The three Porsche works drivers Romain Dumas, Frederic Makowiecki and Dirk Werner concluded the six-hour evening race on Saturday 10th overall. Of the 51 GT3 vehicles that lined up on the 5.791km Circuit Paul Ricard near the Cote d'Azur, 25 were driven by professional drivers. The second 911 GT3 R fielded by Herberth Motorsport in the category for gentleman drivers finished seventh in class.
Dumas, Makowiecki and Werner had taken up the race from P22 on the grid. Werner gained several positions early on in the race, with his two French teammates continuing to work their way up the field at their home race. Running in sixth place with an hour left on the clock, Makowiecki handed the car off to Dumas, who then gained another position in the final stint.
However, due to a rule infraction under yellow, the former Le Mans winner received a 30-second time penalty at the finish. After 172 laps and a distance of almost 1,000km, the #911 car was ultimately classified in 10th place. Dumas said, "We certainly don't yet have the speed we'd like. Basically, we made the best of it, despite being handed a penalty at the end. Until this happened we'd fought our way up the field and that speaks for the performance of us drivers as well as the team."
