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2012 FIA World Endurance Championship

Auto racing series

Field	Value
title	2012 FIA World Endurance Championship
organizer	Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
Automobile Club de l'Ouest
discipline	Sports car endurance racing
no_of_races	8
award1_title	LMP1 Manufacturer
award1_champ	GER Audi
award2_title	GTE Manufacturer
award2_champ	ITA Ferrari
award3_title	LMP1 Team
award3_champ	SUI Rebellion Racing
award4_title	LMP2 Team
award4_champ	USA Starworks Motorsport
award5_title	LMGTE Pro Team
award5_champ	ITA AF Corse
award6_title	LMGTE Am Team
award6_champ	FRA Larbre Compétition
seasonslistnames	FIA World Endurance Championship
prevseason_link	2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
prevseason_year	2011 (ILMC)
nextseason_link	2013 FIA World Endurance Championship
nextseason_year	2013

Automobile Club de l'Ouest The 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship was the inaugural running of the World Endurance Championship. It was co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series replaced the former Intercontinental Le Mans Cup held by the ACO from 2010 to 2011. The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-based racing cars meeting four ACO categories. Several championships, cups, and trophies were awarded in the series' four categories following an eight race season, with a World Championship available to the top scoring drivers and LMP1 category manufacturer.

Following a partial-season match-up against newcomers Toyota, Audi won the Manufacturers' World Championship, while the company's driver line-up of André Lotterer of Germany, Benoît Tréluyer of France, and Marcel Fässler of Switzerland earned the Drivers' World Championship ahead of their teammates Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen. Toyota's Alexander Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre were third in the Drivers' Championship standings. Ferrari defending their two Intercontinental Le Mans Cup LMGTE manufacturers title with the Manufacturers' World Cup, outscoring Porsche and Corvette. In the four FIA Trophies for the four categories in the championship, Rebellion Racing won the LMP1 Privateers title, while Starworks Motorsport secured the LMP2 championship; AF Corse won the LMGTE Pro category for the second season in a row, as did Larbre Compétition in LMGTE Am.

Calendar

An initial calendar was announced on 12 November 2011, featuring eight races in eight countries on four continents. Sebring, Spa-Francorchamps, Le Mans, and Silverstone are retained from the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, while the Chinese round remained undecided between 2011's Zhuhai International Circuit or the Shanghai International Circuit. Three new races at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Bahrain International Circuit, and Fuji Speedway expand the series to a new continent, replacing the former ILMC round for the Petit Le Mans. A revised calendar released on 7 December swapped the dates of the events in Bahrain and Fuji, while ACO confirmed on 2 February that the final round would be hosted in Shanghai, with the date moved to 27 October. All races were timed events. The 12 Hours of Sebring was a joint event with competitors from the American Le Mans Series sharing half of the race grid, but not scoring points in the World Championship.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location
[12 Hours of Sebring](12-hours-of-sebring)	Sebring International Raceway	USA Sebring, Florida	17 March
[6 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps](1000-km-spa)	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	BEL Stavelot	5 May
[24 Heures du Mans](24-hours-of-le-mans)	Circuit de la Sarthe	FRA Le Mans	16–17 June
[6 Hours of Silverstone](1000-km-silverstone)	Silverstone Circuit	GBR Silverstone	26 August
[6 Hours of São Paulo](6-hours-of-sao-paulo)	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	BRA São Paulo	15 September
[6 Hours of Bahrain](6-hours-of-bahrain)	Bahrain International Circuit	BHR Sakhir	29 September
6 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway	JPN Oyama, Shizuoka	14 October
[6 Hours of Shanghai](6-hours-of-shanghai)	Shanghai International Circuit	CHN Shanghai	28 October
Source:

Entries

The World Endurance Championship received entries in four classes, including Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance — Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance — Amateur (LMGTE Am). The entry list for the 2012 season was released by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest on 2 February, and included nine LMP1 and LMP2 cars, five LMGTE Pro entries, and seven LMGTE Am cars, bringing the full grid up to thirty entrants. Additional entries from full-season teams were also allowed over the course of the season, with a maximum of three cars per entrant.

