2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The layout of Long Beach Street Circuit, where the race was held

The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach (formally known as the 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach) was a sports car race, held at Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025. It was the third round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Background

Preview

Long Beach Street Circuit (pictured in 2009), where the race was held

International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. ^[1] It is the eleventh year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the sixteenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series, respectively. The 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third of eleven scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. ^[1] The race was held at the 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach Street Circuit on April 12, 2025. ^[1]

Standings before the race

Preceding the event, Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 760 points, with Matt Campbell, Kévin Estre, and Mathieu Jaminet in second, 91 points behind. Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, and Scott Dixon were third, 173 points behind the leaders. ^[2] The GTD Drivers' Championship was led by Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis, and Russell Ward with 690 points, 41 points ahead of Tom Gamble, Zacharie Robichon, and Casper Stevenson. Adem Adelson, Elliott Skeer, and Tom Sargent sat in third place, 57 points behind the leading trio. ^[2] The Teams' Championships were led by Porsche Penske Motorsport in GTP and Winward Racing in GTD, with Porsche and Mercedes-AMG leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships. ^[2]

Entry list

The entry list was published on April 2, 2025, and featured 27 entries: 11 in GTP, and 16 in GTD. ^[3]

No.	Entrant	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2
GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries)
6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Matt Campbell	Mathieu Jaminet
7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche 963	Felipe Nasr	Nick Tandy
10	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Filipe Albuquerque	Ricky Taylor
23	Aston Martin THOR Team	Aston Martin Valkyrie	Roman De Angelis	Ross Gunn
24	BMW M Team RLL	BMW M Hybrid V8	Philipp Eng	Dries Vanthoor
25	BMW M Team RLL	BMW M Hybrid V8	Sheldon van der Linde	Marco Wittmann
31	Cadillac Whelen	Cadillac V-Series.R	Jack Aitken	Earl Bamber
40	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac V-Series.R	Louis Delétraz	Jordan Taylor
60	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Acura ARX-06	Tom Blomqvist	Colin Braun
85	JDC–Miller MotorSports	Porsche 963	Gianmaria Bruni	Tijmen van der Helm
93	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Acura ARX-06	Nick Yelloly	Renger van der Zande
GTD (GT Daytona) (16 entries)
021	Triarsi Competizione	Ferrari 296 GT3	Stevan McAleer	Sheena Monk
12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Jack Hawksworth	Parker Thompson
13	AWA	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Matt Bell	Orey Fidani
27	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Tom Gamble	Casper Stevenson
32	Korthoff Competition Motors	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Kenton Koch	Seth Lucas
34	Conquest Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Manny Franco	Daniel Serra
36	DXDT Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Tommy Milner	Robert Wickens
45	Wayne Taylor Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Danny Formal	Trent Hindman
57	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Philip Ellis	Russell Ward
66	Gradient Racing	Ford Mustang GT3	Jenson Altzman	Robert Megennis
70	Inception Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Brendan Iribe	Frederik Schandorff
78	Forte Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Mario Farnbacher	Misha Goikhberg
89	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Frankie Montecalvo	Aaron Telitz
96	Turner Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Robby Foley	Patrick Gallagher
120	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Adam Adelson	Elliott Skeer
177	AO Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Jonny Edgar	Laurens Vanthoor
Source: [4] [5]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos.	Class	No.	Entry	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Dries Vanthoor	1:11.539	—	1‡
2	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Sheldon van der Linde	1:11.789	+0.250	2
3	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Nick Tandy	1:11.989	+0.450	3
4	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Mathieu Jaminet	1:12.268	+0.729	4
5	GTP	93	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Nick Yelloly	1:12.414	+0.875	5
6	GTP	60	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist	1:12.446	+0.907	6
7	GTP	31	Cadillac Whelen	Jack Aitken	1:12.512	+0.973	7
8	GTP	10	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:12.964	+1.425	8
9	GTP	85	JDC–Miller MotorSports	Tijmen van der Helm	1:13.001	+1.462	9
10	GTP	40	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Louis Delétraz	1:13.015	+1.476	10
11	GTP	23	Aston Martin THOR Team	Ross Gunn	1:13.392	+1.853	11
12	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Parker Thompson	1:17.877	+6.338	12‡
13	GTD	177	AO Racing	Jonny Edgar	1:17.937	+6.398	13
14	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Tom Gamble	1:17.939	+6.400	14
15	GTD	34	Conquest Racing	Manny Franco	1:18.168	+6.629	15
16	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Patrick Gallagher	1:18.275	+6.736	16
17	GTD	89	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo	1:18.372	+6.833	17
18	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Russell Ward	1:18.378	+6.839	18
19	GTD	36	DXDT Racing	Robert Wickens	1:18.411	+6.872	19
20	GTD	120	Wright Motorsports	Adam Adelson	1:18.592	+7.053	20
21	GTD	32	Korthoff Competition Motors	Seth Lucas	1:19.062	+7.523	21
22	GTD	13	AWA	Orey Fidani	1:19.387	+7.848	22
23	GTD	78	Forte Racing	Misha Goikhberg	1:19.432	+7.893	23
24	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe	1:19.432	+7.893	24
25	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Jenson Altzman	1:19.933	+8.394	25
26	GTD	021	Triarsi Competizione	Sheena Monk	1:20.446	+8.907	26
27	GTD	45	Wayne Taylor Racing	Danny Formal	No time set		27
Sources: [6] [7]

