Van Merksteijn returns to the top

It was another close finish, with Jan Lammers crossing the line just 10 seconds behind in the Horag Porsche shared with Didier Theys and Fredy Lienhard. The team gambled on not taking on new tyres at the final pit stop in a bid to retain the lead but it was not enough. The van Merksteijn Porsche took its second win of the year despite losing six minutes in the pits changing the nose after a headlight broke.

Third place went to Team Essex, winners in Monza two weeks ago but it was an altogether different race for the Danish team in Belgium. Casper Elgaard was involved in an accident before the green flag, which caused the retirement of the Embassy car of Joey Foster. The two cars collided as they warmed their tyres and brakes, but meant that the race started behind the safety car. Elgaard, who lost time in the pits as the team repaired the nose of his blue Porsche, admitted the mistake, apologised to the Embassy Racing team, and accepted his three minute penalty without question.

The Saulnier Racing Pescarolo Judd of Pierre Ragues and Matthieu Lahaye was fourth, ahead of the Trading Performance Zytek of Karim Ojjeh, Claude-Yves Gosselin and Julian Schroyen.