LMP1

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18 TDI
Audi R18 ultra
Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel)
Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)		1	DEU André Lotterer	All
FRA Benoît Tréluyer	All
CHE Marcel Fässler	All
2	GBR Allan McNish	All
DNK Tom Kristensen	All
ITA Dindo Capello	1–3
BRA Lucas di Grassi	5
3	DEU Timo Bernhard	1
ESP Marc Gené	2–3
FRA Romain Dumas	1–3
FRA Loïc Duval	1–3
JPN Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)		7	FRA Nicolas Lapierre	3–8
AUT Alexander Wurz	3–8
JPN Kazuki Nakajima	3–4, 7
8	GBR Anthony Davidson	3
CHE Sébastien Buemi	3
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	3
CHE Rebellion Racing	Lola B11/60
Lola B12/60	Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8
Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8		12	CHE Neel Jani	All
FRA Nicolas Prost	All
DEU Nick Heidfeld	1–3
13	ITA Andrea Belicchi	All
CHE Harold Primat	All
NLD Jeroen Bleekemolen	1, 3
CHN Congfu Cheng	8
FRA OAK Racing	OAK Pescarolo 01	Judd DB 3.4 L V8
Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8		15	AUT Dominik Kraihamer	1–3, 7–8
BEL Bertrand Baguette	1–3, 7–8
FRA Guillaume Moreau	1–2
FRA Franck Montagny	3
JPN Takuma Sato	7–8
FRA Pescarolo Team	Pescarolo 01
Pescarolo 03	Judd GV5 S2 5.0 L V10
Judd DB 3.4 L V8		16	FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	1, 3
FRA Emmanuel Collard	1, 3
FRA Julien Jousse	1
GBR Stuart Hall	3
Dome S102.5	Judd DB 3.4 L V8	17	FRA Sébastien Bourdais	2–3
FRA Nicolas Minassian	2–3
JPN Seiji Ara	3
GBR Strakka Racing	HPD ARX-03a	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8		21	GBR Jonny Kane	All
GBR Nick Leventis	All
GBR Danny Watts	All
GBR JRM	HPD ARX-03a	Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8		22	AUS David Brabham	All
IND Karun Chandhok	All
GBR Peter Dumbreck	All

Key
Full-season entry
* Eligible for all championship points
Additional entry
* Eligible only for Drivers' championship points
Third manufacturer entry
* Eligible for Drivers' championship points
* Only eligible for LMP1 Manufacturers' championship points at Le Mans

LMP2

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
FRA Signatech-Nissan	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		23	FRA Olivier Lombard	All
FRA Franck Mailleux	All
FRA Jordan Tresson	All
26	FRA Pierre Ragues	2–8
FRA Nelson Panciatici	2–8
RUS Roman Rusinov	2–8
FRA OAK Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		24	FRA Jacques Nicolet	All
FRA Olivier Pla	All
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	All
35	DNK David Heinemeier Hansson	2–4
BEL Bas Leinders	2–3
BEL Maxime Martin	3
BEL Bertrand Baguette	4–6
AUT Dominik Kraihamer	4–6
GBR Alex Brundle	5–6
GBR ADR-Delta	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		25	THA Tor Graves	All
AUS John Martin	All
GBR Robbie Kerr	1–2
CZE Jan Charouz	3–5
JPN Shinji Nakano	7
CHE Mathias Beche	8
ARE Gulf Racing Middle East	Lola B12/80	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		28	FRA Fabien Giroix	1–3
FRA Maxime Jousse	1–2
SWE Stefan Johansson	1–3
FRA Ludovic Badey	3
29	CIV Frédéric Fatien	1–2
JPN Keiko Ihara	All
CHE Jean-Denis Delétraz	All
FRA Marc Rostan	3
FRA Fabien Giroix	4–8
DEU Lotus	Lola B12/80	Lotus (Judd) 3.6 L V8		31	DEU Thomas Holzer	All
DEU Mirco Schultis	1–5, 7–8
ITA Luca Moro	1, 3, 5–6
NLD Renger van der Zande	2
NLD Christijan Albers	4
32	ITA Luca Moro	2
USA Kevin Weeda	2, 4–8
GBR James Rossiter	2, 4–8
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	4–7
CZE Jan Charouz	8
GBR Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		41	USA Elton Julian	All
DEU Christian Zugel	All
MEX Ricardo González	1–4, 6–8
MEX Roberto González	5
42	GBR Alex Brundle	3–4
GBR Martin Brundle	3–4
ESP Lucas Ordoñez	3–4
USA Starworks Motorsport	HPD ARX-03b	Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6		44	VEN Enzo Potolicchio	All
GBR Ryan Dalziel	1–5, 7–8
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	1–2, 4–8
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	3, 6
ARG PeCom Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		49	DEU Pierre Kaffer	All
ARG Luis Pérez Companc	All
FRA Soheil Ayari	1–4
FRA Nicolas Minassian	5–8

