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The 93rd 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 93e 24 Heures du Mans) is an automobile endurance event that is scheduled to take place on 14–15 June 2025 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. It will be the 93rd running of the 24-hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest.[1] British marque Aston Martin has indicated they intend to run two modified Valkyries in the Le Mans Hypercar class, marking a return to the top class for the first time since 2011.[2]
Entries
[edit]Automatic entries
[edit]In addition to all full-season WEC entries, automatic invites were given to all championship winners in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), LMP2 and LMGT3 in the Asian Le Mans Series (ALMS) and Bronze Cup in GT World Challenge Europe's (GTWCE) combined Endurance and Sprint championship.[3][4] Second-place finishers in LMP2 in the ELMS also earned an invite. Three IMSA teams were also granted invites, one in Hypercar at the discretion of IMSA, and one each for the Jim Trueman and Bob Akin awards.[5]
| Reason invited | Hypercar | LMP2 | LMGT3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 and LMGT3) |  AO by TF |  Iron Lynx | |
| 2nd in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2) |  Inter Europol Competition | ||
| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP2 Pro-Am) | AF Corse | ||
| 1st in the European Le Mans Series (LMP3) |  RLR MSport | ||
| IMSA SportsCar Championship at-large entries |  Porsche Penske Motorsport | Nick Boulle |  Orey Fidani |
| 1st in the Asian Le Mans Series (LMP2 and GT) |  Algarve Pro Racing | Manthey Racing | |
| 1st in the GT World Challenge Europe (Bronze Cup) | Sky – Tempesta Racing | ||
| Source:[6][7] | |||
Entry list
[edit]Entries in the LMP2 Pro-Am Cup, set aside for teams with a Bronze-rated driver in their line-up, are denoted with Icons.
| Icon | Series |
|---|---|
| WEC | FIA World Endurance Championship |
| ELMS | European Le Mans Series |
| ALMS | Asian Le Mans Series |
| IMSA | IMSA SportsCar Championship |
| GTWC | GT World Challenge Europe |
| 24LM | 24 Hours of Le Mans only |
| Icon | MISC |
| P2 | LMP2 |
| PA | LMP2 Pro-Am |
Reserve entries
[edit]In addition to the sixty-two entries given invitations for the race, seven entries are put on a reserve list to potentially replace any invitations that were not accepted or withdrawn. Reserve entries are ordered with the first reserve replacing the first withdrawal from the race, regardless of the class of either entry.
| Reserve | Class | No. | Entrant | Car | Tyre | Series | MISC | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | Driver 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hypercar | 44 | Proton Competition | Porsche 963 | M | IMSA | Hybrid |  Tristan Vautier |  TBA | TBA |
| 2nd | LMGT3 | 86 | GR Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | G | ELMS | Michael Wainwright | TBA | TBA | |
| 3rd | LMP2 | 3 |  DKR Engineering | Oreca 07-Gibson | G | ELMS | PA | Alexander Mattschull | TBA | TBA |
| 4th | LMP2 | 30 | Duqueine Team | Oreca 07-Gibson | G | ELMS | PA | Mark Patterson | TBA | TBA |
| 5th | LMGT3 | 66 | JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 296 GT3 | G | ELMS | Jason Hart | Scott Noble | TBA | |
| 6th | LMP2 | 26 | Vector Sport | Oreca 07-Gibson | G | ELMS | P2 |  Ryan Cullen |  Pietro Fittipaldi |  Vladislav Lomko[N 2] |
| Source:[12][13] | ||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Malykhin is Belarusian, but he competes under a Kittitian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ a b Boguslavskiy and Lomko are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
[edit]- ^ Watkins, Gary (14 June 2024). "Le Mans 24 Hours to clash with F1 Canadian GP in 2025 as WEC calendar announced". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Aston Martin to race two Valkyrie hypercars at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans". 24h-lemans.com. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (19 October 2024). "Five Le Mans Invitations Handed Out After ELMS Finale". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Wane, Ewan; Kilbey, Stephen (30 November 2024). "Sky Tempesta Awarded 2025 Le Mans Invitation". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (14 October 2024). "Boulle & Fidani Punch Tickets To Le Mans With IMSA Award Wins". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Neuf invités aux 24 Heures du Mans 2025 connus !". Endurance-Info (in French). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ O'Connell, RJ; Kilbey, Stephen (16 February 2025). "APR & Manthey Punch Tickets To Le Mans After Clinching Asian Le Mans Titles". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (3 March 2025). "Pourchaire Joins Algarve Pro for ELMS, 24H Le Mans". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Iron Lynx confirms line-up for third Le Mans entry". RACER.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Euwema, Davey (3 March 2025). "Au, Hartog to Make Le Mans Debuts in Third Manthey Porsche". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Plümer, Jonas (28 February 2025). "GT World Challenge Europe: Ziggo Sport Tempesta Racing bestätigt Aufgebot". GT-Place.com. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b Goodwin, Graham; Kilbey, Stephen (3 March 2025). "2025 24 Hours Of Le Mans Entry List Revealed". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 24 Hours of Le Mans - Provisional Entry List" (PDF). 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
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