It took five laps to catch the lead car as de Zille Butler upped his pace after getting a message from his pitcrew that the
Ferrari was closing. However with at least another 9 laps of the race remaining Simonsen wasn't going to be denied and on lap 32 he dived on the inside of the Aston in Clervaux and moved into the lead of the race for the first time.
As Simonsen pulled away, de Zille Butler set about consolidating his second place, while Bradley Ellis was coming under pressure from Godfrey Jones. For the final few laps the Viper and the Ascari battled but Ellis hung on to claim the final podium position.
At the flag it was Simonsen who punched the air through the window of the Ferrari to the delight of the team who gathered on the pit wall to welcome him home 6.4 seconds ahead of the Barwell Motorsport Aston Martin of Ben de Zille Butler. Just one second split the Team RPM Viper and the Team Eurotech Ascari at the end of the race, with Jonny Cocker bringing home the second Barwell Aston in fifth place. Team RPM had all three of their Vipers in the points as Paul O'Neill crossed the line in 6th, 2.5 seconds ahead of Nick Foster. Matt Harris claimed the final championship point in the Tech 9 Porsche.
In GTC there were only two classified finishers but this shouldn't take away from the fact that the Team Aero Morgan mechanics had grafted long and hard to fix the car after two engine failures at previous events and Keith Ahlers was quick to pay tribute to the entire team.
However there was further drama as Bradley Ellis was penalised 11 seconds by the race stewards for blocking the Aston Martin of Ben de Zille Butler on the out lap after the pitstops, dropping Ellis and Alex Mortimer behind the Jones brothers Ascari and off the podium.
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