Da Costa, Will Stevens and Roberto Gonzalez led all but 11 laps to secure victory in the blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship by 2m21.92s over the Prema entry shared by Robert Kubica, Louis Deletraz and Lorenzo Colombo, having at one point been a lap to the good.
The crew made up a lot of time during slow zones in the early phases of the race, with Da Costa acknowledging that "we got a little bit lucky in the beginning" and had built up a commanding lead as Da Costa and Stevens drove back-to-back during the night to allow the silver-rated Gonzalez to rest.
