2012 6 Hours of Fuji

Sports car endurance race held at Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan thumb|right|250px|Fuji Speedway The 2012 6 Hours of Fuji was an endurance auto race held at the Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan on 14 October 2012. The race is the seventh round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and marks the return of the former Fuji 1000 km event for the first time since 2007. Qualifying thumb|Kazuki Nakajima took the win for Toyota in front of the Japanese crowd. Toyota earned their second pole position of the season in front of the home crowd at the circuit also owned by the company. Kazuki Nakajima set a lap time of 1:27.499 in the Toyota TS030 Hybrid, nearly two tenths of a second ahead of Marcel Fässler's Audi. Neel Jani gave Rebellion Racing the top spot amongst the LMP1 privateers to put another Toyota motor on the second row of the starting grid, just ahead of Strakka Racing's Honda. Starworks Motorsport continued their streak of four consecutive pole positions in the LMP2 category, with a 1:32.367 lap set by Stéphane Sarrazin in the team's Honda, with the ADR-Delta Oreca-Nissan second in the category.Dagys John Le Mans: Toyota Scores Pole At Fuji http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-toyota-scores-pole-at-fuji Speed 13 October 2012 30 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20121016212409/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-toyota-scores-pole-at-fuji 16 October 2012 dead In LMGTE Pro, Marc Lieb gave Porsche their second pole of the season with Team Felbermayr-Proton, three tenths of a second ahead of Gianmaria Bruni's AF Corse Ferrari. The LMGTE Am category was led by Jean-Philippe Belloc who earned Larbre Compétition their first pole of the year in the Chevrolet Corvette.Howson Mark FIA WEC, 6 Hours of Fuji - Qualifying Report Nakajima Takes Pole For Toyota https://archive2.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm@articleUID=59255C8D-F7EE-3359-A8AD37272DC9929E.html DailySportsCar 13 October 2012 30 October 2024 Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Practice Final Classification http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/02_2012/07_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/25_FIA%20WEC/201210131330_Qualifying%20Practice/03_Classification_Qualifying%20Practice.PDF Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 13 October 2012 30 October 2024 Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Racing Kazuki Nakajima 1:27.499 1 2 LMP1 No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler 1:27.639 2 3 LMP1 No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Tom Kristensen 1:28.370 3 4 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:29.871 4 5 LMP1 No. 21 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:30.051 5 6 LMP1 No. 22 JRM David Brabham 1:30.410 6 7 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi 1:30.682 7 8 LMP1 No. 15 OAK Racing Bertrand Baguette 1:30.912 8 9 LMP2 No. 44 Starworks Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin 1:32.367 9 10 LMP2 No. 25 ADR-Delta John Martin 1:32.548 10 11 LMP2 No. 32 Lotus Vitantonio Liuzzi 1:32.738 11 12 LMP2 No. 26 Signatech-Nissan Nelson Panciatici 1:32.960 12 13 LMP2 No. 49 Pecom Racing Nicolas Minassian 1:33.114 13 14 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:33.165 14 15 LMP2 No. 23 Signatech-Nissan Olivier Lombard 1:34.294 15 16 LMP2 No. 31 Lotus Thomas Holzer 1:35.036 16 17 LMP2 No. 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix 1:35.234 17 18 LMP2 No. 41 Greaves Motorsport Ricardo González 1:35.601 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb 1:40.289 19 20 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni 1:40.598 20 21 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 1:40.798 241 1 22 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini 1:41.202 21 23 LMGTE Am No. 70 Larbre Compétition Jean-Philippe Belloc 1:41.386 22 24 LMGTE Am No. 57 Krohn Racing Michele Rugolo 1:41.701 23 25 LMGTE Am No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Paolo Ruberti 1:41.711 25 26 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal 1:41.945 261 1 27 LMGTE Am No. 55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 1:42.910 271 1 1 The No. 50 Larbre Corvette, No. 55 JWA-Avila Porsche, and No. 97 Aston Martin were all demoted three grid positions for cutting corners during the qualifying session. http://media.fiawec.com/en/download.php?fichier=../contenu/6-heures-de-fuji-41/results/2012_6_Hours_of_Fuji-Grid_Race.pdf FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race (360') Final Starting Grid Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile FIA World Endurance Championship PDF 14 October 2012 14 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041530/http://media.fiawec.com/en/download.php?fichier=..%2Fcontenu%2F6-heures-de-fuji-41%2Fresults%2F2012_6_Hours_of_Fuji-Grid_Race.