WEC has released the entry list for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours with 62 cars listed in all in three categories, with six reserves too.
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has unveiled the provisional entry list for this year’s 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (11-15 June), with a capacity 62-car grid poised to take to the track and the prospect of an ‘epic’ battle for honours. Last year’s event attracted a record-breaking 329,000 spectators, who were treated to a spellbinding spectacle – and more of the same is in store 12 months on.
As the fourth round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign, all 36 FIA WEC regulars are on the list, with double points on offer by dint of the race’s duration and prestige. The headlining Hypercar field features 21 entries representing eight different manufacturers – Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota.
Ferrari is targeting a third straight success at La Sarthe, and will be buoyed by its form in the 2025 FIA WEC curtain-raising contest last week in Qatar, where its trio of 499P prototypes locked out all three places on the podium. Porsche is the most prolific winner of the race – with 19 outright victories to its credit to-date – while Alpine, BMW, Peugeot and Toyota have all similarly triumphed in the French classic. The same can be said of Aston Martin – which conquered the event in 1959 – and the iconic British brand is now back in endurance racing’s top-flight with a brace of distinctive, V12-engined Valkyries.
Cadillac showed great pace both at Le Mans last year and more recently in the Qatar 1812km, and will be doubling up to a four-car effort – including a maiden appearance for leading IMSA protagonist, Wayne Taylor Racing. An extra 963 Hypercar – the model that claimed pole position for the 92nd running of the event – has been added to the Porsche Penske Motorsport fold, with a second 963 for Proton Competition sitting on the reserve list.
In LMGT3, a tremendously competitive grid has been assembled, with cars from Aston Martin, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Lexus, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG – the German manufacturer returning to La Sarthe for the first time in more than a quarter-of-a-century – and Porsche. Motorcycling hero Valentino Rossi – nine times a world champion on two wheels and a star on his Le Mans debut last year – will be back with BMW, and there are extra entries for Corvette, Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche, making up a mouth-watering 24-car field.
The LMP2 category promises to be similarly fiercely-disputed, featuring 17 cars and drivers of the calibre of Team Peugeot TotalEnergies reserve Théo Pourchaire and three-time W Series champion, Jamie Chadwick, who will compete for IDEC Sport as part of Genesis Magma Racing’s preparations for its 2026 FIA WEC Hypercar debut. While not all driver line-ups are complete, the overall list to-date counts 16 outright winners of the race.
Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, said: “Once again, the 24 Hours of Le Mans presents a superb grid. . For this 93rd edition of the race – the fourth round of the FIA WEC season – the greatest carmakers on earth will do battle for outright victory as well as LMGT3 class honours. These marques, teams, and our partners are united in their commitment to endurance racing, which is currently enjoying a truly golden age. I would like to express my gratitude to them.
“All the ingredients are in place for another memorable event, particularly in Hypercar where the level is higher than ever. Last year, the top nine cars in the overall classification all finished on the lead lap, which was unheard of! Race strategy, efficiency and driving skill will as ever be the key to success. Here we are in 2025, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans remains one of the most gruelling sporting events, yielding one of the most coveted trophies in the motorsport world.”
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the FIA, said: “The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of motorsport’s most iconic events and the highlight of the FIA World Endurance Championship season. I had the chance to attend this great race on its centenary, and now I am looking forward to this year’s edition as endurance racing thrives the world over. The entry list reveal is always an important moment, building anticipation for the next Le Mans, and that is the case this year, with a strong and competitive field featuring some of the greatest automotive brands.”
Frédéric Lequien, CEO, FIA WEC, said: “The publication of the entry list for the 24 Hours of Le Mans is invariably a significant moment, and in many ways begins the countdown to the centrepiece of the FIA WEC campaign. To have once again attracted such a spectacular grid – in every category – is testament to this legendary race’s enduring appeal. The memories of last summer’s outstanding battle for glory at La Sarthe are still fresh in the memory, and the incredible on-track action that we enjoyed in our season-opener in Qatar last week augur well for another epic edition in just a few short months’ time.”
Richard Mille, President of the FIA’s Endurance Commission, said: “The announcement of the 24 Hours of Le Mans entry list is always a moment when we really start to think about the next edition of this great race – the competitors, the line-ups, the battle between some of the biggest names in motorsport and ultimately, who the favourites are. The depth and quality of the field across Hypercar and LMGT3 entrants is incredible. I am looking forward to June with the expectation that this year, we have an epic race to look forward to.”
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