2025 Lone Star Le Mans

2025 Lone Star Le Mans

Event information
Round 6 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date	7 September 2025
Location	Austin, Texas
Venue	Circuit of the Americas
Duration	6 hours
Weather	Wet
Results
Laps completed	120
Distance (km)	661.56
Distance (miles)	411.12
Hypercar
Pole position
Time	1:57.655
Team	AF Corse
Drivers	Robert Kubica
Winners
Team	Porsche Penske Motorsport
Drivers	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor
LMGT3
Winners
Team	United Autosports
Drivers	Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato

The 2025 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 5 and 7 September 2025 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. It was the sixth of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship and the eighth running of the event.

Entry list

Main article: 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship § Entries

The provisional entry list was published on 22 August 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3. ^[1] In the Hypercar category, Sébastien Buemi, Robin Frijns, Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne return to their respective lineups after missing the previous round due to the Berlin ePrix. ^[2] Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet are added back the Penske Hypercar entries. ^[3] In the LMGT3 category, Timur Boguslavskiy and Derek DeBoer return to the No. 31 Team WRT BMW and the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin respectively. ^[2] Ben Barnicoat comes back to the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, after missing multiple rounds due to an injury and clashes with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship commitments. ^[4] Mike Conway suffered a training injury and was replaced by José María López with López's replacement later confirmed to be Jack Hawksworth in the No. 87 Akkodis Lexus. ^{[5] [6]}

Schedule

Date	Time (local: CST)	Event
Friday, 5 September	11:30	Free Practice 1
	16:30	Free Practice 2
Saturday, 6 September	11:00	Free Practice 3
	15:00	Qualifying – LMGT3
	15:20	Hyperpole – LMGT3
	15:40	Qualifying – Hypercar
	16:00	Hyperpole – Hypercar
Sunday, 7 September	13:00	Race
Source: [7]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Entrant	Qualifying	Hyperpole	Grid
1	Hypercar	83	AF Corse	1:58.405	1:57.655	1
2	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	1:59.261	1:57.751	2
3	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1:58.801	1:58.619	3
4	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	1:59.035	1:58.640	4
5	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	1:58.155	1:58.839	5
6	Hypercar	35	Alpine Endurance Team	1:59.727	2:00.468	6
7	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:00.467	2:02.926	7
8	Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	1:59.676	2:03.243	8
9	Hypercar	009	Aston Martin THOR Team	1:59.751	2:04.024	9
10	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	2:00.731		10
11	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	2:00.744		11
12	Hypercar	36	Alpine Endurance Team	2:00.763		12
13	Hypercar	20	BMW M Team WRT	2:01.034		13
14	Hypercar	007	Aston Martin THOR Team	2:01.100		14
15	Hypercar	38	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	2:03.382		15
16	Hypercar	12	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	2:03.952		16
17	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	2:05.282		17
18	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	No time		18
19	LMGT3	88	Proton Competition	2:16.650	2:07.645	19
20	LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	2:16.411	2:07.663	20
21	LMGT3	95	United Autosports	2:16.312	2:08.262	21
22	LMGT3	46	Team WRT	2:13.371	2:08.972	22
23	LMGT3	33	TF Sport	2:15.838	2:09.465	26
24	LMGT3	59	United Autosports	2:14.901	2:09.499	23
25	LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	2:15.278	2:09.727	24
26	LMGT3	60	Iron Lynx	2:16.376	2:10.113	25
27	LMGT3	31	The Bend Team WRT	2:12.241	2:10.229	27
28	LMGT3	27	Heart of Racing Team	2:14.324	2:10.640	28
29	LMGT3	81	TF Sport	2:16.801		29
30	LMGT3	61	Iron Lynx	2:17.308		30
31	LMGT3	92	Manthey 1st Phorm	2:17.545		31
32	LMGT3	54	Vista AF Corse	2:18.128		32
33	LMGT3	10	Racing Spirit of Léman	2:20.382		33
34	LMGT3	21	Vista AF Corse	2:21.236		34
35	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	2:22.433		35
36	LMGT3	87	Akkodis ASP Team	No time		36
Source: [8] [9]

Race

The race started at 13:00 CST on Sunday, and ran for six hours. ^[7]

