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2025 8 Hours of Sebring
Round 1 of 9 of the 2025–26 FIA World Endurance Championship
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Race details
Date 12 April 2025 (2025-04-12)
Location Sebring International Raceway
Sebring, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.019 km (3.740 mi)
Distance 254 laps, 1,528.826 km (949.968 mi)
Pole position
Driver
  • Spain Alex Riberas
 Heart of Racing Team
Time 1:46.521
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Will Stevens Red Bull Team Jota
Time 1:49.635 on lap 171
Podium
First
  • Poland Robert Kubica
  • Italy Alessio Rovera
  • Israel Robert Shwartzman
 AF Corse
Second
  • United Kingdom Mike Conway
  • Japan Ritomo Miyata
  • Netherlands Nyck de Vries
 Toyota Gazoo Racing
Third
  • South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
  • Brazil André Negrão
  • Germany Mick Schumacher
 Alpine Endurance Team

The 2025 8 Hours of Sebring was an endurance sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida on 12 April 2025. It as wthe first round of the 2025–26 FIA World Endurance Championship, and the first of three rounds of the American Endurance Cup.[1]

Background

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Preview

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The FIA WEC announced their calendar for the re-instated super season during the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, with the 8 Hours of Sebring being the opening round.[2] Returning for the first time since 2023, the race now ran over 8 hours, instead of the 1000 miles it ran previously. It was the fourth year the race is part of the FIA WEC. The 8 Hours of Sebring was the first of nine scheduled sports car endurance races by the FIA, and the first of three races on the American Endurance Cup (AEC).[2] The race took place at the 6.019 km (3.740 mi) Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, on 12 April 2025.[2]

Success ballast

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Since this was the first race of the season, success ballast was not used. All cars were be held at their base weight of 1065 kilograms. For the first time in WEC history, the FIA and ACO published lap time predictions for both classes: lap times for the Hypercar class were set for 1 minute, 50 seconds, and in LMGT3, they were set at around 2 minutes.[3]

Entry list

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The entry list was published on 29 March 2025, and consisted of 40 entries: 22 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. In Hypercar, Sébastien Bourdais replaced full-season entrant Álex Palou in the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry, due to the latter having IndyCar obligations.[4] All other entries were the same as on the full-season entry list.[5]

