2025 Lone Star Le Mans

United States 2025 Lone Star Le Mans
Event information
Round 6 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date7 September 2025
LocationAustin, Texas
VenueCircuit of the Americas
Duration6 hours
WeatherWet. Air temperature: 23.2–24.5 °C (73.8–76.1 °F). Track temperature: 25.8–28.0 °C (78.4–82.4 °F)
Results
Laps completed120
Distance (km)661.56
Distance (miles)411.12
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:57.655
TeamItaly AF Corse
DriversPoland Robert Kubica
Winners
TeamGermany Porsche Penske Motorsport
DriversAustralia Matt Campbell
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
LMGT3
Winners
TeamUnited Kingdom United Autosports
DriversIndonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
Japan 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

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 Italy AF Corse 1:58.405 1:57.655 1
2 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:59.261 1:57.751 2
3 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:58.801 1:58.619 3
4 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:59.035 1:58.640 4
5 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:58.155 1:58.839 5
6 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:59.727 2:00.468 6
7 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:00.467 2:02.926 7
8 Hypercar 15 Germany BMW M Team WRT 1:59.676 2:03.243 8
9 Hypercar 009 United Kingdom Aston Martin THOR Team 1:59.751 2:04.024 9
10 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 2:00.731 10
11 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 2:00.744 11
12 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team 2:00.763 12
13 Hypercar 20 Germany BMW M Team WRT 2:01.034 13
14 Hypercar 007 United Kingdom Aston Martin THOR Team 2:01.100 14
15 Hypercar 38 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 2:03.382 15
16 Hypercar 12 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 2:03.952 16
17 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 2:05.282 17
18 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies No time 18
19 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition 2:16.650 2:07.645 19
20 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition 2:16.411 2:07.663 20
21 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:16.312 2:08.262 21
22 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT 2:13.371 2:08.972 22
23 LMGT3 33 United Kingdom TF Sport 2:15.838 2:09.465 26
24 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports 2:14.901 2:09.499 23
25 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team 2:15.278 2:09.727 24
26 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx 2:16.376 2:10.113 25
27 LMGT3 31 Belgium The Bend Team WRT 2:12.241 2:10.229 27
28 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team 2:14.324 2:10.640 28
29 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport 2:16.801 29
30 LMGT3 61 Italy Iron Lynx 2:17.308 30
31 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm 2:17.545 31
32 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse 2:18.128 32
33 LMGT3 10 France Racing Spirit of Léman 2:20.382 33
34 LMGT3 21 Italy Vista AF Corse 2:21.236 34
35 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames 2:22.433 35
36 LMGT3 87 France 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 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 120 6:01:25.310‡
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
2 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 120 +8.625
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
Peugeot 9X8 M 120 +9.541
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 120 +15.149
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 120 +22.619
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
6 Hypercar 38 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Sébastien Bourdais
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Cadillac V-Series.R M 120 +42.517
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Poland Robert Kubica
China Yifei Ye
Ferrari 499P M 120 +56.955s
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
8 Hypercar 12 United States Cadillac Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Alex Lynn
France Norman Nato
United Kingdom Will Stevens
Cadillac V-Series.R M 120 +1:10:816
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
9 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryō Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 120 +1:14.615
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Mathieu Jaminet
France Julien Andlauer
Denmark Michael Christensen
Porsche 963 M 120 +1:21.117
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
11 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Paul-Loup Chatin
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
France Charles Milesi
Alpine A424 M 120 +1:40.766
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
12 Hypercar 15 Germany BMW M Team WRT Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 119 +1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
13 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition Switzerland Neel Jani
Chile Nico Pino
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Porsche 963 M 118 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 116 +4 Laps
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
15 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team France Jules Gounon
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Germany Mick Schumacher
Alpine A424 M 116 +4 Laps
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
16 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports Indonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
Japan Marino Sato
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 115 +5 Laps‡
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
17 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Italy Valentino Rossi
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
BMW M4 GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
18 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
19 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports France Sébastien Baud
United Kingdom James Cottingham
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 115 +5 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
20 LMGT3 27 United States Heart of Racing Team Italy Mattia Drudi
United Kingdom Ian James
Canada Zacharie Robichon
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 115 +5 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker
Portugal Bernardo Sousa
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
Ford Mustang GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
22 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm United States Ryan Hardwick
Austria Richard Lietz
Italy Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 115 +5 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
23 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Italy Stefano Gattuso
Italy Giammarco Levorato
Norway Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
24 LMGT3 31 Belgium The Bend Team WRT Timur Boguslavskiy
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Australia Yasser Shahin
BMW M4 GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
25 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
Spain Fran Rueda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 115 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
26 LMGT3 10 France Racing Spirit of Léman Brazil Eduardo Barrichello
France Valentin Hasse-Clot
United States Derek DeBoer
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 115 +5 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGT3 21 Italy Vista AF Corse France François Heriau
United States Simon Mann
Italy Alessio Rovera
Ferrari 296 GT3 G 115 +5 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
28 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport Angola Rui Andrade
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Belgium Tom van Rompuy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 114 +6 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
29 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Germany Finn Gehrsitz
France Arnold Robin
Lexus RC F GT3 G 114 +6 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
NC LMGT3 61 Italy Iron Lynx Australia Martin Berry
Netherlands Lin Hodenius
Belgium Maxime Martin
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 85
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
NC LMGT3 33 United Kingdom TF Sport United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Spain Daniel Juncadella
United States Ben Keating
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 76
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
NC LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth
Austria Clemens Schmid
Romania Răzvan Umbrărescu
Lexus RC F GT3 G 72
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.4 L V8
NC Hypercar 20 Germany BMW M Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany René Rast
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
BMW M Hybrid V8 M 13 Hybrid
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Célia Martin
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 113 Overheating
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
Ret Hypercar 009 United Kingdom Aston Martin THOR Team Spain Alex Riberas
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Valkyrie M 106 Mechanical
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
Ret Hypercar 007 United Kingdom Aston Martin THOR Team United Kingdom Tom Gamble
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Aston Martin Valkyrie M 102 Mechanical
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
Source:[10]

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