Having won both qualifying races, Germany lost the lead at the start of the 60-minute main event to France’s Simon Gachet, who built almost a 30-second advantage before handing over to Eric Debard at the mandatory pitstop, where slight repairs were made to the front splitter of their Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Germany’s Valentin Pierburg slipped back to sixth after a four-way scrap with Evan Chen (Chinese Taipei), Ivan Pelkin (Ukraine) and Bruno Baptista (Brazil), the latter then putting Pelkin into a spin at the chicane.