LMGTE Pro

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ITA AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	51	ITA Gianmaria Bruni	1–5, 7–8
ITA Giancarlo Fisichella	All
FIN Toni Vilander	1, 3, 6
71	ITA Andrea Bertolini	All
MCO Olivier Beretta	All
ITA Marco Cioci	1, 3
FRA Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	59	FRA Frédéric Makowiecki	1–3
BRA Jaime Melo	1–3
FRA Jean-Karl Vernay	1
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	3
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	77	DEU Marc Lieb	All
AUT Richard Lietz	All
FRA Patrick Pilet	1
DEU Wolf Henzler	3
GBR Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin AM05 4.5 L V8	97	DEU Stefan Mücke	All
GBR Darren Turner	All
MEX Adrián Fernández	1–4

LMGTE Am

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
FRA Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS5.5R 5.5 L V8		50	FRA Patrick Bornhauser	All
FRA Julien Canal	All
PRT Pedro Lamy	1, 3, 7–8
BRA Fernando Rees	2, 4–6
70	FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc	All
FRA Christophe Bourret	All
FRA Pascal Gibon	1, 3–8
GBR JWA-Avila	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6
55	CHE Joël Camathias	All
FIN Markus Palttala	1–5
USA Bill Binnie	1
GBR Paul Daniels	2–8
DNK Benny Simonsen	6
JPN Kenji Kobayashi	7
GBR Matt Bell	8
USA Krohn Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8
57	SWE Niclas Jönsson	All
USA Tracy Krohn	All
ITA Michele Rugolo	All
FRA Luxury Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		58	DEU Pierre Ehret	1–3
DEU Dominik Farnbacher	1
FRA François Jakubowski	1
USA Gunnar Jeannette	2–3
USA Frankie Montecalvo	2–3
USA AF Corse-Waltrip	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8		61	PRT Rui Águas	1–3, 6, 8
USA Robert Kauffman	1–3, 6, 8
USA Michael Waltrip	1
USA Brian Vickers	2–3, 6
ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini	4
IRL Matt Griffin	4
ITA Marco Cioci	4, 8
BRA Francisco Longo	5
BRA Xandinho Negrão	5
BRA Enrique Bernoldi	5
ITA AF Corse	81	ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini	2–3
IRL Matt Griffin	2–3
ITA Marco Cioci	2
ITA Niki Cadei	3
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6		88	DEU Christian Ried	All
ITA Gianluca Roda	All
ITA Paolo Ruberti	All

Results and standings

Race results

The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP1 Winners	LMP2 Winners	LMGTE Pro Winners	LMGTE Am Winners
Sebring	DEU No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest	USA No. 44 Starworks Motorsport	ITA No. 71 AF Corse	DEU No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	[Report](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
GBR Allan McNish
DNK Tom Kristensen
ITA Rinaldo Capello	GBR Ryan Dalziel
VEN Enzo Potolicchio
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	ITA Andrea Bertolini
ITA Marco Cioci
MCO Olivier Beretta	DEU Christian Ried
ITA Paolo Ruberti
ITA Gianluca Roda
Spa-Francorchamps	DEU No. 3 Audi Sport Team Joest	GBR No. 25 ADR-Delta	DEU No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	DEU No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
FRA Romain Dumas
FRA Loïc Duval
ESP Marc Gené	AUS John Martin
GBR Robbie Kerr
THA Tor Graves	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Richard Lietz	DEU Christian Ried
ITA Gianluca Roda
ITA Paolo Ruberti
Le Mans	DEU No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest	USA No. 44 Starworks Motorsport	ITA No. 51 AF Corse	FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition	[Report](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
CHE Marcel Fässler
FRA Benoît Tréluyer
DEU André Lotterer	GBR Ryan Dalziel
VEN Enzo Potolicchio
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	ITA Gianmaria Bruni
ITA Giancarlo Fisichella
FIN Toni Vilander	FRA Patrick Bornhauser
FRA Julien Canal
PRT Pedro Lamy
Silverstone	DEU No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest	GBR No. 25 ADR-Delta	ITA No. 51 AF Corse	ITA No. 61 AF Corse-Waltrip	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
CHE Marcel Fässler
FRA Benoît Tréluyer
DEU André Lotterer	CZE Jan Charouz
THA Tor Graves
AUS John Martin	ITA Giancarlo Fisichella
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini
ITA Marco Cioci
IRL Matt Griffin
São Paulo	JPN No. 7 Toyota Racing	USA No. 44 Starworks Motorsport	ITA No. 51 AF Corse	DEU No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
AUT Alexander Wurz
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	GBR Ryan Dalziel
VEN Enzo Potolicchio
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	ITA Giancarlo Fisichella
ITA Gianmaria Bruni	DEU Christian Ried
ITA Gianluca Roda
ITA Paolo Ruberti
Bahrain	DEU No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest	ARG No. 49 Pecom Racing	ITA No. 51 AF Corse	DEU No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
CHE Marcel Fässler
FRA Benoît Tréluyer
DEU André Lotterer	ARG Luis Pérez Companc
FRA Nicolas Minassian
DEU Pierre Kaffer	ITA Giancarlo Fisichella
FIN Toni Vilander	DEU Christian Ried
ITA Gianluca Roda
ITA Paolo Ruberti
Fuji	JPN No. 7 Toyota Racing	GBR No. 25 ADR-Delta	DEU No. 77 Team Felbermayr-Proton	FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
AUT Alexander Wurz
FRA Nicolas Lapierre
JPN Kazuki Nakajima	THA Tor Graves
AUS John Martin
JPN Shinji Nakano	DEU Marc Lieb
AUT Richard Lietz	FRA Patrick Bornhauser
FRA Julien Canal
PRT Pedro Lamy
Shanghai	JPN No. 7 Toyota Racing	GBR No. 25 ADR-Delta	GBR No. 97 Aston Martin Racing	FRA No. 50 Larbre Compétition	[Report](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
AUT Alexander Wurz
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	THA Tor Graves
AUS John Martin
CHE Mathias Beche	DEU Stefan Mücke
GBR Darren Turner	FRA Patrick Bornhauser
FRA Julien Canal
PRT Pedro Lamy
Source:

