“A full grid of 62 automobiles is about to take the beginning at Circuit de la Sarthe this June for the 93rd version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, that includes all 36 full-season FIA World Endurance Championship entries alongside 26 extra opponents.
The entry featurs 21 Hypercars, 17 LMP2s, and 24 LMGT3s. Six groups stay on the reserve checklist. The provisional driver line-up options 16 general winners of the race (15 in Hypercar, one in LMGT3) and 5 girls.
HYPERCAR
Eight producers make up the highest class: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota—and Aston Martin, returning to the premier class this 12 months.
Defending winners Ferrari, with 11 Le Mans victories to their title, are gearing as much as fend off fierce competitors as they intention for a 3rd consecutive triumph. Toyota will probably be decided to reclaim the highest step, whereas Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, and Peugeot look to capitalize on their rising expertise. Porsche, probably the most profitable marque in Le Mans historical past, is on a mission to increase its file.
Returning to the combat for general victory, Aston Martin sees its Valkyrie’s V12 as a game-changer.
LMP2
Seventeen LMP2 automobiles will take the beginning, together with 9 pro-am lineups. The battle for sophistication honors is about to be as intense as ever. With LMP2 not a part of the World Endurance Championship, expertise within the European and Asian Le Mans Collection may show decisive.
LMGT3
The calss options 24 GT automobiles from 9 producers: Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lexus, McLaren, Porsche, and Mercedes-AMG.
Among the many favorites is the all-women Iron Dames crew, whereas bike legend Valentino Rossi will make his Le Mans debut, driving a Group WRT BMW M4 LMGT3.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President, stated: “The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one in every of motorsport’s most iconic occasions and the spotlight of the FIA World Endurance Championship season. I had the possibility to attend this nice race on its centenary, and now I’m trying ahead to this 12 months’s version as endurance racing thrives the world over. The entry checklist reveal is at all times an vital second, constructing anticipation for the following Le Mans, and that is the case this 12 months, with a robust and aggressive discipline that includes a few of the biggest automotive manufacturers.”
Pierre Fillon, ACO President, stated: “As soon as once more, the 24 Hours of Le Mans presents an outstanding grid. The 93rd working of the race can be the fourth spherical of this FIA WEC season. The best carmakers on earth are all aiming to go residence with the LMGT3 crown and to raise the trophy offered to the outright winners. The LMP2 prototypes add to the variety that makes this race so standard. These makes, groups, and our companions are united of their dedication to endurance racing, and their vitality is the important thing factor in our self-discipline’s present golden age. I want to specific my gratitude to them. We now have all of the substances of a memorable race. Competitors within the Hypercar discipline is about as robust as it will probably get. Final 12 months, the primary 9 automobiles completed on the identical lap. Unprecedented! Race technique, crew effectivity, and pure expertise make the distinction that places one automobile forward of the remainder. Right here we’re in 2025, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans stays one of the vital gruelling sporting occasions, one of the vital coveted trophies within the motorsport world.”
Richard Mille, FIA Endurance Fee President, stated: “The reveal of the 24 Hours of Le Mans entry checklist is at all times a second once we actually begin to consider the following version of this nice race – the opponents, the line-ups, the battle between a few of the largest names in motorsport, and finally, who the favourites are. The depth and high quality of the sphere throughout Hypercar and LMGT3 entrants is unimaginable, and the presence of LMP2 automobiles, which, whereas absent from WEC, proceed to be an vital a part of the endurance racing panorama, provides one thing further. I’m trying ahead to June, and I imagine the 2025 version will be an epic one.”
Frédéric Lequien, WEC CEO, stated: “The publication of the entry checklist for the 24 Hours of Le Mans is at all times a big second, and in some ways begins the countdown to the centrepiece of the FIA WEC marketing campaign. To have as soon as once more attracted such a spectacular grid – in each class – is testomony to this legendary race’s enduring enchantment. The recollections of final summer time’s excellent battle for glory at La Sarthe are nonetheless recent, and the unimaginable on-track motion that we loved in our season opener in Qatar final weekend augurs properly for one more epic version in just some quick months’ time.”
