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2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

2012 Le Mans 24 Hours is 80th Le Mans 24 Hours race. Passed at the Le Mans circuit. Marcel Fassler, André Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer won the pole position and this race. Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen, Allan Mcnish and Oliver Jarvis, Mike Rockenfeller, Marco Bonanomi also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 378 laps (5,152 km).

Previous race: 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours
Next race: 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours
Race Start: 17th June 2012

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

6th victory for the Audi Sport Team Joest team
2nd victory for the Marcel Fassler
2nd victory for the André Lotterer
2nd victory for the Benoit Treluyer
3rd podium for the Marcel Fassler
3rd podium for the André Lotterer
3rd podium for the Benoit Treluyer
10th podium for the Rinaldo Capello
12th podium for the Tom Kristensen
8th podium for the Allan Mcnish
1st podium for the Oliver Jarvis
2nd podium for the Mike Rockenfeller
1st podium for the Marco Bonanomi

2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

Audi R18 e-tron quattro #1 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: LMP1)

DeltaWing LM12 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

DeltaWing LM12 #0 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: NewTech)

HPD ARX-03 b - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

HPD ARX-03 b #44 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: LMP2)

Ferrari 458 Italia GTC - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Ferrari 458 Italia GTC #51 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: GTE Pro)

Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1 #50 - 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: GTE Am)

