2012 6 Heures du Castellet

Race 1 of 3

Paul Ricard
189 laps
Time of race: 6:00:53.302
Average speed of winner: 182.533 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 11 among 6 drivers
Fastest lap: Mathias Beche 1:49.369
Lap leaders: Beche pole, Buurman 1-24, Kimber-Smith 25-26, Beche 27-53, Hancock 54, Kimber-Smith 55-79, Thiriet 80-100, Ordoñez 101-124, Beche 125-126, Ordoñez 127-133, Beche 134-154, Thiriet 155-189

Finish	Start	Class	Class Rank	Drivers	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Points
1	1	LMP2	1	Pierre Thiriet	46	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	TDS	1:48.171	189	2	56	26
				Mathias Beche									3	50
2	7	LMP2	2	Nicolas Marroc	19	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Loeb	1:49.157	188	0	0	18
				Stéphane Sarrazin									0	0
				Nicolas Minassian									0	0
3	2	LMP2	3	Alexander Sims	17	Status GP	Lola B12/80	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	Dunlop	Status	1:48.482	188	0	0	15
				Dean Stirling									0	0
				Yelmer Buurman									1	24
4	3	LMP2	4	Alex Brundle	1	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Greaves	1:48.882	188	0	0	12
				Tom Kimber-Smith									2	27
				Lucas Ordóñez									2	31
5	9	LMP2	5	Michel Frey	11	Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	Dunlop	Race Performance	1:50.193	186	0	0	10
				Jonathan Hirschi									0	0
				Ralph Meichtry									0	0
6	4	LMP2	6	Jacques Nicolet	24	OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	Dunlop	OAK	1:48.977	185	0	0	8
				Guillaume Moreau									0	0
				Dominik Kraihamer									0	0
7	5	LMP2	7	Luis Pérez Companc	10	Pecom Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Pecom	1:49.068	183	0	0	6
				Pierre Kaffer									0	0
				Gianmaria Bruni									0	0
8	11	LMPC	1	Phil Keen	42	CURTIS Racing Technologies	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8	Michelin	Curtis	1:55.410	177	0	0	0
				John Hartshorne									0	0
				Alex Kapadia									0	0
9	15	LMGTE Pro	1	Jonny Cocker	66	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	Dunlop	JMW	1:58.517	176	0	0	25
				James Walker									0	0
10	12	LMGTE Pro	2	Jaime Melo	83	JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	Michelin	JMB	1:57.630	176	0	0	19
				Marco Frezza									0	0
11	13	LMGTE Am	1	Marc Goossens	75	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Michelin	Prospeed	1:58.388	175	0	0	26
				Maxime Soulet									0	0
12	20	LMP2	8	Fabien Rosier	44	Extrême Limite ARIC	Norma M200P	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	Dunlop	Extreme Limite	no time	175	0	0	4
				Philippe Thirion									0	0
13	8	LMP2	9	Sam Hancock	38	JOTA	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Jota	1:49.687	174	1	1	2
				Simon Dolan									0	0
14	14	LMGTE Am	2	Anthony Pons	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Michelin	IMSA	1:58.428	174	0	0	18
				Nicolas Armindo									0	0
				Raymond Narac									0	0
15	18	LMGTE Pro	3	Michał Broniszewski	61	Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Kessel	1:59.082	174	0	0	0
				Philipp Peter									0	0
16	19	LMGTE Am	3	Alain Ferté	99	JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	Michelin	JMB	2:00.182	172	0	0	0
				Philippe Illiano									0	0
17	16	LMGTE Am	4	Roald Goethe	69	Gulf Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	Aston Martin 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Gulf	1:58.532	160	0	0	0
				Stuart Hall									0	0
18	17	LMGTE Am	5	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	60	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Ferrari 4.5L V8	Michelin	AF Corse	1:58.803	144	0	0	15
				Marco Cioci									0	0
				Matt Griffin									0	0
19	10	LMPC	2	Thomas Dagoneau	40	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8	Michelin	Boutsen	1:55.338	111	0	0	0
				Jean-Marc Merlin									0	0
				Massimo Vignali									0	0
20	6	LMP2	10	Warren Hughes	18	Murphy Prototypes	MG-Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Murphy	1:49.122	64	0	0	0
				Jody Firth									0	0
				Luca Moro									0	0
21	21	LMP2	11	Bastien Brière	45	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5L V8	Dunlop	Boutsen	no time	27	0	0	0
				Jack Clarke									0	0
				Sébastien Buemi									0	0