2025 European Le Mans Series
The 2025 European Le Mans Series is the twenty-second season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 6 April and will finish at Algarve International Circuit on 18 October.[1][2]
The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGT3 class. This season marked the debut of the new, third-generation LMP3 cars.[3]
Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 2 October 2024. Silverstone Circuit returned to the calendar for the first time since the 2019 season, replacing the round at Mugello Circuit as the penultimate race of the season.[1][2]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
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Prologue | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 31 March/1 April | |
1 | 4 Hours of Barcelona | 6 April | ||
2 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 4 May |
3 | 4 Hours of Imola | Imola Circuit | Imola, Italy | 6 July |
4 | 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 24 August |
5 | Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 14 September |
6 | 4 Hours of Portimão | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 18 October |
Sources:[4] |
Entries
LMP2
All cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine and Goodyear tyres. Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.
- Logan Sargeant was scheduled to compete for the Genesis Magma Racing-backed IDEC Sport effort, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[28] He was replaced by Daniel Juncadella.[10]
- Fabio Scherer was scheduled to compete for Nielsen Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[5]
- Harry King was scheduled to compete for CLX – Pure Rxcing,[22] but was replaced by Tristan Vautier.[23]
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[3]
Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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DKR Engineering[5] | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo | 4 | Wyatt Brichacek[5] | 1–3 |
Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen[29] | 1–3 | |||
Antti Rammo[29] | 1–3 | |||
Team Virage[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 8 | Rik Koen[30] | 1–3 |
Daniel Nogales[5] | 1–3 | |||
Jacek Zielonka[5] | 1–3 | |||
EuroInternational[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 11 | Ian Aguilera[31] | 1–3 |
Fabien Michal[31] | 1–3 | |||
Sebastian Gravlund[31] | 1 | |||
WTM by Rinaldi Racing[5] | Duqueine D09 | 12 | Torsten Kratz[5] | 1–3 |
Griffin Peebles[32] | 1–3 | |||
Leonard Weiss[5] | 1–3 | |||
RLR MSport[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 15 | Nick Adcock[33] | 1–3 |
Gillian Henrion[33] | 1–3 | |||
Michael Jensen[33] | 1–3 | |||
CLX Motorsport[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 17 | Adrien Closmenil[5] | 1–3 |
Theodor Jensen[34] | 1–3 | |||
Paul Lanchère[34] | 1–3 | |||
Racing Spirit of Léman[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 31 | Marius Fossard[5] | 1–3 |
Jean-Ludovic Foubert[5] | 1–3 | |||
Jacques Wolff[5] | 1–3 | |||
Ultimate[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 35 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[5] | 1–3 |
Matthieu Lahaye[35] | 1–3 | |||
Louis Rossi[36] | 1 | |||
Louis Stern[35] | 2–3 | |||
M Racing[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 68 | Quentin Antonel[6] | 1–3 |
Stéphane Tribaudini[6] | 1–3 | |||
Yann Ehrlacher[5] | TBC | |||
Inter Europol Competition[5] | Ligier JS P325 | 88 | Tim Creswick[5] | 1–3 |
Douwe Dedecker[5] | 1–3 | |||
Reece Gold[6] | 1–3 |
- Matthew Richard Bell was scheduled to compete for EuroInternational, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. He was replaced by Fabien Michal, originally named in a reserve entry for R-ace GP.[5][31]
- Óscar Tunjo was scheduled to compete for WTM by Rinaldi, but withdrew prior the start of the season. He was replaced by Griffin Peebles, originally named in a reserve entry for R-ace GP.[5][32]
LMGT3
All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[37]
Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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United Autosports[5] | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 23 | Michael Birch[38] | 1–3 |
Wayne Boyd[38] | 1–3 | ||||
Garnet Patterson[38] | 1–3 | ||||
Richard Mille AF Corse[5] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 50 | Riccardo Agostini[5] | 1–3 |
Custodio Toledo[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Lilou Wadoux[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli[39] | TBC | ||||
AF Corse[5] | 51 | Conrad Laursen[6] | 1–3 | ||
Davide Rigon[40] | 1–3 | ||||
Charles-Henri Samani[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Spirit of Race[5] | 55 | Duncan Cameron[5] | 1–3 | ||
Matt Griffin[5] | 1–3 | ||||
David Perel[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Kessel Racing[5] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 57 | Takeshi Kimura[5] | 1–3 |
Ben Tuck[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Daniel Serra[5] | 1, 3 | ||||
James Calado[25] | 2 | ||||
74 | Andrew Gilbert[5] | 1–3 | |||
Miguel Molina[40] | 1–3 | ||||
