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European racing season
The 2025 European Le Mans Series is 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 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. This season marked the debut of the new, third-generation LMP3 cars.[ 3]
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
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.
Icon
MISC
P2
LMP2
PA
LMP2 Pro-Am
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5 L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[ 3]
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 .[ 5] [ 30]
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 .[ 5] [ 31]
All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[ 36]
Results and standings [ edit ]
Bold indicates overall winner.
The ELMS season began with the 4 Hours of Barcelona , where Reshad de Gerus took overall pole in the #30 Duqueine Team entry.[ 46] Laurents Hörr took an early overall lead in the #3 DKR Engineering Pro-Am entry, overtaking the full LMP2 field, but later received a penalty for jumping the start. The #48 VDS Panis Racing entry briefly took the lead, before being overtaken by the #47 CLX Motorsport entry, who led the race until the final hour before losing out to the #18 IDEC Sport entry. The #47 later retired ten laps from the finish with a mechanical issue.[ 47] A late safety car resulted in a two-lap sprint to the finish. Having taken fresh tyres, the fourth-placed LMP2 Pro-Am #83 AF Corse entry driven by Matthieu Vaxivière was able to take the lead and the overall win. The #18 and #48 rounded out the overall podium.[ 48] In LMP3, the #17 CLX Motorsport entry won after running in the top three for most of the race. In LMGT3, the #85 Iron Dames all-female entry led all but three laps to take victory.[ 47]
Drivers' Championships[ edit ]
Points are awarded according to the following structure:[ 49]
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
LMP2 Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMP3 Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMGT3 Drivers' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
Teams' Championships[ edit ]
Points are awarded according to the following structure: [ 49]
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
1
LMP2 Teams' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMP2 Pro-Am Teams' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMP3 Teams' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
LMGT3 Teams' Championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Race winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank
Did not participate
Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
^ 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 .
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