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2025 4 Hours Of Le Castellet
The 2025 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 2 and 4 May 2025 at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. It was the second of six rounds of the 2025 European Le Mans Series season, and the fourteenth consecutive running of the event as part of the championship. Entry list The provisional entry list was published on 24 April 2025 and consisted of 44 entries across 4 categories – 13 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 13 in LMGT3. In the LMP2 Pro-Am class, Nicklas Nielsen replaced Alessio Rovera in the No. 83 AF Corse Oreca. Louis Stern replaced Louis Rossi in the No. 35 Ultimate Ligier in the LMP3 class. Furthermore, Sebastian Gravlund did not drive in the No. 11 EuroInternational Ligier; driving duties will be shared between Ian Aguilera and Fabien Michal. Finally, James Calado replaced Daniel Serra in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari in the LMGT3 class. After suffering back pain in testing on Friday, Claudio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Ried
Christian Ried (born 24 February 1979) is a German former racing driver and the team principal of Proton Competition. He last competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, racing for Iron Lynx in the #61 Mercedes-AMG GT3. Career Ried's father Gerold founded Proton Competition in 1996, the team which Christian has spent most of his career racing for, beginning with the FIA GT Championship in 1999. As of 2021, Christian was team owner, facilitating the team's move to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship alongside WeatherTech Racing in 2021. Ried ran his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006, driving in the GT2 class for Sebah Automotive Ltd. He returned in 2011, driving for Proton Competition, and scored his first podium in 2014, finishing second in the GTE Am class. Four years later, Ried collected his first victory at the famous race, winning the GTE Am class alongside co-drivers Matt Campbell and Julien Andlauer. Two years later, Ried finished runner-up once again, this time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Rigon
Davide Rigon (born 26 August 1986) is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He is also currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver team. Career Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, 2003, Thiene-born Rigon progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three Championship, Italian Formula Three. He won the Formula Abarth, Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year. In 2007, Rigon won the Auto GP, Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races. He also raced for Italy in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. In 2008, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, and also in International Formula Master, while also racing for Beijing Guoan (Superleague Formula team), Beijing Guoan in the inaugural 2008 Superlea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CLX Motorsport
CLX Motorsport, formerly known as Cool Racing, is a French-based Swiss sports car racing team which currently competes in the European Le Mans Series, fielding entries in the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, as well as the Le Mans Cup. Founded in 2017 by Patrick Barbier and Alexandre Coigny, owner of Cool Aviation, the team initially partnered with Racing Spirit of Léman to run their operations. At the end of 2020, a restructuring occurred, during which Nicolas Lapierre became the team principal and the outfit was rebranded to Cool Racing / CLX Motorsport; the C and L standing for Coigny and Lapierre respectively. CLX fully absorbed the team in 2025. Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans results European Le Mans Series FIA World Endurance Championship Notes References External links * {{ELMS LMP2 teams Swiss auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2017 European Le Mans Series teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Closmenil
Adrien Closmenil (born 19 January 2007) is a French people, French racing driver currently competing in the LMP3 class of the 2025 European Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series. Career Closmenil started karting in 2015, where he immediately won the Coupe CRK in the Mini class of the French Championship in Angerville, Calvados, Angerville. Years in the Mini, Cadet, and eventually OK-Junior followed, with Closmenil branching out onto the international stage in 2021 and 2022. The following year, Closmenil made his car racing debut in the 2023 French F4 Championship, French F4 Championship as one of three drivers supported by the Winfield Racing School. At the second round in Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, the reversed-top-ten starting format for race 2 allowed Closmenil to start from pole. A slow start meant he dropped behind Leonardo Megna, though Closmenil quickly got back ahead. He defended the place against Megna until the end, claiming his first car racing vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algarve Pro Racing
Algarve Pro Racing (APR) is a Portuguese sports car racing team founded in 2010 by husband and wife Stewart and Samantha Cox. The team focuses on prototype racing, fielding LMP2 entries in the European Le Mans Series, as well as partnering with CrowdStrike Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. APR ran cars for the Russian endurance team G-Drive Racing during the 2021 season, ending their partnership following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Their list of alumni includes renowned sportscar drivers Adam Carroll (racing driver), Adam Carroll, Gustavo Menezes, Olivier Pla, Nick Tandy, Oliver Jarvis, Loïc Duval, Yifei Ye, Ye Yifei, Mikkel Jensen (racing driver), Mikkel Jensen, Ferdinand Habsburg (racing driver), Ferdinand Habsburg, René Rast, Ben Hanley, and Jack Hawksworth, as well as former F1 drivers such as Nyck de Vries, Pietro Fittipaldi and Esteban Gutiérrez. Notable accolades include the 2023 European Le Mans Series title, as well as LMP2 Pro-Am subclass victories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Caldwell
