2025 Le Mans Cup
The 2025 Le Mans Cup, known as the 2025 Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, is the tenth season of the Le Mans Cup. The six-event series began at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 5 April and will conclude at Algarve International Circuit on 18 October.[1] The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes in the LMP3 class, now split into two, and grand tourer sports cars in the GT3 class.[2] The 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.[1] Silverstone Circuit was added to the calendar for the first time, replacing the round at Mugello. Starting this season, the race duration will be extended from 1 hour and 50 minutes to 2 hours, except for the Silverstone round, which will keep its original length. The Road to Le Mans races will run for 1 hour instead of 55 minutes.[4]
Rnd | Circuit | Location | Race Length | Date |
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1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 2 hours | 5 April |
2 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 2 hours | 3 May |
3 | Circuit de la Sarthe | Le Mans, France | 1 hour | 13 June |
1 hour | 14 June | |||
4 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Belgium | 2 hours | 23 August |
5 | Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 1 hour, 50 mins | 13 September |
6 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 2 hours | 18 October |
Entries
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[3] Entries in the LMP3 Pro-Am class, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with icons.
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- Nicolas Schatz and Dan Skočdopole were scheduled to compete for ANS Motorsport and Bretton Racing respectively, but withdrew prior to the start of the season.[24]
- Christian Gisy and Ralf Kelleners were scheduled to compete for Racing Spirit of Léman,[24] but were replaced by Sebastian Schmitt and Dominik Schraml.[10]
- Daniel Keilwitz was scheduled to compete for Rinaldi Racing,[24] but was replaced by Griffin Peebles.[11]
- Markus Pommer was scheduled to compete for Gebhardt Motorsport,[24] but later moved to ANS Motorsport.[25] He was replaced by Óscar Tunjo.[19]
GT3
Race results
Bold indicates the overall winner.
Round | Circuit | LMP3 Winners | LMP3 Pro-Am Winners | GT3 Winners | |
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1 | Catalunya | No. 97 CLX Motorsport | No. 66 Rinaldi Racing | No. 33 Kessel Racing | |
David Droux Cédric Oltramare |
Steve Parrow Griffin Peebles |
Murat Çuhadaroğlu David Fumanelli | |||
2 | Le Castellet | No. 87 CLX Motorsport | No. 84 ANS Motorsport | No. 11 Code Racing Development | |
Pierre-Alexandre Provost Alvise Rodella |
Julien Lemoine Paul Trojani |
Philipp Sager Rory van der Steur | |||
3 | R1 | Le Mans (report) |
No. 37 CLX Motorsport | No. 71 Rinaldi Racing | No. 14 GetSpeed |
Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen |
Stefan Aust Felipe Fernández Laser |
Anthony Bartone Steve Jans | |||
R2 | No. 50 23Events Racing | No. 2 DKR Engineering | No. 65 Team Motopark | ||
Léna Bühler Matteo Quintarelli |
Thomas Laurent Antti Rammo |
Lukas Dunner Heiko Neumann | |||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | ||||
5 | Silverstone | ||||
6 | Portimão | ||||
Championship standings
Points are awarded according to the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Le Mans | 15 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
LMP3 Drivers' Championship
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Italics – Fastest Lap |
LMP3 Teams' Championship
Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points | |
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1 | #87 CLX Motorsport | Ligier JS P325 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 47 | |||
2 | #97 CLX Motorsport | Ligier JS P325 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 43 | |||
3 | #85 R-ace GP | Duqueine D09 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 38 | |||
4 | #50 23Events Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | |||
5 | #16 Team Virage | Ligier JS P325 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | |||
6 | #25 Reiter Engineering | Ligier JS P325 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |||
7 | #92 Forestier Racing by VPS | Ligier JS P325 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | |||
8 | #29 Forestier Racing by VPS | Ligier JS P325 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
9 | #86 R-ace GP | Duqueine D09 | 6 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 14 | |||
10 | #70 Gebhardt Motorsport | Duqueine D09 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 3 | 9 | |||
11 | #6 ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P325 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | |||
12 | #30 CD Sport | Duqueine D09 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 6 | |||
13 | #74 Team Virage | Ligier JS P325 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | |||
14 | #20 High Class Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | |||
15 | #3 DKR Engineering | Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo | 16 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | |||
16 | #7 Nielsen Racing | ADESS AD25 | 11 | Ret | 20 | 15 | 0 | |||
17 | #4 Nielsen Racing | ADESS AD25 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 0 | |||
18 | #26 Bretton Racing | Ligier JS P325 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 14 | 0 | |||
Pos. | Team | Chassis | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points |
LMP3 Pro-Am Drivers' Championship
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Italics – Fastest Lap |
LMP3 Pro-Am Teams' Championship
Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points | |
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1 | #71 Rinaldi Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 63 | |||
2 | #84 ANS Motorsport | Ligier JS P325 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 35 | |||
3 | #98 Motorsport98 | Ligier JS P325 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 34 | |||
4 | #66 Rinaldi Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 1 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 31 | |||
5 | #88 R-ace GP | Duqueine D09 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 28 | |||
6 | #99 More Motorsport | Ligier JS P325 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 27 | |||
7 | #77 Reiter Engineering | Ligier JS P325 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
8 | #58 GG Classics | Ligier JS P325 | 3 | 14 | Ret | 17 | 15 | |||
9 | #34 Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P325 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
10 | #31 CD Sport | Duqueine D09 | DNS | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
11 | #10 Racing Spirit of Léman | Ligier JS P325 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 13 | 12 | |||
12 | #28 23Events Racing | Ligier JS P325 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 8 | |||
13 | #43 Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P325 | 10 | 7 | 5 | |||||
14 | #49 High Class Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 4 | |||
15 | #64 M Racing | Ligier JS P325 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 1 | |||
16 | #62 Bretton Racing | Ligier JS P325 | Ret | 12 | 15 | 14 | 0 | |||
17 | #27 P4 Racing | Ligier JS P325 | DNS | DNS | 14 | 18 | 0 | |||
Pos. | Team | Chassis | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points |
GT3 Drivers' Championship
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Italics – Fastest Lap |
GT3 Teams' Championship
Pos. | Team | Car | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points | |
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1 | #11 Code Racing Development | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | 2 | 1 | 43 | |||||
2 | #33 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 1 | 5 | 35 | |||||
3 | #17 Kessel Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 3 | 3 | 31 | |||||
4 | #51 AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |||||
5 | #23 Biogas Motorsport | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | |||||
6 | #83 Iron Dames | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Ret | 4 | WD | WD | 12 | |||
7 | #95 Ebimotors | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 5 | Ret | 10 | |||||
8 | #65 Team Motopark | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Ret | 6 | 9 | |||||
Pos. | Team | Chassis | BAR |
LEC |
LMS |
SPA |
SIL |
POR |
Points |
Notes
- ^ a b Car No. 12 entered as WTM by Rinaldi Racing. Cars No. 66 and No. 71 entered as Rinaldi Racing.
- ^ 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.
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