2012 6 Hours of Bahrain

Sports car endurance race held at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 26 1 57 N 50 30 38 E type:landmark title BHR 2012 6 Hours of Bahrain 6 8 2012 Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg 29 September Sakhir Bahrain International Circuit 6 Hours 191 1033.692 642.333 1:45.814 GER Audi Sport Team Joest GBR Allan McNish LMP1 GER Audi Sport Team Joest GER André LottererSUI Marcel FässlerFRA Benoît Tréluyer LMP2 ARG Pecom Racing GER Pierre KafferFRA Nicolas MinassianARG Luís Pérez Companc LMGTE Pro ITA AF Corse FIN Toni VilanderITA Giancarlo Fisichella LMGTE Am GER Team Felbermayr-Proton GER Christian RiedITA Gianluca RodaITA Paolo Ruberti The 2012 6 Hours of Bahrain was an auto race held at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was the inaugural running of the 6 Hours of Bahrain and the sixth round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The race was dominated by Audi Sport Team Joest who swept to a 1–2 victory with Benoît Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer taking a one lap win over the Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen. Nicolas Lapierre for Toyota lead early in the race only to pit with faulty number plate illumination, losing over ten minutes in the pits before ultimately retired after a collision. The Strakka Racing HPD claimed third, six laps behind the winners. The LMP2 category was won by the Pecom Racing Oreca 03 driven by Pierre Kaffer, Nicolas Minassian and Luís Pérez Companc, who held a two lap gap over the bulk of the class Signatech's of Jordan Tresson, Olivier Lombard and Franck Mailleux finished in second place. The AF Corse Ferrari pair of Toni Vilander and Giancarlo Fisichella won LMGTE Pro by a lap over Aston Martin Racing, which allowed AF Corse to wrap up the class championship. AF Corse's Olivier Beretta, driving another Ferrari, was excluded from the event after making avoidable contact with Greaves Motorsports' Ricardo González.http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-audi-sweeps-wec-six-hours-of-bahrain/P2 LE MANS: Audi Sweeps WEC Six Hours Of Bahrain Speed Channel, Inc. speedtv.com September 29, 2012 October 1, 2012 https://archive.today/20130203025505/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-audi-sweeps-wec-six-hours-of-bahrain/P2 February 3, 2013 dead Porsche won LMGTE Am class with the Team Felbermayr-Proton 997 of Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda and Paolo Ruberti leading by a lap over the Waltrip Ferrari. Qualifying Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/02_2012/06_BAHRAIN%20INTERNATIONAL%20CIRCUIT/23_FIA%20WEC/201209281600_Qualifying%20Practice/07_FastestLapByDriver_Qualifying%20Practice.PDF FIA WEC 6 Hours of Bahrain Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification by Driver Fastest Lap Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile fiawec.alkamelsystems.com September 28, 2012 October 1, 2012 Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP1 #2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish 1:45.814 1 2 LMP1 #1 Audi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler 1:45.888 2 3 LMP1 #7 Toyota Racing Nicolas Lapierre 1:46.254 3 4 LMP1 #12 Rebellion Racing Neel Jani 1:47.638 4 5 LMP1 #21 Strakka Racing Danny Watts 1:48.446 5 6 LMP1 #22 JRM Karun Chandhok 1:48.784 6 7 LMP2 #44 Starworks Motorsport Stéphane Sarrazin 1:51.798 7 8 LMP2 #25 ADR-Delta John Martin 1:52.285 8 9 LMP2 #24 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:52.368 9 10 LMP2 #35 OAK Racing Dominik Kraihamer 1:52.609 10 11 LMP2 #49 Pecom Racing Nicolas Minassian 1:52.624 11 12 LMP2 #32 Lotus James Rossiter 1:52.696 12 13 LMP2 #26 Signatech-Nissan Roman Rusinov 1:53.328 13 14 LMP2 #31 Lotus Thomas Holzer 1:53.733 14 15 LMP2 #23 Signatech-Nissan Jordan Tresson 1:53.793 15 16 LMP2 #29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix 1:55.465 16 17 LMP2 #41 Greaves Motorsport Christian Zugel 1:58.603 17 18 LMGTE Pro #97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke 2:00.234 18 19 LMGTE Pro #77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Richard Lietz 2:00.532 19 20 LMGTE Pro #51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella 2:01.522 20 21 LMGTE Pro #71 AF Corse Olivier Beretta 2:01.861 21 22 LMGTE Am #61 AF Corse-Waltrip Rui Águas 2:02.812 22 23 LMGTE Am #50 Larbre Compétition Fernando Rees 2:03.253 23 24 LMGTE Am #88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Paolo Ruberti 2:03.686 24 25 LMGTE Am #70 Larbre Compétition Christophe Bourret 2:04.934 25 26 LMGTE Am #55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 2:05.572 26 27 LMGTE Am #57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn 2:06.806 27 — LMP1 #13 Rebellion Racing No Time 28 Race Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com/Results/02_2012/06_BAHRAIN%20INTERNATIONAL%20CIRCUIT/23_FIA%20WEC/201209291600_Race/Hour%206/05_Classification_Race_Hour%206.PDF 6 Hours of Bahrain FIA WEC Final Classification Al Kamel Systems fiawec.alkamelsystems.com September 29, 2012 October 1, 2012 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre LapsTime/Retired Engine 1 LMP1 1 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest FRA Benoît TréluyerSUI Marcel