A technical issue with the Williams Mercedes saw it drop to seventh at its first pit stop, promoting James Baldwin’s Veloce McLaren onto the podium. Simonini though, double-stinting, pulled further away from Charlie Crossland as the G2 car was caught up behind traffic.
Ferrari had made some decent progress, but it ended just over two hours in. As De Salvo passed the Rocket Simsport Honda NSX on the Conrod Straight, the two cars collided and both spun into the wall.
BS+Competition would take second place just shy of the halfway mark, as Arthur Kammerer robustly passed Crossland at The Chase, but the G2 squad managed their stops better to retake the spot in the final hour.
Lamborghini was uncatchable though, winning by almost 30 seconds from G2, with BS+Competition two seconds back in third.
In the Silver class, the #999 GTWR R8G Academy car took pole in sixth overall, but crashed out in the third hour as Andrea Miatto spun braking into the Esses.
Instead, victory went to the AIA McLaren, with Jura Petritchenko taking the class lead with four hours remaining. They cemented the win when Igor Murdasov crashed the rival SMP Mercedes 45 minutes from the end. West Competition and FFS Racing would take second and third in class.