The event was the opening round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and served as the annual award for the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy.
Briton Allan McNish, Dane Tom Kristensen, and Frenchman Loïc Duval won the race for Audi, just over three seconds ahead of their teammates.
The grid would then be determined by averaging the total of the two best laps set by each of the drivers.
[1] The FIA later announced that qualifying would be extended by ten minutes for the next round at Spa to allow teams more leeway.
Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).