2025 European Le Mans Series
The 2025 European Le Mans Series will be the twenty-second season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin 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.
Calendar
[edit]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]
Locations of the 2025 races
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 Hours of Silverstone |  Silverstone Circuit
|
Silverstone, United Kingdom | 14 September |
| 6 | 4 Hours of Portimão |  Algarve International Circuit
|
Portimão, Portugal | 18 October |
| Sources:[3] | ||||
Entries
[edit]LMP2
[edit]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.
LMP3
[edit]All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5L V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[11]
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DKR Engineering[4]
|
Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo | 4 |  Wyatt Brichacek[4]
|
TBC |
 TBA
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
 Team Virage[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 8 | Daniel Nogales[4]
|
TBC |
| Jacek Zielonka[4]
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| EuroInternational[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 11 |  Ian Aguilera[4]
|
TBC |
| Matthew Richard Bell[4]
|
TBC | |||
 Sebastian Gravlund[4]
|
TBC | |||
 WTM by Rinaldi Racing[4]
|
Duqueine D09 | 12 | Torsten Kratz[4]
|
TBC |
 Óscar Tunjo[4]
|
TBC | |||
| Leonard Weiss[4]
|
TBC | |||
| RLR MSport[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 15 | Michael Jensen[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
 CLX Motorsport[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 17 | Adrien Closmenil[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| Racing Spirit of Léman[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 31 | Marius Fossard[4]
|
TBC |
| Jean-Ludovic Foubert[4]
|
TBC | |||
| Jacques Wolff[4]
|
TBC | |||
| Ultimate[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 35 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye[4]
|
TBC |
| Matthieu Lahaye[12]
|
TBC | |||
| Louis Stern[12]
|
TBC | |||
| M Racing[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 68 | Yann Ehrlacher[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC | |||
| Inter Europol Competition[4]
|
Ligier JS P325 | 88 | Tim Creswick[4]
|
TBC |
| Douwe Dedecker[4]
|
TBC | |||
| TBA
|
TBC |
LMGT3
[edit]All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[13]
| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Autosports[4]
|
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 23 | Marvin Kirchhöfer[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| Richard Mille AF Corse[4]
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 50 | Riccardo Agostini[4]
|
TBC |
 Custodio Toledo[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| Lilou Wadoux[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| AF Corse[4]
|
51 | Charles-Henri Samani[4]
|
TBC | ||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| Spirit of Race[4]
|
55 | Duncan Cameron[4]
|
TBC | ||
 Matt Griffin[4]
|
TBC | ||||
 David Perel[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| Kessel Racing[4]
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 57 |  Takeshi Kimura[4]
|
TBC |
| Daniel Serra[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| Ben Tuck[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| 74 | Andrew Gilbert[4]
|
TBC | |||
| Fran Rueda[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| Racing Spirit of Léman[4]
|
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 | 59 | Erwan Bastard[4]
|
TBC |
| Valentin Hasse-Clot[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| Clément Mateu[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| Proton Competition[4]
|
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | 60 | Matteo Cressoni[4]
|
TBC |
| Claudio Schiavoni[4]
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| Iron Dames[14]
|
85 | Sarah Bovy[14]
|
TBC | ||
| Michelle Gatting[14]
|
TBC | ||||
| Célia Martin[14]
|
TBC | ||||
| Iron Lynx[15]
|
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | 63 | Gustavo Menezes[15]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| JMW Motorsport[4]
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 66 | Scott Noble[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TF Sport[4]
|
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R | Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 | 82 | Hiroshi Koizumi[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| GR Racing[4]
|
Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | 86 | Michael Wainwright[4]
|
TBC |
| TBA
|
TBC | ||||
| TBA
|
TBC |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
References
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- ^ a b c Le Mouëllic, Pierre-Louis (12 December 2024). "ELMS : IDEC Sport Racing dévoile l'équipage de son Oreca 07 n°28". Endurance24 (in French). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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- ^ "Yelloly Joins Inter Europol for ELMS, 24H Le Mans". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b "ELMS - Louis Delétraz poursuit avec AO by TF en 2025". Endurance-Info (in French). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ "ACO announces next-gen LMP3 from 2025". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Les brèves du vendredi 13 décembre". Endurance-Info (in French). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Brook-Jones, Callum (18 April 2023). "Goodyear to become exclusive tire supplier for WEC and ELMS LMGT3". Tire Technology International. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d Euwema, Davey (28 November 2024). "Bovy to Share Iron Dames Porsche With Martin, Gatting". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ a b "ELMS - Iron Lynx avec Mercedes-AMG et Menezes !". Endurance-Info (in French). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.