Race results

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	Hypercar	6	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 963	M	120	6:01:25.310‡
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
2	Hypercar	50	Ferrari AF Corse	Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Nicklas Nielsen	Ferrari 499P	M	120	+8.625
					Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
3	Hypercar	94	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Loïc Duval Malthe Jakobsen Stoffel Vandoorne	Peugeot 9X8	M	120	+9.541
					Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
4	Hypercar	93	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Mikkel Jensen Paul di Resta Jean-Éric Vergne	Peugeot 9X8	M	120	+15.149
					Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
5	Hypercar	51	Ferrari AF Corse	James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 499P	M	120	+22.619
					Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
6	Hypercar	38	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Earl Bamber Sébastien Bourdais Jenson Button	Cadillac V-Series.R	M	120	+42.517
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7	Hypercar	83	AF Corse	Phil Hanson Robert Kubica Yifei Ye	Ferrari 499P	M	120	+56.955s
					Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
8	Hypercar	12	Cadillac Hertz Team Jota	Alex Lynn Norman Nato Will Stevens	Cadillac V-Series.R	M	120	+1:10:816
					Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
9	Hypercar	8	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	120	+1:14.615
					Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
10	Hypercar	5	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Mathieu Jaminet Julien Andlauer Michael Christensen	Porsche 963	M	120	+1:21.117
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11	Hypercar	35	Alpine Endurance Team	Paul-Loup Chatin Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	Alpine A424	M	120	+1:40.766
					Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
12	Hypercar	15	BMW M Team WRT	Kevin Magnussen Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor	BMW M Hybrid V8	M	119	+1 Lap
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
13	Hypercar	99	Proton Competition	Neel Jani Nico Pino Nicolás Varrone	Porsche 963	M	118	+2 Laps
					Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14	Hypercar	7	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries José María López	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	M	116	+4 Laps
					Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
15	Hypercar	36	Alpine Endurance Team	Jules Gounon Frédéric Makowiecki Mick Schumacher	Alpine A424	M	116	+4 Laps
					Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
16	LMGT3	95	United Autosports	Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	G	115	+5 Laps‡
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
17	LMGT3	46	Team WRT	Ahmad Al Harthy Valentino Rossi Kelvin van der Linde	BMW M4 GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
18	LMGT3	54	Vista AF Corse	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
19	LMGT3	59	United Autosports	Sébastien Baud James Cottingham Grégoire Saucy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
					McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
20	LMGT3	27	Heart of Racing Team	Mattia Drudi Ian James Zacharie Robichon	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
					Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21	LMGT3	77	Proton Competition	Ben Barker Bernardo Sousa Ben Tuck	Ford Mustang GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
22	LMGT3	92	Manthey 1st Phorm	Ryan Hardwick Richard Lietz Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	G	115	+5 Laps
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
23	LMGT3	88	Proton Competition	Stefano Gattuso Giammarco Levorato Dennis Olsen	Ford Mustang GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
24	LMGT3	31	The Bend Team WRT	Timur Boguslavskiy Augusto Farfus Yasser Shahin	BMW M4 GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
25	LMGT3	60	Iron Lynx	Andrew Gilbert Lorcan Hanafin Fran Rueda	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
26	LMGT3	10	Racing Spirit of Léman	Eduardo Barrichello Valentin Hasse-Clot Derek DeBoer	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	G	115	+5 Laps
					Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
27	LMGT3	21	Vista AF Corse	François Heriau Simon Mann Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 296 GT3	G	115	+5 Laps
					Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
28	LMGT3	81	TF Sport	Rui Andrade Charlie Eastwood Tom van Rompuy	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	G	114	+6 Laps
					Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
29	LMGT3	78	Akkodis ASP Team	Ben Barnicoat Finn Gehrsitz Arnold Robin	Lexus RC F GT3	G	114	+6 Laps
					Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
NC	LMGT3	61	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	G	85
					Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
NC	LMGT3	33	TF Sport	Jonny Edgar Daniel Juncadella Ben Keating	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	G	76
					Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
NC	LMGT3	87	Akkodis ASP Team	Jack Hawksworth Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu	Lexus RC F GT3	G	72
					Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
NC	Hypercar	20	BMW M Team WRT	Robin Frijns René Rast Sheldon van der Linde	BMW M Hybrid V8	M	13	Hybrid
					BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Célia Martin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	G	113	Overheating
					Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
Ret	Hypercar	009	Aston Martin THOR Team	Alex Riberas Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Valkyrie	M	106	Mechanical
					Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
Ret	Hypercar	007	Aston Martin THOR Team	Tom Gamble Harry Tincknell	Aston Martin Valkyrie	M	102	Mechanical
					Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
Source: [10]

References

1. "Entry list out for Lone Star Le Mans". Endurance Info. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
2. O’Connell, R. J. (22 August 2025). "Lone Star Le Mans Entry List Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
3. Klein, Jamie (22 August 2025). "Porsche Returns to Three-Driver Lineups for COTA". Sportscar365. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
4. Klein, Jamie (20 August 2025). "Akkodis ASP Confirms Barnicoat's Return for COTA". Sportscar365. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
5. Kilbey, Stephen (1 September 2025). "Conway to miss COTA WEC race after sustaining training injury". RACER . Retrieved 5 September 2025.
6. Kilbey, Stephen (1 September 2025). "Lopez Set To Race Toyota At CoTA". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
7. "2025 FIA WEC - LONE STAR LE MANS - V2" (PDF). FIAWEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
8. "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Qualifying – Final Classification" (PDF). FIA WEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
9. "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Race – Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA WEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
10. "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Race – Final Classification" (PDF). FIAWEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

FIA World Endurance Championship
Previous race: 6 Hours of São Paulo	2025 season	Next race: 6 Hours of Fuji