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2012 European Le Mans Series

The 2012 European Le Mans Series was the ninth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series (previously known as simply Le Mans Series). Championship titles were awarded in five categories, with the Le Mans Series shifting its categories following its separation from the FIA World Endurance Championship. LMP1 cars were dropped due to most teams entering the FIA World Endurance Championship while a new GTC category was created to allow single make grand tourer cars and FIA GT3s to compete in endurance races. However, there were no GTC cars that competed during the season.

Due to the numerous issues the season was reduced to just three rounds, starting in Le Castellet, France on 1 April and ended at Braselton, Georgia, United States, on 20 October.

Schedule

Following the ELMS decision to no longer share races with the FIA World Endurance Championship (formerly the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup), the series required new races to replace the Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone races which now were part of the WEC. Circuit Paul Ricard was the only event carried over from 2011 and remained the season opener. Circuit Zolder was supposed to serve as the second round of the series, but on 1 April the race was cancelled due to a lack of entrants. ELMS teams were instead invited to enter the 6 Hours of Spa WEC round. Following a small number of entries at Donington, the season's two later rounds at the Brno Circuit and Autódromo Internacional do Algarve were cancelled. In place of these two rounds, an agreement was reached with the American Le Mans Series to allow ELMS competitors to participate in the Petit Le Mans for double points, with the ELMS providing transport assistance to full-season teams.

Rnd	Race	Circuit
Official Test Session	FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	9–10 March
6 Hours of Castellet	FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	1 April
6 Hours of Donington	GBR Donington Park, Castle Donington, United Kingdom	15 July
Petit Le Mans	USA Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia	20 October
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Regulation changes

The Le Mans Series made changes to its class structure for the 2012 season, eliminating one previous class while adding another. The LMP1 Le Mans Prototype category were no longer featured in LMS races due to the large amount of LMP1 factory teams which switched from the Le Mans Series to the World Endurance Championship. This move promotes the LMP2 category to the top of the class structure. To replace LMP1, a new class has been created at the bottom of the class structure, named GTC. This class allowed only three cars from various one make series to compete: The Ferrari 458 Challenge, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, and the Lotus Evora GT4. Teams in GTC were not allowed more than one professional driver in their line-up. Finally, the Formula Le Mans category was renamed LMP Challenge, aligning with the title utilized by the American Le Mans Series.

Entry list

Entry List	Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers
GBR Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		1	GBR Alex Brundle	All
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith
ESP Lucas Ordóñez	1–2
GBR Alex Buncombe	3
ARG Pecom Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		10	ARG Luís Pérez Companc	1–2
DEU Pierre Kaffer	1–2
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	1
FRA Soheil Ayari	2
CHE Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8		11	CHE Jonathan Hirschi	1
CHE Michel Frey	1
CHE Ralph Meichtry	1
IRL Status GP	Lola B12/80	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8		17	GBR Alexander Sims	1–2
NLD Yelmer Buurman	1
GBR Dean Stirling	1
FRA Julien Jousse	2
FRA Maxime Jousse	2
IRL Murphy Prototypes	MG-Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		18	GBR Jody Firth	All
GBR Warren Hughes
ITA Luca Moro	1
NZL Brendon Hartley	2–3
FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		19	FRA Nicolas Marroc	1–2
FRA Nicolas Minassian	1–2
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	1–2
FRA OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8		24	FRA Jacques Nicolet	1–2
FRA Guillaume Moreau	1
AUT Dominik Kraihamer	1
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	2
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	35	BEL Bertrand Baguette	2–3
FRA Dimitri Enjalbert	2
FRA Olivier Pla	2–3
FRA Jacques Nicolet	3
GBR Jota	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		38	GBR Sam Hancock	1–2
GBR Simon Dolan	1–2
FRA Extrême Limite ARIC	Norma M200P	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8		44	FRA Fabien Rosier	1
FRA Philippe Thirion	1
BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		45	FRA Bastien Brière	1
GBR Jack Clarke	1
CHE Sébastien Buemi	1
FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		46	CHE Mathias Beche	All
FRA Pierre Thiriet
FRA Christophe Tinseau	3
BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		40	FRA Thomas Dagoneau	1–2
ITA Massimo Vignali	1
FRA Jean-Marc Merlin	1
FRA Jean-Charles Battut	2
GBR John Hartshorne	2
GBR CURTIS Racing Technologies	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8		42	GBR Phil Keen	1
GBR John Hartshorne	1
GBR Alex Kapadia	1
CHE Kessel Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		61	POL Michał Broniszewski	1
AUT Philipp Peter	1
GBR JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		66	GBR James Walker	1
GBR Jonny Cocker	1–2
DNK Allan Simonsen	2
MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		83	BRA Jaime Melo	1
ITA Marco Frezza	1
ITA AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		60	ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini	All
ITA Marco Cioci
IRL Matt Griffin
FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		67	FRA Anthony Pons	All
FRA Nicolas Armindo
FRA Raymond Narac
GBR Gulf Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8		69	GBR Stuart Hall	1
DEU Roald Goethe	1
BEL Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		75	BEL Marc Goossens	1
BEL Maxime Soulet	1
MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		99	FRA Alain Ferté	1
FRA Philippe Illiano	1