Fran Rueda[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Racing Spirit of Léman[5] | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 59 | Erwan Bastard[5] | 1–3 |
Valentin Hasse-Clot[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Clément Mateu[5] | 1–3 | ||||
Proton Competition[5] | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | 60 | Matteo Cressoni[5] | 1–3 |
Alessio Picariello[6] | 1–3 | ||||
Claudio Schiavoni[5] | 1–2[a] | ||||
Christian Ried[41] | 2–3[a] | ||||
Iron Dames[42] | 85 | Sarah Bovy[42] | 1–3 | ||
Michelle Gatting[42] | 1–3 | ||||
Célia Martin[42] | 1–3 | ||||
Iron Lynx[43] | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 63 | Martin Berry[44] | 1–3 |
Lorcan Hanafin[44] | 1–3 | ||||
Fabian Schiller[44] | 1–3 | ||||
JMW Motorsport[5] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 66 | Gianmaria Bruni[45] | 1–3 |
Jason Hart[45] | 1–3 | ||||
Scott Noble[45] | 1–3 | ||||
TF Sport[5] | Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R | Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 | 82 | Rui Andrade[46] | 1–3 |
Charlie Eastwood[46] | 1–3 | ||||
Hiroshi Koizumi[5] | 1–3 | ||||
GR Racing[5] | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 86 | Tom Fleming[47] | 1–3 |
Riccardo Pera[47] | 1–3 | ||||
Michael Wainwright[47] | 1–3 |
- Marvin Kirchhöfer was scheduled to compete for United Autosports, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[5]
- Gustavo Menezes was scheduled to compete for Iron Lynx, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[43] He was replaced by Fabian Schiller.[44]
Results and standings
Race results
Bold indicates overall winner.
Rnd. | Circuit | Pole | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGT3 Winning Team | Results |
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LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGT3 Winning Drivers | ||||
1 | Catalunya | No. 30 Duqueine Team | No. 18 IDEC Sport | No. 83 AF Corse | No. 17 CLX Motorsport | No. 85 Iron Dames | Report |
Reshad de Gerus Roy Nissany Francesco Simonazzi |
Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella |
François Perrodo Alessio Rovera Matthieu Vaxivière |
Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère |
Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Célia Martin | |||
2 | Le Castellet | No. 43 Inter Europol Competition | No. 18 IDEC Sport | No. 27 Nielsen Racing | No. 17 CLX Motorsport | No. 50 Richard Mille AF Corse | Report |
Tom Dillmann Jakub Śmiechowski Nick Yelloly |
Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella |
James Allen Sérgio Sette Câmara Anthony Wells |
Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère |
Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux | |||
3 | Imola | No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing | No. 48 VDS Panis Racing | No. 99 AO by TF | No. 17 CLX Motorsport | No. 82 TF Sport | Report |
Lorenzo Fluxá Matthias Kaiser Théo Pourchaire |
Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi |
Dane Cameron Louis Delétraz P. J. Hyett |
Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère |
Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Hiroshi Koizumi | |||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Report | |||||
5 | Silverstone | Report | |||||
6 | Algarve | Report | |||||
Season report
Barcelona
The ELMS season began with the 4 Hours of Barcelona, where Reshad de Gerus took overall pole in the #30 Duqueine Team entry.[48] Laurents Hörr took an early overall lead in the #3 DKR Engineering Pro-Am entry, overtaking the full LMP2 field, but later received a penalty for jumping the start. The #48 VDS Panis Racing entry briefly took the lead, before being overtaken by the #47 CLX Motorsport entry, who led the race until the final hour before losing out to the #18 IDEC Sport entry. The #47 later retired ten laps from the finish with a mechanical issue.[49] A late safety car resulted in a two-lap sprint to the finish. Having taken fresh tyres, the fourth-placed LMP2 Pro-Am #83 AF Corse entry driven by Matthieu Vaxivière was able to take the lead and the overall win. The #18 and #48 rounded out the overall podium.[50] In LMP3, the #17 CLX Motorsport entry won after running in the top three for most of the race. In LMGT3, the #85 Iron Dames all-female entry led all but three laps to take victory.[49]
Drivers' Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:[51]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP2 Drivers' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMP3 Drivers' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMGT3 Drivers' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
Teams' Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure: [51]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP2 Teams' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMP2 Pro-Am Teams' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMP3 Teams' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
LMGT3 Teams' Championship
|
Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap |
Notes
- ^ Lomko is Russian, but he competes under a French licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a British licence as Belarusian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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