2012 6 Hours of Shanghai

The 2012 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance auto race held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China on 28 October 2012. The race was the eighth and season finale of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and was the inaugural running of the 6 Hours of Shanghai.

2012 6 Hours of Shanghai

Event Information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	28 October 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship
Location	Shanghai, China
Venue	Shanghai International Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 191 laps km Pole position Alexander Wurz Toyota Racing 1:48.273 Winner Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Toyota Racing 6:01:29.292

The podium for the overall race winners

The race was won by Alexander Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre driving the No.7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid of Toyota Racing. André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler of Audi Sport Team Joest won the Drivers' World Championship at the event after finishing in third place. Larbre Compétition won the LMGTE Am Trophy following a class win.^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[2]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP1	#7 Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz	1:48.273	1
2	LMP1	#2 Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish	1:48.373	2
3	LMP1	#1 Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer	1:48.597	3
4	LMP1	#22 JRM	Karun Chandhok	1:51.003	4
5	LMP1	#12 Rebellion Racing	Neel Jani	1:51.019	5
6	LMP1	#21 Strakka Racing	Danny Watts	1:51.037	6
7	LMP1	#13 Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi	1:51.394	7
8	LMP1	#15 OAK Racing	Bertrand Baguette	1:52.172	8
9	LMP2	#32 Lotus	James Rossiter	1:54.132	9
10	LMP2	#25 ADR-Delta	John Martin	1:54.301	10
11	LMP2	#44 Starworks Motorsport	Stéphane Sarrazin	1:54.350	11
12	LMP2	#24 OAK Racing	Olivier Pla	1:54.475	12
13	LMP2	#49 Pecom Racing	Pierre Kaffer	1:55.151	13
14	LMP2	#31 Lotus	Thomas Holzer	1:55.195	14
15	LMP2	#23 Signatech-Nissan	Franck Mailleux	1:55.687	15
16	LMP2	#41 Greaves Motorsport	Elton Julian	1:56.531	16
17	LMP2	#26 Signatech-Nissan	Pierre Ragues	1:56.682	17
18	LMP2	#29 Gulf Racing Middle East	Fabien Giroix	1:57.370	18
19	LMGTE Pro	#97 Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner	2:03.721	19
20	LMGTE Pro	#77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz	2:04.471	20
21	LMGTE Pro	#51 AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella	2:05.387	21
22	LMGTE Am	#88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	Paolo Ruberti	2:05.584	22
23	LMGTE Am	#61 AF Corse-Waltrip	Marco Cioci	2:05.836	23
24	LMGTE Pro	#71 AF Corse	Olivier Beretta	2:06.367	24
25	LMGTE Am	#50 Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal	2:06.910	25
26	LMGTE Am	#55 JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias	2:08.848	26
27	LMGTE Am	#70 Larbre Compétition	Pascal Gibon	2:09.155	27
28	LMGTE Am	#57 Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn	2:09.641	28

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	7	Toyota Racing	Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	M	191
					Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)
2	LMP1	2	Audi Sport Team Joest	Allan McNish Tom Kristensen	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	191
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
3	LMP1	1	Audi Sport Team Joest	Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler André Lotterer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	M	191
					Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)
4	LMP1	13	Rebellion Racing	Harold Primat Andrea Belicchi Congfu Cheng	Lola B12/60	M	185
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5	LMP1	22	JRM	Peter Dumbreck Karun Chandhok David Brabham	HPD ARX-03a	M	185
					Honda LM-AR6 3.4 L V8
6	LMP1	21	Strakka Racing	Jonny Kane Danny Watts Nick Leventis	HPD ARX-03a	M	182
					Honda LM-AR6 3.4 L V8
7	LMP2	25	ADR-Delta	Tor Graves John Martin Mathias Beche	Oreca 03	D	180
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	LMP2	44	Starworks Motorsport	Stéphane Sarrazin Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio	HPD ARX-03b	D	180
					Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
9	LMP2	24	OAK Racing	Olivier Pla Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet	Morgan LMP2	D	179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10	LMP2	49	Pecom Racing	Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian Luís Pérez Companc	Oreca 03	D	179
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11	LMP2	23	Signatech-Nissan	Jordan Tresson Olivier Lombard Franck Mailleux	Oreca 03	D	178
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMP2	31	Lotus	Mirco Schultis Thomas Holzer	Lola B12/80	D	177
					Lotus 3.6 L V8
13	LMP2	26	Signatech-Nissan	Pierre Ragues Roman Rusinov Nelson Panciatici	Oreca 03	D	177
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14	LMP1	15	OAK Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Bertrand Baguette Takuma Sato	OAK Pescarolo 01	D	174
					Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
15	LMP2	41	Greaves Motorsport	Elton Julian Ricardo González Christian Zugel	Zytek Z11SN	D	171
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16	LMGTE Pro	97	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Stefan Mücke	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	M	169
					Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE Pro	77	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz Marc Lieb	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	169
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	LMGTE Pro	71	AF Corse	Olivier Beretta Andrea Bertolini	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	168
					Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE Am	50	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Pedro Lamy	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	166
					GM LS1 5.5 L V8
20	LMGTE Am	88	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	165
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21	LMGTE Am	57	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	164
					Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
22	LMGTE Am	61	AF Corse-Waltrip	Robert Kauffman Marco Cioci Rui Águas	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	164
					Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
23	LMGTE Am	70	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Philippe Belloc Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	163
					GM LS1 5.5 L V8
24	LMGTE Am	55	JWA-Avila	Joël Camathias Matt Bell Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	P	152
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF	LMP1	12	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Neel Jani	Lola B12/60	M	180
					Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
DNF	LMGTE Pro	51	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	144
					Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	29	Gulf Racing Middle East	Jean-Denis Délétraz Keiko Ihara Fabien Giroix	Lola B12/80	D	93
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	32	Lotus	Kevin Weeda James Rossiter Jan Charouz	Lola B12/80	D	78
					Lotus 3.6 L V8