The first Road To Le Mans was held in 2016, with a single 55-minute race on the full 13.626 km Circuit des 24 Heures. In 2017 two races have been held, with the 2025 races being extended to the full 60 minutes for both the races on Thursday 12 and Saturday 14 June. It is also the first time that Road To Le Mans has three classes, LMP3, LMP3 Pro/Am and GT3.
The LMP3 grid will feature 23 cars for Silver and Gold rated drivers, with championship leaders CLX Motorsport running three cars in the class. The no87 Ligier of MLMC championship leaders Alvise Rodella and Pierre Alexandre Provost and the no97 Ligier of Cedric Oltramare and last year’s RTLM winner David Droux, who are currently second the standings, will be joined by the no37 Ligier of ELMS LMP3 championship leaders Theodor Jensen and Adrien Closmenil, the Franco-Danish pairing having taken 52 points from the first two ELMS races.
The LMP3 grid features all four chassis manufacturers with 15 Ligier JS P325s, 5 Duqueine D09s, 2 Adess AD25s and 1 Ginetta G61-LT-P325 EVO.
There are also a number of teams and drivers who are previous RTLM winners. Maximus Mayer won with MV2S in 2024, and this year is racing with High Class Racing. Former MLMC champion Colin Noble won RTLM in 2021 with Nielsen Racing.
DKR Engineering have won the RTLM on three occasions with Duqueine / Norma, while CLX Motorsport have also won three times under the COOL Racing banner. WTM by Rinaldi Racing won in 2024.
The LMP3 Pro/Am category will feature 20 cars with Stefan Aust and Felipe Fernandez-Laser in the no71 Rinaldi Racing Ligier leading the championship standings after two races.
The category will feature the very first RTLM winner Thomas Laurent, who will be racing the no2 DKR Engineering Ginetta alongside Estonian Antti Ramo. Laurent won with DC Racing in 2016 with Alexandre Cougnaud, finishing 16 seconds ahead of Martin Brundle and Christian England in the United Autosports Ligier.
2019 RTLM GT3 winner Fabien Lavergne will be racing in the no88 R-Ace GP Duqueine alongside Ramano Ricci.
The GT3 grid features 15 entries with RTLM winning teams Ebimotors, AF Corse, Kessel Racing, Racing Spirit of Léman and Team WRT all fielding cars.
2024 RTLM winner David Fumanelli will be with his 2025 Turkish teammate Murat Ruhi Çuhadaroglu in the no33 Kessel Racing Ferrari, and they will be trying to close the 8-point gap to championship leaders Rory Van Der Steur and Philipp Sager in the Le Castellet Round winning no11 Code Racing Development Aston Martin. 2018 RTLM GT3 winner Christoph Ulrich will be racing the no55 AF Corse Ferrari.
The 2025 Road To Le Mans grid will also feature four female racers, with Léna Bühler in the no50 23Events Racing Ligier, the no83 Iron Dames Porsche of Vanina Ickx and Marta García Lopez and the Team WRT BMW M4 featuring 2021 24H GT Series GT4 Champions Samantha Tan from Canada.
Qualifying for the 2025 Road To Le Mans will take place on Thursday 12 June, followed by Race 1 later that day in the evening. Race 2 will take place on Saturday 14 June in the build-up to the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which begins at 4pm.
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