The 2025 6 Hours of São Paulo (formally known as the 2025 Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 11 and 13 July 2025 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the fifth of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship and the fifth running of the event.
Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 9 July 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3. In the Hypercar category, Sébastien Buemi, Robin Frijns, Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne are all absent due to driving duties at the Berlin ePrix. Marco Wittmann replaced the aforementioned Robin Frijns in the No. 20 Team WRT BMW. In the LMGT3 category, Pedro Ebrahim is set to replace Timur Boguslavskiy in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW as Boguslavskiy has fallen ill. Anthony McIntosh will replace Derek DeBoer in the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin and Yuichi Nakayama will fill in for Ben Barnicoat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, who is racing at IMSA's round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Schedule Date Time (local: BRT) Event Friday, 11 July 11:00 Free Practice 1 15:45 Free Practice 2 Saturday, 12 July 10:10 Free Practice 3 14:45 Qualifying – LMGT3 15:05 Hyperpole – LMGT3 15:25 Qualifying – Hypercar 15:45 Hyperpole – Hypercar Sunday, 13 July 11:30 Race Source:
Practice Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two sessions on Thursday ran for 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday ran for 60 minutes.
Practice 1 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Laurens Vanthoor1:25.176LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team José María López1:35.010Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre1:23.508LMGT310 Racing Spirit of Léman Eduardo Barrichello1:34.493Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Ryō Hirakawa1:23.695LMGT333 TF Sport Jonny Edgar1:34.414Source:
Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. ClassEntrantQualifyingHyperpole1Hypercar12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:22.8291:22.57012Hypercar38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota1:23.5371:22.67033Hypercar5 Porsche Penske Motorsport1:23.2791:22.83424Hypercar94 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:23.2081:22.94845Hypercar20 BMW M Team WRT1:23.3911:23.06256Hypercar93 Peugeot TotalEnergies1:23.2691:23.10167Hypercar6 Porsche Penske Motorsport1:23.5331:23.15978Hypercar15 BMW M Team WRT1:23.3911:23.25989Hypercar83 AF Corse1:23.5951:23.386910Hypercar8 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:23.6731:23.4961011Hypercar009 Aston Martin THOR Team1:23.7101112Hypercar99 Proton Competition1:23.7401313Hypercar007 Aston Martin THOR Team1:23.7511214Hypercar50 Ferrari AF Corse1:23.7591415Hypercar36 Alpine Endurance Team1:23.7701516Hypercar35 Alpine Endurance Team1:23.8161617Hypercar51 Ferrari AF Corse1:23.8311718Hypercar7 Toyota Gazoo Racing1:24.1531819LMGT310 Racing Spirit of Léman1:35.3401:33.8491920LMGT387 Akkodis ASP Team1:34.4881:33.8732021LMGT378 Akkodis ASP Team1:35.1931:33.9632122LMGT361 Iron Lynx1:35.1561:34.0512223LMGT395 United Autosports1:35.0901:34.2192324LMGT359 United Autosports1:34.8911:34.4182425LMGT385 Iron Dames1:35.3271:34.4332526LMGT388 Proton Competition1:35.0321:34.4482627LMGT333 TF Sport1:35.2871:34.5072728LMGT381 TF Sport1:35.2631:34.9522829LMGT354 Vista AF Corse1:35.3662930LMGT327 Heart of Racing Team1:35.4813031LMGT392 Manthey 1st Phorm1:35.5043132LMGT346 Team WRT1:35.5363233LMGT321 Vista AF Corse1:35.5423334LMGT377 Proton Competition1:35.5543435LMGT331 The Bend Team WRT1:36.6843536LMGT360 Iron LynxNo time36Source:
Race The race started at 11:30 BRST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.
Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 169 laps. Class winners are in bold and .
Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Alex Lynn Norman Nato Will Stevens Cadillac V-Series.R 2426:00:19.732 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 2 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Jenson Button Cadillac V-Series.R 242 +57.016 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 3 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Julien Andlauer Michael Christensen Porsche 963 242 +58.882 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 4 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 241 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 5Hypercar20 BMW M Team WRT Sheldon van der Linde René Rast Marco WittmannBMW M Hybrid V8241 +1 LapBMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 6 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Peugeot 9X8 240 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 7 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Peugeot 9X8 240 +2 Laps Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 8 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 240 +2 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Mick Schumacher Alpine A424 240 +2 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 10 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Neel Jani Nico Pino Nicolás Varrone Porsche 963 240 +2 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 11 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 239 +3 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 12 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 239 +3 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 13 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Valkyrie 239 +3 Laps Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 14 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid 239 +3 Laps Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 15 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 239 +3 Laps Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 16 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble Harry Tincknell Aston Martin Valkyrie 238 +4 Laps Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 17 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 222 +20 Laps BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 18 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu Lexus RC F GT3 216+26 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 19 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 216 +26 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 20 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Eduardo Barrichello Valentin Hasse-Clot Anthony McIntosh Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 216 +26 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Célia Martin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 216 +26 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 22 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Finn Gehrsitz Yuichi Nakayama Arnold Robin Lexus RC F GT3 216 +26 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 23 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm Ryan Hardwick Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 215 +27 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 24 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Jonny Edgar Daniel Juncadella Ben Keating Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 215 +27 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 25 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Sébastien Baud James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 215 +27 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 26 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 215 +27 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Valentino Rossi Kelvin van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 215 +27 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 28 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 215 +27 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 29 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT Pedro Ebrahim Augusto Farfus Yasser Shahin BMW M4 GT3 215 +27 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 30 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 215 +27 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 31 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 214 +28 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 32 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Andrew Gilbert Lorcan Hanafin Fran Rueda Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 214 +28 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 33 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 200 +42 Laps Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Martin Berry Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 184Brakes Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Bernardo Sousa Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 169Exhaust Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Dennis Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 86Damper Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8Source:
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