The 2025 European Le Mans Series was 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 finished at Algarve International Circuit on 18 October.
The series was 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.
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.
+RndRaceCircuitLocationDate 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 OctoberSources:
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. Entrant/Team Chassis MISC Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Oreca 07 3 PA Laurents Hörr All Georgios Kolovos All Thomas Laurent 1–4 Felipe Fraga 5 Neel Jani 6 Iron Lynx – Proton Oreca 07 9 P2 Matteo Cairoli All Macéo Capietto All Jonas Ried All Proton Competition 77 PA René Binder All Giorgio Roda All Bent Viscaal All Vector Sport Oreca 07 10 P2 Ryan Cullen All Pietro Fittipaldi All Vladislav Lomko All IDEC Sport Oreca 07 18 P2 Jamie Chadwick All Mathys Jaubert All Daniel Juncadella All 28 P2 Paul-Loup Chatin All Paul Lafargue All Job van Uitert All Algarve Pro Racing Oreca 07 20 PA Olli Caldwell All Kriton Lendoudis All Alex Quinn All 25 P2 Lorenzo Fluxá All Matthias Kaiser All Théo Pourchaire All United Autosports Oreca 07 21 PA Oliver Jarvis All Marino Sato All Daniel Schneider All 22 P2 Ben Hanley All Manuel Maldonado All Grégoire Saucy All Nielsen Racing Oreca 07 24 P2 Filipe Albuquerque All Cem Bölükbaşı All Ferdinand Habsburg All 27 PA James Allen All Sérgio Sette Câmara All Anthony Wells 1–3 John Falb 4–6 TDS Racing Oreca 07 29 PA Mathias Beche All Clément Novalak All Rodrigo Sales All VDS Panis Racing 48 P2 Oliver Gray All Esteban Masson All Charles Milesi All Duqueine Team Oreca 07 30 P2 Reshad de Gerus All Roy Nissany All Francesco Simonazzi 1–3 Benjamin Pedersen 4–6 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 34 P2 Luca Ghiotto All Pedro Perino All Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer All 43 P2 Tom Dillmann All Jakub Śmiechowski All Nick Yelloly All CLX – Pure Rxcing Oreca 07 37 P2 Tom Blomqvist 1–5 Alex Malykhin 1–5 Tristan Vautier 1–5 CLX Motorsport 47 P2 Manuel Espírito Santo All Enzo Fittipaldi All Pipo Derani 1–3 Sebastián Álvarez 4 AF Corse Oreca 07 83 PA François Perrodo All Matthieu Vaxivière All Alessio Rovera 1, 3–6 Nicklas Nielsen 2 AO by TF Oreca 07 99 PA Dane Cameron All Louis Delétraz All P. J. Hyett All Icon MISC P2 LMP2 PA LMP2 Pro-Am Logan Sargeant was scheduled to compete for the Genesis Magma Racing-backed IDEC Sport effort, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. He was replaced by Daniel Juncadella. Months later, in an interview with Dailysportscar, Sargeant stated that he had never signed a contract with the team. Fabio Scherer was scheduled to compete for Nielsen Racing, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Harry King was scheduled to compete for CLX – Pure Rxcing, but was replaced by Tristan Vautier.
LMP3 All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds DKR Engineering Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo 4 Wyatt Brichacek All Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen All Antti Rammo All Team Virage Ligier JS P325 8 Rik Koen All Daniel Nogales All Jacek Zielonka 1–3 Julien Gerbi 4–6 EuroInternational Ligier JS P325 11 Ian Aguilera All Fabien Michal All Sebastian Gravlund 1 Miguel Cristóvão 6 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine D09 12 Torsten Kratz All Griffin Peebles All Leonard Weiss All RLR MSport Ligier JS P325 15 Nick Adcock All Gillian Henrion All Michael Jensen All CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P325 17 Adrien Closmenil All Theodor Jensen All Paul Lanchère All Racing Spirit of Léman Ligier JS P325 31 Marius Fossard All Jean-Ludovic Foubert All Jacques Wolff All Ultimate Ligier JS P325 35 Jean-Baptiste Lahaye All Matthieu Lahaye All Louis Rossi 1 Louis Stern 2–6 M Racing Ligier JS P325 68 Quentin Antonel All Stéphane Tribaudini All Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P325 88 Tim Creswick All Douwe Dedecker All Reece Gold All 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. 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. Yann Ehrlacher was scheduled to compete for his uncle Yvan Muller's M Racing team, but did not appear at any rounds.
