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event held at the

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and Mark Webber won the race driving the No. 17

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Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. – Only one driver of the No. 36 Signatech Alpine set a lap time. – The No. 47 KCMG had its qualifying lap time deleted due to driving the car in the opposite direction of the track, but was allowed to start from the rear of the LMP grid.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold.

References

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