2025 8 Hours of Bahrain
| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 8 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
 | |
| Date | 8 November 2025 |
| Location | Sakhir |
| Venue | Bahrain International Circuit |
| Duration | 8 Hours |
| Weather | Dry. Air temperature: 24.1–30.0 °C (75.4–86.0 °F). Track temperature: 25.0–38.2 °C (77.0–100.8 °F) |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 237 |
| Distance (km) | 1,282.64 |
| Distance (miles) | 797.03 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:46.826 |
| Team |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers | Kamui Kobayashi |
| Winners | |
| Team | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Drivers |  Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team |  Akkodis ASP Team |
| Drivers |  José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu |
The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourteenth running of the event, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.
Entry list
36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.[2] In Hypercar, Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche.[3] Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively.[4] Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Time (local: AST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 6 November | 12:15 | Free Practice 1 |
| 17:00 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Friday, 7 November | 12:00 | Free Practice 3 |
| 16:00 | Qualifying - LMGT3 | |
| 16:20 | Hyperpole - LMGT3 | |
| 16:40 | Qualifying - Hypercar | |
| 17:00 | Hyperpole - Hypercar | |
| Saturday, 8 November | 14:00 | Race |
| Source:[5] | ||
Practice
Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday lasted 60 minutes.[5]
Practice 1
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 009 |  Aston Martin THOR Team
|
 Marco Sørensen
|
1:49.697 |
| LMGT3 | 77 |  Proton Competition
|
Ben Barker
|
2:02.681 |
| Source:[6][7] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
Marco Sørensen
|
1:49.042 |
| LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team
|
Finn Gehrsitz
|
2:02.613 |
| Source:[8][9] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 50 |  Ferrari AF Corse
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
1:49.725 |
| LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx
|
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|
2:03.158 |
| Source:[10][11] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 16:00 AST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.[5] Kamui Kobayashi claimed pole position in the No. 7 Toyota with a time of 1:46.826, ahead of the sister No. 8 Toyota, giving the Japanese marque its first pole position of the season.[12]
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing
|
1:47.500 | 1:46.826 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing
|
1:47.836 | 1:46.977 | 2 |
| 3 | Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies
|
1:48.072 | 1:47.166 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies
|
1:47.643 | 1:47.208 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 12 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
|
1:47.881 | 1:47.543 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
1:47.421 | 1:47.624 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse
|
1:47.949 | 1:47.726 | 7 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
1:48.137 | 1:47.870 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 007 | Aston Martin THOR Team
|
1:47.290 | 1:48.036 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT
|
1:47.872 | 1:48.136 | 10 |
| 11 | Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse
|
1:48.176 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 83 | AF Corse
|
1:48.186 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team
|
1:48.217 | 13 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 38 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota
|
1:48.392 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team
|
1:48.470 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT
|
1:48.716 | 16 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 99 | Proton Competition
|
1:48.914 | 17 | |
| 18 | Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport
|
1:49.157 | 18 | |
| 19 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team
|
2:03.021 | 2:01.661 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 60 | Iron Lynx
|
2:03.654 | 2:01.987 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx
|
2:02.991 | 2:02.017 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team
|
2:03.371 | 2:02.219 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 31 | .svg.png){kind=small} The Bend Team WRT
|
2:03.493 | 2:02.427 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team
|
2:03.361 | 2:02.624 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition
|
2:03.173 | 2:02.717 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 21 | Vista AF Corse
|
2:03.536 | 2:02.763 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 46 | Team WRT
|
2:03.534 | 2:03.067 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 59 | United Autosports
|
2:03.626 | 2:03.531 | 31 |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport
|
2:03.675 | 28 | |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 95 | United Autosports
|
2:03.710 | 29 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition
|
2:03.938 | 30 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport
|
2:04.230 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman
|
2:04.322 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse
|
2:04.462 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 92 | Manthey 1st Phorm
|
2:04.520 | 35 | |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames
|
2:04.992 | 36 | |
| Source:[13][14] | ||||||
Race
The race started at 14:00 AST on Saturday, running for 8 hours.[5]
Race results
Class winners are in bold and ‡.
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References
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