On 5th May eight teams racing in the European Le Mans Series took part in the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship  on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. Two put on stunning performances winning their category against stiff competition from the FIA WEC teams.

In order to meet the numerous requests of GT teams and drivers from all over Europe, the organisers of the European Le Mans Series in agreement with the ACO has decided to open up the new GTC category (made up of cars from single-make cups like the Porsche Cup or the Ferrari Challenge) and accept FIA GT3 homologated vehicles to reach the number of twenty-five cars for the next round at Donington on 13-14-15 July.

The Le Castellet 6 Hours, the first round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series, provided a thrilling finale between the three teams in the running for victory.

The winner was the Thiriet by TDS Racing team's Oreca 03-Nissan driven by Beche-Thiriet that saw the flag with a lap in hand over the newly-created squad, Sébastien Loeb Racing's similar car in the hands of Sarrazin-Minassian-Marroc. Into third came the Status Lola B12/80 coupe of Buurman-Sims-Stirling. The other serious victory contender, the reigning champion Greaves Motorsport's Zytek-Nissan, finished fourth. It lost a part of its bodywork on the circuit and had to pit for repairs, and was then hit with a stop & go penalty.

Best lap: Lap N° 60