The Brazilian quickly widened the gap, while Ricky Cardus missed his start and lost a lot of time at the start of the race. He moved back into second position, but Granado was then too far ahead. Granado won ahead of Cardus, Steven Odendaal, Joe Roberts, Hiroki Ono and Dimas Ekky.
The first line included Eric Granado, Hector Garzo and Ricky Cardus. On the second were David Sanchez, Steven Odendaal and Dimas Ekky. Corentin Perolari on the TransFiormers started from the fourth row. Paul Dufour and Philippe Le Gallo, first and second in Superstock, started from seventh.
Eric Granado was the fastest at the start ahead of Hector Garzo, Lukas Tulovic, Corentin Perolari and Dimas Ekky. Ricky Cardus missed his start and was only in eighth position. Corentin Perolari lost the front and fell without seriousness while he was fourth.
Garzo took command ahead of Granado, Tulovic, Odendaal and Cardus. Odendaal set the best lap in 1'37.869, then Granado improved to 1'37.263. Granado passed Garzo braking at the end of the pit straight and took command. He was running in 1'37.097. Granado and Garzo opened up a gap of 1.1 over Tulovic, Odendaal and Cardus.
Hector Garzo, then in second position, fell without seriousness, soon imitated by David Sanchis and Lukas Tulovic. Granado then had a 2.3 lead over Odendaal and Cardus. Granado improved the best lap to 1'36.842. Federico Fuligni, fourth, was 8 seconds behind the leader.
Granado stood out, 3.2 ahead of Odendaal and Cardus in the fight for second position. Fuligni led the chasing group at 12.1. Paul Dufour was fourteenth ahead of Philippe Le Gallo. Ricky Cardus took second position, 3.7 behind Granado.
Granado finally won alone ahead of Ricky Cardus, Steven Odendaal, Joe Roberts, Hiroki Ono and Dimas Ekky. Paul Dufour finished fourteenth and Philippe Le Gallo fifteenth, first and second in Superstock.
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