An incident pack 2-hour race in Monza, with three safety car and one full course yellow periods, saw the no3 DKR Engineering Duqueine-Nissan take the victory ahead of the no37 Cool Racing Ligier after a titanic race long battle.
Starting from the front of the grid the no37 Cool Racing Ligier of Nicolas Maulini led the field into the first corner followed by the no21 Mühlner Motorsport Duqueine of Alex Kapadia and the no3 DKR Engineering Duqueine of Jean Glorieux.
Kapadia’s car dropped back on the opening lap, coming into the pits to replace a wheel before re-joining at the back of the field. At the front Maulini and Glorieux were just 1.5 seconds apart, with the no3 Duqueine also being challenged by the no26 Graff Ligier of Rory Penttinen and the no69 Cool Racing Ligier of Round 3 winner Maurice Smith.
The no98 Motorsport98 Ligier of Eric De Doncker got a good start but the Belgian driver was judged to have jumped the start lights and had to serve a drive through penalty on lap 6.
The no75 Idec Sport Ligier of Patrice Lafargue slid off the track at T5 into the gravel, bringing out the first safety car to recover the car and put it back on track. After nine minutes the race went back to green but only for three minutes.
The safety car was deployed again when the no11 Racing Experience Duqueine of Nicolas Melin spun at T1 and while trying to recover, the French driver’s car got stuck on the kerbs and with the rear wheels spinning uselessly the safety car came back out to close everyone up again.
They say things come in threes, and for this race it was safety cars. Just two minutes after the green flag was waved the no75 Idec Sport Ligier got onto the kerbs at T10, Lafargue spinning across the track into the barriers. A wheel detached from the car and hit the no23 United Autosports Ligier and the no27 MV2S racing Ligier, with the no5 CD Sport Ligier spinning off and hitting the barriers in avoidance.
The safety car was out for a further 8 minutes to allow the marshals to clear the no75 Ligier and the debris on the track so that racing could resume.
