2012 6 Hours of Donington

thumb|250px|Layout of the Donington Park 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, Dimitri Enjalbert, and Bertrand Baguette driving for OAK Racing in a Morgan-Nissan. Qualifying Qualifying result Pole position in each class are marked in bold. Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye 1:20.921 1 2 LMP2 No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:21.063 2 3 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sam Hancock 1:21.192 3 4 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing Olivier Pla 1:21.226 4 5 LMP2 No. 1 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:21.238 5 6 LMP2 No. 17 Status GP Alexander Sims 1:21.293 6 7 LMP2 No. 19 Sébastien Loeb Racing Stéphane Sarrazin 1:21.539 7 8 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Jody Firth 1:21.971 8 9 LMP2 No. 10 Pecom Racing Soheil Ayari 1:22.879 9 10 LMPC No. 40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Thomas Dagoneau 1:28.737 10 11 LMGTE Pro No. 66 JMW Racing Jonny Cocker 1:29.328 13 12 LMGTE Am No. 60 AF Corse Marco Cioci 1:29.733 11 13 LMGTE Am No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Nicolas Armindo 1:30.183 12 European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Qualifying http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=85CDA500-9D81-975A-27673828A3CB1AA5 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 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). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP2 35 FRA OAK Racing FRA Olivier PlaFRA Dimitri EnjalbertBEL Bertrand Baguette Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 LMP2 46 FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing FRA Pierre ThirietSUI Mathias Beche Oreca 03 Dunlop 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 LMP2 18 IRL Murphy Prototypes GBR Warren HughesGBR Jody FirthNZL Brendon Hartley MG-Oreca 03 Dunlop 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 19 FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing FRA Nicolas MarrocFRA Stéphane SarrazinFRA Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 Dunlop 250 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 LMP2 10 ARG Pecom Racing ARG Luís Pérez CompancDEU Pierre KafferFRA Soheil Ayari Oreca 03 Dunlop 246 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 LMP2 24 FRA OAK Racing FRA Matthieu LahayeFRA Jacques Nicolet Morgan LMP2 Dunlop 244 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 7 LMP2 1 GBR Greaves Motorsport GBR Alex BrundleGBR Tom Kimber-SmithESP Lucas Ordoñez Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 234 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMGTEPro 66 GBR JMW Motorsport GBR Jonny CockerDEN Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Dunlop 232 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 9 LMGTEAm 67 FRA IMSA Performance Matmut FRA Anthony PonsFRA Nicolas ArmindoFRA Raymond Narac Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Michelin 231 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMGTEAm 60 ITA AF Corse ITA Piergiuseppe PerazziniITA Marco CiociIRL Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Michelin 230 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 11 LMPC 40 BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing FRA Thomas DagoneauFRA Jean-Charles BattutGBR John Hartshorne Oreca FLM09 Michelin 213 GM LS3 6.2 L V8 12DNF LMP2 38 GBR Jota GBR Sam HancockGBR Simon Dolan Zytek Z11SN Dunlop 127 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13DNF LMP2 17 IRL Status GP GBR Alexander SimsFRA Julien JousseFRA Maxime Jousse Lola B12/80 Dunlop 45 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 European Le Mans Series, Donington Park - Result http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=8BA3BD18-9AFC-EEB2-F8371BD06F119D9A DailySportscar.com 28 October 2012 https://archive.today/20130121090201/http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=8BA3BD18-9AFC-EEB2-F8371BD06F119D9A 21 January 2013 dead References 2012 European Le Mans Series 6 Hours of Castellet Petit Le Mans Donington Donington 6 Hours of Donington Category:6 Hours of Donington