Post-race

Race results

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	GTP	7	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy	Porsche 963	75	1:40:36.022‡
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8
2	GTP	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 963	75	+3.058
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8
3	GTP	24	BMW M Team RLL	Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor	BMW M Hybrid V8	75	+12.903
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8
4	GTP	31	Cadillac Whelen	Jack Aitken Earl Bamber	Cadillac V-Series.R	75	+17.454
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
5	GTP	25	BMW M Team RLL	Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann	BMW M Hybrid V8	75	+17.975
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8
6	GTP	10	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor	Cadillac V-Series.R	75	+38.319
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7	GTP	40	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor	Cadillac V-Series.R	75	+41.328
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
8	GTP	23	Aston Martin THOR Team	Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Valkyrie	75	+53.942
					Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
9	GTP	60	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun	Acura ARX-06	75	+55.541
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6
10	GTP	85	JDC–Miller MotorSports	Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm	Porsche 963	75	+56.861
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8
11	GTP	93	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande	Acura ARX-06	74	+1 Lap
					Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6
12	GTD	177	AO Racing	Jonny Edgar Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	71	+4 Laps‡
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
13	GTD	12	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson	Lexus RC F GT3	71	+4 Laps
					Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
14	GTD	89	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Frankie Montecalvo Aaron Telitz	Lexus RC F GT3	71	+4 Laps
					Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
15	GTD	57	Winward Racing	Philip Ellis Russell Ward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	71	+4 Laps
					Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
16	GTD	96	Turner Motorsport	Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	71	+4 Laps
					BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
17	GTD	32	Korthoff Competition Motors	Kenton Koch Seth Lucas	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	71	+4 Laps
					Mercedes-Benz M159 6.2 L V8
18	GTD	120	Wright Motorsports	Adam Adelson Elliott Skeer	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	71	+4 Laps
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
19	GTD	70	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff	Ferrari 296 GT3	71	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
20	GTD	27	Heart of Racing Team	Tom Gamble Casper Stevenson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	71	+4 Laps
					Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21	GTD	66	Gradient Racing	Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis	Ford Mustang GT3	71	+4 Laps
					Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
22	GTD	45	Wayne Taylor Racing	Danny Formal Trent Hindman	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	71	+4 Laps
					Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
23	GTD	78	Forte Racing	Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	71	+4 Laps
					Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
24	GTD	13	AWA	Matt Bell Orey Fidani	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	71	+4 Laps
					Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
25	GTD	021	Triarsi Competizione	Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk	Ferrari 296 GT3	71	+4 Laps
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
26	GTD	36	DXDT Racing	Tommy Milner Robert Wickens	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	70	+5 Laps
					Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8
27 DNF	GTD	34	Conquest Racing	Manny Franco Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 GT3	15	Accident damage
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Source: [8]

References

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