2025 Lone Star Le Mans
| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 6 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| Date | 7 September 2025 |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Venue | Circuit of the Americas |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Weather | Wet. Air temperature: 23.2–24.5 °C (73.8–76.1 °F). Track temperature: 25.8–28.0 °C (78.4–82.4 °F) |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 120 |
| Distance (km) | 661.56 |
| Distance (miles) | 411.12 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:57.655 |
| Team | AF Corse |
| Drivers | Robert Kubica |
| Winners | |
| Team | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
| Drivers | Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team | United Autosports |
| Drivers | Sean Gelael Darren Leung Marino Sato |
The 2025 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 5 and 7 September 2025 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. It was the sixth of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship and the eighth running of the event.
Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 22 August 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3.[1] In the Hypercar category, Sébastien Buemi, Robin Frijns, Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne return to their respective lineups after missing the previous round due to the Berlin ePrix.[2] Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet are added back the Penske Hypercar entries.[3] In the LMGT3 category, Timur Boguslavskiy and Derek DeBoer return to the No. 31 Team WRT BMW and the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin respectively.[2] Ben Barnicoat comes back to the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, after missing multiple rounds due to an injury and clashes with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship commitments.[4] Mike Conway suffered a training injury and was replaced by José María López with López's replacement later confirmed to be Jack Hawksworth in the No. 87 Akkodis Lexus.[5][6]
Schedule
| Date | Time (local: CST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 5 September | 11:30 | Free Practice 1 |
| 16:30 | Free Practice 2 | |
| Saturday, 6 September | 11:00 | Free Practice 3 |
| 15:00 | Qualifying – LMGT3 | |
| 15:20 | Hyperpole – LMGT3 | |
| 15:40 | Qualifying – Hypercar | |
| 16:00 | Hyperpole – Hypercar | |
| Sunday, 7 September | 13:00 | Race |
| Source:[7] | ||
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 83 | AF Corse | 1:58.405 | 1:57.655 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:59.261 | 1:57.751 | 2 |
| 3 | Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 1:58.801 | 1:58.619 | 3 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse | 1:59.035 | 1:58.640 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 99 | Proton Competition | 1:58.155 | 1:58.839 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team | 1:59.727 | 2:00.468 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 2:00.467 | 2:02.926 | 7 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT | 1:59.676 | 2:03.243 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team | 1:59.751 | 2:04.024 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | 2:00.731 | 10 | |
| 11 | Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 2:00.744 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team | 2:00.763 | 12 | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT | 2:01.034 | 13 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 007 | Aston Martin THOR Team | 2:01.100 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 38 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota | 2:03.382 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 12 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota | 2:03.952 | 16 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 2:05.282 | 17 | |
| 18 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | No time | 18 | |
| 19 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition | 2:16.650 | 2:07.645 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition | 2:16.411 | 2:07.663 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 95 | United Autosports | 2:16.312 | 2:08.262 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 46 | Team WRT | 2:13.371 | 2:08.972 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport | 2:15.838 | 2:09.465 | 26 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 59 | United Autosports | 2:14.901 | 2:09.499 | 23 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team | 2:15.278 | 2:09.727 | 24 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 60 | Iron Lynx | 2:16.376 | 2:10.113 | 25 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 31 | The Bend Team WRT | 2:12.241 | 2:10.229 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team | 2:14.324 | 2:10.640 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport | 2:16.801 | 29 | |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx | 2:17.308 | 30 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 92 | Manthey 1st Phorm | 2:17.545 | 31 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse | 2:18.128 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman | 2:20.382 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 21 | Vista AF Corse | 2:21.236 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames | 2:22.433 | 35 | |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team | No time | 36 | |
| Source:[8][9] | ||||||
Race
The race started at 13:00 CST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.[7]
Race results
Class winners are in bold and ‡.
References
- ^ "Entry list out for Lone Star Le Mans". Endurance Info. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ a b O’Connell, R. J. (22 August 2025). "Lone Star Le Mans Entry List Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (22 August 2025). "Porsche Returns to Three-Driver Lineups for COTA". Sportscar365. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (20 August 2025). "Akkodis ASP Confirms Barnicoat's Return for COTA". Sportscar365. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (1 September 2025). "Conway to miss COTA WEC race after sustaining training injury". RACER. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (1 September 2025). "Lopez Set To Race Toyota At CoTA". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 FIA WEC - LONE STAR LE MANS - V2" (PDF). FIAWEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Qualifying – Final Classification" (PDF). FIA WEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Race – Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA WEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "FIA WEC – Lone Star Le Mans Race – Final Classification" (PDF). FIAWEC Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.