The second step of the podium meanwhile belonged to the new AF Corse V8 sports car driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Gimmi Bruni who, having started from pole were always amongst the front runners, crossing the line ahead of the Hankook Team Farnbacher 458 Italia GT2 of Farnbacher and Simonsen who made it a clean sweep of the podium positions for the new sports car.

Victory for the Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 followed on from LM GT Pro pole position for the new racer the previous day; that honour went to the AF Corse car of Fisichella and Bruni. The duo made the most of all the potential of the new sports car to beat off Enge and Muller in an Aston Martin while Bell and Walker made it two 458 Italia GT2s in the qualifying top-three. Fisichella was clearly delighted with pole  position: “we are very happy, especially in the way the car went, proving that it lived up to our expectations. After [Friday's] free practice we made some set-up changes which improved the performance and made the car more precise. We can expect a very exciting six hours of racing because of the large number of cars taking part and because of the high standards of the teams we are up against.” The second AF Corse entry of Melo and Vilander was fourth followed by the Hankook Team Farnbacher car driven by Farnbacher and Simonsen. In the LMGTE AM grid contest, third place went to the AF Corse F430 GTC crewed by the trio of Perazzini, Cioci and Lemeret, followed by the Ferrari of Kessel Racing with Broniszewski and Peter on board and the CRS Racing F430 GTC crewed by Christodoulou, Hummel and Quaife.

Come the 6-hour race it was Bell and Walker (JNW Motorsport) who took victory ahead of Fisichella/Bruni (AF Corse) and Farnbacher/Simonsen (Farnbacher). With a clean sweep of the podium positions for the 458 Italia GT2 assured, the new Prancing Horse racer had another place in the sweep as the second AF Corse 458 Italia GT2 came fourth thanks to the efforts of Melo and Vilander who, having also been a front runner for much of the race, missed out on a podium position because of a technical problem.

Antonello Coletta, head of Ferrari Corse Clienti was very pleased with the potential shown by the 458 Italia GT2 prepared by his department along with Michelotto Automobili. “We have started the season with our first pole and a first win, which shows our car is competitive enough to make its mark on a high level international competition like the Le Mans Series.”

Equally encouraging was the performance of the Maranello cars in the LM GTE AM category, with second, third and fourth places going to the AF Corse F430 GTC of Perazzini, Cioci and Lemeret, the Kessel Racing Ferrari crewed by Broniszewski and Peter and the CRS Racing crew of Hummel, Christidoulou, Quaife. The class was won by the Felbermayr Proton Porsche, which saw Ragginger, Ried and Long take turns at the wheel.