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2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race, and formed the third round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season.[1] It was held on 16–17 June 2012 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).

Audi R18 e-tron quattro

The overall winning #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, driven by Fässler, Tréluyer and Lotterer.

For the second year in a row the race was won by Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer, and André Lotterer, who were driving an e-tron quattro, hybrid electric version of the Audi R18.[2] They were a lap ahead of their sister R18 e-tron quattro entry, and three laps ahead of a conventionally powered Audi R18 ultra. This victory made the Audi R18 e-tron quattro the first hybrid electric vehicle to win at Le Mans,[3] as well as the first with four-wheel drive.[4]

Schedule[]

A test session was held at the circuit two weeks before the race, on 3 June, scheduled to avoid clashing with events within the 2012 Formula One season.[5] The race itself was also scheduled so as to avoid Formula One event clashes.

Schedule [6]
Date Time (CEST) Event
Le Mans Test Day Schedule
Friday, 1 June 09:00 – 18:00 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Saturday, 2 June 09:00 – 15:00 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Sunday, 3 June 09:00 – 13:00 Free practice
14:00 – 18:00
2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Schedule
Sunday, 10 June 14:30 – 19:00 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Monday, 11 June 10:00 – 18:00 Sporting Checks and Administrative scrutineering
Wednesday, 13 June 16:00 – 20:00 Free practice
22:00 – 24:00 Qualifying
Thursday, 14 June 19:00 – 21:00 Qualifying
22:00 – 24:00
Friday, 15 June 17:30 – 19:30 The 18th Drivers' Parade in Le Mans City center [7]
Saturday, 16 June 09:00 – 09:45 Warm-up
15:00 Start of the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Sunday, 17 June 15:00 Finish of the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans

Entries[]

For the second year, the ACO granted 56 invitations to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Entries were divided between the LMP1 (Le Mans Prototype 1), LMP2 (Le Mans Prototype 2), LMGTE Pro (Le Mans GT Endurance Professional), and LMGTE Am (Le Mans GT Endurance Amateur) categories, while a final 56th entry was granted for the Nissan-engined DeltaWing, which does not conform to any of the four categories.

Automatic entries[]

Automatic entries are earned by teams which won the previous running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, or have won Le Mans-based series and events such as the American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, and the Petit Le Mans. Some second place finishers are also granted automatic entries in certain series and events. Entries are also granted for the winners of the Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge in both the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series. A final entry is granted to the champion in the Formula Le Mans category of the Le Mans Series, with the winner receiving their invitation in LMP2.[8]

As automatic entries are granted to teams, the teams are allowed to change their cars from the previous year to the next, but are not allowed to change their category. However, automatic invitations in the two GTE categories are able to be swapped between the two based on the driver line-ups chosen by these teams. As the American Le Mans Series does not separate between the Pro and Am categories, only a single GTE invitation will be granted for their class champion.

Reason Entered LMP1 LMP2 LMGTE Pro LMGTE Am
1st in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Great Britain Greaves Motorsport 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px France Larbre Compétition
1st in the Le Mans Series 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px Great Britain Greaves Motorsport 25px Italy AF Corse 25px France IMSA Performance Matmut
2nd in the Le Mans Series 25px France Pescarolo Team 25px Great Britain Strakka Racing 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport 25px Italy AF Corse
1st in the American Le Mans Series 25px USA Dyson Racing Team Not Awarded 25px USA BMW Team RLL
2nd in the American Le Mans Series 25px USA Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing Not Awarded 25px USA Corvette Racing
1st in the Petit Le Mans 25px France Peugeot Sport Total 25px USA Level 5 Motorsports 25px Italy AF Corse 25px USA Krohn Racing
1st in Le Mans Series Energy Endurance Challenge 25px France Pescarolo Team 25px Italy AF Corse
1st in American Le Mans Series Energy Endurance Challenge 25px USA Dyson Racing Team 25px USA BMW Team RLL
1st in Le Mans Series FLM category 25px France Pegasus Racing

56th entry[]

For the 56th and final entry for the 2012 running of Le Mans, the ACO has turned to promoting cars which feature advancements in technology, either for performance or ecological improvement. Three projects were submitted to the ACO, with the automatic entry being granted to an American group by the name of Project 56 who are developing the DeltaWing concept originally proposed for the American IndyCar Series. The extremely lightweight car features a unique layout that is far removed from the style of Le Mans Prototypes. The project is backed by Highcroft Racing, All American Racers, and the Panoz Group.[9] Two other entries had been granted reserve status if the DeltaWing team withdrew; the Swiss-developed GreenGT LMP-H2, which utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell to run electric motors within a Le Mans Prototype style body,[10] and the French Courage 0.12 will use stored energy to drive electric motors.[11]

