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
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 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Dimitri Enjalbert Bertrand Baguette Morgan LMP2 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 LMP2 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Oreca 03 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 LMP2 18 Murphy Prototypes Warren Hughes Jody Firth Brendon Hartley MG-Oreca 03 251 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 19 Sébastien Loeb Racing Nicolas Marroc Stéphane Sarrazin Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 250 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 LMP2 10 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Soheil Ayari Oreca 03 246 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 6 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Matthieu Lahaye Jacques Nicolet Morgan LMP2 244 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 7 LMP2 1 Greaves Motorsport Alex Brundle Tom Kimber-Smith Lucas Ordoñez Zytek Z11SN 234 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMGTEPro 66 JMW Motorsport Jonny Cocker Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 232 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 9 LMGTEAm 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Anthony Pons Nicolas Armindo Raymond Narac Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 231 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 10 LMGTEAm 60 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 230 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 11 LMPC 40 Boutsen Ginion Racing Thomas Dagoneau Jean-Charles Battut John Hartshorne Oreca FLM09 213 GM LS3 6.2 L V8 12DNF LMP2 38 Jota Sam Hancock Simon Dolan Zytek Z11SN 127 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13DNF LMP2 17 Status GP Alexander Sims Julien Jousse Maxime Jousse Lola B12/80 45 Judd HK 3.6 L V8
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