2012 6 Hours of Fuji

The 2012 6 Hours of Fuji is 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.

Fuji Speedway

Qualifying
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.

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.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

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
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
27 LMGTE Am No. 55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 1:42.910 271
  • ^ 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.[1]

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 LMP1 7 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz
Nicolas Lapierre
Kazuki Nakajima		 Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 233
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
2 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer
Marcel Fässler
Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 233
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 233
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
4 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost
Neel Jani		 Lola B12/60 M 227
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5 LMP1 22 JRM Peter Dumbreck
David Brabham
Karun Chandhok		 HPD ARX-03a M 226
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
6 LMP1 21 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis
Jonny Kane
Danny Watts		 HPD ARX-03a M 226
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
7 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi
Harold Primat		 Lola B12/60 M 225
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
8 LMP2 25 ADR-Delta John Martin
Tor Graves
Shinji Nakano		 Oreca 03 D 220
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 44 Starworks Motorsport Ryan Dalziel
Enzo Potolicchio
Stéphane Sarrazin		 HPD ARX-03b D 219
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
10 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet
Olivier Pla
Matthieu Lahaye		 Morgan LMP2 D 219
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP2 49 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc
Nicolas Minassian
Pierre Kaffer		 Oreca 03 D 216
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMP2 32 Lotus Kevin Weeda
Vitantonio Liuzzi
James Rossiter		 Lola B12/80 D 216
Lotus 3.6 L V8
13 LMP2 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix
Keiko Ihara
Jean-Denis Délétraz		 Lola B12/80 D 214
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Christian Zugel
Ricardo González
Elton Julian		 Zytek Z11SN D 212
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMP2 23 Signatech-Nissan Franck Mailleux
Jordan Tresson
Olivier Lombard		 Oreca 03 D 211
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16 LMP1 15 OAK Racing Dominik Kraihamer
Bertrand Baguette
Takuma Sato		 OAK Pescarolo 01 D 210
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro		 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb
Richard Lietz		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 207
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18 LMGTE
Pro		 51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella
Gianmaria Bruni		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 206
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Pro		 97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Darren Turner		 Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 206
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Pro		 71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini
Olivier Beretta		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 206
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Am		 50 Larbre Compétition Patrick Bornhauser
Julien Canal
Pedro Lamy		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 204
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
22 LMGTE
Am		 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jonsson
Michele Rugolo		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 203
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Am		 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Christian Ried
Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 202
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
24 LMGTE
Am		 70 Larbre Compétition Pascal Gibon
Christophe Bourret
Jean-Philippe Belloc		 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 199
Corvette 5.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Am		 55 JWA-Avila Paul Daniels
Joël Camathias
Kenji Kobayashi		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 196
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF LMP2 31 Lotus Thomas Holzer
Mirco Schultis		 Lola B12/80 D 139
Lotus 3.6 L V8
EX LMP2 26 Signatech-Nissan Pierre Ragues
Nelson Panciatici
Roman Rusinov		 Oreca 03 D 213
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
gollark: The probability of 2 or more heads is the probability of 2 or 3 heads.
gollark: No.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: What are you trying to calculate?
gollark: It's easier if you think about it as heads and not-heads, but heads has 1/3 probability.

References
  1. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race (360') Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA World Endurance Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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