Entry list[]

In conjunction with the announcement of entries for the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, the ACO announced the full 56 car entry list for Le Mans, plus nine reserves.[12] On 16 April, the ACO released an updated entry list which confirmed the withdrawal of both Dyson Racing cars. Status Grand Prix and Murphy Prototypes were promoted from the reserve list in Dyson's absence. Several teams also withdrew their entries from the reserve list, including Jetalliance, Hope Racing, Lotus Cars, and Aston Martin Racing.

The 9 initial reserve entries were divided between five LMP and four GTE entries. Rather than the first reserve replacing a car of any class, a withdrawing LMP can only be replaced by another LMP and the same applies to GTs. The specific classes within LMP and GT are not considered in this process. At the time of the Test Day, there were 3 remaining reserve entries, a second Lotus entry in LMP, and the Pro IMSA Matmut Porsche and the Am Proton Competition Porsche in GT.[12]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying was held over three sessions, each two hours in length. The first session, held on Wednesday night, was led by a trio of Audis with the No. 1 car setting the pace with a lap time of 3:25.453. Toyota, in their first qualifying session with the TS030 was fourth in the standings, 1.7 seconds off the lead Audi's pace. The Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca-Nissan led the LMP2 category by two tenths of a second over Murphy Prototypes. Corvette Racing No. 74 led the LMGTE Pro category with a 3:55.910 lap ahead of Luxury Racing's Ferrari and the No. 73 Corvette. The LMGTE Am class was led by Flying Lizard Motorsports by half a second over the Prospeed Competition Porsche.

The second session of qualifying was held in the early evening of Thursday. The majority of cars participating improved their qualifying times from the previous day, while the provisional pole position was lowered to a 3:24.078, now held by the No. 3 Audi. In the LMP2 category OAK Racing's No. 24 Morgan-Judd was the fastest ahead of the Signatech Oreca-Nissan. Luxury Racing was able to supplant Corvette at the top of the LMGTE Pro class by improving the class lap time by over half a second, while Aston Martin moved into second place ahead of Corvette. Flying Lizard did not improve their LMGTE Am lap time, maintaining the lead in the category. The final session held at the end of Thursday was led by defending race winner André Lotterer who ran a 3:23.787 lap early in the session, which was not beaten by the end of qualifying nearly two hours later. The pole position for the No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro was the first for a hybrid electric vehicle. Audi No. 3's time from the second session held for second place, 0.2 seconds behind the pole sitter, while Toyota No. 8 improved to third on the grid although a full second behind the fast lap. ADR-Delta brought home the LMP2 category pole by setting a nearly half a second ahead of OAK's lap from the second session. No improvements were made by the top cars of either of the LMGTE categories, giving Luxury Racing Ferrari and Flying Lizard Porsche pole positions in Pro and Am respectively. The unclassified DeltaWing recorded a 3:42.612 lap in the first qualifying session, making it the 29th fastest car in the field.

Jean-Christophe Bouillon was injured in an accident prior to qualifying on Wednesday, and was ruled out of the event two days later after complaining of pain in his ribs.[13] No replacement driver was found, leaving Emmanuel Collard and Stuart Hall as the only drivers for the No. 16 Pescarolo-Judd.

Qualifying result[]

Pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.