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Race Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race Final Classification http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/02_2012/07_FUJI%20SPEEDWAY/25_FIA%20WEC/201210141100_Race/Hour%206/02_Final%20Classifications%20posted%20at%20Nov%206/01_Race%20Final%20Classification.pdf 14 October 2012 30 October 2024 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 7 JPN Toyota Racing AUT Alexander WurzFRA Nicolas LapierreJPN Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS030 Hybrid Michelin 233 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8(Hybrid) 2 LMP1 1 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest DEU André LottererSUI Marcel FässlerFRA Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 233 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 3 LMP1 2 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest GBR Allan McNishDEN Tom Kristensen Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 233 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 4 LMP1 12 SUI Rebellion Racing FRA Nicolas ProstSUI Neel Jani Lola B12/60 Michelin 227 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 5 LMP1 22 GBR JRM GBR Peter DumbreckAUS David BrabhamIND Karun Chandhok HPD ARX-03a Michelin 226 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 6 LMP1 21 GBR Strakka Racing GBR Nick LeventisGBR Jonny KaneGBR Danny Watts HPD ARX-03a Michelin 226 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 7 LMP1 13 SUI Rebellion Racing ITA Andrea BelicchiSUI Harold Primat Lola B12/60 Michelin 225 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 8 LMP2 25 GBR ADR-Delta AUS John MartinTHA Tor GravesJPN Shinji Nakano Oreca 03 Dunlop 220 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 44 USA Starworks Motorsport GBR Ryan DalzielVEN Enzo PotolicchioFRA Stéphane Sarrazin HPD ARX-03b Dunlop 219 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 10 LMP2 24 FRA OAK Racing FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Olivier PlaFRA Matthieu Lahaye Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 219 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 49 ARG Pecom Racing ARG Luís Pérez CompancFRA Nicolas MinassianDEU Pierre Kaffer Oreca 03 Dunlop 216 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 32 DEU Lotus USA Kevin WeedaITA Vitantonio LiuzziGBR James Rossiter Lola B12/80 Dunlop 216 Lotus 3.6 L V8 13 LMP2 29 UAE Gulf Racing Middle East FRA Fabien GiroixJPN Keiko IharaSUI Jean-Denis Délétraz Lola B12/80 Dunlop 214 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMP2 41 GBR Greaves Motorsport DEU Christian ZugelMEX Ricardo GonzálezECU Elton Julian Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 212 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 LMP2 23 FRA Signatech-Nissan FRA Franck MailleuxFRA Jordan TressonFRA Olivier Lombard Oreca 03 Dunlop 211 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 16 LMP1 15 FRA OAK Racing AUT Dominik KraihamerBEL Bertrand BaguetteJPN Takuma Sato OAK Pescarolo 01 Dunlop 210 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 17 LMGTEPro 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Marc LiebAUT Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 207 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMGTEPro 51 ITA AF Corse ITA Giancarlo FisichellaITA Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 206 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEPro 97 GBR Aston Martin Racing DEU Stefan MückeGBR Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage GTE Michelin 206 Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEPro 71 ITA AF Corse ITA Andrea BertoliniMON Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 206 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 21 LMGTEAm 50 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Patrick BornhauserFRA Julien CanalPRT Pedro Lamy Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 204 Corvette LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 57 USA Krohn Racing USA Tracy KrohnSWE Niclas JonssonITA Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 203 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Christian RiedITA Gianluca RodaITA Paolo Ruberti Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 202 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 24 LMGTEAm 70 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Pascal GibonFRA Christophe BourretFRA Jean-Philippe Belloc Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 199 Corvette LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 25 LMGTEAm 55 GBR JWA-Avila GBR Paul DanielsSUI Joël CamathiasJPN Kenji Kobayashi Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 196 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 31 DEU Lotus DEU Thomas HolzerDEU Mirco Schultis Lola B12/80 Dunlop 139 Lotus 3.6 L V8 EX LMP2 26 FRA Signatech-Nissan FRA Pierre RaguesFRA Nelson PanciaticiRUS Roman Rusinov Oreca 03 Dunlop 213 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 References External links http://www.fiawec.com/races/6-hours-of-fuji.html 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Bahrain 6 Hours of Shanghai 2012 Fuji 6 Hours of Fuji