Championships

Entries were required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point was awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car in qualifying in each category. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the points allocation was doubled.

Duration	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Other
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0.5	1
50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2	1	1
Source:

Drivers' World Championship

André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler won the Drivers' World Championship at the 6 Hours of Shanghai. They had won three races including the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving the No.1 car of Audi Sport Team Joest.

Pos.	Driver	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1=	172.5	1=	172.5	1=	172.5	2=	159	2=	159	3=	96	3=	96	4=	86.5	4=	86.5	5	77	6=	67	6=	67	7=	64	7=	64	7=	64	8=	62.5	8=	62.5	9	53.5	10=	50.5	10=	50.5	10=	50.5	11	49	12	48.5	13	44	14	42.5	15	37.5	16=	34.5	16=	34.5	17=	26	17=	26	18	21	19	21	20=	18.5	20=	18.5	21	18	22	15	23	14	24	12	25=	11.5	25=	11.5	25=	11.5	26=	11	26=	11	27	10.5	28=	10	28=	10	28=	10	29	9	30=	8.5	30=	8.5	31	8	32	7.5	33=	7	33=	7	34	6.5	35	6	36	5.5	37=	5.5	37=	5.5	38=	5.5	38=	5.5	38=	5.5	39	5	40=	5	40=	5	Pos.	Driver	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points
DEU André Lotterer	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	11	2	1	1	2	1	2	3
FRA Benoît Tréluyer	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	11	2	1	1	2	1	2	3
CHE Marcel Fässler	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	11	2	1	1	2	1	2	3
GBR Allan McNish	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	1	3	2	3	3	2	3	2
DNK Tom Kristensen	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	1	3	2	3	3	2	3	2
AUT Alexander Wurz	JPN Toyota Racing			Ret	2	1	Ret	1	1
FRA Nicolas Lapierre	JPN Toyota Racing			Ret	2	1	Ret	1	1
FRA Nicolas Prost	CHE Rebellion Racing	17	4	3	6	4	4	4	Ret
CHE Neel Jani	CHE Rebellion Racing	17	4	3	6	4	4	4	Ret
ITA Rinaldo Capello	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	1	3	2
FRA Romain Dumas	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	2	1	4
FRA Loïc Duval	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	2	1	4
GBR Nick Leventis	GBR Strakka Racing	8	6	22	5	5	3	6	6
GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Strakka Racing	8	6	22	5	5	3	6	6
GBR Danny Watts	GBR Strakka Racing	8	6	22	5	5	3	6	6
CHE Harold Primat	CHE Rebellion Racing	19	5	9	4	6	5	7	4
ITA Andrea Belicchi	CHE Rebellion Racing	19	5	9	4	6	5	7	4
VEN Enzo Potolicchio	USA Starworks Motorsport	3	29	6	9	7	8	9	8
GBR Peter Dumbreck	GBR JRM	12	9	5	7	9	Ret	5	5
AUS David Brabham	GBR JRM	12	9	5	7	9	Ret	5	5
IND Karun Chandhok	GBR JRM	12	9	5	7	9	Ret	5	5
ESP Marc Gené	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest		1	4
GBR Ryan Dalziel	USA Starworks Motorsport	3	29	6	9	7		9	8
