by the no. 91 Porsche Michael Christiansen and Richard Leitz.
Pole sitters Nicki Thiim, Christoffer Nygaard and sports car debutant Marco Sorensen were a disappointed fourth in the no. 95 Aston Martin Racing Vantage, ahead of home hero Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke in fifth, after both were caught out by the early full-course yellow.
However, Aston Martin at least had a victory in GTE-Am to celebrate courtesy of the no. 98 driven by Pedro Lamy, Paul Dalla Lana and Mathias Lauda, despite having to pit for fuel with only a few minutes remaining. Ferraris rounded out the podium, with Rui Aguas, Emmanuel Collard and Francois Perrodo finishing a fine second for AF Corse, with Andrea Bertolini, Aleksey Basov, and Victor Shaytar third for SMP.
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