Oliver "Olli" Caldwell (born 11 June 2002) is a British people, British racing driver who currently competes in the LMP2 class of the 2024 European Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing. He is a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional European Championship, Formula Regional European, Italian F4 Championship, Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 championships, won the 2018 Gulf 12 Hours in the GT4 category, and was formerly part of the Alpine Academy. In February 2025, Caldwell took his first prototype victory at the 2025 4 Hours of Dubai, 4 Hours of Dubai. Career Karting Caldwell was born in Hampshire and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven. Having raced in karts for four seasons, Caldwell finished third in the 2016 edition of the Rotax Euro Challenge and took part in the Rotax Max Challenge, Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in the same year, representing Great Britain at the latter competition. Ginetta Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DKR Engineering
DKR Engineering is a Belgian-owned Luxembourgish racing team and preparation firm, which competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship. The company was founded in 2004 by Kendy Janclaes as a branch of the PSI Experience racing team from Belgium. After running PSI's racing programs, DKR began their own programs in 2008, running in the FFSA GT Championship with Corvettes. DKR expanded into the FIA GT Championship in 2009 where PSI had previously competed, running their own program under the Sangari Team Brazil banner and netting a single victory and sixth in the Teams' Championship. DKR's FFSA GT squad won five races in 2009 and secured the Drivers' Championship for Eric Debard. In 2010 DKR Engineering partnered with fellow Corvette campaigner Selleslagh Racing Team to compete as a two-car team under Mad-Croc Racing banner in the FIA GT1 World Championship. After a single victory over the season, Selleslagh and DKR will split, forming their own teams for the 2011 season. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurents Hörr
Laurents Hörr (born 11 September 1997) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series. Career Lower formula Hörr began his open-wheel racing career in 2014, competing in a pair of races with Dutt Motorsport, a team he co-owned with Rolf and Oliver Dutt, in the Formula Renault 1.6 Northern European Cup. The following season, he scored his first open wheel victory at Anderstorp Raceway while competing in the 2015 Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic season, Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic championship. Hörr started competing in Formula Renault#Formula Renault 2.0, Formula Renault 2.0 machinery in 2016. Following the 2017 season, a lack of funding prematurely ended his junior formula career. Sports car racing Due to Hörr's lack of funding, he made the transition to sports car racing for the 2018 season, taking part in the Michelin Le Mans Cup with French team CD Sport. His first season with the team was quiet, with Hörr finishing 7th in Le Mans Prototype#LMP3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vector Sport
Vector Sport is a British sports car racing team currently competing in the European Le Mans Series. Founded in 2021 by Gary Holland, a former team manager at Jota Sport and Dragon Racing, the Silverstone-based outfit has focused its on-track operations on the LMP2 class, entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2022 and 2023. At the end of 2022, Vector agreed a technical partnership to run the Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C in the Le Mans Hypercar category in 2024. However, the teams split amidst alleged contract breaches on the part of Isotta Fraschini, who later partnered with Duqueine Team Duqueine Team, formerly known as Duqueine Engineering, is a French sports car racing team founded in 2014. The team currently competes in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2. They previously operated Isotta Fraschini's Hypercar entry in the FIA .... Racing record 24 Hours of Le Mans results FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 25 June 1996) is a Brazilian and American racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Pratt Miller Motorsports, and in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series for Vector Sport; he also serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Haas F1 Team, Haas. Fittipaldi competed Formula One drivers from Brazil, under the Brazilian flag in Formula One at two Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix in , and the IndyCar Series between 2018 IndyCar Series, 2018 and 2024 IndyCar Series, 2024. Born in Miami, Fittipaldi is the grandson of two-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and the older brother of racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi, Enzo. Graduating from karting to stock car racing in 2011, Fittipaldi spent two seasons in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series before progressing to junior formulae in 2013. Fittipaldi won his first title at the 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship. He then won the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Lynx
Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They primarily participate in sports car racing, and are a sister team of both Iron Dames and Prema Racing under the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Iron Lynx were formerly partnered with Lamborghini in operating their Lamborghini SC63 LMDh prototype. History 2017 In 2017, the Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab was created by Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini. 2018 In their first year competing, Iron Lynx placed second and ninth in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Pro-Am, with one pole position, twelve podiums, and two victories. Deborah Mayer created the Iron Dames Project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport. Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Manuela Gostner competed in the 12 Hours of Dubai, placing second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