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3
Hypercar (22 entries)
2 United States Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Evo New Zealand Earl Bamber France Sébastien Bourdais Netherlands Renger van der Zande
5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Denmark Michael Christensen France Kévin Estre Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR020 Hybrid United Kingdom Mike Conway Japan Ritomo Miyata Netherlands Nyck de Vries
8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR020 Hybrid Switzerland Sébastien Buemi New Zealand Brendon Hartley Japan Ryō Hirakawa
12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota Porsche 963 United Kingdom Philip Hanson France Frédéric Makowiecki United Kingdom Will Stevens
16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Andrea Caldarelli France Romain Grosjean
23 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie United Kingdom Callum Ilott Spain Alex Riberas Denmark Nicki Thiim
25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 Netherlands Robin Frijns Switzerland Raffaele Marciello Belgium Dries Vanthoor
27 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Valkyrie France Valentin Hasse-Clot Brazil Felipe Nasr Denmark Marco Sørensen
35 France Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 France Nicolas Lapierre South Africa Sheldon van der Linde France Matthieu Vaxivière
36 France Alpine Endurance Team Alpine A424 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Brazil André Negrão Germany Mick Schumacher
38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brazil Augusto Farfus United Kingdom Alex Lynn
50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P Italy Antonio Fuoco Spain Miguel Molina Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P United Kingdom James Calado Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi China Yifei Ye
63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Italy Edoardo Mortara
66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fury 111 Denmark Dennis Olsen Germany Mike Rockenfeller United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fury 111 United States Joey Hand Germany Dirk Müller Belgium Frédéric Vervisch
77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport Acura ARX-06 Switzerland Louis Delétraz Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood Spain Daniel Juncadella
83 Italy AF Corse Ferrari 499P Poland Robert Kubica Italy Alessio Rovera Israel Robert Shwartzman
93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 Denmark Mikkel Jensen Switzerland Nico Müller France Jean-Éric Vergne
94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 France Loïc Duval United Kingdom Paul di Resta Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
99 Germany Proton Competition Porsche 963 France Julien Andlauer Australia Matt Campbell Switzerland Neel Jani
LMGT3 (18 entries)
3 United States Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo United Kingdom Ian James Germany André Lotterer Italy Daniel Mancinelli
31 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Indonesia Sean Gelael United Kingdom Darren Leung Germany Marco Wittmann
46 Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Oman Ahmad Al Harthy Belgium Maxime Martin Italy Valentino Rossi
54 Italy Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Italy Francesco Castellacci Switzerland Thomas Flohr Italy Davide Rigon
55 Italy Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 France François Heriau United States Simon Mann Finland Kimi Räikkönen
59 United Kingdom United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Brazil Nicolas Costa United Kingdom James Cottingham Switzerland Grégoire Saucy
60 Italy Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Italy Matteo Cressoni France Franck Perera Italy Claudio Schiavoni
78 France Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 Timur Boguslavskiy Andorra Joules Gounon France Arnold Robin
81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Angola Rui Andrade United States P. J. Hyett Denmark Malthe Jakobsen
82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R United States Gunnar Jeannette Japan Kamui Kobayashi Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
85 Italy Iron Dames Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Belgium Sarah Bovy Denmark Michelle Gatting France Doriane Pin
87 France Akkodis ASP Team Lexus RC F GT3 Japan Takeshi Kimura Argentina José María López France Esteban Masson
88 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 Japan Kei Cozzolino Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen Italy Giorgio Roda
89 Germany Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 United Kingdom Ben Barker United States Ryan Hardwick Canada Zacharie Robichon
91 Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Richard Lietz Netherlands Morris Schuring Australia Yasser Shahin
92 Germany Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Austria Klaus Bachler Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin Germany Joel Sturm
95 United Kingdom United Autosports McLaren 720S GT3 Evo United Kingdom Josh Caygill Chile Nico Pino Japan Marino Sato
777 Japan D'station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo France Romain Dumas Japan Satoshi Hoshino France Clément Mateu
Source:[5][6][7]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: EDT) Event
Thursday, 10 April 13:00 Free Practice 1
19:00 Free Practice 2
Friday, 11 April 13:00 Free Practice 3
18:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
18:20 Qualifying - Hypercar
18:40 Hyperpole - LMGT3
19:00 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 12 April 12:00 Race
Source:[8]

Practice

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Three practice sessions were held: two on Thursday and one on Friday. The sessions on Thursday afternoon and Thursday evening lasted 90 minutes. The session on Friday afternoon lasted 60 minutes.[9]

Practice 1

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The first practice session took place at 13:00 EDT on Thursday and ended with Paul di Resta being fastest in the No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot, with a lap time of 1:51.119. Second-quickest was James Calado in the No. 51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari, 0.337s slower than di Resta. In third was Callum Ilott in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, 0.551s slower than di Resta.[10] In LMGT3, Kei Cozzolino was quickest in the No. 88 Proton Competition Ford, with a lap time of 2:02.157. He was 0.103s quicker than second-placed Grégoire Saucy in the No. 59 United Autosports McLaren, with Kimi Räikkönen in the No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari in third.[10]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies United Kingdom Paul di Resta 1:51.119
LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Japan Kei Cozzolino 2:02.157
Source:[11][12]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

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The second practice session took place at 19:00 EDT on Thursday. Ferdinand Habsburg was quickest in the No. 35 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine, with a lap time of 1:50.146. He was 0.722s quicker than Louis Delétraz in the No. 77 Acura TF Sport Acura, with Jean-Éric Vergne in the No. 93 Peugeot in third.[13] In LMGT3, André Lotterer was quickest in the No. 3 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin, with a lap time of 2:00.934. The pair of Manthey Racing Porsches finished in second and third, with Klaus Bachler in the No. 92 Porsche finishing ahead of Richard Lietz in the No. 91 Porsche.[13] The session saw one stoppage, when the No. 50 Ferrari of Nicklas Nielsen suddenly lost power.[14]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team Austria Ferdinand Habsburg 1:50.146
LMGT3 3 United States Heart of Racing Team Germany André Lotterer 2:00.934
Source:[15][16]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Final practice

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The third and final practice session took place at 13:00 EDT on Friday. Kévin Estre was quickest in the No. 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche, with a lap time of 1:50.823. He was 0.079s quicker than Ritomo Miyata in the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota. Mike Rockenfeller finished third in the No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford.[17] In LMGT3, Marco Wittmann was quickest in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW. He had a fastest lap of 2:01.158. Second-quickest was Michelle Gatting in the No. 85 Iron Dames Lamborghini, with Ben Barker in the No. 89 Ford in third.[17]

