São Paulo 6-hour race 2012

First race win for the Toyota TS030 Hybrid

The 6-hour race of São Paulo 2012 , also 6h de Sao Paulo, Interlagos , took place on September 15 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace and was the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship this year.

The race

The race at Interlagos ended with the first race win a Toyota - Le Mans prototype in the history of the FIA World Endurance Championship. After the pole position by Alexander Wurz , the car with the number 7 was also the fastest vehicle in the race. Together with partner Nicolas Lapierre , Wurz drove a one-minute lead over the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of André Lotterer , Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler to the checkered flag . Due to the improved fuel efficiency of the TS030 Hybrid , the difference in range to Audi between refueling stops was no longer as striking as in the 6-hour race at Silverstone . By saving a pit stop , Wurz and Lapierre were able to use a racing tactic similar to that of the Audis from Joest Racing .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	7th	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	247
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	247
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish Lucas di Grassi	Audi R18 ultra	247
4th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B12 / 60	242
5	LMP1	21st	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-03a	240
6th	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primacy	Lola B12 / 60	240
7th	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Vicente Potolicchio Ryan Dalziel Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX-03b	234
8th	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian	Oreca 03	231
9	LMP1	22nd	JRM	David Brabham Karun Chandhok Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03a	230
10	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla Jacques Nicolet	Morgan LMP2	230
11	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN	229
12	LMP2	25th	ADR delta	John Martin Tor Graves Jan Charouz	Oreca 03	228
13	LMP2	32	lotus	Vitantonio Liuzzi Kevin Weeda James Rossiter	Lola B12 / 80	228
14th	LMP2	26th	Signatech Nissan	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03	227
15th	LMP2	31	lotus	Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Luca Moro	Lola B12 / 80	226
16	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia	221
17th	GTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage V8	220
18th	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr Proton	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	220
19th	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia	219
20th	GTE Am	88	Felbermayr-Proton team	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	213
21st	GTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	211
22nd	GTE Am	61	AF Corse whale trip	Francisco Longo Alexandre Negrao Enrique Bernoldi	Ferrari 458 Italia	210
23	GTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Markus Palttala Joël Camathias Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	195
24	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Delétraz Keiko Ihara Fabien Giroix	Lola B12 / 80	194
Disqualified
25th	GTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	216
Failed
26th	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	Alex Brundle Bertrand Baguette Dominik Kraihamer	Morgan LMP2	164
27	LMP2	23	Signatech Nissan	Jordan Tresson Franck Mailleux Olivier Lombard	Oreca 03	96
28	GTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia	1
Not started
29	LMP1	12T	Rebellion Racing		Lola B12 / 60	1
30th	LMP2	29T	Gulf Racing Middle East		Lola B12 / 80	2

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Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
31	GTE Am	58	Luxury racing	Pierre Ehret Frankie Montecalvo	Ferrari 458 Italia
32	GTE Pro	59	Luxury racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Jaime Melo	Ferrari 458 Italia

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP1	Alexander Wurz	Nicolas Lapierre		Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Overall victory
LMP2	Vincente Potolicchio	Ryan Dalziel	Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX 03b	Rank 7
GTE Pro	Giancarlo Fisichella	Gianmaria Bruni		Ferrari 458 Italia	Rank 16
GTE Am	Christian Ried	Gianluca Roda	Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 28
• Valued: 24
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: cloudy and dry
• Route length: 4.309 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 01: 08.356 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 247
• Total distance of the winning team: 1064.320 km
• Winner's average: 176.800 km / h
• Pole position: Alexander Wurz - Toyota TS030 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 22.363 = 188.300 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Tom Kristensen - Audi R18 ultra (# 2) - 1: 23.070 = 186.700 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Silverstone 2012

FIA World Endurance Championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Bahrain 2012