2012 6 Hours of Castellet
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The 2012 6 Hours of Castellet (6 Heures du Castellet) was the opening round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard on 1 April 2012. Previously known as the Le Mans Series, it was the first race in the series' history where LMP1 was not contested in as LMP2 has taken over as the top prototype class. The Formula Le Mans (FLM) spec class has been renamed to Le Mans Prototype Challenge (LMPC), the same name used in the American Le Mans Series. A new Grand Touring class was meant to participate in the opening round which was Grand Touring Challenge (GTC), but lack of entrants meant it did not participate.
Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | Team | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | No.46 Thiriet by TDS Racing | Mathias Beche | 1:48.171 | 1 |
| 2 | LMP2 | No.17 Status GP | Yelmer Buurman | 1:48.482 | 2 |
| 3 | LMP2 | No.1 Greaves Motorsport | Tom Kimber-Smith | 1:48.882 | 3 |
| 4 | LMP2 | No.24 OAK Racing | Guillaume Moreau | 1:48.977 | 4 |
| 5 | LMP2 | No.10 Pecom Racing | Pierre Kaffer | 1:49.068 | 5 |
| 6 | LMP2 | No.18 Murphy Prototypes | Warren Hughes | 1:49.122 | 6 |
| 7 | LMP2 | No.19 Sébastien Loeb Racing | Stéphane Sarrazin | 1:49.157 | 7 |
| 8 | LMP2 | No.38 JOTA | Sam Hancock | 1:49.687 | 8 |
| 9 | LMP2 | No.11 Race Performance | Michel Frey | 1:50.193 | 9 |
| 10 | LMPC | No.40 Boutsen Ginion Racing | Massimo Vignali | 1:55.338 | 10 |
| 11 | LMPC | No.42 CURTIS Racing Technologies | Phil Keen | 1:55.410 | 11 |
| 12 | GTE-Pro | No.83 JMB Racing | Jaime Melo | 1:57.630 | 12 |
| 13 | GTE-Am | No.75 Prospeed Competition | Marc Goossens | 1:58.388 | 13 |
| 14 | GTE-Am | No.67 IMSA Performance Matmut | Nicolas Armindo | 1:58.428 | 14 |
| 15 | GTE-Pro | No.66 JMW Motorsport | James Walker | 1:58.517 | 15 |
| 16 | GTE-Am | No.69 Gulf Racing | Stuart Hall | 1:58.532 | 16 |
| 17 | GTE-Am | No.60 AF Corse | Marco Cioci | 1:58.803 | 17 |
| 18 | GTE-Pro | No.61 Kessel Racing | Philipp Peter | 1:59.082 | 18 |
| 19 | GTE-Am | No.99 JMB Racing | Alain Ferté | 2:00.182 | 19 |
| 20 | LMP2 | No.44 Extrême Limite ARIC | No Time | 20 | |
| 21 | LMP2 | No.45 Boutsen Ginion Racing | No Time | 21 | |
