WEC season 2012

FIA WEC 2012 — the season in data

All 8 races of the 2012 WEC season: winners, class winners, distances and manufacturer record. Audi led with 5 overall wins.

8Races analyzed
272Race entries
2Winning marques
12Winning drivers

The 2012 World Endurance Championship ran 8 races in 8 countries, with 272 race entries in total. This is the first years of the championship, when Audi’s diesel hybrids set the standard and Toyota built its challenge.

Audi took 5 of 8 overall wins, a share of 62%. The rest went to Toyota (3).

The longest race of the year was the 24 Hours of Le Mans over 24 hours; the largest field lined up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans with 56 cars. Classes contested: LMP1, LMP2, LMGTE Pro, LMGTE Am, Garage 56.

Each race below links to its own data analysis: pace order, reliability by class, lead changes and closing stability, all measured the same way.

Every round of the season

Round by round: date, circuit, overall winner, distance covered and the link to the full data analysis.

RdRaceDateWinnerLapsDistanceCars
112 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway · USA2012-03-17#2 AudiAudi Sport Team Joest Dindo Capello · Tom Kristensen · Allan Mcnish3251,956 km29
26 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgien2012-05-05#3 AudiAudi Sport Team Joest Romain Dumas · Loic Duval · Marc Gené1601,121 km41
324 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe · Frankreich2012-06-16#1 AudiAudi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit Tréluyer3785,151 km56
46 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit · England2012-08-26#1 AudiAudi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit Tréluyer1941,143 km35
56 Hours of São Paulo Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brasilien2012-09-15#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Alexander Wurz · Nicolas Lapierre2471,064 km28
66 Hours of Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain2012-09-29#1 AudiAudi Sport Team Joest Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit Tréluyer1911,034 km28
76 Hours of Fuji Fuji Speedway · Japan2012-10-14#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Alexander Wurz · Nicolas Lapierre · Kazuki Nakajima2331,063 km27
86 Hours of Shanghai Shanghai International Circuit · China2012-10-28#7 ToyotaToyota Gazoo Racing Alexander Wurz · Nicolas Lapierre1911,041 km28

Overall wins by manufacturer

Who turned pace into results across the season.

Audi
5
Toyota
3

Class winners by round

Every class, every round — the results the overall table hides.

RdRaceClass winners
112 Hours of SebringLMP1 — #2 Audi Audi R18 Audi Sport Team Joest · Dindo Capello · Tom Kristensen · Allan McnishLMP2 — #44 Honda HPD ARX-03b Starworks Motorsports · Vicente Potolicchio · Ryan Dalziel · Stéphane SarrazinLMGTE Pro — #71 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE Ferrari AF Corse · Andrea Bertolini · Olivier Beretta · Marco CiociLMGTE Am — #88 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Team Felbermayr-Proton · Christian Ried · Gianluca Roda · Paolo Ruberti
26 Hours of Spa-FrancorchampsLMP1 — #3 Audi Audi R18 Ultra Audi Sport Team Joest · Romain Dumas · Loic Duval · Marc GenéLMP2 — #38 Zytek Zytek Z11SN Jota · Simon Dolan · Sam HancockLMGTE Pro — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Team Felbermayr-Proton · Marc Lieb · Richard LietzLMGTE Am — #67 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Imsa Performance Matmut · Nicolas Armindo · Raymond Narac · Anthony Pons
324 Hours of Le MansLMP1 — #1 Audi Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi Sport Team Joest · Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit TréluyerLMP2 — #44 Honda HPD ARX-03b Starworks Motorsports · Vicente Potolicchio · Ryan Dalziel · Thomas Kimber-SmithLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE Ferrari AF Corse · Giancarlo Fisichella · Gianmaria Bruni · Toni VilanderLMGTE Am — #50 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Larbre Competition · Patrick Bornhauser · Julien Canal · Pedro LamyGarage 56 — #0 DeltaWing DeltaWing Highcroft Racing · Marino Franchitti · Michael Krumm · Satoshi Motoyama
46 Hours of SilverstoneLMP1 — #1 Audi Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi Sport Team Joest · Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit TréluyerLMP2 — #25 Oreca Oreca 03 ADR-Delta · John Martin · Jan Charouz · Tor GravesLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE Ferrari AF Corse · Giancarlo Fisichella · Gianmaria BruniLMGTE Am — #61 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE AF Corse-Waltrip · Piergiuseppe Perazzini · Marco Cioci · Matt Griffin
56 Hours of São PauloLMP1 — #7 Toyota Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Alexander Wurz · Nicolas LapierreLMP2 — #44 Honda HPD ARX-03b Starworks Motorsports · Vicente Potolicchio · Ryan Dalziel · Stéphane SarrazinLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE Ferrari AF Corse · Giancarlo Fisichella · Gianmaria BruniLMGTE Am — #88 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Team Felbermayr-Proton · Christian Ried · Gianluca Roda · Paolo Ruberti
66 Hours of BahrainLMP1 — #1 Audi Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi Sport Team Joest · Marcel Fässler · André Lotterer · Benoit TréluyerLMP2 — #49 Oreca Oreca 03 Pecom Racing · Luis Perez Companc · Nicolas Minassian · Pierre KafferLMGTE Pro — #51 Ferrari Ferrari 458 Italia GTE Ferrari AF Corse · Giancarlo Fisichella · Toni VilanderLMGTE Am — #88 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Team Felbermayr-Proton · Christian Ried · Gianluca Roda · Paolo Ruberti
76 Hours of FujiLMP1 — #7 Toyota Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Alexander Wurz · Nicolas Lapierre · Kazuki NakajimaLMP2 — #25 Oreca Oreca 03 ADR-Delta · John Martin · Tor Graves · Shinji NakanoLMGTE Pro — #77 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (997) Team Felbermayr-Proton · Marc Lieb · Richard LietzLMGTE Am — #50 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Larbre Competition · Patrick Bornhauser · Julien Canal · Pedro Lamy
86 Hours of ShanghaiLMP1 — #7 Toyota Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota Gazoo Racing · Alexander Wurz · Nicolas LapierreLMP2 — #25 Oreca Oreca 03 ADR-Delta · John Martin · Tor Graves · Mathias BecheLMGTE Pro — #97 Aston Martin Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE Aston Martin Racing · Stefan Mücke · Darren TurnerLMGTE Am — #50 Chevrolet Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Larbre Competition · Patrick Bornhauser · Julien Canal · Pedro Lamy