hours of Bahrain , also known as 6 Hours of Bahrain, Bahrain , took place on September 29 at the Bahrain International Circuit and was the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship that year.

The race

As in the previous championship races, two Audi R18s (in Bahrain, Joest Racing reported two R18 e-tron quattro) competed with a Toyota TS030 Hybrid . In qualifying, Allan McNish , who set a fastest time of 1: 45.814 minutes, was 0.5 seconds faster than Nicolas Lapierre in third-placed Toyota.

In the race, Alexander Wurz managed to overtake both Audis in a short time. After two hours of racing, the Toyota was one minute ahead when Lapierre was called to the pits by the race management to repair the start number lighting. Replacing the lamps threw the Toyota back in sixth place. One hour before the end of the race, the car broke down after a collision while lapping. The two Audis soon sorted themselves in the order starting number 1 before number 2. At the finish, André Lotterer , Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler had a 1½ minute lead over teammates Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	191
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	190
3	LMP1	21st	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-03a	185
4th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B12 / 60	184
5	LMP1	13T	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primacy	Lola B12 / 60	181
6th	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03	179
7th	LMP2	23	Signatech Nissan	Jordan Tresson Franck Mailleux Olivier Lombard	Oreca 03	177
8th	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Vicente Potolicchio Tom Kimber-Smith Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX-03b	177
9	LMP2	32	lotus	Vitantonio Liuzzi Kevin Weeda James Rossiter	Lola B12 / 80	177
10	LMP2	26th	Signatech Nissan	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03	176
11	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla Jacques Nicolet	Morgan LMP2	172
12	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN	170
13	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia	170
14th	GTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage V8	169
15th	GTE Pro	77	Felbermayr-Proton team	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	169
16	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia	169
17th	GTE Am	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	165
18th	GTE Am	61	AF Corse whale trip	Robert Kauffman Brian Vickers Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia	164
19th	GTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia	162
20th	LMP2	25th	ADR delta	John Martin Tor Graves	Oreca 03	161
21st	GTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	157
22nd	GTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	153
23	GTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Markus Palttala Joël Camathias Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	150
Failed
24	LMP1	7th	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	144
25th	LMP2	31	lotus	Thomas Holzer Luca Moro	Lola B12 / 80	103
26th	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Delétraz Keiko Ihara Fabien Giroix	Lola B12 / 80	97
27	LMP1	22nd	JRM	David Brabham Karun Chandhok Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03a	61
28	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Alex Brundle Bertrand Baguette Dominik Kraihamer	Morgan LMP2	14th
Not started
29	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primacy	Lola B12 / 60	1

¹ accident in training

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Overall victory
LMP2	Luís Pérez Companc	Pierre Kaffer	Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03	Rank 6
GTE Pro	Giancarlo Fisichella	Toni Vilander		Ferrari 458 Italia	Rank 13
GTE Am	Christian Ried	Gianluca Roda	Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Rank 17

Racing data

• Registered: 29
• Started: 28
• Rated: 23
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 5.412 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 56.244 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 191
• Total distance of the winning team: 1033.690 km
• Winner's average: 171.800 km / h
• Pole position: Allan McNish - Audi R18 e-tron quattro (# 2) - 1: 45.814 = 184.100 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Nicolas Lapierre - Toyota TS030 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 47.128 = 181.900 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of São Paulo 2012

FIA World Endurance Championship

Succession race 6-hour race at Fuji in 2012