2012 6 Hours of Fuji

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[3]

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	24^1
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	26^1
27	LMGTE Am	No. 55 JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias	1:42.910	27^1

• ^ 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.^[4]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[5]

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

References

1. Dagys, John (13 October 2012). "Le Mans: Toyota Scores Pole At Fuji". Speed. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
2. Howson, Mark (13 October 2012). "FIA WEC, 6 Hours of Fuji - Qualifying Report Nakajima Takes Pole For Toyota". DailySportsCar. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
3. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Qualifying Practice Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
4. "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.
5. "FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji Race Final Classification" (PDF). 14 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

External links

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