Season results

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMPC Winning Team	GTE Pro Winning Team	GTE Am Winning Team
Paul Ricard	FRA No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	GBR No. 42 CURTIS Racing Technologies	GBR No. 66 JMW Motorsport	BEL No. 75 Prospeed Competition	Results
CHE Mathias Beche
FRA Pierre Thiriet	GBR John Hartshorne
GBR Alex Kapadia
GBR Phil Keen	GBR James Walker
GBR Jonny Cocker	BEL Marc Goossens
BEL Maxime Soulet
Donington	FRA No. 35 OAK Racing	BEL No. 40 Boutsen Ginion Racing	GBR No. 66 JMW Motorsport	FRA No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
FRA Olivier Pla
FRA Dimitri Enjalbert
BEL Bertrand Baguette	FRA Thomas Dagoneau
FRA Jean-Charles Battut
GBR John Hartshorne	GBR Jonny Cocker
DNK Allan Simonsen	FRA Nicolas Armindo
FRA Raymond Narac
FRA Anthony Pons
Road Atlanta	FRA No. 46 Thiriet by TDS Racing	Did Not Participate	Did Not Participate	FRA No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Results
CHE Mathias Beche
FRA Pierre Thiriet
FRA Christophe Tinseau	FRA Nicolas Armindo
FRA Raymond Narac
FRA Anthony Pons
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Championship Standings

Points are awarded to cars that finish in tenth place or higher, with unclassified entries failing to complete 70% of the race distance or entries failing to reach the finish not earning championship points. One bonus point is awarded for winning pole position (denoted by bold). Double points will be awarded at Petit Le Mans.

Points System	Position	Pole Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Teams Championships

The top two finishers in the LMP2, GTE Pro, and GTE Am championships earned automatic entry to the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	94	2	71	3	48	4	30	5	16	6	15	7	15	8	10	9	4	10	2	–	0
FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	1	2	3
FRA OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	6	1	4
GBR Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	4	7	5
FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	2	4
ARG Pecom Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	7	5
IRL Status GP	Lola B12/80	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	3	Ret
IRL Murphy Prototypes	MG-Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	Ret	3	Ret
CHE Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	5
FRA Extrême Limite ARIC	Norma M200P	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	8
GBR JOTA	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	9	Ret
BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	Ret
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LMPC Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	27	2	25
BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	Ret	1
GBR Curtis Racing Technologies	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	1
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LM GTE Pro Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	51	2	19
GBR JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	1	1
MCO JMB Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	2
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LM GTE Am Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	94	2	34	3	26
FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	2	1	1
ITA AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	3	2	Ret
BEL Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	1
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Drivers Championships

