Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre and Andre Negrao extended their lead in the drivers’ championship with a surprise victory in a thrilling race that was decided in controversial circumstances as the leading two cars came to blows with just over an hour to run.
Having taken over driving duties aboard the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson after the sixth round of pitstops, Vaxiviere quickly dispatched the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Ryo Hirakawa and was then able to catch the race leading #7 Toyota of Kamui Kobayashi in no time.