JPN Kazuki Nakajima	JPN Toyota Racing			Ret	2			1
DEU Nick Heidfeld	CHE Rebellion Racing	17	4	3
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	USA Starworks Motorsport	3	29		9	7	8	9	8
JPN Toyota Racing			Ret
DEU Pierre Kaffer	ARG Pecom Racing	6	20	7	11	8	6	11	10
ARG Luis Pérez Companc	ARG Pecom Racing	6	20	7	11	8	6	11	10
THA Tor Graves	GBR ADR-Delta	9	7	11	8	12	20	8	7
AUS John Martin	GBR ADR-Delta	9	7	11	8	12	20	8	7
FRA Soheil Ayari	ARG Pecom Racing	6	20	7	11
GBR Tom Kimber-Smith	USA Starworks Motorsport			6			8
FRA Olivier Pla	FRA OAK Racing	4	13	Ret	13	10	11	10	9
FRA Jacques Nicolet	FRA OAK Racing	4	13	Ret	13	10	11	10	9
DEU Timo Bernhard	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest	2
BRA Lucas di Grassi	DEU Audi Sport Team Joest					3
FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Pescarolo Team		11	NC
ARG Pecom Racing					8	6	11	10
CHN Congfu Cheng	CHE Rebellion Racing								4
FRA Pierre Ragues	FRA Signatech-Nissan		25	8	10	14	10	EX	13
FRA Nelson Panciatici	FRA Signatech-Nissan		25	8	10	14	10	EX	13
RUS Roman Rusinov	FRA Signatech-Nissan		25	8	10	14	10	EX	13
USA Elton Julian	GBR Greaves Motorsport	7	12	10	17	11	12	14	15
DEU Christian Zugel	GBR Greaves Motorsport	7	12	10	17	11	12	14	15
MEX Ricardo González	GBR Greaves Motorsport	7	12	10	17		12	14	15
FRA Emmanuel Collard	FRA Pescarolo Team	5		Ret
FRA Jean-Christophe Boullion	FRA Pescarolo Team	5		DNS
FRA Julien Jousse	FRA Pescarolo Team	5
GBR Robbie Kerr	GBR ADR-Delta	9	7
FRA Olivier Lombard	FRA Signatech-Nissan	Ret	28	14	Ret	Ret	7	15	11
FRA Jordan Tresson	FRA Signatech-Nissan	Ret	28	14	Ret	Ret	7	15	11
FRA Franck Mailleux	FRA Signatech-Nissan	Ret	28†	14	Ret	Ret	7	15	11
CZE Jan Charouz	GBR ADR-Delta			11	8	12
DEU Lotus								Ret
GBR Darren Turner	GBR Aston Martin Racing	18	Ret	17	19	17	14	19	16
DEU Stefan Mücke	GBR Aston Martin Racing	18	Ret	17	19	17	14	19	16
FRA Matthieu Lahaye	FRA OAK Racing	4†	13	Ret	13	10	11	10	9
CHE Mathias Beche	GBR ADR-Delta								7
DNK David Heinemeier Hansson	FRA OAK Racing		8	12	14
DEU Marc Lieb	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	14	14	Ret	23	18	15	17	17
AUT Richard Lietz	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	14	14	Ret	23	18	15	17	17
ITA Paolo Ruberti	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	15	19	Ret	21	20	17	23	20
ITA Gianluca Roda	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	15	19	Ret	21	20	17	23	20
DEU Christian Ried	DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	15	19	Ret	21	20	17	23	20
BEL Bas Leinders	FRA OAK Racing		8	12
FRA Jean-Philippe Belloc	FRA Larbre Compétition	16	Ret	21	25	21	22	24	23
FRA Pascal Gibon	FRA Larbre Compétition	16		21	25	21	22	24	23
Source:

Bold - Pole position in each category

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† — Drivers were classified, but did not score as they drove for less than the required minimum time during the race.

