Elsewhere, GTWC America headed to the Donington Park circuit, with Tobias Pfeffer finally discovering some form this season. Pfeffer claimed pole position at Donington by a relatively vast 0.4s from William Hendrickson, with championship leader Luke Whitehead starting fourth alongside Philippe Simard.
A perfectly judged start from Pfeffer saw him leave the rest in his wake, and that pack was briefly headed by Whitehead who’d managed to clear Simard and get alongside Hendrickson. However Hendrickson had the inside line for the Old Hairpin and kept his second place. Further back in the Pro class Harry Spiers, winner at Kyalami, made a bold double-pass at Goddards to overtake Gregor Schill and Leon Otocki as they fought over sixth.
After a chaotic race last time out, the head of the field seemed to be behaving themselves, putting the emphasis back on pit strategy. Igor Rodrigues, Kyalami’s nearly-man, made the first stop to get out of the train of traffic just as he did in the previous race. Whitehead also made an early stop, emerging just ahead of Rodrigues. The overcut worked to Rodrigues’ advantage again, getting him past the late-stopping Simard – who later span at Goddards all by himself – but the front three remained as they had been at the end of lap one.