What to expect from 24 -hour le mans of 2025

The world’s oldest and iconic endurance race promises to come to 16h00 on a Saturday, full of suspense.

In one of its biggest highlights for years, 93Third At the end of this week, the 24 -hour running of the Mains not only sees Aston Martin in the Premier Hypercar class, but is an expanded area of ​​LM GT3 cars in the second run of the category since the place of LM GT last year.

Grade grid

The fourth round of this year’s World Dheeraj Championship, which takes double points in the overall series, will once contest the program with the entries competing in WeC, along with the North American IMSA series, European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and first, the Asian Le Mans Series (Alms) will be contested.

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Also the first competition is a single entry from the GT World Challenge and another entrance without any affiliation for the series. ,

Hypercar

In Hypercar class, an area of ​​21 cars would be contesting elections, headed by champions Ferrari with three 499PS, Toyota with two GR010, Porsche with four 963, and four V.Series with Cadilac.

In addition to two new factory-supported Eston Martin Walkaries, Alpine returns with two new tasks A424, as BMW does with M Hybrid V8.

Closing the list of manufacturers is Peuzo with the latest version of 9X0. The missing Lamborghini is the missing Lamborghini after a sudden cancellation of the SC63 project after two rounds of the IMSA series.

LMP2

In the second-tier LMP2 category, 17 entries will promote respected Oreka 07 Gibson in their Swansong before the arrival of a new class in 2026.

Lm gt3

The biggest entry in La Sarathe is 24-Kar LM GT 3 class, which was won by the Porst-supported Month Racing Team last year.

Among the entries, Stuttgart will feature Aston Martin Vantage, three Chevrolet Carvet Z06 GT3 RS, two Ford Mustang GT3s, BMW M4 GT3S and a similar number of BMW M4 GT3s and a pair of three Ferrari 296 GT3S will feature three 911 GT3 RS against a pair of 296 GT3s.

Returning Accodis ASP Team is the pair of McLeren 720S GT 3 of the ASP team Lexus RC FGT3S and United Autosports pair.

For the first time after the infamous 1999 incident, Mercedes-AMG makes a comeback with a private iron links team at three AMG GT3 Evos.

With SC63, no lamborginis will compete in LM GT3.

South African interest

Tennis Great Roger Federer will be the official flag assigned to leave the French tricolor.

For starting at 4 pm, South African interests will be provided by brothers Calvin and Sheldon van der Linde.

Like last year, small Sheldon Hypercar makes his second debut in class, Share #20 BMW with Dutchman Robin Frizens and German Rene Rust. Calvin LM remains in the GT3 category, but now after Audi’s return from GT racing at the end of last year with BMW.

At that time, the old van der Linde, contracted by Audi, swapped Akodis Lexus, which he ran for the official #46 WRT BMW M4GT3 in the Last Man’s last year, in which he would share driving duties with Ahmed Al Hyarthi of Oman and veteran Valentino Rosie of Oman.

Where?

Like previous years, the program will be streamful live on the YouTube page of the World Dheeraj Championship and will be shown in South Africa on a dedication. Supersport Channel from beginning to end at 4 pm on Sunday.

In addition, Le Mans organizers, Automobile Club de Luest, have provided a wide spotter guide of each entry, which can be which can be. Downloaded here,

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