LMP2 was as competitive as expected. OAK's Morgan set the early pace before its No. 24 car lost oil pressure and several punctures stymied the No. 25. The metronomic Starworks HPD therefore added Le Mans LMP2 victory and seventh place overall to the team's excellent Daytona and Sebring results.

The No. 46 TDS ORECA fended off the No. 49 Pecom entry and Signatech's No. 26 to take second, while the Brundle family's Greaves Zytek-Nissan had a number of niggling problems.

GTE Pro started as an epic four-way fight, but ultimately the lead AF Corse Ferrari's pace and ability to run longer stints than its rivals saw it come from the back to take a commanding victory as the team masterfully turned its week around following Giancarlo Fisichella's massive Wednesday crash. The Italian F1 veteran took the win alongside teammates Gianmaria Bruni and Toni Vilander.

It was a Ferrari 1-2, as Luxury's polesitters Frederic Makowiecki, Dominik Farnbacher and Jaime Melo took second despite losing time with late brake changes. They resisted a recovery charge from Aston Martin, which lost crucial ground when Stefan Mucke put the car into the Indianapolis barriers on Sunday morning.

Corvette Racing was in the thick of the initial dicing, but a series of incidents left the No. 74 (ABOVE) rather battered and the No. 73 was delayed by steering problems.

GTE Am saw the most thrilling finish, with little to separate the Larbre Corvette and the Imsa Porsche even in the closing minutes. A charge from Pedro Lamy took the Corvette past Imsa's Anthony Pons even before a puncture hobbled the Porsche almost within sight of the flag, although Lamy then had to dive for the pits to hand over to teammate Julien Canal on the very last lap to avoid exceeding maximum permitted driving times.

Patrick Bornhauser completed the class winning lineup, with the Krohn Ferrari filling the podium. Flying Lizard's No. 79 Porsche had dominated the class until a Saturday evening crash.

RESULTS

Pos Car            Drivers                      Class  Laps  Gap
 1. #1  Audi       Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer    LMP1   378   
 2. #2  Audi       McNish/Capello/Kristensen    LMP1   377   +     1 Lap
 3. #4  Audi       Jarvis/Bonanomi/Rockenfeller LMP1   375   +    3 Laps
 4. #12 Lola       Prost/Heidfeld/Jani          LMP1   367   +   11 Laps
 5. #3  Audi       Gene/Dumas/Duval             LMP1   366   +   12 Laps
 6. #22 HPD        Brabham/Dumbreck/Chandhok    LMP1   357   +   21 Laps
 7. #44 HPD        Potolicchio/Dalziel/K-Smith  LMP2   354   +   24 Laps
 8. #46 Oreca      Thiriet/Beche/Tinseau        LMP2   353   +   25 Laps
 9. #49 Oreca      Perez Companc/Kaffer/Ayari   LMP2   352   +   26 Laps
10. #26 Oreca      Ragues/Panciatici/Rusinov    LMP2   351   +   27 Laps
11. #13 Lola       Belicchi/Bleekemolen/Primat  LMP1   350   +   28 Laps
12. #41 Zytek      Zugel/Julian/Gonzalez        LMP2   348   +   30 Laps
13. #25 Oreca      Martin/Charouz/Graves        LMP2   346   +   32 Laps
14. #35 Morgan     H Hansson/Leinders/Martin    LMP2   341   +   37 Laps
15. #42 Zytek      Brundle/Brundle/Ordonez      LMP2   340   +   38 Laps
16. #23 Oreca      Tresson/Mailleux/Lombard     LMP2   340   + 2m47.469s
17. #51 Ferrari    Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander    GTEP   336   +   42 Laps
18. #59 Ferrari    Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher   GTEP   333   +   45 Laps
19. #97 Aston      Mucke/Fernandez/Turner       GTEP   332   +   46 Laps
20. #50 Corvette   Bornhauser/Canal/Lamy        GTEA   329   +   49 Laps
21. #67 Porsche    Pons/Armindo/Narac           GTEA   328   +   50 Laps
22. #71 Ferrari    Bertolini/Beretta/Cioci      GTEP   326   +   52 Laps
23. #73 Corvette   Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor      GTEP   326   + 3m10.910s
24. #45 Oreca      Briere/Nakano/Petersen       LMP2   325   +   53 Laps
25. #57 Ferrari    Krohn/Jonsson/Rugolo         GTEA   323   +   55 Laps
26. #40 Oreca      Frey/Hirschi/Meichtry        LMP2   320   +   58 Laps
27. #79 Porsche    Neiman/Pumpelly/Pilet        GTEA   313   +   65 Laps
28. #70 Corvette   Bourret/Gibon/Belloc         GTEA   309   +   69 Laps
29. #43 Norma      Rosier/Haezebrouck/Thirion   LMP2   308   +   70 Laps
30. #21 HPD        Leventis/Kane/Watts          LMP1   303   +   75 Laps
31. #61 Ferrari    Kauffman/Aguas/Vickers       GTEA   294   +   84 Laps
32. #83 Ferrari    Rodrigues/Illiano/Ferte      GTEA   292   +   86 Laps
33. #55 Porsche    Daniels/Palttala/Camathias   GTEA   290   +   88 Laps
34. #74 Corvette   Gavin/Westbrook/Milner       GTEP   215   +  163 Laps
35. #17 Dome       Minassian/Bourdais/Ara       LMP1   202   +  176 Laps
36. #38 Zytek      Hancock/Dolan/Kurosawa       LMP2   271   Retired
37. #33 HPD        Tucker/Bouchut/Diaz          LMP2   240   Retired
38. #30 Lola       Sims/Buurman/Iannetta        LMP2   239   Retired
39. #88 Porsche    Ried/Roda/Ruberti            GTEA   222   Retired
40. #15 OAK        Montagny/Kraihamer/Baguette  LMP1   219   Retired
41. #66 Ferrari    Walker/Cocker/Wills          GTEP   204   Retired
42. #48 Oreca      Firth/Hartley/Hughes         LMP2   196   Retired
43. #77 Porsche    Lietz/Lieb/Henzler           GTEP   184   Retired
44. #75 Porsche    al Faisal/Curtis/Edwards     GTEA   180   Retired
45. #31 Lola       Holzer/Schultis/Moro         LMP2   155   Retired
46. #58 Ferrari    Ehret/Jeannette/Montecalvo   GTEA   146   Retired
47. #24 Morgan     Nicolet/Lahaye/Pla           LMP2   139   Retired
48. #7  Toyota     Wurz/Lapierre/Nakajima       LMP1   134   Retired
49. #80 Porsche    Bergmeister/Long/Holzer      GTEP   114   Retired
50. #28 Lola       Giroix/Badey/Johansson       LMP2   92    Retired
51. #8  Toyota     Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin      LMP1   82    Retired
52. #0  DeltaWing  Franchitti/Krumm/Motoyama    CDNT   75    Retired
53. #81 Ferrari    Perazzini/Cadei/Griffin      GTEA   70    Retired
54. #99 Aston      Nygaard/Poulsen/Simonsen     GTEA   31    Retired
55. #16 Pescarolo  Collard/Bouillon/Hall        LMP1   20    Retired
56. #29 Lola       Ihara/Deletraz/Rostan        LMP2   17    Retired

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