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Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their Class winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Both the #17 Pescarolo and #33 Speedy Sebah entries failed to complete the final lap of the race. Both cars were therefore not classified in the final results even though they had covered sufficient distance.

Statistics

* Pole Position – #8 Team Peugeot Total – 1:58.069 * Fastest Lap – #7 Team Peugeot Total – 1:59.883 * Average Speed – 189.062 km/h

References

External links

Le mans Series — 1000 km of Spa
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