Pos No. Team Car Class Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Qualifying 3 Gap Grid
1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 3:25.453 3:24.997 3:23.787 1
2 3 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 ultra LMP1 3:26.694 3:24.078 3:27.578 +0.291 2
3 8 Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 3:28.295 3:26.151 3:24.842 +1.055 3
4 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 3:26.536 3:26.038 3:25.433 +1.646 4
5 7 Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 3:27.191 3:26.502 3:25.488 +1.701 5
6 4 Audi Sport North America Audi R18 ultra LMP1 3:27.554 3:26.420 3:26.600 +2.633 6
7 21 Strakka Racing HPD ARX-03a-Honda LMP1 3:32.750 3:29.622 3:37.253 +5.835 7
8 12 Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60-Toyota LMP1 3:33.211 3:29.837 3:34.476 +6.050 8
9 13 Rebellion Racing Lola B12/60-Toyota LMP1 3:33.140 3:31.866 3:41.533 +8.079 9
10 17 Pescarolo Team Dome S102.5-Judd LMP1 3:34.716 3:34.925 3:33.066 +9.279 10
11 22 JRM HPD ARX-03a-Honda LMP1 3:37.088 No Time 3:35.421 +11.634 11
12 15 OAK Racing OAK Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP1 3:38.414 3:37.367 3:35.584 +11.797 12
13 16 Pescarolo Team Pescarolo 03-Judd LMP1 No Time 3:37.485 3:48.716 +13.698 —1
14 25 ADR-Delta Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:41.791 3:40.174 3:38.181 +14.394 13
15 24 OAK Racing Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP2 3:40.902 3:38.598 3:40.310 +14.811 14
16 26 Signatech-Nissan Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:42.157 3:39.152 3:44.622 +15.365 15
17 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:39.252 3:41.975 3:41.990 +15.465 16
18 49 Pecom Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:41.916 3:39.711 3:40.292 +15.924 17
19 48 Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:39.877 3:40.652 3:42.057 +16.090 18
20 35 OAK Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 3:41.721 3:39.899 3:41.707 +16.112 19
21 30 Status Grand Prix Lola B12/80-Judd LMP2 3:41.451 3:42.518 3:40.280 +16.493 20
22 44 Starworks Motorsport HPD ARX-03b-Honda LMP2 3:40.639 3:41.863 3:40.471 +16.684 21
23 45 Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:40.727 3:43.763 3:42.949 +16.940 22
24 42 Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 3:42.125 3:40.738 3:43.230 +16.951 23
25 38 Jota Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 3:41.287 3:41.428 No Time +17.500 24
26 23 Signatech-Nissan Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 3:44.495 3:42.581 3:41.982 +18.195 25
27 33 Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b-Honda LMP2 3:42.224 No Time 3:42.696 +18.437 26
28 41 Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 3:47.408 3:43.406 3:42.292 +18.505 27
29 0 Highcroft Racing DeltaWing-Nissan 3:42.612 3:48.142 3:50.903 +18.825 28
30 40 Race Performance Oreca 03-Judd LMP2 3:48.124 3:43.619 3:46.200 +19.832 29
31 31 Lotus Lola B12/80-Lotus LMP2 3:48.067 No Time 3:45.664 +21.877 30
32 28 Gulf Racing Middle East Lola B12/80-Nissan LMP2 3:50.526 3:47.244 4:15.649 +23.457 31
33 43 Extrême Limite ARIC Norma MP2000-Judd LMP2 3:51.012 3:53.560 3:48.025 +24.238 32
34 59 Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Pro 3:56.076 3:55.393 3:58.647 +31.606 33
35 97 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE LMGTE Pro 3:57.466 3:55.870 3:56.036 +32.083 34
36 74 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R LMGTE Pro 3:55.910 3:58.214 3:57.981 +32.123 35
37 71 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Pro 3:57.509 3:58.960 3:56.484 +32.697 36
38 73 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R LMGTE Pro 3:57.181 3:59.433 3:59.471 +33.394 37
39 79 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 3:57.594 4:09.762 4:03.420 +33.807 38
40 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Pro 3:57.648 3:57.606 4:19.147 +33.819 39
41 75 Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 3:58.035 9:51.593 3:59.739 +34.248 40
42 80 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Pro 3:58.717 4:00.011 3:59.372 +34.930 41
43 99 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Vantage GTE LMGTE Am 3:58.725 4:00.958 No Time +34.938 42
44 58 Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Am 4:00.849 3:58.800 No Time +35.013 43
45 29 Gulf Racing Middle East Lola B12/80-Nissan LMP2 4:14.086 No Time 3:58.895 +35.108 44
46 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 3:59.529 3:59.181 3:59.971 +35.394 45
47 50 Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R LMGTE Am 3:59.192 4:05.426 4:13.459 +35.405 46
48 66 JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Pro 4:00.883 3:59.638 4:10.192 +35.851 47
49 51 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Pro No Time No Time 4:00.025 +36.238 48
50 81 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Am 4:04.493 4:00.288 4:00.924 +36.501 49
51 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 4:00.332 4:00.829 4:07.180 +36.545 50
52 61 AF Corse-Waltrip Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Am 4:04.861 4:00.691 4:08.217 +36.904 51
53 57 Krohn Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 LMGTE Am 4:04.698 4:04.075 4:02.323 +38.536 52
54 83 JMB Racing Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 4:04.416 4:02.461 4:20.082 +38.674 53
55 70 Larbre Compétition Chevrolet Corvette C6.R LMGTE Am 4:03.021 4:02.969 4:09.709 +39.182 54
56 55 JWA-Avila Porsche 997 GT3-RSR LMGTE Am 4:08.170 4:03.661 4:03.705 +39.874 55

