Silverstone 6 Hours 2012

Toyota TS030 Hybrid with modified aerodynamics and wider rear wing

The victorious in LMP2 Oreca 03 of John Martin , Tor Graves and Jan Charouz

The 6 Hours of Silverstone 2012 , also 6 Hours of Silverstone, Silverstone , took place on August 25th at the Silverstone Circuit and was the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship this year.

The race

Originally, the first race of the Toyota TS030 Hybrid was planned for the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps , but a test accident prevented its use. The racing debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans took place with two cars , where both cars had to retire. At Silverstone, Toyota only entered an LMP1 vehicle driven by Alexander Wurz , Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima . After finishing third in training, a duel between the Toyota and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro developed by André Lotterer , Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler .

Immediately after the start, Nicolas Lapierre was able to make up a place in the Toyota and finally take the lead on the eleventh lap. Due to the higher consumption of the TS030 Hybrid, it had to pit earlier than the two R18s, which means that the lead in the course of the race - due to the staggered pit stops - constantly switched between the Audi R18 e-tron quattro and the Toyota. In addition, one more fuel stop was necessary for the Toyota than for the two Audis. After a race without incident, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro won with a lead of almost a minute over the Audi.

There was a close race in the LMP2 class. After six hours of driving, John Martin , Tor Graves and Jan Charouz won in the Oreca 03 with a lead of 6 seconds over the HPD ARX-03b run by Vicente Potolicchio , Ryan Dalziel and Stéphane Sarrazin .

Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni in the Ferrari 458 Italia stayed in the GTE Pro class . A Ferrari 458 Italia also took first place in the GTE-Am class. Marco Cioci , Matt Griffin and Piergiuseppe Perazzini drove the Waltrip car .

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	194
2	LMP1	7th	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	194
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Tom Kristensen Allan McNish	Audi R18 ultra	194
4th	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Harold Primacy	Lola B12 / 60	189
5	LMP1	21st	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Danny Watts Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-03a	189
6th	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B12 / 60	189
7th	LMP1	22nd	JRM	David Brabham Karun Chandhok Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03a	187
8th	LMP2	25th	ADR delta	John Martin Tor Graves Jan Charouz	Oreca 03	183
9	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Vicente Potolicchio Ryan Dalziel Stéphane Sarrazin	HPD ARX-03b	183
10	LMP2	26th	Signatech Nissan	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03	183
11	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03	182
12	LMP2	42	Greaves Motorsport	Lucas Ordoñez Martin Brundle Alex Brundle	Zytek Z11SN	182
13	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Matthieu Lahaye Olivier Pla Jacques Nicolet	Morgan LMP2	182
14th	LMP2	38	Iota	Sam Hancock Simon Dolan Nicolas Minassian	Zytek Z11SN	182
15th	LMP2	30th	Status GP	Alexander Sims Julien Jousse Maxime Jousse	Lola B12 / 80	181
16	LMP2	48	Murphy prototypes	Jody Firth Warren Hughes Brendon Hartley	Oreca 03	180
17th	LMP2	35	OAK Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Bertrand Baguette Dominik Kraihamer	Morgan LMP2	176
18th	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Delétraz Keiko Ihara Fabien Giroix	Lola B12 / 80	176
19th	LMP2	31	lotus	Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Christijan Albers	Lola B12 / 80	174
20th	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN	173
21st	GTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia	171
22nd	GTE Pro	66	JMW Motorsport	James Walker Jonny Cocker	Ferrari 458 Italia	169
23	GTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Stefan Mücke Adrián Fernández Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage V8	169
24	GTE Am	61	AF Corse whale trip	Marco Cioci Matt Griffin Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Ferrari 458 Italia	166
25th	GTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr Proton	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	166
26th	GTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia	165
27	GTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr Proton	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	164
28	GTE Am	98	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage V8	163
29	GTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	162
30th	GTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Markus Palttala Joël Camathias Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	161
Disqualified
31	GTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees	Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1	166
Failed
32	GTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia	168
33	GTE Am	99	Aston Martin Racing	Jonny Adam Andrew Howard Paul White	Aston Martin Vantage V8	157
34	LMP2	23	Signatech Nissan	Jordan Tresson Franck Mailleux Olivier Lombard	Oreca 03	128
35	LMP2	32	lotus	Vitantonio Liuzzi Kevin Weeda James Rossiter	Lola B12 / 80	26th

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
36	GTE Am	58	Luxury racing	Pierre Ehret Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo	Ferrari 458 Italia
37	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	André Lotterer	Benoît Tréluyer	Marcel Fässler	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Overall victory
LMP2	John Martin	Gate Graves	Jan Charouz	Oreca 03	Rank 8
GTE Pro	Giancarlo Fisichella	Gianmaria Bruni		Ferrari 458 Italia	Rank 21
GTE Am	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	Marco Cioci	Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia	Rank 24

Racing data

• Registered: 37
• Started: 35
• Rated: 30
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 35,000
• Race day weather: cool and dry
• Route length: 5.891 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 39.594 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 194
• Total distance of the winning team: 1142.660 km
• Winner's average: 190.100 km / h
• Pole position: André Lotterer - Audi R18 e-tron quattro (# 1) - 1: 43.663 = 204.500 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Alexander Wurz - Toyota TS030 Hybrid (# 7) - 1: 44.059 = 203.800 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

Web links

Commons : 6 Hours of Silverstone 2012  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results

Previous race 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012

FIA World Endurance Championship

Successor to the 6-hour race of São Paulo 2012