Full 2025 Le Mans entry list revealed
The full list of teams invited to compete in the 93rd edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours later this year has been published today by the (...)
The full list of teams invited to compete in the 93rd edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours later this year has been published today by the Automobile Club de L’Ouest.
The entry list, as expected, is oversubscribed. It has 62 cars confirmed across three classes, with a six-car reserve pool also outlined.
In the top class, 21 Hypercars will compete for the overall win. This is a slight reduction on the 23-car field that took the start in 2024. Missing are the pair of Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63s, the solo Isotta Fraschini and the pair of privately-entered Porsches from Hertz Team JOTA, which has taken over from Chip Ganassi Racing to field two factory Cadillacs in the FIA WEC.
Beyond the slate of 18 full-season FIA WEC Hypercars, Porsche Penske Motorsport has opted to enter a third factory 963 via its automatic invitation earned by winning the IMSA GTP title last year.
The No. 4 963 has both Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr listed, meaning the full pool of eight Porsche LMDh drivers will take part in the race. The third slot is currently unfilled, with Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein rumored to be the front-running contender.
Porsche will therefore be represented by four cars, with three operated by Penske and a single car from privateer team Proton Competition.
The other two guest entries joining the WEC pack come from Cadillac. As previously reported by RACER, both Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing (under the Cadillac Whelen banner) hoped to travel to France and boost General Motors’ representation in the event. Thier wish has been granted.
The No. 101 Cadillac WTR effort sees Wayne Taylor Racing make its Le Mans debut. Team owner Wayne Taylor – himself a 13-time starter at Le Mans – will field a car for his two racing sons Jordan and Ricky, who will share a car at Le Sarthe for the first time after 18 appearances between them.
They’ll be joined by Filipe Albuquerque, who is set to start his 12th consecutive Le Mans. It’s a run that includes the 2020 LMP2 class win with United Autosports. He also starts in a top class car for the first time since 2015 when he competed in LMP1 with Audi.
Acton Express Racing completes the roster with the third consecutive appearance of its No. 311 V-Series.R. Full-season IMSA driver Jack Aitken is joined by the team’s two endurance drivers in 2025, Felipe Drugovitch and Fred Vesti. The Gary Nelson-led team’s other regular IMSA driver, Earl Bamber, is already on Cadillac duties with JOTA.
The three additional Hypercars join a stellar factory lineup that includes cars from Aston Martin THOR Team, Toyota Gazoo Racing, Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, BMW M Team WRT, Alpine Endurance Team, Ferrari AF Corse and Peugeot TotalEnergies, plus the privately entered cars from Proton Competition (Porsche) and AF Corse (Ferrari).
LMP2, which is split into two divisions (LMP2 and LMP2 Pro/Am), is 17 cars strong, two up on the organiser’s stated minimum of 15. All cars entered are Gibson-powered ORECA 07s.
Five of the cars come from automatic invitations earned via success in the European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
ELMS LMP3 team RLR M Sport took up its spot, Inter Europol Competition has two (one via Jim Trueman Award winner Nick Boulle) and Algarve Pro Racing and AF Corse both entered.
Notably, the majority of the class entry is formed of teams fielding two cars. Proton Competition, United Autosports, Inter Europol, Algarve Pro, IDEC Sport and TDS/Panis Racing will all run multiple cars, with only IDEC fielding both its ORECAs in the full LMP2 class.
The remaining teams – RLR, Nielsen Racing, AF Corse, AO by TF and CLX Pure Rxcing – are running single prototypes.
There are a number of notable drivers listed, including four of Acura MSR’s GTP factory drivers from IMSA: Renger van der Zande will drive for United, Tom Blomqvist for PureRxcing, Colin Braun for Nielsen Racing and Nick Yelloly is named at Inter Europol.
Peugeot reserve driver Theo Pourchaire also features. The 2023 F2 champion is with APR, whose LMP Pro-AM car sees George Kurtz return alongside Nicky Catsburg and Alex Quinn.
IDEC Sport’s two-pronged attack includes the car fielded in the 2025 ELMS to prepare the Genesis Magma Racing team for its planned WEC entry in 2026. W Series double champion Jamie Chadwick is listed in that car for her Le Mans debut.
The LMGT3 class is the largest in the race, with the 18 FIA WEC full-season cars joined by six additional entries to make up a 24-car field.
Four cars come via automatic invitations. AWA Racing adds a third Corvette Z06 GT3.R to the grid via IMSA Bob Akin Awardee Orey Fidani. The Canadian will be joined by fellow 2025 Rolex 24 GTD class winners Lars Kern and Matt Bell.
Iron Lynx has taken up its invitation for the ELMS LMGT3 title won last year with Lamborghini to put a third Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo on the entry. Father-son duo Stephen and Brenton Grove will make their Le Mans debuts with AMG factory driver Luca Stolz.
Manthey will run a third Porsche 911 GT3 R 992 via its Asian Le Mans GT class title over the winter. Series champions Antares Au and Klaus Bachler will be joined by multiple Porsche one-make champion Loek Hartog.
And the winner in the GT World Challenge Europe Bronze Cup, the now renamed Ziggo Sport Tempesta team, has entered a Ferrari 296 GT3 for Jonathan Hui, Chris Froggatt and Eddie Cheever III.
The entry is completed by another pair of Ferraris invited via the Selection Committee.
Kessel Racing returns to Le Mans after a year away with ‘Car Guy’ Takeshi Kimura and Daniel Serra listed. Another full-season ELMS Ferrari from Richard Mille AF Corse completes the list. Its 296 will see Christiano Toledo, Lilou Wadoux and Riccardo Agostini team up.
The six reserve cars include a single Hypercar from Proton Competition at the top of the list, plus ELMS regulars from the series’ LMGT3 and LMP2 classes. Two Ferrari 296 GT3s from ELMS teams GR Racing and JMW Motorsports are ready and waiting, plus three LMP2s from DKR Engineering, Duqueine Team and Vector Sport.
Notable in its absence is a third BMW M Hybrid V8 from Team RLL. The German marque evaluated taking a third car to La Sarthe this year but decided against it late on in the process, citing logistical concerns due to the packed racing schedule this summer.
The 2025 Le Mans 24 Horus is set to take place on June 14th and 15th.
