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
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.
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.
Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
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 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 27 LMGTE Am No. 55 JWA-Avila Joël Camathias 1:42.910 27
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.
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 LMP1 7 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS030 Hybrid 233 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8(Hybrid) 2 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro 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 233 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 4 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Lola B12/60 227 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 5 LMP1 22 JRM Peter Dumbreck David Brabham Karun Chandhok HPD ARX-03a 226 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 6 LMP1 21 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts HPD ARX-03a 226 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 7 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi Harold Primat Lola B12/60 225 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 8 LMP2 25 ADR-Delta John Martin Tor Graves Shinji Nakano Oreca 03 220 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 44 Starworks Motorsport Ryan Dalziel Enzo Potolicchio Stéphane Sarrazin HPD ARX-03b 219 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 10 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla Matthieu Lahaye Morgan LMP2 219 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 49 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc Nicolas Minassian Pierre Kaffer Oreca 03 216 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 32 Lotus Kevin Weeda Vitantonio Liuzzi James Rossiter Lola B12/80 216 Lotus 3.6 L V8 13 LMP2 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Fabien Giroix Keiko Ihara Jean-Denis Délétraz Lola B12/80 214 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Christian Zugel Ricardo González Elton Julian Zytek Z11SN 212 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 15 LMP2 23 Signatech-Nissan Franck Mailleux Jordan Tresson Olivier Lombard Oreca 03 211 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 16 LMP1 15 OAK Racing Dominik Kraihamer Bertrand Baguette Takuma Sato OAK Pescarolo 01 210 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 17 LMGTEPro 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 207 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Giancarlo Fisichella Gianmaria Bruni Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 206 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage GTE 206 Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 206 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 21 LMGTEAm 50 Larbre Compétition Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal Pedro Lamy Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 204 Corvette LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jonsson Michele Rugolo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 203 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 202 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 24 LMGTEAm 70 Larbre Compétition Pascal Gibon Christophe Bourret Jean-Philippe Belloc Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 199 Corvette LS5.5R 5.5 L V8 25 LMGTEAm 55 JWA-Avila Paul Daniels Joël Camathias Kenji Kobayashi Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 196 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 DNF LMP2 31 Lotus Thomas Holzer Mirco Schultis Lola B12/80 139 Lotus 3.6 L V8 EX LMP2 26 Signatech-Nissan Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Roman Rusinov Oreca 03 213 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
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