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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