lost a lap with electrical problems, however Dirk Muller, Joey Hand and Sebastien Bourdais used the speed advantage of the Ford GT to take a one minute victory.
The Le Mans GTE Pro class winning, number 68 Ford GT and second-placed number 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE were both penalized in post-race proceeding after a number of discussions and protests on Sunday evening.
The GT Ford driven by Dirk Mueller, Joey Hand and Sebastien Bourdais were handed a fifty second post-race penalty for speeding in a Slow Zone, following a protest lodged by Risi Competizione, which was extended a further twenty seconds when their car was found to have had faulty wheel speed sensors.
With Ford’s winning margin being approximately one-minutes, the penalties would have awarded Risi Competizione victory,
However Risi were forced to endure their own penalty of twenty seconds (and a 5,000 Euro fine) for failing to repair the Ferrari 488’s broken header lights and not adhering to the meatball flag – ironically brought to the attention of stewards via a protest lodged by Ford Chip Ganassi
Racing in the final hour of the race. As such there was no change to the final standings despite a further ongoing protest from Risi Competizione regarding Ford being outside their performance window will be reviewed by stewards.
The Abu Dhabi Proton Porsche has had a three hour turn in the lead of GTE am ahead of both the number 98 Aston Martin Vantage and the number 78 Porsche KCMG, but eventual victory fell the way of Scuderia Corsa’s 458 in the hands of Jeffery Segal, Townsend Bell and William Sweeder.