2012 6 Hours of Castellet

thumb|right|250px|Circuit Paul Ricard 1A-V2 (pit road was different before 2019 The 2012 6 Hours of Castellet (6 Heures du Castellet) was the opening round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 1 April 2012. Previously known as the Le Mans Series, it was the first race in the series' history where LMP1 was not contested in as LMP2 has taken over as the top prototype class. The Formula Le Mans (FLM) spec class has been renamed to Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), the same name used in the American Le Mans Series. A new Grand Touring class was meant to participate in the opening round which was Grand Touring Challenge (GTC), but lack of entrants meant it did not participate. Qualifying February 2013 Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP2 No.46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:48.171 1 2 LMP2 No.17 Status GP Yelmer Buurman 1:48.482 2 3 LMP2 No.1 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:48.882 3 4 LMP2 No.24 OAK Racing Guillaume Moreau 1:48.977 4 5 LMP2 No.10 Pecom Racing Pierre Kaffer 1:49.068 5 6 LMP2 No.18 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes 1:49.122 6 7 LMP2 No.19 Sébastien Loeb Racing Stéphane Sarrazin 1:49.157 7 8 LMP2 No.38 JOTA Sam Hancock 1:49.687 8 9 LMP2 No.11 Race Performance Michel Frey 1:50.193 9 10 LMPC No.40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Massimo Vignali 1:55.338 10 11 LMPC No.42 CURTIS Racing Technologies Phil Keen 1:55.410 11 12 GTE-Pro No.83 JMB Racing Jaime Melo 1:57.630 12 13 GTE-Am No.75 Prospeed Competition Marc Goossens 1:58.388 13 14 GTE-Am No.67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 1:58.428 14 15 GTE-Pro No.66 JMW Motorsport James Walker 1:58.517 15 16 GTE-Am No.69 Gulf Racing Stuart Hall 1:58.532 16 17 GTE-Am No.60 AF Corse Marco Cioci 1:58.803 17 18 GTE-Pro No.61 Kessel Racing Philipp Peter 1:59.082 18 19 GTE-Am No.99 JMB Racing Alain Ferté 2:00.182 19 20 LMP2 No.44 Extrême Limite ARIC No Time 20 21 LMP2 No.45 Boutsen Ginion Racing No Time 21 Race Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=LMS_2012-6_Heures_du_Castellet_Timing_Data.pdf&id_circuit=19 ELMS 6 Heures du Castellet Race Final Classification Automobile Club de l'Ouest europeanlemansseries.com PDF 1 April 2012 7 March 2013 https://archive.today/20130409065438/http://www.europeanlemansseries.com/en/s52_circuits/s52p07_download_doc.php?doc=LMS_2012-6_Heures_du_Castellet_Timing_Data.pdf&id_circuit=19 9 April 2013 dead dmy-all Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP2 46 FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing FRA Pierre ThirietSUI Mathias Beche Oreca 03 Dunlop 189 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 LMP2 19 FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing FRA Nicolas MarrocFRA Stéphane SarrazinFRA Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 Dunlop 188 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 LMP2 17 IRL Status GP GBR Alexander SimsGBR Dean SterlingNED Yelmer Buurman Lola B12/80 Dunlop 188 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 4 LMP2 1 GBR Greaves Motorsport GBR Alex BrundleGBR Tom Kimber-SmithESP Lucas Ordoñez Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 188 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 LMP2 11 SUI Race Performance SUI Michel FreySUI Jonathan HirschiSUI Ralph Meichtry Oreca 03 Dunlop 186 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 6 LMP2 24 FRA OAK Racing FRA Jacques NicoletFRA Guillaume MoreauAUT Dominik Kraihamer Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 185 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 7 LMP2 10 ARG Pecom Racing ARG Luís Pérez CompancDEU Pierre KafferITA Gianmaria Bruni Oreca 03 Dunlop 183 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMPC 42 GBR CURTIS Racing Technologies GBR Phil KeenGBR John HartshorneGBR Alex Kapadia Oreca FLM09 Michelin 177 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 LMGTEPro 66 GBR JMW Motorsport GBR Jonny CockerGBR James Walker Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Dunlop 176 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 10 LMGTEPro 83 MCO JMB Racing BRA Jaime MeloITA Marco Frezza Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 176 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 11 LMGTEAm 75 BEL Prospeed Competition BEL Marc GoossensBEL Maxime Soulet Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 175 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 12 LMP2 44 FRA Extrême Limite ARIC FRA Fabien RosierFRA Philippe Thirion Norma M200P Dunlop 175 Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8 13 LMP2 38 GBR JOTA GBR Sam HancockGBR Simon Dolan Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 174 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTEAm 67 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Anthony PonsFRA Nicolas ArmindoFRA Raymond Narac Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 174 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 15 LMGTEPro 61 SUI Kessel Racing POL Michał BroniszewskiAUT Philipp Peter Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Dunlop 174 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEAm 99 MON JMB Racing FRA Alain FertéFRA Philippe Illiano Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 172 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEAm 69 GBR Gulf Racing DEU Roald GoetheGBR Stuart Hall Aston Martin Vantage GT2 Dunlop 160 Aston Martin AJ37 4.5 L V8 18 LMGTEAm 60 ITA AF Corse ITA Piergiuseppe PerazziniITA Marco CiociIRL Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 144 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 DNF LMPC 40 BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing FRA Thomas DagoneauFRA Jean-Marc MerlinITA Massimo Vignali Oreca FLM09 Michelin 111 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DNF LMP2 18 IRL Murphy Prototypes GBR Warren HughesGBR Jody FirthITA Luca Moro MG-Oreca 03 Dunlop 64 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 45 BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing FRA Bastien BrièreGBR Jack ClarkeSUI Sébastien Buemi Oreca 03 Dunlop 27 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 References External links 2012 European Le Mans Series None 6 Hours of Donington Castellet Category:6 Hours of Castellet Six Hours of Castellet Category:April 2012 sports events in France