FässlerDEU André Lotterer Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 1916:00:56.244 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 2 LMP1 2 DEU Audi Sport Team Joest GBR Allan McNishDEN Tom Kristensen Audi R18 e-tron quattro Michelin 190 +1 Lap Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 3 LMP1 21 GBR Strakka Racing GBR Jonny KaneGBR Danny WattsGBR Nick Leventis HPD ARX-03a Michelin 185 +6 Laps Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 4 LMP1 12 SUI Rebellion Racing FRA Nicolas ProstSUI Neel Jani Lola B12/60 Michelin 184 +7 Laps Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 5 LMP1 13 SUI Rebellion Racing SUI Harold PrimatITA Andrea Belicchi Lola B12/60 Michelin 181 +10 Laps Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 6 LMP2 49 ARG Pecom Racing DEU Pierre KafferFRA Nicolas MinassianARG Luís Pérez Companc Oreca 03 Dunlop 179 +12 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMP2 23 FRA Signatech-Nissan FRA Jordan TressonFRA Olivier LombardFRA Franck Mailleux Oreca 03 Dunlop 177 +14 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMP2 44 USA Starworks Motorsport FRA Stéphane SarrazinGBR Tom Kimber-SmithVEN Enzo Potolicchio HPD ARX-03b Dunlop 177 +14 Laps Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 9 LMP2 32 DEU Lotus USA Kevin WeedaGBR James RossiterITA Vitantonio Liuzzi Lola B12/80 Dunlop 177 +14 Laps Lotus 3.6 L V8 10 LMP2 26 FRA Signatech-Nissan FRA Pierre RaguesRUS Roman RusinovFRA Nelson Panciatici Oreca 03 Dunlop 176 +15 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 24 FRA OAK Racing FRA Olivier PlaFRA Matthieu LahayeFRA Jacques Nicolet Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 172 +19 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 41 GBR Greaves Motorsport ECU Elton JulianMEX Ricardo GonzálezDEU Christian Zugel Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 170 +21 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMGTEPro 51 ITA AF Corse FIN Toni VilanderITA Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 170 +21 Laps Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTEPro 97 GBR Aston Martin Racing GBR Darren TurnerDEU Stefan Mücke Aston Martin Vantage GTE Michelin 169 +22 Laps Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 15 LMGTEPro 77 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton AUT Richard LietzDEU Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 169 +22 Laps Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 16 LMGTEPro 71 ITA AF Corse MON Olivier Beretta1 1ITA Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 169 +22 Laps Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEAm 88 DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton DEU Christian RiedITA Gianluca RodaITA Paolo Ruberti Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 165 +26 Laps Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMGTEAm 61 ITA AF Corse-Waltrip USA Robert KauffmanUSA Brian Vickers POR Rui Águas Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 164 +27 Laps Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEAm 57 USA Krohn Racing USA Tracy KrohnSWE Niclas JönssonITA Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 162 +29 Laps Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 20 LMP2 25 GBR ADR-Delta THA Tor GravesAUS John Martin Oreca 03 Dunlop 161 +30 Laps Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 21 LMGTEAm 50 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Patrick BornhauserFRA Julien CanalBRA Fernando Rees Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 157 +34 Laps Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 70 FRA Larbre Compétition FRA Jean-Philippe BellocFRA Christophe BourretFRA Pascal Gibon Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 153 +38 Laps Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 55 GBR JWA-Avila SUI Joël CamathiasDEN Benny SimonsenGBR Paul Daniels Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Pirelli 150 +41 Laps Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP1 7 JPN Toyota Racing AUT Alexander WurzFRA Nicolas Lapierre Toyota TS030 Hybrid Michelin 144Did Not Finish Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8(Hybrid) DNF LMP2 31 DEU Lotus ITA Luca MoroDEU Thomas Holzer Lola B12/80 Dunlop 103Did Not Finish Lotus 3.6 L V8 DNF LMP2 29 UAE Gulf Racing Middle East SUI Jean-Denis DélétrazJPN Keiko IharaFRA Fabien Giroix Lola B12/80 Dunlop 97Did Not Finish Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP1 22 GBR JRM GBR Peter DumbreckIND Karun ChandhokAUS David Brabham HPD ARX-03a Michelin 61Did Not Finish Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 DNF LMP2 35 FRA OAK Racing GBR Alex BrundleAUT Dominik KraihamerBEL Bertrand Baguette Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 14Did Not Finish Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8+ Tyre manufacturers Key Symbol Tyre manufacturerDunlop DunlopMichelin MichelinPirelliPirelli 1 1 Olivier Beretta was excluded from the race by the stewards for making avoidable contact. The No. 71 Ferrari's result was not affected. References 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of São Paulo 6 Hours of Fuji Category:8 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain 6 Hours