Second win for Alphand Aventures

Moreau, sharing with Alphand and Patrice Goueslard, battled throughout the opening two hours with the Team Modena Aston Martin of Antonio Garcia and Tomas Enge before the British car had an alternator belt failure which ensured a long stop in the pits.

The two drivers recovered to finish third, recording the fastest lap of the race with a 2m16.625s lap and finished three laps down on the winning Corvette.

The Lamborghini took second place having led for much of the second half of the race before the luggage cover at the front fo the car flew up and left Roman Rusinov unsighted for much of the lap.

"I had bad luck with a prototype which had trouble braking," said the Russian, who also had a punctured tyre. He completed a slow lap and dropped to second place as the Corvette powered past, but recorded another podium, a lap behind after the car's most competitive showing to date and the Russian team will take heart from the race.

The Strakka Racing Aston Martin took fourth place after a race that was punctuated by spins. Peter Hardman and Nick Leventis finished nine laps behind the winning Corvette on their debut in the series, and hope to improve on the result at the Nurburgring in August.