2012 6 Hours of Donington explained

The 2012 6 Hours of Donington was an auto race held at the Donington Park Circuit, Leicestershire, United Kingdom on 13 - 15 July 2012. It was the second round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series season, and the first time that the European Le Mans Series held the 6 Hours of Donington since 2006. The race was won by Olivier Pla, Demitri Enjalbert, and Bertrand Baguette driving for OAK Racing in a Morgan-Nissan.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position in each class are marked in bold.

PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1LMP2No. 24 OAK RacingMatthieu Lahaye1:20.9211
2LMP2No. 46 Thiriet by TDS RacingMathias Beche1:21.0632
3LMP2No. 38 JotaSam Hancock1:21.1923
4LMP2No. 35 OAK RacingOlivier Pla1:21.2264
5LMP2No. 1 Greaves MotorsportTom Kimber-Smith1:21.2385
6LMP2No. 17 Status GPAlexander Sims1:21.2936
7LMP2No. 19 Sébastien Loeb RacingStéphane Sarrazin1:21.5397
8LMP2No. 18 Murphy PrototypesJody Firth1:21.9718
9LMP2No. 10 Pecom RacingSoheil Ayari1:22.8799
10LMPCNo. 40 Boutsen Ginion RacingThomas Dagoneau1:28.73710
11LMGTE ProNo. 66 JMW RacingJonny Cocker1:29.32813
12LMGTE AmNo. 60 AF CorseMarco Cioci1:29.73311
13LMGTE AmNo. 67 IMSA Performance MatmutNicolas Armindo1:30.18312
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Note: The No. 66 JMW Ferrari was moved to the back of the starting grid for substituting a driver after the qualifying session.

Race

Race result

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

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP235 OAK Racing Olivier Pla
Dimitri Enjalbert
Bertrand Baguette
Morgan LMP2251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2LMP246 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet
Mathias Beche
Oreca 03251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3LMP218 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes
Jody Firth
Brendon Hartley
MG-Oreca 03251
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4LMP219 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nicolas Marroc
Stéphane Sarrazin
Nicolas Minassian
Oreca 03250
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5LMP210 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc
Pierre Kaffer
Soheil Ayari
Oreca 03246
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6LMP224 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye
Jacques Nicolet
Morgan LMP2244
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
7LMP21 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle
Tom Kimber-Smith
Lucas Ordoñez
Zytek Z11SN234
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMGTE
Pro
66 JMW Motorsport Jonny Cocker
Allan Simonsen
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2232
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
9LMGTE
Am
67 IMSA Performance Matmut Anthony Pons
Nicolas Armindo
Raymond Narac
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR231
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10LMGTE
Am
60 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2230
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11LMPC40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Thomas Dagoneau
Jean-Charles Battut
John Hartshorne
Oreca FLM09213
Corvette 6.2 L V8
12
DNF
LMP238 Jota Sam Hancock
Simon Dolan
Zytek Z11SN127
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13
DNF
LMP217 Status GP Alexander Sims
Julien Jousse
Maxime Jousse
Lola B12/8045
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Qualifying . DailySportscar.com . 28 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018201809/http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=85CDA500-9D81-975A-27673828A3CB1AA5 . 18 October 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Result . DailySportscar.com . 28 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20130121090201/http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=8BA3BD18-9AFC-EEB2-F8371BD06F119D9A . 21 January 2013 . dead .