Notes:

  1. — The No. 16 Pescarolo 03-Judd started from the pit lane.[14]

Race[]

Nissan Deltawing Highcroft Racing Le Mans 2012

The Nissan Deltawing racing at Le Mans in 2012

Audi drivers Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer, and André Lotterer won the overall race for the second year in a row by a margin of one lap over their teammates.[2] The victory was Audi's eleventh and Joest Racing's twelfth success at Le Mans. The Audi R18 e-tron quattro also became the first hybrid electric vehicle to win at Le Mans[3] as well as the first with a four-wheel drivetrain.[4] The leading car covered 5151.8 km, making 33 pit stops. Audi's primary competitors, Toyota, making its return at Le Mans as an entrant for the first time since 1999, failed to complete the event following several accidents and mechanical failures. The No. 8 Toyota driven by Anthony Davidson was sent airborne at the Mulsanne Corner after being clipped by the No. 81 AF Corse Ferrari of amateur driver Pierguiseppe Perazzini at the end of five hours. The Ferrari also flipped and landed on its roof after hitting the tyre barrier. Davidson suffered two broken vertebrae in the crash but was able to pull himself from the car in the immediate aftermath of the accident[15] The No. 7 Toyota, driven by Kazuki Nakajima, made contact with the experimental DeltaWing as the race restarted after an hour under caution for Davidson's incident. Following lengthy repairs, the Toyota returned to the race but succumbed to an engine failure in the 11th hour.

The American Starworks Motorsport team won the LMP2 prototype category in a HPD-Honda with drivers Ryan Dalziel, Enzo Potolicchio, and Tom Kimber-Smith. The grand touring professional category was won by No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari's Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni, and Toni Vilander, while the amateur class was won by No. 50 Larbre Competition Corvette, driven by Patrick Bornhauser, Julien Canal, and Pedro Lamy.[16] 240,000 spectators attended the race weekend.[17]

Race result[]

