2025 12 Hours of Paul Ricard

Layout of Circuit Paul Ricard, where the race was held

The 2025 12 Hours of Paul Ricard (known as the 2025 Michelin 12 Hours of Paul Ricard for sponsorship reasons) was an endurance sportscar race held between 5 and 7 July 2025, in Le Castellet, France, as the fourth of five rounds of the 2025 24H Series. It was the fifth running of the event.

Background

The event was announced on 24 September 2024 along with the rest of the 2025 24H Series calendar.[1]

Entry list

Main article: 2025 24H Series § Teams and drivers

The entry list was announced on 4 July 2025, and features 33 entries over 4 classes – 16 in GT3, 4 in GTX, 10 in 992, 2 in GT4.[2]

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Driver 5
GT3 (16 entries)
11 Switzerland Hofor Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Germany Torsten Kratz Switzerland Michael Kroll Germany Maximilian Partl Germany Alexander Prinz Switzerland Chantal Prinz
18 France Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA France Philippe Chatelet Austria Michael Doppelmayr Germany Elia Erhart Switzerland Ernst Inderbitzin Germany Pierre Kaffer
21 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Belgium Nicolas Guelinckx Belgium Peter Guelinckx Belgium Jef Machiels
28 France TFT Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA Germany Nico Bastian France Jordan Boisson France Patrick Charlaix Belgium Benjamin Paque
42 New Zealand Prime Speed Sport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 PA Australia Nick Foster New Zealand Jono Lester New Zealand Heremana Malmezac Finland Miika Panu
56 Czech Republic Scuderia Praha Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Czech Republic Josef Král Czech Republic Miroslav Výboh Czech Republic Dennis Waszek
65 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Am Malaysia Dominic Ang Malaysia Douglas Khoo Malaysia Melvin Moh
69 United Kingdom Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am David Pogosyan Kyrgyzstan Andrey Solukovtsev Cyprus Vasily Vladykin
71 Lithuania Juta Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am Lithuania Arunas Geciauskas Italy Nicola Michelon Switzerland Tim Müller
72 Lithuania Juta Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Am New Zealand Francois Beziac United Kingdom Tom Jackson Zimbabwe Ameerh Naran
73 Germany Proton Huber Competition Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Austria Klaus Bachler Germany Jörg Dreisow Germany Manuel Lauck Germany Mark Wallenwein
81 United States Era Motorsport Ferrari 296 GT3 PA United States Ryan Dalziel United Kingdom Jake Hill Greece Andreas Laskaratos United States Dwight Merriman
90 Spain E2P Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Am Spain Pablo Burguera Spain Olievr Campos Spain Antonio Sainero
93 Belgium Red Ant Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Belgium Kobe de Breucker Germany Kenneth Heyer Belgium Ayrton Redant Belgium Yannick Redant
96 Lithuania RD Signs - Siauliai Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Am Lithuania Audrius Butkevicius Lithuania Vaidas Miciuda Lithuania Paulius Paskevicius Lithuania Paulius Ruskys
98 United Arab Emirates Into Africa Racing by Dragon Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Kuwait Khaled Al Marzouq Canada Ramez Azzam Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies South Africa Xollie Letlaka
GTX (4 entries)
701 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Lionel Amrouche France Philippe Bonnel France Cyril Calmon
702 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Solenn Amrouche France Philippe Burel France Franck Lefèvre
703 France Vortex V8 Vortex 2.0 France Arnoud Gomez France Olivier Gomez France Tom Pieri
709 Switzerland Graff Racing Nova NP02 Switzerland Sébastien Page Switzerland Luis Sanjuan France Eric Trouillet
992 (10 entries)
888 France SebLajoux Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am France Sebastien Lajoux Netherlands Paul Meijer France Stephane Perrin Luxembourg Carlos Rivas
901 India Ajith Kumar Racing by Red Ant Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Belgium Mathieu Detry Belgium Fabian Duffieux India Ajith Kumar
902 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Denmark Jonas Holmgaard Denmark Magnus Holmgaard Denmark Marco Gersager Denmark Patrick Steen Rasmussen
907 Germany RPM Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Germany Philip Hamprecht Sweden Niclas Jönsson United States Tracy Krohn
909 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Netherlands Ivo Breukers Netherlands Luc Breukers Netherlands Rik Breukers Switzerland Fabian Denz
910 France SebLajoux Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am France Jeremy Faligand France Jean-Laurent Navarro France Pierre Arnaud Navarro Belgium Giovanni Scamardi
911 Germany 9und11 Racing Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Germany Georg Goder Germany Ralf Oehme Germany Martin Schlüter Germany Tim Scheerbarth
921 Belgium Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P Germany Julian Hanses Estonia Martin Rump Latvia Valters Zviedris
928 Germany HRT Performance Porsche 992 GT3 Cup Am Qatar Jassim Al-Thani Germany Kim André Hauschild Switzerland Silvain Pastoris Germany Axel Sartingen
957 Germany Lionspeed GP Porsche 992 GT3 Cup P United States José Garcia Germany Patrick Kolb Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
GT4 (2 entries)
419 Belgium Hamofa Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) Belgium Kris Verhoeven Belgium Mark Verhoeven Belgium Rob Verhoeven
421 United Kingdom Venture Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT4 United Kingdom Matthew George United Kingdom Christopher Jones United Kingdom Neville Jones
Source:[3]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P GT3-Pro
PA GT3-Pro/Am
Am GT3-Am
992 entries
Icon Class
P 992-Pro
Am 992-Am