2012 Le Mans 24 Hours results

Position	Name	Car	Result	Lap	Team	Class	Class position
1	Marcel Fassler, André Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro, #1	5151.760 kms	378	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	1
2	Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen, Allan Mcnish	Audi R18 e-tron quattro, #2	5138.130 kms	377	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	2
3	Oliver Jarvis, Mike Rockenfeller, Marco Bonanomi	Audi R18 ultra, #4	5110.870 kms	375	Audi Sport North America	LMP1	3
4	Nicolas Prost, Neel Jani, Nick Heidfeld	Lola B12/60, #12	5001.840 kms	367	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	4
5	Loic Duval, Marc Gene	Audi R18 ultra, #3	4988.210 kms	366	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	5
6	David Brabham, Karun Chandhok, Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03 a, #22	4865.550 kms	357	JRM	LMP1	6
7	Enzo Potolicchio, Ryan Dalziel, Tom Kimber-Smith	HPD ARX-03 b, #44	4824.660 kms	354	Starworks Motorsport	LMP2	1
8	Pierre Thiriet, Christophe Tinseau, Mathias Beche	Oreca 03, #46	4811.030 kms	353	Thiriet By Tds Racing	LMP2	2
9	Pierre Kaffer, Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03, #49	4797.400 kms	352	Pecom Racing	LMP2	3
10	Nelson Panciatici, Pierre Ragues, Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03, #26	4783.770 kms	351	Signatech Nissan	LMP2	4
11	Andrea Belicchi, Harold Primat, Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B12/60, #13	4770.150 kms	350	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	7
12	Christian Zugel, Ricardo Gonzalez, Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN, #41	4742.890 kms	348	Greaves Motorsport	LMP2	5
13	John Martin, Jan Charouz, Tor Graves	Oreca 03, #25	4715.630 kms	346	ADR-Delta	LMP2	6
14	David Heinemeier Hansson, Bas Leinders, Maxime Martin	Morgan LM P2, #35	4647.480 kms	341	OAK Racing	LMP2	7
15	Lucas Ordoñez, Martin Brundle, Alex Brundle	Zytek Z11SN, #42	4633.860 kms	340	Greaves Motorsport	LMP2	8
16	Franck Mailleux, Olivier Lombard, Jordan Tresson	Oreca 03, #23	4633.860 kms	340	Signatech Nissan	LMP2	9
17	Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #51	4579.340 kms	336	AF Corse	GTE Pro	1
18	Jaime Melo, Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #59	4538.450 kms	333	Luxury Racing	GTE Pro	2
19	Adrian Fernandez, Darren Turner, Stefan Mucke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, #97	4524.820 kms	332	Aston Martin Racing	GTE Pro	3
20	Pedro Lamy, Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #50	4483.940 kms	329	Larbre Compétition	GTE Am	1
21	Nicolas Armindo, Raymond Narac, Anthony Pons	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #67	4470.310 kms	328	IMSA Performance Matmut	GTE Am	2
22	Andrea Bertolini, Olivier Beretta, Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #71	4443.050 kms	326	AF Corse	GTE Pro	4
23	Jordan Taylor, Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #73	4443.050 kms	326	Corvette Racing	GTE Pro	5
24	Bastien Brière, Jens Petersen, Shinji Nakano	Oreca 03, #45	4429.420 kms	325	Boutsen Ginion Racing	LMP2	10
25	Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jonsson, Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #57	4402.160 kms	323	Krohn Racing	GTE Am	3
26	Michel Frey, Jonathan Hirschi, Ralph Meichtry	Oreca 03, #40	4361.280 kms	320	Race Performance	LMP2	11
27	Spencer Pumpelly, Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #79	4265.870 kms	313	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTE Am	4
28	Jean-Philippe Belloc, Christophe Bourret, Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #70	4211.360 kms	309	Larbre Compétition	GTE Am	5