Class winners are marked in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance (264 laps) are marked as Not Classified (NC).[18]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 1 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Germany André Lotterer
25px Switzerland Marcel Fässler
25px France Benoît Tréluyer 		Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 378
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
2 LMP1 2 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Great Britain Allan McNish
25px Italy Rinaldo Capello
25px Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen 		Audi R18 e-tron quattro M 377
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)
3 LMP1 4 25px Germany Audi Sport North America 25px Great Britain Oliver Jarvis
25px Italy Marco Bonanomi
25px Germany Mike Rockenfeller 		Audi R18 ultra M 375
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
4 LMP1 12 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px France Nicolas Prost
25px Germany Nick Heidfeld
25px Switzerland Neel Jani 		Lola B12/60 M 367
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
5 LMP1 3 25px Germany Audi Sport Team Joest 25px Spain Marc Gené
25px France Romain Dumas
25px France Loïc Duval 		Audi R18 ultra M 366
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6
(Diesel)
6 LMP1 22 25px Great Britain JRM 25px Australia David Brabham
25px Great Britain Peter Dumbreck
25px Flag of India Karun Chandhok 		HPD ARX-03a M 357
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
7 LMP2 44 25px USA Starworks Motorsport 25px The flag of Venezuela Enzo Potolicchio
25px Great Britain Ryan Dalziel
25px Great Britain Tom Kimber-Smith 		HPD ARX-03b D 354
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
8 LMP2 46 25px France Thiriet by TDS Racing 25px France Pierre Thiriet
25px Switzerland Mathias Beche
25px France Christophe Tinseau 		Oreca 03 D 353
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
9 LMP2 49 25px Argentina Pecom Racing 25px Argentina Luís Pérez Companc
25px Germany Pierre Kaffer
25px France Soheil Ayari 		Oreca 03 D 352
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
10 LMP2 26 25px France Signatech-Nissan 25px France Pierre Ragues
25px France Nelson Panciatici
25px The flag of the Russian Federation Roman Rusinov 		Oreca 03 D 351
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
11 LMP1 13 25px Switzerland Rebellion Racing 25px Italy Andrea Belicchi
25px Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
25px Switzerland Harold Primat 		Lola B12/60 M 350
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
12 LMP2 41 25px Great Britain Greaves Motorsport 25px Germany Christian Zugel
25px Template:Country alias Ecuador Elton Julian
25px Mexico Ricardo González 		Zytek Z11SN D 348
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
13 LMP2 25 25px Great Britain ADR-Delta 25px Australia John Martin
25px Template:Country alias THA Tor Graves
25px Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Charouz 		Oreca 03 D 346
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 35 25px France OAK Racing 25px Flag of Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
25px Belgium Bas Leinders
25px Belgium Maxime Martin 		Morgan LMP2 D 341
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMP2 42 25px Great Britain Greaves Motorsport 25px Great Britain Alex Brundle
25px Great Britain Martin Brundle
25px Spain Lucas Ordóñez 		Zytek Z11SN D 340
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
16 LMP2 23 25px France Signatech-Nissan 25px France Jordan Tresson
25px France Franck Mailleux
25px France Olivier Lombard 		Oreca 03 D 340
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE
Pro 		51 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
25px Italy Gianmaria Bruni
25px Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 336
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 LMGTE
Pro 		59 25px France Luxury Racing 25px France Frédéric Makowiecki
25px Brazil Jaime Melo
25px Germany Dominik Farnbacher 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 333
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 LMGTE
Pro 		97 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Germany Stefan Mücke
25px Mexico Adrián Fernández
25px Great Britain Darren Turner 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 332
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
20 LMGTE
Am 		50 25px France Larbre Compétition 25px France Patrick Bornhauser
25px France Julien Canal
25px Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 329
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
21 LMGTE
Am 		67 25px France IMSA Performance Matmut 25px France Anthony Pons
25px France Nicolas Armindo
25px France Raymond Narac 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 328
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 LMGTE
Pro 		71 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Andrea Bertolini
25px Monaco Olivier Beretta
25px Italy Marco Cioci 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 326
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23 LMGTE
Pro 		73 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Spain Antonio García
25px Flag of Denmark Jan Magnussen
25px USA Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 326
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
24 LMP2 45 25px Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing 25px France Bastien Brière
25px Japan Shinji Nakano
25px Germany Jens Petersen 		Oreca 03 D 325
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
25 LMGTE
Am 		57 25px USA Krohn Racing 25px USA Tracy Krohn
25px Sweden Niclas Jönsson
25px Italy Michele Rugolo 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 323
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
26 LMP2 40 25px Switzerland Race Performance 25px Switzerland Michel Frey
25px Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
25px Switzerland Ralph Meichtry 		Oreca 03 D 320
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
27 LMGTE
Am 		79 25px USA Flying Lizard Motorsports 25px USA Seth Neiman
25px USA Spencer Pumpelly
25px France Patrick Pilet 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 313
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
28 LMGTE
Am 		70 25px France Larbre Compétition 25px France Christophe Bourret
25px France Pascal Gibon
25px France Jean-Philippe Belloc 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 309
