ALMS – Dyson beats Muscle Milk for 83 thousandths

However, it all started badly for the Dyson-Smith pair who had to start at the back of the grid after encountering a gearbox problem in qualifying. However, after just nine laps, the Lola B12/60 driven by Chris Dyson had already moved up to second position, but the Dyson Racing Team crew was already 45 seconds behind the #03 Muscle Milk Racing HPD ARX-6a . However, the championship leaders suffered a mechanical problem at the start of lap 22 and while passing through the pits, Klaus Graf lost four laps to his competitors. With 45 minutes to go, the Muscle Milk prototype had fallen behind and engaged in a magnificent battle with the Lola in the last three loops of the event. Despite the pressure exerted by Lucas Luhr, Guy Smith managed to maintain his first place to take his second victory of the season after that acquired last March at Sebring. Tony Burgess, Michael Marsal and Eric Lux complete the LM P1 category podium at the wheel of the Dyson Racing Team Lola B11/66 Mazda.

In the LM P2 category, it was the Conquest Racing Morgan/Nissan of David Heinemeier Hansson and Martin Plowman which won with two laps ahead of the Lola B12/87-Judd BMW V8 of Joe Foster and Patrick Dempsey ( Dempsey Racing), only ninth overall. Fifth place went to the Oreca-FLM09 of Alex Popow, Tom Kimber-Smith and Jon Bennett, which allowed CORE Autosport to win the LM PC category.

En GT, Bill Auberlen et Jörg Müller se sont imposés pour la première fois de la saison au volant de leur BMW E92 M3 du BMW Team RLL. Ils devancent la Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Flying Lizard Motorsport de Patrick Long et Jörg Bergmeister et la Ferrari 458 Italia from the Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports team of Johannes van Overbeek and Scott Sharp. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of Cooper MacNeil and Jeroen Bleekemolen won for the second time in a row in the GTC category.