2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	8 November 2025
Location	Sakhir
Venue	Bahrain International Circuit
Duration	8 Hours
Weather	Dry. Air temperature: 24.1–30.0 °C (75.4–86.0 °F). Track temperature: 25.0–38.2 °C (77.0–100.8 °F)
Results
Laps completed	237
Distance (km)	1,282.64
Distance (miles)	797.03
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:46.826
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
Team	Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries
LMGT3
Winners
Team	Akkodis ASP Team
Drivers	José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu

The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain ^[1] ) 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. ^[2] In Hypercar, Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche. ^[3] Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively. ^[4] Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: AST)	Event
Thursday, 6 November	12:15	Free Practice 1
	17:00	Free Practice 2
Friday, 7 November	12:00	Free Practice 3
	16:00	Qualifying - LMGT3
	16:20	Hyperpole - LMGT3
	16:40	Qualifying - Hypercar
	17:00	Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 8 November	14:00	Race
Source: [5]

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. ^[5]

Practice 1

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	009	Aston Martin THOR Team	Marco Sørensen	1:49.697
LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	Ben Barker	2:02.681
Source: [6] [7]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	009	Aston Martin THOR Team	Marco Sørensen	1:49.042
LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	Finn Gehrsitz	2:02.613
Source: [8] [9]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco	1:49.725
LMGT3	61	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry	2:03.158
Source: [10] [11]

• 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. ^[5] 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. ^[12]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Entrant	Qualifying	Hyperpole	Grid
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		36
Source: [13] [14]

Race

The race started at 14:00 AST on Saturday, running for 8 hours. ^[5]

Race results

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	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	M	237	+19.378
					Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	M	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	M	237	+26.504
					Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
5	Hypercar	83	AF Corse	Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye	Ferrari 499P	M	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	M	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	M	237	+1:03.701
					Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
8	Hypercar	20	BMW M Team WRT	Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde	BMW M Hybrid V8	M	236	+1 Lap
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne	Peugeot 9X8	M	236	+1 Lap
					Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
10	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Théo Pourchaire	Peugeot 9X8	M	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	M	236	+1 Lap
					Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
12	Hypercar	36	Alpine Endurance Team	Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Mick Schumacher	Alpine A424	M	236	+1 Lap
					Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
13	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 963	M	236	+1 Lap
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 963	M	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	M	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	M	235	+2 Laps
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
17	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	Neel Jani Nico Pino Nicolás Varrone	Porsche 963	M	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	G	216	+21 Laps‡
					Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
19	LMGT3	61	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	G	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	G	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)	G	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	G	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	G	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	G	216	+21 Laps
					BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
25	LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	Ben Barker Bernardo Sousa Ben Tuck	Ford Mustang GT3	G	216	+21 Laps
					Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
26	LMGT3	95	United Autosports	Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	G	216	+21 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
27	LMGT3	88	Proton Competition	Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Dennis Olsen	Ford Mustang GT3	G	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	G	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)	G	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	G	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	G	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	G	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	G	193	+44 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret	Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor	BMW M Hybrid V8	M	211	Wheel nut
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGT3	54	Vista AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	90	Accident
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Ret	LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	Ben Barnicoat Finn Gehrsitz Arnold Robin	Lexus RC F GT3	G	50	Electronics
					Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
Source: [15]

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