Seventh was the Luc Alphand C6.R ahead of the Convers Menx
Ferrari, while the top ten finisher in the class were completed by the second Oreca Saleen – which saw its hopes ended when it wouldn't restart in the pitlane – and the Team Modena DBR9, the British team being forced to deal with two trips off track during the night as well as a number of punctures.
GT1 also produced arguably the hard luck story of the weekend in the shape of the JLOC Isao Noritake Lamborghini Murcielago – which had looked set to miss the event altogether after the high-speed accident suffered by Marco Apicella during the first qualifying session on Wednesday. Unable to repair the damaged chassis in time for the race, the team was given special dispensation by the ACO to run a replacement chassis instead but with Apicella sidelined, the Japanese outfit went into the race with just two drivers in the shape of Koji Yamanishi and Atsushi Yogo. However the Japanese dream would be over after just one lap, the Lamborghini parked on the side of the circuit with driveshaft failure.
In GT2, the victory went the way of the IMSA Performance MATMUT team – twelve months after they saw there chance of victory destroyed by an accident during qualifying. With Richard Lietz, Raymond Narac and Patrick Long on driving duties, the French team's Porsche took advantage of the retirement of the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari due to a broken driveshaft on Sunday morning to take the class lead and, when main rivals Autorlando Sport also hit trouble, the car came home six laps clear of the Krohn Racing/Risi Ferrari of Tracy Krohn, Nic Jonsson and Colin Braun – which capped a steady if unspectacular run with second place. The Autorlando Porsche, having been forced to pit late on following contact with the tyre wall on the Mulsanne Straight, completed the podium ahead of the AF Corse Ferrari of gentleman drivers Ben Aucott, Joe Macari and
F1 design guru Adrian Newey. Defending GT2 champions Lawrence Tomlinson and Richard Dean were the final GT2 entrants running at the flag in the Team LNT Panoz they were sharing with Rob Bell.