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre 1:50.823
LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT Germany Marco Wittmann 2:01.158
Source:[18][19]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

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Qualifying started at 18:00 EDT. The first session was for LMGT3 cars, whilst the second session was for Hypercars. The top ten fastest qualifiers in round 1 advanced to the Hyperpole round. The first Hyperpole session was for LMGT3 cars. Arnold Robin took pole in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, with a time of 1:58.765. Satoshi Hoshino was second-quickest in the No. 777 D'station Racing Aston Martin, 0.050s slower, whilst Sarah Bovy finished third in the No. 85 Lamborghini.[20] The second Hyperpole session was for Hypercars. Nicki Thiim took pole position in the Valkyrie's first race in the No. 23 Aston Martin, with a lap of 1:46.521. James Calado was second in the No. 51 Ferrari, 0.148s slower. Antonio Fuoco was third-quickest in the No. 50 Ferrari.[21]

Qualifying results

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 23 United States Heart of Racing Team 1:46.719 1:46.521 1
2 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.051 1:46.669 2
3 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:46.709 1:46.745 3
4 Hypercar 16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:47.146 1:46.872 4
5 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:46.939 1:46.908 5
6 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:46.508 1:47.123 6
7 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:46.629 1:47.181 7
8 Hypercar 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 1:46.628 1:47.227 8
9 Hypercar 27 United States Heart of Racing Team 1:46.866 1:47.399 9
10 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:47.005 1:47.937 10
11 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 1:47.284 11
12 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:47.290 12
13 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:47.343 13
14 Hypercar 77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport 1:47.368 14
15 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team 1:47.425 15
16 Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx 1:47.464 16
17 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 1:47.513 17
18 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:47.576 18
19 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota 1:47.608 19
20 Hypercar 25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT 1:47.875 20
21 Hypercar 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 1:47.960 21
22 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse 1:48.010 22
23 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team 1:59.285 1:58.765 23
24 LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing 1:58.597 1:58.815 24
25 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames 1:58.628 1:58.958 25
26 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition 1:58.942 1:59.029 26
27 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse 1:59.105 1:59.181 27
28 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:58.728 1:59.445 28
29 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team 1:58.992 1:59.672 29
30 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO 1:58.656 1:59.856 30
31 LMGT3 3 United States Heart of Racing Team 1:59.211 1:59.864 31
32 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse 1:58.792 1:59.912 32
33 LMGT3 89 Germany Proton Competition 1:59.314 33
34 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx 1:59.358 34
35 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:59.359 35
36 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO 1:59.555 36
37 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey Racing 1:59.584 37
38 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT 1:59.668 38
39 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey Racing 1:59.904 39
40 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT 1:59.984 40
Source:[22][23]

Race

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Start and early hours

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The race commenced at 12:00 EDT on Saturday under clear skies, witnessing Nyck de Vries' No. 7 Toyota surging to the lead from sixth place, closely followed by Valentin Hasse-Clot in the No. 27 Aston Martin and Edoardo Mortara in the No. 63 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Lamborghini.[24] In LMGT3, Josh Caygill's No. 95 McLaren took an early lead but faced fierce competition from Ian James' No. 3 Aston Martin.[25] Jenson Button's No. 38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche briefly claimed the lead before the first pit-stop cycle allowed Robert Shwartzman to take the lead in the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari, pursued by the No. 7 Toyota and the Alpines.[24]

Despite initial challenges from the No. 7 Toyota, the No. 83 Ferrari maintained its lead, evenutally asserting dominance with Robert Kubica taking over the wheel, securing a substantial advantage after after subsequential pit stops.[26][27] The pole-sitting No. 23 Aston Martin fell down to last place in the Hypercar class. In LMGT3, the No. 88 Ford of Cozzolino seized the lead ahead of the No. 82 Chevrolet of Kamui Kobayashi and the No. 55 Ferrari of Heriau.[27]

Afternoon to sunset

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Following a gripping battle on-track battle, both Alpines managed to succesfully overtake the No. 93 Peugeot, relegating the Peugeot to fifth while the Alpines surged ahead. However, Nico Müller's Peugeot crew executed a perfect pit stop to leapfrog the No. 36 Alpine of Kelvin van der Linde, before being almost immediately overtaken again by Van der Linde.[28] In LMGT3, the No. 55 Ferrari of Räikkönen overtook the No. 82 Chevrolet of Kobayashi. The No. 777 Aston Martin of Romain Dumas, however, spun out, dropping the car to the bottom of the standings.[28]