LMGT3 All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres. Entrant/Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 23 Michael Birch All Wayne Boyd All Garnet Patterson All Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 50 Riccardo Agostini All Custodio Toledo All Lilou Wadoux All AF Corse 51 Conrad Laursen All Davide Rigon All Charles-Henri Samani All Spirit of Race 55 Duncan Cameron All Matt Griffin All David Perel All Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 57 Takeshi Kimura All Ben Tuck All Daniel Serra 1, 3, 5–6 James Calado 2, 4 74 Andrew Gilbert All Miguel Molina All Fran Rueda All Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 59 Erwan Bastard All Valentin Hasse-Clot All Clément Mateu All Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 60 Matteo Cressoni All Alessio Picariello 1–4 Claudio Schiavoni 1–2 Christian Ried 2–3 Antares Au 4 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 5–6 Horst Felix Felbermayr 5–6 Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy All Michelle Gatting All Célia Martin All Iron Lynx Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 63 Martin Berry All Lorcan Hanafin All Fabian Schiller All JMW Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 66 Gianmaria Bruni All Jason Hart All Scott Noble All TF Sport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 82 Rui Andrade All Charlie Eastwood All Hiroshi Koizumi All GR Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 86 Tom Fleming All Riccardo Pera All Michael Wainwright All Marvin Kirchhöfer was scheduled to compete for United Autosports, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. Gustavo Menezes was scheduled to compete for Iron Lynx, but withdrew prior to the start of the season. He was replaced by Fabian Schiller. Cédric Sbirrazzuoli was scheduled to compete for Richard Mille AF Corse at three rounds due to Lilou Wadoux's Super GT commitments. However, Wadoux eventually stepped down from her Super GT duties to focus on ELMS, and Sbirrazzuoli was not called upon.
Results and standings Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Circuit Pole LMP2 Winning Team LMP2 Pro-Am Winning Team LMP3 Winning Team LMGT3 Winning Team Results 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 No. 24 Nielsen Racing No. 48 VDS Panis Racing No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing No. 8 Team Virage No. 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Report Filipe Albuquerque Cem Bölükbaşı Ferdinand Habsburg Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi Olli Caldwell Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Rik Koen Daniel Nogales Julien Gerbi Erwan Bastard Valentin Hasse-Clot Clément Mateu 5 Silverstone No. 48 VDS Panis Racing No. 18 IDEC Sport No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing No. 17 CLX Motorsport No. 50 Richard Mille AF Corse Report Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi Jamie Chadwick Mathys Jaubert Daniel Juncadella Olli Caldwell Kriton Lendoudis Alex Quinn Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère Riccardo Agostini Custodio Toledo Lilou Wadoux 6 Algarve No. 9 Iron Lynx – Proton No. 48 VDS Panis Racing No. 29 TDS Racing No. 17 CLX Motorsport No. 82 TF Sport Report Matteo Cairoli Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried Oliver Gray Esteban Masson Charles Milesi Mathias Beche Clément Novalak Rodrigo Sales Adrien Closmenil Theodor Jensen Paul Lanchère Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Hiroshi KoizumiSource:
Season report Barcelona The ELMS season began with the 4 Hours of Barcelona, where Reshad de Gerus took overall pole in the No. 30 Duqueine Team entry. Laurents Hörr took an early overall lead in the No. 3 DKR Engineering Pro-Am entry, overtaking the full LMP2 field, but later received a penalty for jumping the start. The No. 48 VDS Panis Racing entry briefly took the lead, before being overtaken by the No. 47 CLX Motorsport entry, who led the race until the final hour before losing out to the No. 18 IDEC Sport entry. The No. 47 later retired ten laps from the finish with a mechanical issue. A late safety car resulted in a two-lap sprint to the finish. Having taken fresh tyres, the fourth-placed LMP2 Pro-Am No. 83 AF Corse entry driven by Matthieu Vaxivière was able to take the lead and the overall win. The No. 18 and No. 48 rounded out the overall podium. In LMP3, the No. 17 CLX Motorsport entry won after running in the top three for most of the race. In LMGT3, the No. 85 Iron Dames all-female entry led all but three laps to take victory.
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