Following the ultimate spherical of the 2024 European Le Mans Collection season at Portimao on Saturday, 5 automated invites have been confirmed for the 2025 operating of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
By profitable the LMP2 Groups’ Championship, AO by TF has secured an invite to the French basic, whereas Inter Europol Competitors claimed an invite of its personal by ending second within the class standings.
AF Corse in the meantime, earned an invite with the LMP2 Professional-Am win for the No. 83 ORECA, after profitable the category title in dramatic circumstances on the ultimate lap of the race.
LMP3’s championship-winning outfit – RLR MSport – may also have the chance to enter subsequent yr’s Grand Prix D’Endurance in LMP2 following its conquer Eurointernational and Staff Virage within the nail-biting finale.
And at last, in LMGT3, after a title showdown in the course of the weekend between 9 of the 11 vehicles within the class, Iron Lynx got here out on high with its Lamborghini Huracan and has been awarded an automated invitation to enter the Le Mans 24 Hours within the LMGT3 class.
The title was sealed on the ultimate nook of the ultimate lap when Andrea Caldarelli darted previous Iron Dames’ Michelle Gatting to narrowly take the category win and crown from Ferrari crew Kessel Racing.
This set of 5 invites provides to the pair handed out per week in the past at Petit Le Mans.
There, driver Nick Boulle claimed the Jim Trueman Award after his title-winning marketing campaign with Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports and AWA racer Orey Fidani gained the Bob Akin Award for his efforts in GTD, granting him the prospect to enter a automobile within the LMGT3 class subsequent yr.
Two extra invites are additionally up for grabs over the winter within the Asian Le Mans Collection, the place the LMP2 and GT title-winning groups can be granted an area apiece on the 2025 Le Mans entry record.
