2012 6 Hours of Fuji


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|2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season], and marks the return of the former Fuji 1000 km event for the first time since 2007.

Qualifying

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.
PosClassTeamDriverLap TimeGrid
1LMP1No. 7 Toyota [Gazoo Racing Europe|Toyota Racing]Kazuki Nakajima1:27.4991
2LMP1No. 1 Audi Sport Team JoestMarcel Fässler1:27.6392
3LMP1No. 2 Audi Sport Team JoestTom Kristensen1:28.3703
4LMP1No. 12 Rebellion RacingNeel Jani1:29.8714
5LMP1No. 21 Strakka RacingDanny Watts1:30.0515
6LMP1No. 22 JRMDavid Brabham1:30.4106
7LMP1No. 13 Rebellion RacingAndrea Belicchi1:30.6827
8LMP1No. 15 OAK RacingBertrand Baguette1:30.9128
9LMP2No. 44 Starworks MotorsportStéphane Sarrazin1:32.3679
10LMP2No. 25 ADR-DeltaJohn Martin1:32.54810
11LMP2No. 32 LotusVitantonio Liuzzi1:32.73811
12LMP2No. 26 Signatech-NissanNelson Panciatici1:32.96012
13LMP2No. 49 Pecom RacingNicolas Minassian1:33.11413
14LMP2No. 24 OAK RacingOlivier Pla1:33.16514
15LMP2No. 23 Signatech-NissanOlivier Lombard1:34.29415
16LMP2No. 31 LotusThomas Holzer1:35.03616
17LMP2No. 29 Gulf Racing Middle EastFabien Giroix1:35.23417
18LMP2No. 41 Greaves MotorsportRicardo González1:35.60118
19LMGTE ProNo. 77 Team Felbermayr-ProtonMarc Lieb1:40.28919
20LMGTE ProNo. 51 AF CorseGianmaria Bruni1:40.59820
21LMGTE ProNo. 97 Aston Martin RacingStefan Mücke1:40.79824
22LMGTE ProNo. 71 AF CorseAndrea Bertolini1:41.20221
23LMGTE AmNo. 70 Larbre CompétitionJean-Philippe Belloc1:41.38622
24LMGTE AmNo. 57 Krohn RacingMichele Rugolo1:41.70123
25LMGTE AmNo. 88 Team Felbermayr-ProtonPaolo Ruberti1:41.71125
26LMGTE AmNo. 50 Larbre CompétitionJulien Canal1:41.94526
27LMGTE AmNo. 55 JWA-AvilaJoël Camathias1:42.91027

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTyreLaps
1LMP17