The 2012 Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 30th Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was held a two-hour and 45 minute time period, during which 117 laps of the 3.9 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 463 kilometres.
The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car took an eleven-second victory over the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car. It was the fourth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf and also for both drivers it was their third victories in the Grand Prix of Mosport.
Third place, and first in the P2 division was Conquest Endurance team of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2. It was their first victory in the class and the first time Level 5 Motorsports had not won in the 2012 season. Any chance Level 5's HPD ARX-03b had of victory ended when Christophe Bouchut acquired a stop-go penalty late in the race crossing the blend-line at the exit of pit lane.
Fifth was the second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda ahead of the PC class winners, the RSR Racing pair of Bruno Junqueira and Tomy Drissi in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's first victory in the Prototype Challenge class.
Tenth outright was the GT class winners, Extreme Speed Motorsports pair of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in their Ferrari 458 Italia. It was the first win of the year for Ferrari and the fourth different manufacturer to win in GT in five races. It was also Extreme Speed's debut ALMS win. The Ferrari crossed the finish line in second position, just behind the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long but the Porsche failed post-race scrutineering. Van Overbeek only moved into the race winning position on the last lap after Jan Magnussen's Chevrolet Corvette slide wide while attacking Bergmeister for the lead of the class.
Back in 19th were the GT Challenge class winners, TRG driver Emilio Di Guida and Spencer Pumpelly.
22 of the 26 entries were running at races conclusion.
Race
Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing Lucas Luhr Klaus Graf HPD ARX-03a 117 Honda 3.4 L V8 2 P1 16 Dyson Racing Team Chris Dyson Guy Smith Lola B12/60 117 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 3 P2 37 Conquest Endurance Martin Plowman David Heinemeier Hansson Morgan LMP2 117 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 P2 055 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut HPD ARX-03b 117 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 5 P1 20 Dyson Racing Team Tony Burgess Eric Lux Lola B11/66 115 Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4(Isobutanol) 6 PC 9 RSR Racing Bruno Junqueira Tomy Drissi Oreca FLM09 115 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 7 PC 05 CORE Autosport Jon Bennett Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 114 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 PC 06 CORE Autosport Alex Popow Ryan Dalziel Oreca FLM09 113 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 PC 25 Dempsey Racing Henri Richard Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 112 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 10 GT 01 Extreme Speed Motorsports Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 112 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 11 GT 3 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 112 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 12 GT 56 BMW Team RLL Joey Hand Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 111 BMW 4.0 L V8 13 GT 17 Team Falken Tire Wolf Henzler Bryan Sellers Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 111 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 14 GT 48 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 110 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 15 GT 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Seth Neiman Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 110 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 16 GT 55 BMW Team RLL Jörg Müller Bill Auberlen BMW M3 GT2 110 BMW 4.0 L V8 17 GT 23 Lotus / Alex Job Racing Bill Sweedler Townsend Bell Lotus Evora GTE 110 Toyota-Cosworth 3.5 L V6 18 GT 02 Extreme Speed Motorsports Ed Brown Guy Cosmo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 109 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 GTC 66 TRG Emilio Di Guida Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 104 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTC 22 Alex Job Racing Cooper MacNeil Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 104 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21DNF GTC 11 JDX Racing Chris Cumming Michael Valiante Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 98 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 22DNF PC 8 Merchant Services Racing Kyle Marcelli Antonio Downs Oreca FLM09 97 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 23 GT 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 91 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 24DNF PC 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Marino Franchitti Ken Dobson Oreca FLM09 26 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 25DNF GTC 34 Green Hornet Racing Peter LeSaffre Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 23 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 26EXC GT 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 112 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS
References
External links 2012 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)