The European Le Mans Sequence (ELMS) has pulled the covers off its 2025 calendar, revealing a six-race schedule that guarantees to ship high-octane endurance racing throughout the continent. In a transfer that’s positive to excite British motorsport lovers, Silverstone is ready to make a grand return to the collection after a six-year hiatus.
For the primary time since 2021, the ELMS will contact down in six totally different nations, providing groups and drivers a various problem throughout a few of Europe’s most iconic circuits. The season will kick off with the normal Prologue and opening spherical on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in early April, setting the stage for what guarantees to be an thrilling yr of competitors.
Following the Spanish opener, groups will make their technique to the south of France for the 4 Hours of Le Castellet in early Could. The calendar then takes a strategic pause in June, permitting groups and drivers to concentrate on the top of endurance racing – the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
As summer season heats up, so too will the championship battle. The collection resumes with the 4 Hours of Imola in Italy, earlier than tackling the longest and one of the vital difficult circuits on the calendar – the 7km rollercoaster that’s Spa-Francorchamps in late August.
September marks the much-anticipated return to British soil, with Silverstone internet hosting the penultimate spherical of the championship. This race replaces the earlier fixture at Mugello and is ready to be a pivotal second within the title struggle. The season will then attain its climax on the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, the place champions can be topped beneath the nice and cozy October solar.
Pierre Fillon, President of the Vehicle Membership de l’Ouest, expressed his enthusiasm for the calendar, stating, “As soon as once more the European Le Mans Sequence calendar includes a number of circuits, every with a wide range of challenges to check each the automobile and the motive force. The ACO is extraordinarily happy to see the ELMS returning to the UK for the primary time since 2019, giving the British followers a style of Le Mans at house at Silverstone.”
Fillon went on to reward the collection’ standing within the motorsport world, including, “The ELMS has firmly established itself because the main European endurance collection. With grids of over 40 vehicles, that includes a terrific mixture of Le Mans Prototypes and GTs, and a number of the high drivers and groups from around the globe, it seems just like the 2025 season goes to ship much more.”
Frédéric Lequien, Normal Director of Le Mans Endurance Administration (LMEM), highlighted the steadiness of continuity and pleasure within the new calendar. “With six 4-hour races on six of Europe’s main circuits – 5 of which have featured for the previous few seasons – the 2025 ELMS calendar gives groups and drivers with stability and totally different challenges, whereas promising thrilling racing for our many followers around the globe to take pleasure in whether or not in individual on the monitor or watching at house.”
Lequien additionally shared his pleasure in regards to the collection’ return to the UK, saying, “We’re particularly happy to announce the return to the UK following a six-year absence, reintroducing an occasion that was at all times well-attended previously. My thanks go to Stuart Pringle and his staff, and we’re eagerly anticipating the 4 Hours of Silverstone subsequent September.”
With an ideal mix of established venues and a returning favorite, the 2025 ELMS calendar units the stage for one more yr of shut competitors and endurance racing drama.
2025 European Le Mans Sequence Calendar:
Early April: Prologue and Spherical 1 – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain
Early Could: 4 Hours of Le Castellet, France
July: 4 Hours of Imola, Italy
Late August: 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
September: 4 Hours of Silverstone, United Kingdom
October: 4 Hours of Algarve, Portugal
