The 2012 Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport was a multi-class sports car and GT motor race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, Canada on July 22, 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 30th Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was held a two hour and 45 minute time period, during which 117 laps of the 3.9 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 463 kilometres.
The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team. German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX-03a Honda sports car took an eleven second victory over the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12/60 sports car.[1] It was the fourth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf[2] and also for both drivers it was their third victories in the Grand Prix of Mosport.
Fifth was the second Dyson Racing Team Lola-Mazda ahead of the PC class winners, the RSR Racing pair of Bruno Junqueira and Tomy Drissi in their Oreca FLM09. It was the team's first victory in the Prototype Challenge class.
Tenth outright was the GT class winners, Extreme Speed Motorsports pair of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in their Ferrari 458 Italia. It was the first win of the year for Ferrari and the fourth different manufacturer to win in GT in five races. It was also Extreme Speed's debut ALMS win. The Ferrari crossed the finish line in second position, just behind the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long but the Porsche failed post-race scrutineering. Van Overbeek only moved into the race winning position on the last lap after Jan Magnussen's Chevrolet Corvette slide wide while attacking Bergmeister for the lead of the class.[2]
Back in 19th were the GT Challenge class winners, TRG driver Emilio Di Guida and Spencer Pumpelly.
22 of the 26 entries were running at races conclusion.
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The 2012 Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport was a multi class sports car and GT motor race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario Canada on July 22 2012 It was the fifth round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series season and the 30th Grand Prix of Mosport The race was held a two hour and 45 minute time period during which 117 laps of the 3 9 kilometre circuit were completed for a race distance of 463 kilometres Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX 03a Winner 2012 Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport The race was won by the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing team German drivers Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf driving a HPD ARX 03a Honda sports car took an eleven second victory over the Dyson Racing Team run Lola B12 60 sports car 1 It was the fourth consecutive victory for Luhr and Graf 2 and also for both drivers it was their third victories in the Grand Prix of Mosport Third place and first in the P2 division was Conquest Endurance team of Martin Plowman and David Heinemeier Hansson in their Morgan LMP2 It was their first victory in the class and the first time Level 5 Motorsports had not won in the 2012 season Any chance Level 5 s HPD ARX 03b had of victory ended when Christophe Bouchut acquired a stop go penalty late in the race crossing the blend line at the exit of pit lane 2 Fifth was the second Dyson Racing Team Lola Mazda ahead of the PC class winners the RSR Racing pair of Bruno Junqueira and Tomy Drissi in their Oreca FLM09 It was the team s first victory in the Prototype Challenge class Tenth outright was the GT class winners Extreme Speed Motorsports pair of Scott Sharp and Johannes van Overbeek in their Ferrari 458 Italia It was the first win of the year for Ferrari and the fourth different manufacturer to win in GT in five races It was also Extreme Speed s debut ALMS win The Ferrari crossed the finish line in second position just behind the Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche of Jorg Bergmeister and Patrick Long but the Porsche failed post race scrutineering Van Overbeek only moved into the race winning position on the last lap after Jan Magnussen s Chevrolet Corvette slide wide while attacking Bergmeister for the lead of the class 2 Back in 19th were the GT Challenge class winners TRG driver Emilio Di Guida and Spencer Pumpelly 22 of the 26 entries were running at races conclusion Contents 1 Race 1 1 Race result 2 References 3 External linksRace editRace result edit Class winners in bold Cars failing to complete 70 of their class winner s