The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourteenth running of the event, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.
Entry list 36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. In Hypercar, Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche. Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively. Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.
Schedule DateTime (local: AST)EventThursday, 6 November12:15Free Practice 117:00Free Practice 2Friday, 7 November12:00Free Practice 316:00Qualifying - LMGT316:20Hyperpole - LMGT316:40Qualifying - Hypercar17:00Hyperpole - HypercarSaturday, 8 November14:00RaceSource:
Practice Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday lasted 60 minutes.
Practice 1 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar009 Aston Martin THOR Team Marco Sørensen1:49.697LMGT377 Proton Competition Ben Barker2:02.681Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Practice 2 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar009 Aston Martin THOR Team Marco Sørensen1:49.042LMGT378 Akkodis ASP Team Finn Gehrsitz2:02.613Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown. Practice 3 ClassEntrantDriverTimeHypercar50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco1:49.725LMGT361 Iron Lynx Martin Berry2:03.158Source: Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying Qualifying started at 16:00 AST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total. Kamui Kobayashi claimed pole position in the No. 7 Toyota with a time of 1:46.826, ahead of the sister No. 8 Toyota, giving the Japanese marque its first pole position of the season.
Qualifying results Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold. Class Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.500 1:46.826 1 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.836 1:46.977 2 3 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.072 1:47.166 3 4 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:47.643 1:47.208 4 5 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:47.881 1:47.543 5 6 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team 1:47.421 1:47.624 6 7 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.949 1:47.726 7 8 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:48.137 1:47.870 8 9 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team 1:47.290 1:48.036 9 10 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:47.872 1:48.136 10 11 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:48.176 11 12 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:48.186 12 13 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.217 13 14 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:48.392 14 15 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.470 15 16 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:48.716 16 17 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:48.914 17 18 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:49.157 18 19 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team 2:03.021 2:01.661 19 20 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 2:03.654 2:01.987 20 21 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx 2:02.991 2:02.017 21 22 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team 2:03.371 2:02.219 22 23 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT 2:03.493 2:02.427 23 24 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 2:03.361 2:02.624 24 25 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 2:03.173 2:02.717 25 26 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse 2:03.536 2:02.763 26 27 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 2:03.534 2:03.067 27 28 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 2:03.626 2:03.531 31 29 LMGT3 33 TF Sport 2:03.675 28 30 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 2:03.710 29 31 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 2:03.938 30 32 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 2:04.230 32 33 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of Léman 2:04.322 33 34 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 2:04.462 34 35 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm 2:04.520 35 36 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 2:04.992 36Source:
Race The race started at 14:00 AST on Saturday, running for 8 hours.
Race results Class winners are in bold and .
Class Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Time/Retired Engine 1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota GR010 Hybrid 237 8:01:08.626 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota GR010 Hybrid 237 +19.378 Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6 3 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen Ferrari 499P 237 +26.342 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 4 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 237 +26.504 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye Ferrari 499P 237 +39.729 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 6 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Alex Lynn Norman Nato Will Stevens Cadillac V-Series.R 237 +40.527 Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 7 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Valkyrie 237 +1:03.701 Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 8Hypercar20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der LindeBMW M Hybrid V8236 +1 LapBMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 236 +1 Lap Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 10 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo Pourchaire Peugeot 9X8 236 +1 Lap Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 11 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi Alpine A424 236 +1 Lap Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 12 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Mick Schumacher Alpine A424 236 +1 Lap Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6 13 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 236 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 14 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 963 236 +1 Lap Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 15 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble Ross Gunn Harry Tincknell Aston Martin Valkyrie 236 +1 Lap Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12 16 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Jenson Button Cadillac V-Series.R 235 +2 Laps Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 17 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Neel Jani Nico Pino Nicolás Varrone Porsche 963 235 +2 Laps Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 18 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu Lexus RC F GT3 216 +21 Laps Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8 19 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Martin Berry Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 216 +21 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 20 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 216 +21 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 21 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm Ryan Hardwick Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 216 +21 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 22 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 216 +21 Laps Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Jonny Edgar Daniel Juncadella Ben Keating Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 216 +21 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 24 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT Timur Boguslavskiy Augusto Farfus Yasser Shahin BMW M4 GT3 216 +21 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 25 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker Bernardo Sousa Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 216 +21 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 26 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 216 +21 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Dennis Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 215 +22 Laps Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 28 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 215 +22 Laps Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8 29 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Célia Martin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 215 +22 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 30 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Andrew Gilbert Lorcan Hanafin Fran Rueda Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 215 +22 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 31 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Eduardo Barrichello Valentin Hasse-Clot Anthony McIntosh Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 215 +22 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 32 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy Valentino Rossi Kelvin van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 215 +22 Laps BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 33 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Sébastien Baud James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 193 +44 Laps McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 211 Wheel nut BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon Ferrari 296 GT3 90 Accident Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Ben Barnicoat Finn Gehrsitz Arnold Robin Lexus RC F GT3 50 Electronics Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8Source:
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