Kevin Tse led the race by almost a minute at the half-way point, however the Craft-Bamboo Mercedes driver was at a clear pace disadvantage to Jules Gounon in the second-placed #75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes.
It took less than 20 minutes for the Frenchman to cut the gap down to just seven seconds, only for his charge to be stopped when the Safety Car was called for a sixth time.
