2025 FIA World Endurance Championship

The 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship will be the thirteenth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series will be open to Hypercars (built under Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) or Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) regulations) and LMGT3 racing cars.

2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Organizer	Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Discipline	Sports car endurance racing
Number of races	8
Champions
Hypercar Manufacturer	0
Hypercar Team	0
LMGT3 Team	0

The Porsche No. 6 drivers of Team Penske are the defending Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Champions with Toyota defending the Manufacturer Championship.

From this season onwards, manufacturers will be required to field at least two cars in the Hypercar class to be allowed to participate. The same rule is already enforced in the LMGT3 category.^[1] Additionally, in LMGT3 class the Bronze-rated driver will be obligated to take part in Qualifying session, but no longer in Hyperpole session. Furthermore, the maximum grid size for this season has been increased from 37 to 40, to accommodate the increase in entries by Hypercar manufacturers who fielded only one car in the 2024 World Endurance Championship.^[2]

Calendar

The calendar was announced on 14 June 2024, during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The calendar is unchanged from 2024, with the Imola Circuit featuring on the calendar until at least 2028, with the circuit committing to building additional pit garages.^[3]

Losail

Imola

Spa

Le Mans

São Paulo

Austin

Fuji

Sakhir

Locations of the 2025 races

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Location	Date
	Prologue	Losail International Circuit	Lusail	21/22 February
1	Qatar 1812 km			28 February
2	6 Hours of Imola	Imola Circuit	Imola	20 April
3	6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Stavelot	10 May
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Le Mans	14–15 June
5	6 Hours of São Paulo	Interlagos Circuit	São Paulo	13 July
6	Lone Star Le Mans	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas	7 September
7	6 Hours of Fuji	Fuji Speedway	Oyama, Shizuoka	28 September
8	8 Hours of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir	8 November

Entries

Hypercar

  Racing in the FIA World Cup for Hypercar Teams

Entrant	Car	Engine	Hybrid	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Aston Martin THOR Team[4]	Aston Martin Valkyrie	Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12		M	007	Harry Tincknell[5]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
					009	Alex Riberas[5]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
Porsche Penske Motorsport[6]	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	5	Julien Andlauer[6]	TBC
						Michael Christensen[6]	TBC
						Mathieu Jaminet[6]	TBC
					6	Matt Campbell[6]	TBC
						Kévin Estre[6]	TBC
						Laurens Vanthoor[6]	TBC
Toyota Gazoo Racing[7]	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	7	Mike Conway[7]	TBC
						Kamui Kobayashi[7]	TBC
						Nyck de Vries[7]	TBC
					8	Sébastien Buemi[7]	TBC
						Brendon Hartley[7]	TBC
						Ryō Hirakawa[7]	TBC
Cadillac Hertz Team Jota[8]	Cadillac V-Series.R	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8	Hybrid	M	12	Sébastien Bourdais[9]	TBC
						Jenson Button[9]	TBC
						Alex Lynn[9]	TBC
					38	Earl Bamber[9]	TBC
						Norman Nato[9]	TBC
						Will Stevens[9]	TBC
BMW M Team WRT[10]	BMW M Hybrid V8	BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	15	Dries Vanthoor[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
					20	René Rast[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
Alpine Endurance Team[10]	Alpine A424	Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	35	Paul-Loup Chatin[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
					36	Charles Milesi[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
Ferrari AF Corse[11]	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	50	Antonio Fuoco[11]	TBC
						Miguel Molina[11]	TBC
						Nicklas Nielsen[11]	TBC
					51	James Calado[11]	TBC
						Antonio Giovinazzi[11]	TBC
						Alessandro Pier Guidi[11]	TBC
AF Corse[12]					83	Phil Hanson[12]	TBC
						Robert Kubica[13]	TBC
						Yifei Ye[13]	TBC
Peugeot TotalEnergies[14]	Peugeot 9X8	Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6	Hybrid	M	93	Malthe Jakobsen[14]	TBC
						Jean-Éric Vergne[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
					94	Stoffel Vandoorne[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC
Proton Competition[15]	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	Hybrid	M	99	Neel Jani[10]	TBC
						TBA	TBC
						TBA	TBC

Hypercar team changes

• Having pulled out midway through the 2024 season, Isotta Fraschini did not return to the series.^[16]
  

  

