The 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans was a 24-hour automobile endurance race for teams of three drivers each entering Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 16 to 17 June 2012 at the Circuit de la Sarthe close to Le Mans, France before 240,000 spectators. It was the 80th running of the event, as organised by the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) since 1923. The race was the third round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, with 30 of the race's 56 entries contesting the championship. A test day was held two weeks prior to the race on 3 June.
The race winning No. 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, driven by Marcel Fässler, Benoît Tréluyer and André Lotterer.
Highcroft Racing No. 0 Nissan Deltawing, First Garage 56 entry of the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
The No. 59 Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 that took pole position in LMGTE Pro
André Lotterer earned the seventh pole position for Audi at Le Mans
The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. Comprising private, race-specific sections of track in addition to public roads which remain accessible most of the year, its present configuration is 13.626 km (8.467 mi) long, making it one of the longest circuits in the world. The capacity of the race stadium, where the short Bugatti Circuit is situated, is 100,000. The Musée des 24 Heures du Mans is a motorsport museum located at the main entrance of the venue.
Circuit de la Sarthe
Dunlop Bridge in 1977
The esses after the Dunlop Bridge
Part of the Mulsanne Straight