distance are marked as Not Classified NC 3 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tire Laps Engine 1 P1 6 nbsp Muscle Milk Pickett Racing nbsp Lucas Luhr nbsp Klaus Graf HPD ARX 03a M 117 Honda 3 4 L V8 2 P1 16 nbsp Dyson Racing Team nbsp Chris Dyson nbsp Guy Smith Lola B12 60 D 117 Mazda MZR R 2 0 L Turbo I4 Isobutanol 3 P2 37 nbsp Conquest Endurance nbsp Martin Plowman nbsp David Heinemeier Hansson Morgan LMP2 D 117 Nissan VK45DE 4 5 L V8 4 P2 055 nbsp Level 5 Motorsports nbsp Scott Tucker nbsp Christophe Bouchut HPD ARX 03b D 117 Honda HR28TT 2 8 L Turbo V6 5 P1 20 nbsp Dyson Racing Team nbsp Tony Burgess nbsp Eric Lux Lola B11 66 D 115 Mazda MZR R 2 0 L Turbo I4 Isobutanol 6 PC 9 nbsp RSR Racing nbsp Bruno Junqueira nbsp Tomy Drissi Oreca FLM09 M 115 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 7 PC 05 nbsp CORE Autosport nbsp Jon Bennett nbsp Colin Braun Oreca FLM09 M 114 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 8 PC 06 nbsp CORE Autosport nbsp Alex Popow nbsp Ryan Dalziel Oreca FLM09 M 113 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 9 PC 25 nbsp Dempsey Racing nbsp Henri Richard nbsp Duncan Ende Oreca FLM09 M 112 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 10 GT 01 nbsp Extreme Speed Motorsports nbsp Scott Sharp nbsp Johannes van Overbeek Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 112 Ferrari 4 5 L V8 11 GT 3 nbsp Corvette Racing nbsp Jan Magnussen nbsp Antonio Garcia Chevrolet Corvette C6 R M 112 Chevrolet 5 5 L V8 12 GT 56 nbsp BMW Team RLL nbsp Joey Hand nbsp Dirk Muller BMW M3 GT2 D 111 BMW 4 0 L V8 13 GT 17 nbsp Team Falken Tire nbsp Wolf Henzler nbsp Bryan Sellers Porsche 997 GT3 RSR F 111 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 14 GT 48 nbsp Paul Miller Racing nbsp Bryce Miller nbsp Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3 RSR D 110 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 15 GT 44 nbsp Flying Lizard Motorsports nbsp Seth Neiman nbsp Andy Lally Porsche 997 GT3 RSR M 110 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 16 GT 55 nbsp BMW Team RLL nbsp Jorg Muller nbsp Bill Auberlen BMW M3 GT2 D 110 BMW 4 0 L V8 17 GT 23 nbsp Lotus Alex Job Racing nbsp Bill Sweedler nbsp Townsend Bell Lotus Evora GTE Y 110 Toyota Cosworth 3 5 L V6 18 GT 02 nbsp Extreme Speed Motorsports nbsp Ed Brown nbsp Guy Cosmo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 109 Ferrari 4 5 L V8 19 GTC 66 nbsp TRG nbsp Emilio Di Guida nbsp Spencer Pumpelly Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 104 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 20 GTC 22 nbsp Alex Job Racing nbsp Cooper MacNeil nbsp Leh Keen Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 104 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 21DNF GTC 11 nbsp JDX Racing nbsp Chris Cumming nbsp Michael Valiante Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 98 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 22DNF PC 8 nbsp Merchant Services Racing nbsp Kyle Marcelli nbsp Antonio Downs Oreca FLM09 M 97 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 23 GT 4 nbsp Corvette Racing nbsp Oliver Gavin nbsp Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C6 R M 91 Chevrolet 5 5 L V8 24DNF PC 52 nbsp PR1 Mathiasan Motorsports nbsp Marino Franchitti nbsp Ken Dobson Oreca FLM09 M 26 Chevrolet LS3 6 2 L V8 25DNF GTC 34 nbsp Green Hornet Racing nbsp Peter LeSaffre nbsp Damien Faulkner Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Y 23 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 26EXC GT 45 nbsp Flying Lizard Motorsports nbsp Jorg Bergmeister nbsp Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3 RSR M 112 Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS Archived 2014 08 08 at the Wayback Machine 4 References edit Graf Luhr win again at Grand Prix of Mosport Sportsnet ca July 22 2012 Retrieved September 18 2021 a b c Muscle Milk Extreme Speed Big Winners in Canada American Le Mans Series 2012 07 22 Retrieved 2012 08 29 Official Race Results PDF International Motor Sports Association 2012 07 22 Retrieved 2012 08 29 Official Race Results PDF International Motor Sports Association 25 July 2012 Archived from the original PDF on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 13 October 2014 External links edit2012 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel American Le Mans Series Previous race Northeast Grand Prix 2012 season Next race Mid Ohio Sports Car Challenge Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Grand Prix of Mosport amp oldid 1162116433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