29	Fabien Rosier, Philippe Thirion, Philippe Haezebrouck	Norma M200P, #43	4197.730 kms	308	Extreme Limite Aric	LMP2	12
30	Nick Leventis, Danny Watts, Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-03 a, #21	4129.580 kms	303	Strakka Racing	LMP1	8
31	Robert Kauffman, Rui Aguas, Brian Vickers	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #61	4006.920 kms	294	AF Corse-Waltrip	GTE Am	6
32	Alain Ferte, Manuel Rodrigues, Philippe Illiano	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #83	3979.660 kms	292	JMB Racing	GTE Am	7
33	Joel Camathias, Markus Palttala, Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #55	3952.410 kms	290	JWA-Avila	GTE Am	8
DNF	Simon Dolan, Sam Hancock, Haruki Kurosawa	Zytek Z11SN, #38	3693.450 kms	271	Jota	LMP2	13
DNF	Scott Tucker, Luis Diaz, Christophe Bouchut	HPD ARX-03 b, #33	3270.960 kms	240	Level 5 Motorsports	LMP2	14
DNF	Yelmer Buurman, Romain Iannetta	Lola B12/80, #30	3257.330 kms	239	Status Grand Prix	LMP2	15
DNF	Christian Ried, Paolo Ruberti, Gianluca Roda	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #88	3025.630 kms	222	Team Felbermayr Proton	GTE Am	9
DNF	Franck Montagny, Dominik Kraihamer, Bertrand Baguette	Pescarolo 01 OAK, #15	2984.750 kms	219	OAK Racing	LMP1	10
DNC	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Richard Westbrook	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #74	2930.230 kms	215	Corvette Racing	GTE Pro	6
DNF	James Walker, Roger Wills	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #66	2780.310 kms	204	JMW Motorsport	GTE Pro	7
DNC	Nicolas Minassian, Sébastien Bourdais, Seiji Ara	Dome S102 .5, #17	2766.680 kms	203	Pescarolo Team	LMP1	9
DNF	Jody Firth, Warren Hughes, Brendon Hartley	Oreca 03, #48	2671.280 kms	196	Murphy Prototypes	LMP2	16
DNF	Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #77	2507.730 kms	184	Team Felbermayr Proton	GTE Pro	8
DNF	Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Bret Curtis, Sean Edwards	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #75	2453.220 kms	180	Prospeed Competition	GTE Am	10
DNF	Thomas Holzer, Mirco Schultis, Luca Moro	Lola B12/80, #31	2112.490 kms	155	Lotus	LMP2	17
DNF	Pierre Ehret, Frankie Montecalvo, Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #58	1989.830 kms	146	Luxury Racing	GTE Am	11
DNF	Jacques Nicolet, Matthieu Lahaye, Olivier Pla	Morgan LM P2, #24	1894.430 kms	139	OAK Racing	LMP2	18
DNF	Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030, #7	1826.280 kms	134	Toyota Racing	LMP1	11
DNF	Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long, Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #80	1553.700 kms	114	Flying Lizard Motorsports	GTE Pro	9
DNF	Stefan Johansson, Fabien Giroix, Ludovic Badey	Lola B12/80, #28	1253.860 kms	92	Gulf Racing Middle East	LMP2	19
DNF	Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, Stéphane Sarrazin	Toyota TS030, #8	1117.570 kms	82	Toyota Racing	LMP1	12
DNF	Marino Franchitti, Michael Krumm, Satoshi Motoyama	DeltaWing LM12, #0	1022.170 kms	75	Highcroft Racing	NewTech	1
DNF	Piergiuseppe Perazzini, Nicola Cadei, Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #81	954.030 kms	70	AF Corse	GTE Am	12
DNF	Allan Simonsen, Christoffer Nygaard, Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, #99	422.490 kms	31	Aston Martin Racing	GTE Am	13
DNF	Stuart Hall, Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo 03, #16	272.580 kms	20	Pescarolo Team	LMP1	13
DNF	Jean-Denis Deletraz, Keiko Ihara, Marc Rostan	Lola B12/80, #29	231.690 kms	17	Gulf Racing Middle East	LMP2	20

