Poleman Wilfried Merafina (Larbre Compétition #8 Saleen S7R) was the best starter and led the pack into the first corner - the early stages of the race being run in grid order, right down to the 5th row. So it was Merafina ahead of Bruno Hernandez's SRT Corvette C6.R, followed by Eric Debard (#4 Tarrès Saleen), Patrick Bornhauser (#7 Larbre Saleen), Yvan Lebon (#2 DKR Engineering Corvette C6.R) and Jean-Claude Police (DKR Engineering Corvette C5-R). And this is how it remained until the driver changes.

While most of the drivers elected to pit around the same time, William Merafina, still in the lead, stayed on track a bit longer before handing over to David Hallyday. Jean-Philippe Dayraut who had taken over from Lebon passed the #7 Saleen (now with Bouchut aboard) for fourth place and, soon after, Marcel Fassler (#9 C6.R) charged upon Hallyday - who had kept the lead - and succeeded in passing him at the Virage du Pont. Immediately, Fassler opened up a large gap. Behind him, Dayraut pressured and eventually passed Olivier Thévenin (#4 Saleen) on lap 25 for third, going on to push and pass Hallyday for second place. Christophe Bouchut, who was carrying an astonishing 120 kg of success ballast, was pushing really hard and moved up to fourth place after he had overtaken Thévenin. Both men were soon in Hallyday's exhaust and passed him just four laps before the chequered flag.

Fassler crossed the finish line first, ahead of Dayraut, Bouchut, Thévenin and Hallyday.

In the GT2 category, Loger/Mouez (#35 Nourry Porsche 996 RSR) took the win ahead of the Monteiro brothers (#37 Estoril Porsche 996 RSR) and Fournet/Corbel (#36 RMS Emeraude Racing Porsche 996 RSR). Champeau/Brégeon (#34 Pro GT Porsche 996 RSR), who had been in the lead for a while, had to retire with drive failure.

Bruno Hernandez (#9 SRT Corvette C6-R), 1st: "On the first lap I tried to pass Merafina but he closed the door firmly. We had a really good set up but I was suffering from a windscreen spattered with oil that the Saleen was losing. That made me lose lots of time because I couldn't see entry points at certain bends."

Marcel Fassler : (#9 SRT Corvette C6.R), 1st : "I succeeded in widening a gap early in my stint because the car was perfect, then I kept my position without taking too many risks, which wasn't easy in the traffic."

GT3
Arnaud Peyroles (#42 Ruffier Racing Dodge Viper) set the pole but, as early as the third lap, he had some misfires and had to stop on the track. Didier Moureu (#57 AS Events Ferrari 430) was fighting with the First Racing Lamborghinis, Dubreuil being at the wheel of the #58 Gallardo in second place and Tuchbant at the wheel of the #54 sister car in third place.

At the pit stops, Parisy took over from Moureu but lost 15 seconds in the pits. Antoine Leclerc (#54 Gallardo) passed his teammate Briché (#58) and opened up a large gap to him. He took the win ahead of Tuchbant and Parisy.

Antoine Leclerc : "Hats off to my partner who made a great stint! The car was performing and constant. I pushed really hard in my early stint, but then I made some mistakes while thinking about my race too much. So I set a stronger pace in the later stages."

Results
1 HERNANDEZ / FASSLER B SELLESLAGH RACING TEAM CORVETTE C6-R GT1 1h00:20.489 1:20.314 / 23
2 DAYRAUT / LEBON Y DKR ENGINEERING CORVETTE C6-R GT1 1h00:32.820 +12.331 1:20.906 / 19
3 BORNHAUSER / BOUCHUT P LARBRE COMPETITION SALEEN S7-R GT1 1h00:34.341 +13.852 1:21.105 / 32
4 THEVENIN/ DEBARD E TARRES TEAM SALEEN S7-R GT1 1h00:45.779 +25.290 1:20.928 / 28
5 MERAFINA / HALLYDAY W LARBRE COMPETITION SALEEN S7-R GT1 1h00:52.080 +31.591 1:20.553 / 9
6 CAZENAVE / POLICE C DKR ENGINEERING CORVETTE C5-R GT1 1h00:59.908 +39.419 1:20.965 / 22
7 PORTA / CORMARECHE D TARRES TEAM SALEEN S7-R GT1 1h01:11.966 +51.477 1:22.095 / 32
8 TUCHBANT / LECLERC B FIRST RACING LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 1st GT3 1h01:08.262 +1 Lap 1:23.960 / 23
9 BRICHE / DUBREUIL D FIRST RACING LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 2nd GT3 1h01:30.453 +1 Lap 1:25.099 / 20
10 MOUREU / PARISY D AS EVENTS FERRARI 430 3rd GT3 1h01:42.104 +1 Lap 1:24.443 / 22

20 MOUEZ / LOGER A NOURRY COMPETITION PORSCHE 996 RSR 1st GT2 1h00:21.101 +3 Tours 1:24.177 / 8

Claude Foubert (and thanks to FFSA.org)