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The 2025 European Le Mans Series will be the twenty-second season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's (ACO) European Le Mans Series. The six-event season will begin 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.

Calendar

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]

RndRaceCircuitLocationDate
Prologue Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain 31 March/1 April
1 4 Hours of Barcelona 6 April
2 4 Hours of Le Castellet Flag of France.svg Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France 4 May
3 4 Hours of Imola Flag of Italy.svg Imola Circuit Imola, Italy 6 July
44 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium 24 August
5 4 Hours of Silverstone Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom 14 September
6 4 Hours of Portimão Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Portugal 18 October
Sources: [3]

Entries

LMP2

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.

Entrant/TeamChassisNo.MISCDriversRounds
Flag of Luxembourg.svg DKR Engineering [4] Oreca 07 3P2 Flag of Germany.svg Laurents Hörr [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Germany.svg Iron LynxProton [4] Oreca 07 9P2 Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Ried [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition [4] 77PA Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Roda [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vector Sport [4] Oreca 07 10P2 Flag of Ireland.svg Ryan Cullen [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Vladislav Lomko [4] [N 1] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg IDEC Sport [4] Oreca 07 18P2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick [5] TBC
Flag of France.svg Mathys Jaubert [5] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant [5] TBC
28P2 Flag of France.svg Paul-Loup Chatin [6] TBC
Flag of France.svg Paul Lafargue [6] TBC
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Job van Uitert [6] TBC
Flag of Portugal.svg Algarve Pro Racing [4] Oreca 07 20PA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Olli Caldwell [4] TBC
Flag of Greece.svg Kriton Lendoudis [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Quinn [4] TBC
25P2 Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Fluxá [7] TBC
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Matthias Kaiser [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports [8] Oreca 07 21PA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis [8] TBC
Flag of Japan.svg Marino Sato [8] TBC
Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Schneider [8] TBC
22P2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Hanley [9] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing [4] Oreca 07 24P2 Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque [10] TBC
Flag of Turkey.svg Cem Bölükbaşı [4] TBC
Flag of Austria.svg Ferdinand Habsburg [4] TBC
27PA Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Scherer [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Wells [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg TDS Racing [4] Oreca 07 29PA Flag of the United States.svg Rodrigo Sales [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg VDS Panis Racing [4] 48P2 Flag of France.svg Charles Milesi [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team [4] Oreca 07 30P2 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Simonazzi [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition [4] Oreca 07 34P2 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto [4] TBC
Flag of Mozambique.svg Pedro Perino [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer [4] TBC
43P2 Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann [4] TBC
Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Śmiechowski [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Yelloly [11] TBC
Flag of Lithuania.svg CLXPure Rxcing [4] Oreca 07 37P2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist [12] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry King [12] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Malykhin [4] [N 2] TBC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg CLX Motorsport [4] 47P2 Flag of Portugal.svg Manuel Espírito Santo [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [4] Oreca 07 83PA Flag of France.svg François Perrodo [4] TBC
Flag of Italy.svg Alessio Rovera [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Vaxivière [4] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg AO by TF [4] Oreca 07 99PA Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Louis Delétraz [13] TBC
Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Hyett [13] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
IconMISC
P2LMP2
PALMP2 Pro-Am

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5L twin-turbo V6 engine and Michelin tyres. [14]

Entrant/TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
Flag of Luxembourg.svg DKR Engineering [4] Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Evo 4 Flag of the United States.svg Wyatt Brichacek [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Poland.svg Team Virage [4] Ligier JS P325 8 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Nogales [4] TBC
Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Zielonka [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Italy.svg EuroInternational [4] Ligier JS P325 11 Flag of Mexico.svg Ian Aguilera [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Richard Bell [4] TBC
Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Gravlund [4] TBC
Flag of Germany.svg WTM by Rinaldi Racing [4] Duqueine D-09 12 Flag of Germany.svg Torsten Kratz [4] TBC
Flag of Colombia.svg Óscar Tunjo [4] TBC
Flag of Germany.svg Leonard Weiss [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport [4] Ligier JS P325 15 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jensen [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg CLX Motorsport [4] Ligier JS P325 17 Flag of France.svg Adrien Closmenil [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg Racing Spirit of Léman [4] Ligier JS P325 31 Flag of France.svg Marius Fossard [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Jean-Ludovic Foubert [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Jacques Wolff [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Ultimate [4] Ligier JS P325 35 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Lahaye [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Matthieu Lahaye [15] TBC
Flag of France.svg Louis Stern [15] TBC
Flag of France.svg M Racing [4] Ligier JS P325 68 Flag of France.svg Yann Ehrlacher [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition [4] Ligier JS P325 88 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Creswick [4] TBC
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Douwe Dedecker [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC

LMGT3

All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres. [16]

Entrant/TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Autosports [4] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V823 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Italy.svg Richard Mille AF Corse [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V650 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Agostini [4] TBC
Flag of Brazil.svg Custodio Toledo [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Lilou Wadoux [4] TBC
Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse [4] 51 Flag of France.svg Charles-Henri Samani [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race [4] 55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Duncan Cameron [4] TBC
Flag of Ireland.svg Matt Griffin [4] TBC
Flag of South Africa.svg David Perel [4] TBC
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kessel Racing [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V657 Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kimura [4] TBC
Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Serra [4] TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Tuck [4] TBC
74 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gilbert [4] TBC
Flag of Spain.svg Fran Rueda [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg Racing Spirit of Léman [4] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V859 Flag of France.svg Erwan Bastard [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Valentin Hasse-Clot [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg Clément Mateu [4] TBC
Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition [4] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-660 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cressoni [4] TBC
Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Schiavoni [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of Italy.svg Iron Dames [17] 85 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sarah Bovy [17] TBC
Flag of Denmark.svg Michelle Gatting [17] TBC
Flag of France.svg Célia Martin [17] TBC
Flag of Italy.svg Iron Lynx [18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V863 Flag of the United States.svg Gustavo Menezes [18] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JMW Motorsport [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V666 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Noble [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport [4] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V882 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Koizumi [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GR Racing [4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V686 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Wainwright [4] TBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of none.svg TBATBC

Notes

    1. 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.
    2. 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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