Qualifying Results for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours on the Le Mans circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Marcel Fassler, André Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer	Audi R18 e-tron quattro, #1	3:23.787	Audi Sport Team Joest
2	Loic Duval, Marc Gene	Audi R18 ultra, #3	3:24.078	Audi Sport Team Joest
3	Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, Stéphane Sarrazin	Toyota TS030, #8	3:24.842	Toyota Racing
4	Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen, Allan Mcnish	Audi R18 e-tron quattro, #2	3:25.433	Audi Sport Team Joest
5	Alexander Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre, Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030, #7	3:25.488	Toyota Racing
6	Oliver Jarvis, Mike Rockenfeller, Marco Bonanomi	Audi R18 ultra, #4	3:26.420	Audi Sport North America
7	Nick Leventis, Danny Watts, Jonny Kane	HPD ARX-03 a, #21	3:29.622	Strakka Racing
8	Nicolas Prost, Neel Jani, Nick Heidfeld	Lola B12/60, #12	3:29.837	Rebellion Racing
9	Andrea Belicchi, Harold Primat, Jeroen Bleekemolen	Lola B12/60, #13	3:31.866	Rebellion Racing
10	Nicolas Minassian, Sébastien Bourdais, Seiji Ara	Dome S102 .5, #17	3:33.066	Pescarolo Team
11	David Brabham, Karun Chandhok, Peter Dumbreck	HPD ARX-03 a, #22	3:35.421	JRM
12	Franck Montagny, Dominik Kraihamer, Bertrand Baguette	Pescarolo 01 OAK, #15	3:35.584	OAK Racing
13	Stuart Hall, Emmanuel Collard	Pescarolo 03, #16	3:37.485	Pescarolo Team
14	John Martin, Jan Charouz, Tor Graves	Oreca 03, #25	3:38.181	ADR-Delta
15	Jacques Nicolet, Matthieu Lahaye, Olivier Pla	Morgan LM P2, #24	3:38.598	OAK Racing
16	Nelson Panciatici, Pierre Ragues, Roman Rusinov	Oreca 03, #26	3:39.152	Signatech Nissan
17	Pierre Thiriet, Christophe Tinseau, Mathias Beche	Oreca 03, #46	3:39.252	Thiriet By Tds Racing
18	Pierre Kaffer, Soheil Ayari	Oreca 03, #49	3:39.711	Pecom Racing
19	Jody Firth, Warren Hughes, Brendon Hartley	Oreca 03, #48	3:39.877	Murphy Prototypes
20	David Heinemeier Hansson, Bas Leinders, Maxime Martin	Morgan LM P2, #35	3:39.899	OAK Racing
21	Yelmer Buurman, Romain Iannetta	Lola B12/80, #30	3:40.280	Status Grand Prix
22	Enzo Potolicchio, Ryan Dalziel, Tom Kimber-Smith	HPD ARX-03 b, #44	3:40.471	Starworks Motorsport
23	Bastien Brière, Jens Petersen, Shinji Nakano	Oreca 03, #45	3:40.727	Boutsen Ginion Racing
24	Lucas Ordoñez, Martin Brundle, Alex Brundle	Zytek Z11SN, #42	3:40.738	Greaves Motorsport
25	Simon Dolan, Sam Hancock, Haruki Kurosawa	Zytek Z11SN, #38	3:41.287	Jota
26	Franck Mailleux, Olivier Lombard, Jordan Tresson	Oreca 03, #23	3:41.982	Signatech Nissan
27	Scott Tucker, Luis Diaz, Christophe Bouchut	HPD ARX-03 b, #33	3:42.224	Level 5 Motorsports
28	Christian Zugel, Ricardo Gonzalez, Elton Julian	Zytek Z11SN, #41	3:42.292	Greaves Motorsport
29	Marino Franchitti, Michael Krumm, Satoshi Motoyama	DeltaWing LM12, #0	3:42.612	Highcroft Racing
30	Michel Frey, Jonathan Hirschi, Ralph Meichtry	Oreca 03, #40	3:43.619	Race Performance
31	Thomas Holzer, Mirco Schultis, Luca Moro	Lola B12/80, #31	3:45.664	Lotus
32	Stefan Johansson, Fabien Giroix, Ludovic Badey	Lola B12/80, #28	3:47.244	Gulf Racing Middle East
33	Fabien Rosier, Philippe Thirion, Philippe Haezebrouck	Norma M200P, #43	3:48.025	Extreme Limite Aric
34	Jaime Melo, Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #59	3:55.393	Luxury Racing
35	Adrian Fernandez, Darren Turner, Stefan Mucke	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, #97	3:55.870	Aston Martin Racing
36	Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, Richard Westbrook	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #74	3:55.910	Corvette Racing
37	Andrea Bertolini, Olivier Beretta, Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #71	3:56.484	AF Corse
38	Jordan Taylor, Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #73	3:57.181	Corvette Racing
39	Spencer Pumpelly, Patrick Pilet	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #79	3:57.594	Flying Lizard Motorsports
40	Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #77	3:57.606	Team Felbermayr Proton
41	Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Bret Curtis, Sean Edwards	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #75	3:58.035	Prospeed Competition
42	Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Long, Marco Holzer	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #80	3:58.717	Flying Lizard Motorsports
43	Allan Simonsen, Christoffer Nygaard, Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, #99	3:58.725	Aston Martin Racing
44	Pierre Ehret, Frankie Montecalvo, Gunnar Jeannette	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #58	3:58.800	Luxury Racing
45	Jean-Denis Deletraz, Keiko Ihara, Marc Rostan	Lola B12/80, #29	3:58.895	Gulf Racing Middle East
46	Christian Ried, Paolo Ruberti, Gianluca Roda	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #88	3:59.181	Team Felbermayr Proton
47	Pedro Lamy, Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #50	3:59.192	Larbre Compétition
48	James Walker, Roger Wills	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #66	3:59.638	JMW Motorsport
49	Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #51	4:00.025	AF Corse
50	Piergiuseppe Perazzini, Nicola Cadei, Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #81	4:00.288	AF Corse
51	Nicolas Armindo, Raymond Narac, Anthony Pons	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #67	4:00.332	IMSA Performance Matmut
52	Robert Kauffman, Rui Aguas, Brian Vickers	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #61	4:00.691	AF Corse-Waltrip
53	Tracy Krohn, Niclas Jonsson, Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #57	4:02.323	Krohn Racing
54	Alain Ferte, Manuel Rodrigues, Philippe Illiano	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC, #83	4:02.461	JMB Racing
55	Jean-Philippe Belloc, Christophe Bourret, Pascal Gibon	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ZR1, #70	4:02.969	Larbre Compétition
56	Joel Camathias, Markus Palttala, Paul Daniels	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, #55	4:03.661	JWA-Avila