Cadillac wins dramatic 2025 Petit Le Mans as Porsche claims IMSA GTP title

Motion Categorical trio Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti gave Cadillac a second consecutive Petit Le Mans victory as Porsche’s Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet received the 2025 IMSA title.

The #31 Motion Categorical Racing Cadillac V-Sequence.R LMDh took the flag after 10 hours of racing round Highway Atlanta with a 5.1s margin over The Coronary heart of Racing Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar shared by Ross Gunn, Romain De Angelis and Alex Riberas. 

Third place for Campbell and Jaminet, who shared the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh with Laurens Vanthoor, was greater than sufficient to offer them the IMSA SportsCar Championship drivers’ title.

Porsche took a clear sweep of the silverware within the GTP class, additionally claiming the producers’ and groups’ crowns and the IMSA Endurance Cup with Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr within the sister #7 PPM automotive. 

The Motion Categorical Cadillac was the quickest automotive for almost all of the 2025 finale, however needed to combat again from an early delay to retain the Petit Le Mans crown received by the Chip Ganassi Racing squad in 2024. 

Aitken, who had certified second, took the lead after shadowing pole winner Tom Blomqvist within the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 LMDh for the primary two and a half hours of the race. 

#31 Cadillac Motion Categorical Cadillac V- Sequence.R: Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, Frederik Vesti, #60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06: Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun, Scott Dixon

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The Briton was in a position to stretch the result in almost 10s earlier than handing over to Bamber simply earlier than the fifth of six security vehicles to interrupt the twenty eighth working of the enduro. Bamber needed to come again into the pits with a proper rear puncture beneath the yellow flags after working over particles on his outlap. 

The New Zealander was in a position to carry the automotive as much as second behind the #6 PPM automotive into which Vanthoor was drafted in on race morning after Julien Andlauer fell ailing. The Motion Categorical entry then jumped the Porsche within the pits in the course of the ultimate security automotive with 4 hours remaining.

Vesti was in a position to construct a bonus over Dries Vanthoor within the #24 Rahal BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh pushed by Philipp Eng, Dries Vanthoor and Kevin Magnussen, which had additionally obtained forward of the Shank Acura. 

The Porsche got here again into rivalry after Campbell moved previous the BMW and closed to inside a second of Bamber within the penultimate hour. However after the ultimate spherical of pitstops with simply over an hour left, the Cadillac driver reasserted his benefit over the Porsche, now with Jaminet on the wheel. 

All of the vehicles wanted to make a splash-and-dash gas cease within the ultimate hour, THOR opting to make its additional pit name early. 

The technique promoted De Angelis to 3rd behind the Cadillac and the manufacturing facility Lamborghini SC63 LMDh with Romain Grosjean on the wheel when the Cadillac and the Porsche stopped. 

#63 Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini SC63: Romain Grosjean, Edoardo Mortara

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That turned second when Grosjean, who shared the Lamborghini with Edoardo Mortara and Daniil Kyvat, made his splash with 5 minutes remaining. The Lambo nonetheless made it residence in fourth place on what’s the ultimate scheduled look for the automotive. 

One of the best of the Shank vehicles Blomqvist shared with Colin Braun and Scott Dixon took fifth, whereas the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac pushed by Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque and Will Stevens rounded out the highest six. 

LMP2 honours went to the #11 TDS Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 shared by Steven Thomas, Mikkel Jensen and Hunter McElrea. In the meantime, PJ Hyett and Dane Cameron took the category title of their AO Racing ORECA.

BMW took the GT Daytona Professional victory with the Paul Miller Racing M4 GT3 EVO shared by Dan Harper, Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen. 

The BMW was adopted residence by the 2 Corvette Racing/Pratt & Miller Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs: Nicky Catsburg, Tommy Milner and Nico Varrone took the runner-up spot in school, however the title went to Alexander Sims and Antonio Garcia with the third place they garnered along with Daniel Juncadella.

2025 Petit Le Mans outcomes

1

31
 
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
436

 
10
 
 

2

23
 
Aston Martin Valkyrie
436

5.182
12
 
 

3

6
 
Porsche 963
436

7.563
11
 
 

4

63
 
Lamborghini SC63
436

21.683
12
 
 

5

60
 
Acura ARX-06
436

6.688
10
 
 

6

10
 
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
436

25.913
12
 
 

7

93
 
Acura ARX-06
435

 
12
 
 

8

40
 
Cadillac V-Sequence.R
435

 
14
 
 

9

24
 
BMW M Hybrid V8
435

 
12
 
 

10

7
 
Porsche 963
435

 
13
 
 

11

25
 
BMW M Hybrid V8
435

 
13
 
 

12

M. Esterson JDC/Miller Motorsports

85
 
Porsche 963
433

 
13
 
 

13

11
 
ORECA 07
426

 
15
 
 

14

J. Clarke Inter Europol Competitors

43
 
ORECA 07
426

 
18
 
 

15

18
 
ORECA 07
426

 
16
 
 

16

N. Rao

52
 
ORECA 07
426

 
18
 
 

17

M. Pérez Companc

88
 
ORECA 07
425

 
16
 
 

18

99
 
ORECA 07
425

 
16
 
 

19

73
 
ORECA 07
422

 
17
 
 

20

74
 
ORECA 07
421

 
17
 
 

21

2
 
ORECA 07
412

 
18
 
 

22

A. Quinn Crowdstrike Racing by APR

04
 
ORECA 07
406

 
21
 
 

23

D. Harper

48
 
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
406

 
9
 
 

24

N. Varrone Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports

4
 
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
405

 
11
 
 

25

3
 
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
405

 
10
 
 

26

21
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
405

 
9
 
 

27

O. Triarsi

023
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
405

 
9
 
 

28

S. Priaulx

64
 
Ford Mustang GT3
405

 
11
 
 

29

65
 
Ford Mustang GT3
405

 
10
 
 

30

12
 
Lexus RC F GT3
405

 
11
 
 

31

27
 
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
405

 
10
 
 

32

57
 
Mercedes AMG GT3
404

 
10
 
 

33

E. Skeer

120
 
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
404

 
10
 
 

34

36
 
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
404

 
13
 
 

35

14
 
Lexus RC F GT3
404

 
10
 
 

36

96
 
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
404

 
13
 
 

37

13
 
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD
404

 
11
 
 

38

81
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
404

 
12
 
 

39

77
 
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
404

 
12
 
 

40

47
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
403

 
14
 
 

41

19
 
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
403

 
14
 
 

42

1
 
BMW M4 GT3
401

 
14
 
 

43

D. Goldburg

22
 
ORECA 07
400

 
16
 
 

44

45
 
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2
355

 
12
 
 

45

9
 
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2
343

 
15
 
 

46

E. Filgueiras Forte Racing

78
 
Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2
280

 
12
 
 

47

8
 
ORECA 07
106

 
5
 
 

48

A. Muss

R. Agostini

021
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
103

 
2
 
 

49

W. Brichacek

80
 
Mercedes AMG GT3
89

 
4
 
 

50

M. Franco

34
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
0

 
 
 
 

51

66
 
Ford Mustang GT3
0

 
 
 
 

52

70
 
Ferrari 296 GT3
0

 
 
 
 

53

44
 
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
0

 
 
 
 

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