Manufacturers' World Championship

The FIA LMP1 Manufacturers' World Endurance Championship was open to full-season manufacturer entries participating in the LMP1 category. Points were only awarded to the highest scoring entry for that manufacturer for each event. Further, only the scores from six events counted towards the championship, Le Mans plus the five best race results over the season. Audi secured the Manufacturers' World Championship at the 6 Hours of Silverstone following four consecutive victories in the first half of the championship.

Pos.	Manufacturer	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	173 (209)	2	96
DEU Audi	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
JPN Toyota			Ret	2	1	Ret	1	1
Source:

Manufacturers' World Cup

The LMGTE Manufacturers' World Cup was open to full-season manufacturer entries participating in either of the two LMGTE categories. Results in the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am categories were combined for the World Cup. Only the two best classified cars of the same manufacturer in an event scored points for the World Cup. Ferrari secured the Manufacturers' World Cup title at the 6 Hours of Bahrain following four consecutive victories.

Pos.	Manufacturer	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	338	2	233	3	143
ITA Ferrari	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
6	3	2	2	3	3	3	5
DEU Porsche	2	1	8	3	2	2	1	1
3	5	Ret	5	4	4	6	4
USA Chevrolet	4	6	3	6	5	7	4	3
5	Ret	6	EX	EX	8	7	7
Source:

LMP1 Trophy

The FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP1 Teams was open to full-season privateer LMP1 entries not designated as manufacturers. Only the best classified car of a team at each event scored points for the Trophy. Rebellion Racing secured the LMP1 Trophy at the 6 Hours of Fuji, winning five of the first seven races in the season including five races with both team cars on the privateer podium.

Pos.	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	205	2	148	3	123	4	30	5	25
CHE Rebellion Racing	4	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
GBR Strakka Racing	2	3	4	2	2	1	3	3
GBR JRM	3	4	2	4	4	Ret	2	2
FRA OAK Racing	6	Ret	Ret				5	4
FRA Pescarolo Team	1		Ret
Source:

LMP2 Trophy

Starworks Motorsport earned the LMP2 Trophy at the 6 Hours of Fuji, winning three races and earning four class pole positions.

Pos.	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	177	2	154	3	141	4	100	5	99	6	60	7	44	8	32
USA Starworks Motorsport	1	8	1	2	1	3	2	2
GBR ADR-Delta	5	1	4	1	5	6	1	1
ARG PeCom Racing	3	6	2	3	2	1	4	4
FRA OAK Racing	2	4	Ret	4	3	4	3	3
GBR Greaves Motorsport	4	3	3	7	4	5	6	7
FRA Signatech-Nissan	Ret	7	5	Ret	Ret	2	7	5
ARE Gulf Racing Middle East	7	2	Ret	5	7	Ret	5	Ret
DEU Lotus	6	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	6
Source:

LMGTE Pro Trophy

The LMGTE Pro Trophy was won by AF Corse, who secured the championship at the 6 Hours of Bahrain. The team had finished every race of the season in either first or second place with either of their two Ferraris.

Pos.	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	201	2	142	3	133	4	53
ITA AF Corse	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3
GBR Aston Martin Racing	3	Ret	3	2	2	2	3	1
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	2	1	Ret	3	3	3	1	2
FRA Luxury Racing	Ret	3	2
Source:

LMGTE Am Trophy

Larbre Compétition won the LMGTE Am Trophy at the 6 Hours of Shanghai, winning three races with either of their two Chevrolet Corvettes.

Pos.	Team	[SEB](2012-12-hours-of-sebring)
USA	[SPA](2012-6-hours-of-spa-francorchamps)
BEL	[LMS](2012-24-hours-of-le-mans)
FRA	[SIL](2012-6-hours-of-silverstone)
GBR	[SÃO](2012-6-hours-of-sao-paulo)
BRA	[BHR](2012-6-hours-of-bahrain)
BHR	[FUJ](2012-6-hours-of-fuji)
JPN	[SHA](2012-6-hours-of-shanghai)
CHN	Total
points	1	179	2	153	3	119	4	108	5	88	6	18
FRA Larbre Compétition	2	2	1	4	2	4	1	1
DEU Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	3	2
USA Krohn Racing	5	5	2	3	Ret	3	2	3
ITA AF Corse-Waltrip	4	DNS	4	1	3	2		4
GBR JWA-Avila	6	4	5	5	4	6	5	6
FRA Luxury Racing	DNS	3	Ret
Source:

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