  Lamborghini (left) quit WEC after one season, as Aston Martin (right) joined the Hypercar grid.
• Lamborghini exited WEC after a single year amid a breakdown in relations with service provider Iron Lynx. As of November 2024, the Lamborghini SC63 remains set to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.^[17]
• Five years after withdrawing its early commitment to the Hypercar formula, Aston Martin entered the class with a modified, non-hybrid version of its Valkyrie. The car, operated by The Heart of Racing (THOR) and Multimatic, was the first sports prototype by the British brand since the AMR-One LMP1.^[4]
• Chip Ganassi Racing and General Motors parted ways at the end of 2024, with Porsche customer Jota Sport moving over to run Cadillac's factory programme.^[18][8] The American marque doubled up to align with a new rule requiring manufacturers to enter a minimum of two cars.^[19]

Hypercar driver changes

• Aston Martin THOR Team recruited Multimatic factory driver Harry Tincknell, who raced for Proton the previous year, and promoted Alex Riberas from the team's GT ranks.^[5]
• Porsche Penske Motorsport reshuffled and downsized its lineup, as Matt Campbell returned to IMSA, reigning champion André Lotterer was dropped and Proton's Julien Andlauer was signed to replace Frédéric Makowiecki. Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet rounded out the crews at selected races.^[6]
• Jenson Button, Norman Nato and Will Stevens followed Hertz Team Jota in its link-up with Cadillac, and were joined by incumbent works drivers Earl Bamber, Sébastien Bourdais and Alex Lynn.^[9]
• Jota's Callum Ilott and AF Corse's Robert Shwartzman both left the series to lead Prema Racing's new IndyCar Series project.^[20][21] The latter was replaced at AF Corse by former Jota driver Phil Hanson.^[12]
• Nico Müller departed Peugeot TotalEnergies to join Andretti's Formula E team and Porsche's works driver pool.^[22] Reserve driver Malthe Jakobsen was promoted to a race seat in his place.^[14]

LMGT3

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Racing Spirit of Léman[23]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	10	Derek DeBoer[23]	TBC
					Valentin Hasse-Clot[23]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Heart of Racing Team[24]				27	Ian James[24]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Vista AF Corse[25]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	G	21	François Heriau[10]	TBC
					Simon Mann[10]	TBC
					Alessio Rovera[10]	TBC
				54	Francesco Castellacci[10]	TBC
					Thomas Flohr[10]	TBC
					Davide Rigon[10]	TBC
Team WRT[25]	BMW M4 GT3	BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6	G	31	Augusto Farfus[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				32	Maxime Martin[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
TF Sport[25]	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8	G	33	Daniel Juncadella[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				81	Charlie Eastwood[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
United Autosports[25]	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	G	59	Grégoire Saucy[26]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				95	Marino Sato[26]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Iron Lynx[27]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	G	60	Claudio Schiavoni[27]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				61	Matteo Cressoni[27]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Proton Competition[25]	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	G	77	Ben Barker[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				88	Dennis Olsen[10]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Akkodis ASP Team[25]	Lexus RC F GT3	Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8	G	78	Ben Barnicoat[28]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
				87	José María López[28]	TBC
					TBA	TBC
					TBA	TBC
Iron Dames[29][30]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	G	85	Rahel Frey[30]	TBC
					Michelle Gatting[30]	TBC
					Célia Martin[30]	TBC
Manthey 1st Phorm[30]				92	Ryan Hardwick[30]	TBC
					Richard Lietz[30]	TBC
					Riccardo Pera[30]	TBC

LMGT3 team changes

• The LMGT3 category's colour code changed from orange to green, last used by LMGTE Pro in 2022.^[31]
• French-Swiss team Racing Spirit of Léman, based nearby the namesake lake, made its series debut replacing D'station Racing as the second of Aston Martin's Prodrive-run customers.^[23]
• In the wake of Lamborghini's full-scale exit from WEC, Iron Lynx partnered up with Mercedes-AMG to field a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos. The tie-up marked the German manufacturer's WEC debut, and also Iron Lynx's fourth brand affiliation in as many years.^[27]
• Iron Dames did not follow its parent team to Mercedes, instead opting to rejoin the Porsche fold with Manthey Racing.^[29] Reigning champion Pure Rxcing did not defend its title and switched focus to LMP2.^[32]

  

  The No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing did not defend their LMGT3 Endurance Trophy

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External links

• Official website