1st hour of racing: Peugeot Audi Audi

At the start, Allan McNish (Audi #7) managed to pass Franck Montagny (Peugeot #08). A few laps later, the Frenchman took back his place but a little later when passing his team-mate Marc Gene. Allan McNish took advantage of the open door to slide into second place. After 20 minutes of racing, the Porsche #23 of Bill Sweedler and Alex Job Racing came off in Turn 12 and caused the first the safety car period. All cars went through the pits under yellow. After an hour of racing, the Peugeot #08 is ahead of the Audis #7 and #9 and the second Peugeot #07.

In GT2, Dirk Müller's BMW leads the class, due to the penalty imposed on the Ferrari of Toni Vilander.

Julien Hergault