After a new pit stop cycle, the No. 93 Peugeot managed to jump both Alpines this time, only to lose both positions again, thirty minutes later. The No. 12 Porsche of Ilott set a new fastest lap of the race as the track cooled down.[29] In LMGT3, Mikkel O. Pedersen in the No. 88 Ford established a commanding lead over his rivals, with the No. 82 Chevrolet overtaking the No. 55 Ferrari once more.[29]

Sunset to finish

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The No. 83 Ferrari of Alessio Rovera kept a sizeable lead over the No. 7 Toyota of Mike Conway, whilst the No. 36 Alpine of Van der Linde jumped the No. 35 Alpine of Matthieu Vaxivière for third, with the No. 93 Peugeot still in fifth. With 22 minutes to go, Rovera had a lead of 17.6 seconds over Conway, and a 1 minute, 18.9-second lead over Van der Linde.[30]

After eight hours of racing, the No. 83 AF Corse Ferrari of Robert Kubica, Alessio Rovera, and Robert Shwartzman proved dominant, finishing 20.1 seconds ahead of the No. 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota of Mike Conway, Ritomo Miyata, and Nyck de Vries. The No. 36 Alpine Endurance Team Alpine of Kelvin van der Linde, André Negrão, and Mick Schumacher finished third, 1 minute and 21.7 seconds down. The No. 93 Peugeot and No. 35 Alpine completed the top five.[31] The No. 88 Proton Competition Ford of Kei Cozzolino, Mikkel O. Pedersen, and Giorgia Roda won the LMGT3 class, a full lap ahead of the No. 82 TF Sport – AO Chevrolet of Gunnar Jeannette, Kamui Kobayashi, and Hiroshi Koizumi. The No. 55 Vista AF Corse Ferrari of François Heriau, Simon Mann, and Kimi Räikkönen finished third in class, whilst the No. 92 Porsche and No. 46 BMW finished fourth and fifth.[31]

Post-race

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Since it was the first race of the season, Kubica, Rovera, and Shwartzman led the Drivers' Hypercar World Championship with 38 points each, eleven ahead of Conway, Miyata, and De Vries in second place. Fifteen points behind are Van der Linde, Negrão, and Schumacher in third. In LMGT3, Cozzolino, Pedersen, and Roda claimed the lead of the Drivers' LMGT3 Trophy with 38 points each, eleven ahead of Jeannette, Kobayashi, and Koizumi in second. Four points behind them are Heriau, Mann, and Räikkönen in third.[32]

The Manufacturers' Hypercar World Championship is led by Toyota with 38 points, eleven ahead of Alpine in second place and fifteen ahead of Peugeot in third. The Hypercar World Cup is led by the No. 83 Ferrari with 38 points, eleven points ahead of the No. 12 Porsche and fifteen ahead of the No. 38 Porsche. The Manufacturers' LMGT3 Trophy is led by the No. 88 Ford with 38 points, with the No. 82 Chevrolet in second and the No. 55 Ferrari in third.[32]

