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The 2025 4 Hours of Le Castellet was an

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event, held between 2 and 4 May 2025 at

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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

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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

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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 Schiavoni opted to sit out the event. Christian Ried replaced him in the No. 60 Proton Competition Porsche.

Schedule

Free practice

Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday and one on Saturday. Both sessions ran for 90 minutes.

Practice 1

The first practice session started at 11:00 CEST on Friday. Matteo Cairoli topped the session in the No. 9 Iron Lynx –

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Oreca, with a lap time of 1:49.096. He was 0.887 seconds quicker than second-placed Pietro Fittipaldi in the No. 10 Vector Sport Oreca.

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topped the LMP2 Pro-Am class in the No. 3 DKR Engineering Oreca, lapping the circuit in 1 minute, 50.437 seconds. Olli Caldwell was second-fastest, 0.652 seconds behind Hörr in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca.

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topped the charts in LMP3: his No. 17 CLX Motorsport Ligier lapped the circuit in 1:58.701, 0.116 seconds quicker than the No. 8 Team Virage Ligier of Rik Koen. LMGT3 was topped by the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari, with

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lapping the circuit in 2 minutes, 3.716 seconds. Rigon's team mate Riccardo Agostini was second-fastest in the No. 50 Ferrari, 0.028 seconds behind. The No. 86 GR Racing Ferrari of Riccardo Pera finished the session in third. The session saw one red-flag stoppage after Kriton Lendoudis beached his car on the kerb. * Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

The second practice session started at 10:10 CEST on Saturday, with Cairoli once again topping the timing sheets in the No. 9 Oreca with a lap time of 1:49.736. He was 0.311 seconds quicker than Charles Milesi in the No. 48 VDS Panis Racing Oreca.

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was third-quickest in the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca, 0.358 seconds behind Cairoli. The LMP2 Pro-Am class was topped by Louis Delétraz in the No. 99 AO by TF Oreca, with a 1-minute, 50.309-second lap time. James Allen was second-quickest in the No. 27 Nielsen Racing Oreca. Closmenil kept the lead in the LMP3 class, with a lap time of 1:59.539. Griffin Peebles was second-quickest in the No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine, 0.173 seconds behind Closmenil. The No. 50 Ferrari topped the LMGT3 class with Lilou Wadoux behind the wheel: her lap time of 2:03.621 was 0.006 seconds quicker than that of second-placed Tom Fleming in the No. 86 Ferrari. The No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari of Ben Tuck rounded out the top three. * Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 14:20 CEST on Saturday, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.

claimed pole position in the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca.

Qualifying results

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winners in each class are marked in bold.

Race

The race started at 12:00 CEST on Sunday, and ran for 4 hours.

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 74 laps. Class winners are in bold and .

Notes

Qualifying

References

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