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1=	94	1=	94	2=	62	2=	62	3	54	4	50	5=	48	5=	48	6=	30	6=	30	6=	30	7	25	8	18	9=	16	9=	16	10=	15	10=	15	10=	15	10=	15	10=	15	10=	15	11=	10	11=	10	11=	10	11=	10	12	9	13=	8	13=	8	14	6	15=	4	15=	4	16=	2	16=	2
FRA Pierre Thiriet	FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing	1	2	3
CHE Mathias Beche	FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing	1	2	3
BEL Bertrand Baguette	FRA OAK Racing		1	4
FRA Olivier Pla	FRA OAK Racing		1	4
FRA Jacques Nicolet	FRA OAK Racing	6	6	4
FRA Christophe Tinseau	FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing			3
GBR Alex Brundle	GBR Greaves Motorsport	4	7	5
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	GBR Greaves Motorsport	4	7	5
FRA Nicolas Marroc	FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing	2	4
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing	2	4
FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Sébastien Loeb Racing	2	4
FRA Dimitri Enjalbert	FRA OAK Racing		1
ESP Lucas Ordoñez	GBR Greaves Motorsport	4	7
ARG Luís Pérez Companc	ARG Pecom Racing	7	5
DEU Pierre Kaffer	ARG Pecom Racing	7	5
GBR Alexander Sims	IRL Status GP	3	Ret
GBR Dean Sterling	IRL Status GP	3
NLD Yelmer Buurman	IRL Status GP	3
GBR Jody Firth	IRL Murphy Prototypes	Ret	3	Ret
GBR Warren Hughes	IRL Murphy Prototypes	Ret	3	Ret
NZL Brendon Hartley	IRL Murphy Prototypes		3	Ret
CHE Michel Frey	CHE Race Performance	5
CHE Jonathan Hirschi	CHE Race Performance	5
CHE Ralph Meichtry	CHE Race Performance	5
FRA Soheil Ayari	ARG Pecom Racing		5
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	FRA OAK Racing		6
FRA Guillaume Moreau	FRA OAK Racing	6
AUT Dominik Kraihamer	FRA OAK Racing	6
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	ARG Pecom Racing	7
FRA Fabien Rosier	FRA Extrême Limite ARIC	8
FRA Philippe Thirion	FRA Extrême Limite ARIC	8
GBR Sam Hancock	GBR JOTA	9	Ret
GBR Simon Dolan	GBR JOTA	9	Ret
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LMPC Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	51	2	27	3	26	4=	25	4=	25	5=	1	5=	1
GBR John Hartshorne	GBR Curtis Racing Technologies
BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	1
FRA Thomas Dagoneau	BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Ret	1
FRA Jean-Charles Battut	BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing		1
GBR Alex Kapadia	GBR Curtis Racing Technologies	1
GBR Phil Keen	GBR Curtis Racing Technologies	1
FRA Jean-Marc Merlin	BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Ret
ITA Massimo Vignali	BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing	Ret
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LM GTE Pro Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	51	2	26	3	25	4=	19	4=	19
GBR Jonny Cocker	GBR JMW Motorsport	1	1
GBR James Walker	GBR JMW Motorsport	1	WD
DNK Allan Simonsen	GBR JMW Motorsport		1
BRA Jaime Melo	MCO JMB Racing	2
ITA Marco Frezza	MCO JMB Racing	2
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LM GTE Am Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1=	94	1=	94	1=	94	2=	34	2=	34	2=	34	3=	26	3=	26
FRA Anthony Pons	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	2	1	1
FRA Nicolas Armindo	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	2	1	1
FRA Raymond Narac	FRA IMSA Performance Matmut	2	1	1
ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini	ITA AF Corse	3	2	Ret
ITA Marco Cioci	ITA AF Corse	3	2	Ret
IRL Matt Griffin	ITA AF Corse	3	2	Ret
BEL Marc Goossens	BEL Prospeed Competition	1
BEL Maxime Soulet	BEL Prospeed Competition	1
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Manufacturers Cups

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Constructor	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	127	2	62	3	50	4	17	5	15	6	10	7	4
Oreca-Nissan	44	33	50
Morgan-Nissan		25	37
Zytek-Nissan	14	6	30
Morgan-Judd	8	9
Lola-Judd	15	0
Oreca-Judd	10
Norma-Judd	4
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LM GTE Standings

Pos	Constructor	LEC
FRA	DON
GBR	ATL
USA	Total	1	96	2	85	–	0
Porsche	27	18	51
Ferrari	44	41	0
Aston Martin	0
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