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
29 LMP2 43 25px France Extrême Limite ARIC 25px France Fabien Rosier
25px France Phillipe Haezebrouck
25px France Philippe Thirion 		Norma MP2000 D 308
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
30 LMP1 21 25px Great Britain Strakka Racing 25px Great Britain Nick Leventis
25px Great Britain Jonny Kane
25px Great Britain Danny Watts 		HPD ARX-03a M 303
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8
31 LMGTE
Am 		61 25px Italy AF Corse-Waltrip 25px USA Robert Kauffman
25px USA Brian Vickers
25px Flag of Portugal Rui Águas 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 294
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
32 LMGTE
Am 		83 25px Monaco JMB Racing 25px Flag of Portugal Manuel Rodrigues
25px France Philippe Illiano
25px France Alain Ferté 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 292
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
33 LMGTE
Am 		55 25px Great Britain JWA-Avila 25px Great Britain Paul Daniels
25px Switzerland Joël Camathias
25px Finland Markus Palttala 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR P 290
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34
NC 		LMGTE
Pro 		74 25px USA Corvette Racing 25px Great Britain Oliver Gavin
25px Great Britain Richard Westbrook
25px USA Tommy Milner 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 215
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
35
NC 		LMP1 17 25px France Pescarolo Team 25px France Nicolas Minassian
25px France Sébastien Bourdais
25px Japan Seiji Ara 		Dome S102.5 M 203
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
36
DNF 		LMP2 38 25px Great Britain Jota 25px Great Britain Sam Hancock
25px Great Britain Simon Dolan
25px Japan Haruki Kurosawa 		Zytek Z11SN D 271
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
37
DNF 		LMP2 33 25px USA Level 5 Motorsports 25px USA Scott Tucker
25px France Christophe Bouchut
25px Mexico Luis Díaz 		HPD ARX-03b D 240
Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6
38
DNF 		LMP2 30 25px Flag of Ireland Status Grand Prix 25px Great Britain Alexander Sims
25px Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
25px France Romain Iannetta 		Lola B12/80 D 239
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
39
DNF 		LMGTE
Am 		88 25px Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px Italy Gianluca Roda
25px Italy Paolo Ruberti 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 222
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
40
DNF 		LMP1 15 25px France OAK Racing 25px France Franck Montagny
25px Austria Dominik Kraihamer
25px Belgium Bertrand Baguette 		OAK Pescarolo 01 D 219
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
41
DNF 		LMGTE
Pro 		66 25px Great Britain JMW Motorsport 25px Great Britain Jonny Cocker
25px Great Britain James Walker
25px New Zealand Roger Wills 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 204
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
42
DNF 		LMP2 48 25px Flag of Ireland Murphy Prototypes 25px Great Britain Jody Firth
25px Great Britain Warren Hughes
25px New Zealand Brendon Hartley 		Oreca 03 D 196
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
43
DNF 		LMGTE
Pro 		77 25px Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton 25px Austria Richard Lietz
25px Germany Marc Lieb
25px Germany Wolf Henzler 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 185
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
44
DNF 		LMGTE
Am 		75 25px Belgium Prospeed Competition 25px Template:Country alias KSA Abdulaziz al Faisal
25px USA Bret Curtis
25px Great Britain Sean Edwards 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 180
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
45
DNF 		LMP2 31 25px Germany Lotus 25px Germany Thomas Holzer
25px Germany Mirco Schultis
25px Italy Luca Moro 		Lola B12/80 D 155
Lotus (Judd) 3.6 L V8
46
DNF 		LMGTE
Am 		58 25px France Luxury Racing 25px Germany Pierre Ehret
25px USA Gunnar Jeannette
25px USA Frankie Montecalvo 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 146
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
47
DNF 		LMP2 24 25px France OAK Racing 25px France Jacques Nicolet
25px France Matthieu Lahaye
25px France Olivier Pla 		Morgan LMP2 D 139
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
48
DNF 		LMP1 7 25px Japan Toyota Racing 25px Austria Alexander Wurz
25px Japan Kazuki Nakajima
25px France Nicolas Lapierre 		Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 134
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
49
DNF 		LMGTE
Pro 		80 25px USA Flying Lizard Motorsports 25px Germany Jörg Bergmeister
25px Germany Marco Holzer
25px USA Patrick Long 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 114
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
50
DNF 		LMP2 28 25px UAE Gulf Racing Middle East 25px France Fabien Giroix
25px France Ludovic Badey
25px Sweden Stefan Johansson 		Lola B12/80 D 92
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
51
DNF 		LMP1 8 25px Japan Toyota Racing 25px Great Britain Anthony Davidson
25px Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
25px France Stéphane Sarrazin 		Toyota TS030 Hybrid M 82
Toyota 3.4 L V8
(Hybrid)
52
DNF 		0 25px USA Highcroft Racing 25px Great Britain Marino Franchitti
25px Germany Michael Krumm
25px Japan Satoshi Motoyama 		DeltaWing M 75
Nissan 1.6 L Turbo I4
53
DNF 		LMGTE
Am 		81 25px Italy AF Corse 25px Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
25px Italy Niki Cadei
25px Flag of Ireland Matt Griffin 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 70
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
54
DNF 		LMGTE
Am 		99 25px Great Britain Aston Martin Racing 25px Flag of Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Poulsen
25px Flag of Denmark Allan Simonsen 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE M 31
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8
55
DNF 		LMP1 16 25px France Pescarolo Team 25px France Emmanuel Collard
25px Great Britain Stuart Hall 		Pescarolo 03 M 20
Judd DB 3.4 L V8
56
DNF 		LMP2 29 25px UAE Gulf Racing Middle East 25px Japan Keiko Ihara
25px Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
25px France Marc Rostan 		Lola B12/80 D 17
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References[]

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