Race result

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 177 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 83 Italy AF Corse Poland Robert Kubica
Italy Alessio Rovera
Israel Robert Shwartzman 		Ferrari 499P M 254 8:00:32.131‡
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Ritomo Miyata
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR020 Hybrid M 254 +20.155
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 36 France Alpine Endurance Team South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Brazil André Negrão
Germany Mick Schumacher 		Alpine A424 M 254 +1:21.716
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
Switzerland Nico Müller
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 254 +1:26.911
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 35 France Alpine Endurance Team France Nicolas Lapierre
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
France Matthieu Vaxivière 		Alpine A424 M 254 +1:29.503
Alpine 3.4 L Turbo V6
6 Hypercar 66 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Norway Dennis Olsen
Germany Mike Rockenfeller
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 		Ford Fury 111 M 253 +1 Lap
Ford HPR 3.5 L Turbo V6
7 Hypercar 77 United Kingdom Acura TF Sport Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Spain Daniel Juncadella 		Acura ARX-06 M 253 +1 Lap
Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6
8 Hypercar 16 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cairoli
Italy Andrea Caldarelli
France Romain Grosjean 		Lamborghini SC63 M 253 +1 Lap
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
9 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa 		Toyota GR020 Hybrid M 253 +1 Lap
Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 253 +1 Lap
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
11 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 253 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
12 Hypercar 12 United Kingdom Red Bull Team Jota United Kingdom Philip Hanson
France Frédéric Makowiecki
United Kingdom Will Stevens 		Porsche 963 M 253 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
13 Hypercar 27 United States Heart of Racing Team France Valentin Hasse-Clot
Brazil Felipe Nasr
Denmark Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 253 +1 Lap
Aston Martin 6.5 L V12
14 Hypercar 25 Belgium BMW M Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello
Belgium Dries Vanthoor 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 253 +1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
15 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
China Yifei Ye 		Ferrari 499P M 253 +1 Lap
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
16 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport Denmark Michael Christensen
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 253 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
17 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota United Kingdom Jenson Button
Brazil Augusto Farfus
United Kingdom Alex Lynn 		Porsche 963 M 253 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
18 Hypercar 67 United States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing United States Joey Hand
Germany Dirk Müller
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 		Ford Fury 111 M 252 +2 Laps
Ford HPR 3.5 L Turbo V6
19 Hypercar 63 Italy Lamborghini Iron Lynx Italy Mirko Bortolotti
Daniil Kvyat
Italy Edoardo Mortara 		Lamborghini SC63 M 252 +2 Laps
Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8
20 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Sébastien Bourdais
Netherlands Renger van der Zande 		Cadillac V-Series.R Evo M 252 +2 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
21 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition France Julien Andlauer
Australia Matt Campbell
Switzerland Neel Jani 		Porsche 963 M 251 +3 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
22 Hypercar 23 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Callum Ilott
Spain Alex Riberas
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 251 +3 Laps
Aston Martin 6.5 L V12
23 LMGT3 88 Germany Proton Competition Japan Kei Cozzolino
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Italy Giorgio Roda 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 231 +23 Laps‡
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
24 LMGT3 82 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO United States Gunnar Jeannette
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 230 +24 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
25 LMGT3 55 Italy Vista AF Corse France François Heriau
United States Simon Mann
Finland Kimi Räikkönen 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 230 +24 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
26 LMGT3 92 Germany Manthey Racing Austria Klaus Bachler
Saint Kitts and Nevis Alex Malykhin
Germany Joel Sturm 		Manthey Racing G 230 +24 Laps
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
27 LMGT3 46 Belgium Team WRT Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi 		BMW M4 GT3 G 230 +24 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
28 LMGT3 87 France Akkodis ASP Team Japan Takeshi Kimura
Argentina José María López
France Esteban Masson 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 230 +24 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
29 LMGT3 89 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker
United States Ryan Hardwick
Canada Zacharie Robichon 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 230 +24 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
30 LMGT3 91 Germany Manthey Racing Austria Richard Lietz
Netherlands Morris Schuring
Australia Yasser Shahin 		Manthey Racing G 229 +25 Laps
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
31 LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team Timur Boguslavskiy
Andorra Jules Gounon
France Arnold Robin 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 229 +25 Laps
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
32 LMGT3 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
France Franck Perera
Italy Claudio Schiavoni 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 229 +25 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
33 LMGT3 3 United States Heart of Racing Team United Kingdom Ian James
Germany André Lotterer
Italy Daniel Mancinelli 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 229 +25 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
34 LMGT3 54 Italy Vista AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 229 +25 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
35 LMGT3 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Denmark Michelle Gatting
France Doriane Pin 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 G 228 +26 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
36 LMGT3 59 United Kingdom United Autosports Brazil Nicolas Costa
United Kingdom James Cottingham
Switzerland Grégoire Saucy 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 228 +26 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
37 LMGT3 31 Belgium Team WRT Indonesia Sean Gelael
United Kingdom Darren Leung
Germany Marco Wittmann 		BMW M4 GT3 G 228 +26 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
38 LMGT3 81 United Kingdom TF Sport – AO Angola Rui Andrade
United States P. J. Hyett
Denmark Malthe Jakobsen 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 228 +26 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
39 LMGT3 777 Japan D'station Racing France Romain Dumas
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
France Clément Mateu 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 228 +26 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
40 LMGT3 95 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Josh Caygill
Chile Nico Pino
Japan Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 228 +26 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
OFFICIAL RESULTS

Standings after the race

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References

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