2025 European Le Mans Series Explained

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]

!Rnd!Race!Circuit!Location!Date
Prologue Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain31 March/1 April
14 Hours of Barcelona6 April
24 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France4 May
34 Hours of Imola Imola CircuitImola, Italy6 July
44 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium24 August
54 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, United Kingdom14 September
64 Hours of Portimão Algarve International CircuitPortimão, Portugal18 October

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/TeamChassisMISCDriversRounds
DKR Engineering[3] Oreca 073P2 Laurents HörrTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Iron LynxProtonOreca 079P2 Jonas RiedTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Proton Competition77PA Giorgio RodaTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Vector SportOreca 0710P2 Ryan CullenTBC
Vladislav LomkoTBC
TBATBC
IDEC SportOreca 0718P2 Jamie Chadwick[4] TBC
Mathys JaubertTBC
Logan SargeantTBC
28P2 Paul LafargueTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Algarve Pro RacingOreca 0720PA Olli CaldwellTBC
Kriton LendoudisTBC
Alex QuinnTBC
25P2 Matthias KaiserTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
United Autosports[5] Oreca 0721PA Oliver JarvisTBC
Marino SatoTBC
Daniel SchneiderTBC
22P2 Ben Hanley[6] TBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Nielsen RacingOreca 0724P2 Cem BölükbaşıTBC
Ferdinand HabsburgTBC
TBATBC
27PA Fabio SchererTBC
Anthony WellsTBC
TBATBC
TDS RacingOreca 0729PA Rodrigo SalesTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
VDS Panis Racing48P2 Charles MilesiTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Duqueine TeamOreca 0730P2 Francesco SimonazziTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Inter Europol CompetitionOreca 0734P2 Luca GhiottoTBC
Pedro PerinoTBC
nowrap Jean-Baptiste SimmenauerTBC
43P2 Tom DillmannTBC
Jakub ŚmiechowskiTBC
TBATBC
CLX – Pure RxcingOreca 0737P2 Alex MalykhinTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
CLX Motorsport47P2 Manuel Espírito SantoTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
AF CorseOreca 0783PA François PerrodoTBC
Alessio RoveraTBC
Matthieu VaxivièreTBC
AO by TFOreca 0799PA P. J. HyettTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
IconMISC
P2LMP2
PALMP2 Pro-Am

LMP3

All cars in the LMP3 class use the Toyota V35A 3.5L V6 engine and Michelin tyres.[7]

Entrant/TeamChassisNo.DriversRounds
DKR EngineeringGinetta G61-LT-P3 Evo4 Wyatt BrichacekTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Team VirageLigier JS P3258 Daniel NogalesTBC
Jacek ZielonkaTBC
TBATBC
EuroInternationalLigier JS P32511 Ian AguileraTBC
Matthew Richard BellTBC
Sebastian GravlundTBC
WTM by Rinaldi RacingDuqueine D0912 Torsten KratzTBC
Óscar TunjoTBC
Leonard WeissTBC
RLR MSportLigier JS P32515 Michael JensenTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
CLX MotorsportLigier JS P32517 Adrien ClosmenilTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Racing Spirit of LémanLigier JS P32531 Marius FossardTBC
Jean-Ludovic FoubertTBC
Jacques WolffTBC
UltimateLigier JS P32535nowrap Jean-Baptiste LahayeTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
M RacingLigier JS P32568 Yann EhrlacherTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P32588 Tim CreswickTBC
Douwe DedeckerTBC
TBATBC

LMGT3

All cars in the LMGT3 class use Goodyear tyres.[8]

Entrant/TeamChassisEngineNo.DriversRounds
United AutosportsMcLaren 720S GT3 EvoMcLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V823 Marvin KirchhöferTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Richard Mille AF CorseFerrari 296 GT3Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V650 Riccardo AgostiniTBC
Custodio ToledoTBC
Lilou WadouxTBC
AF Corse51nowrap Charles-Henri SamaniTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
Spirit of Race55 Duncan CameronTBC
Matt GriffinTBC
David PerelTBC
Kessel RacingFerrari 296 GT3Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V657 Takeshi KimuraTBC
Daniel SerraTBC
Ben TuckTBC
74 Andrew GilbertTBC
Fran RuedaTBC
TBATBC
Racing Spirit of LémanAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 EvoAston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V859 Erwan BastardTBC
Valentin Hasse-ClotTBC
Clément MateuTBC
Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-660 Matteo CressoniTBC
Claudio SchiavoniTBC
TBATBC
Iron Dames[9] 85 Sarah BovyTBC
Michelle GattingTBC
Célia MartinTBC
Iron Lynx[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V863 Gustavo MenezesTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
JMW MotorsportFerrari 296 GT3Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V666 Scott NobleTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
TF SportChevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.RChevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V882 Hiroshi KoizumiTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC
GR RacingFerrari 296 GT3Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V686 Michael WainwrightTBC
TBATBC
TBATBC

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELMS returns to Silverstone in 2025. europeanlemansseries.com . . 2 October 2024 . 2 October 2024.
  2. Web site: Silverstone Returns After Six-Year Absence . Sportscar365 . Euwema . Davey . John Dagys Media . 2 October 2024 . 2 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Record 44 Car Grid for 2025 European Le Mans Series Revealed. Dailysportscar. Goodwin. Graham. 3 December 2024. 3 December 2024.
  4. Web site: Genesis Launches GMR-001 Hypercar Programme In Dubai. Dailysportscar. Kilbey. Stephen. 4 December 2024. 4 December 2024.
  5. Web site: United Confirms ELMS LMP2 Pro/Am Driver Crew. Dailysportscar. Kilbey. Stephen. 2 December 2024. 2 December 2024.
  6. Web site: Hanley Confirmed in No. 22 United Autosports LMP2 Entry. Sportscar365. Dagys. John. John Dagys Media. 2 December 2024. 2 December 2024.
  7. News: ACO announces next-gen LMP3 from 2025. 11 July 2024. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 24 November 2024.
  8. News: Goodyear to become exclusive tire supplier for WEC and ELMS LMGT3. Brook-Jones. Callum. 18 April 2023. Tire Technology International. 18 April 2023.
  9. News: Bovy to Share Iron Dames Porsche With Martin, Gatting. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Euwema. Davey. 28 November 2024. 28 November 2024.
  10. Web site: ELMS - Iron Lynx avec Mercedes-AMG et Menezes !. Endurance-Info. fr. 2 December 2024. 2 December 2024.