As the lights went off Vietoris made a good start and was able to hold on to 7th place but Clos was slower away and lost two places to drop to 9th. Lap 2 saw Vietoris lose a place to Bird so the two Racing Engineering cars were now running nose-to-tail in 8th and 9th.

The race positions now remained static for several laps with Vietoris running about one second behind Bird and Clos leading Cecotto by 1.5 seconds. With many teams opting for an early mandatory pit stop cars began stopping from lap 7 and on lap 12 many of the front runners made their stop temporarily promoting Vietoris and Clos to 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Vietoris made his stop on lap 13, the Racing Engineering team getting him back on track in a very fast 32.3 seconds. The following lap saw Clos dive into the pits and this time the Racing Engineering crew were even quicker, the stop taking just 31.6 seconds.

Lap 15 and the two Racing Engineering cars were still running 8th and 9th with Vietoris 1.5 seconds behind Carroll and Clos leading Leimer by 0.2 seconds. Sadly for Clos any chance of a good result was lost when he was given a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Vietoris moved up to 6th on lap 19 when Parente took a drive through penalty for a pit lane infringement.

Clos was now down in 14th place and chasing Ericsson but with a 25 second gap to 8th place the young Spaniard had no chance of adding to his points score today. Vietoris, by lap 21, was now in a relatively comfortable position leading Leimer by almost two seconds. On lap 27 Clos, who had been closing rapidly on Ericsson, was able to pass the Swede for 13th position.

There was no further excitement and as the chequered flag fell Vietoris finished 6th and Clos 13th.