VSR locked out the front row, with #4 taking pole from #3, but as the race got underway, #3 settled into the lead, getting a gap just before the first stops. They were caught again in the second hour, and the front group briefly grew to five, but some aggressive defending from their teammates ensured a proper lead for #3 after two hours. After nearly a third of the race, the gap between the teammates was around six seconds, but Diogo Pinto sped on the exit of pitlane in his eighth stop, handing the lead to #4 and second to Bleu Mecure Esports. Unfortunately for the French outfit, a disconnection from Emanuele Olivieri took them out of contention shortly after. VSR returned to run one-two, but two hours later, #3 spun and scraped the wall. They continued their stint as normal to not disrupt their planned strategy, but the damage cost them well over half a minute. It created a three-way fight for second, against Drago Racing and WSR Esports in the best non-BMW in the race. Unfortunately, this would last only just over the halfway mark, as they all piled into an incident with a lower-class BMW M2 halfway around the lap. Drago was most affected, followed by WSR and the #3. By this stage, the #4 held a lead well over 90 seconds, but when Gustavo Ariel made his own contact with another M2, they received a meatball flag, which turned the race on its head. The #3 now led, and WSR Esports in their newfound second place, then crashed soon after with 8:30 to go, ending hopes of a first Ferrari win for seven years. It was the turn of the #3 VSR BMW to lead by a minute, which they held over Williams and Falken Simracing,