Schedule

Date Time (local: CET) Event Duration
Friday, 4 July 12:00 - 13:30 Free practice 90 minutes
15:30 - 15:45 Qualifying Session 1 - Classes TCE, GT4, GTX & 992 15 minutes
15:50 - 16:05 Qualifying Session 2 - Classes TCE, GT4, GTX & 992 15 minutes
16:10 - 16:25 Qualifying Session 3 - Classes TCE, GT4, GTX & 992 15 minutes
16:40 - 16:55 Qualifying Session 1 - Class GT3 15 minutes
17:00 - 17:15 Qualifying Session 2 - Class GT3 15 minutes
17:20 - 17:35 Qualifying Session 3 - Class GT3 15 minutes
Saturday, 5 July 10:00 - 22:00 Race 12 hours
Source:[4]

Free Practice

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 73 Germany Proton Huber Competition Austria Klaus Bachler 2:02.768
GTX 709 Switzerland Graff Racing Switzerland Sébastien Page 2:05.965
992 901 India Ajith Kumar Racing by Red Ant Belgium Fabian Duffieux 2:07.742
GT4 421 United Kingdom Venture Engineering United Kingdom Matthew George 2:13.639
Source:[5][6]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into three parts for both groups. The average of the best times per qualifying session determined the starting order. Dragon Racing secured pole position with a combined average time of 2:03.292.[7]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

TCE, GT4, GTX & 992

Pos. Class No. Team Avg
1 GTX 709 Switzerland Graff Racing 2:06.201
2 GTX 703 France Vortex V8 2:06.800
3 992 Am 888 France SebLajoux Racing 2:08.442
4 992 Pro 921 Belgium Mühlner Motorsport 2:08.815
5 GTX 701 France Vortex V8 2:08.921
6 992 Am 902 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport 2:09.064
7 GTX 702 France Vortex V8 2:09.488
8 992 Am 901 India Ajith Kumar Racing by Red Ant 2:09.868
9 992 Am 910 France SebLajoux Racing 2:10.000
10 992 Am 928 Germany HRT Performance 2:10.888
11 992 Pro 957 Germany Lionspeed GP 2:11.736
12 992 Am 911 Germany 9und11 Racing 2:12.697
13 GT4 421 United Kingdom Venture Engineering 2:16.964
14 GT4 419 Belgium Hamofa Motorsport 2:18.693
15 992 Am 907 Germany RPM Racing 2:10.339
– 992 Pro 909 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl No time
Source:[8]

GT3

Pos. Class No. Team Avg
1 GT3 Pro/Am 98 United Arab Emirates Into Africa Racing by Dragon 2:03.292
2 GT3 Pro 93 Belgium Red Ant Racing 2:03.789
3 GT3 Pro/Am 28 France TFT Racing 2:03.794
4 GT3 Pro/Am 18 France Saintéloc Junior Team 2:03.915
5 GT3 Pro/Am 73 Germany Proton Huber Competition 2:04.478
6 GT3 Pro/Am 56 Czech Republic Scuderia Praha 2:04.740
7 GT3 Am 69 United Arab Emirates Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport 2:04.830
8 GT3 Pro/Am 42 New Zealand Prime Speed Sport 2:05.026
9 GT3 Pro/Am 81 United States Era Motorsport 2:05.142
10 GT3 Am 71 Lithuania Juta Racing 2:05.196
11 GT3 Am 90 Spain E2P Racing 2:05.441
12 GT3 Am 21 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT 2:05.622
13 GT3 Am 11 Switzerland Hofor Racing 2:06.403
14 GT3 Am 96 Lithuania RD Signs - Siauliai Racing Team 2:06.664
15 GT3 Am 72 Lithuania Juta Racing 2:07.245
16 GT3 Am 65 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing 2:04.281
Source:[9]

Race

The race was won overall by the No. 73 Proton Huber Competition Porsche followed by the No. 73 Red Ant Racing Mercedes-AMG in second and the No. 28 TFT Racing Mercedes-AMG in third.[10]

Race results

Class winners are in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 GT3 Pro/Am 73 Germany Proton Huber Competition Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Jörg Dreisow
Germany Manuel Lauck
Germany Mark Wallenwein 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 308 12:00:02.274
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
2 GT3 Pro 93 Belgium Red Ant Racing Belgium Kobe de Breucker
Germany Kenneth Heyer
Belgium Ayrton Redant
Belgium Yannick Redant 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 308 +3.473
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
3 GT3 Pro/Am 28 France TFT Racing Germany Nico Bastian
France Jordan Boisson
France Patrick Charlaix
Belgium Benjamin Paque 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 307 +1 Lap
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
4 GT3 Am 69 United Arab Emirates Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport David Pogosyan
Kyrgyzstan Andrey Solukovtsev
Cyprus Vasily Vladykin 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 306 +2 Laps
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
5 GT3 Pro/Am 56 Czech Republic Scuderia Praha Czech Republic Josef Král
Czech Republic Matúš Výboh
Czech Republic Miroslav Výboh
Czech Republic Dennis Waszek 		Ferrari 296 GT3 306 +2 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
6 GT3 Pro/Am 81 United States Era Motorsport United States Ryan Dalziel
United Kingdom Jake Hill
United States Dwight Merriman
Greece Andreas Laskaratos 		Ferrari 296 GT3 304 +4 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
7 GT3 Am 90 Spain E2P Racing Spain Pablo Burguera
Spain Oliver Campos
Spain Antonio Sainero 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo 305 +3 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8
8 GT3 Am 65 Malaysia Viper Niza Racing Malaysia Dominic Ang
Malaysia Douglas Khoo
Malaysia Melvin Moh 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 303 +5 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
9 992 Pro 921 Belgium Mühlner Motorsport Estonia Martin Rump
Latvia Valters Zviedris
Germany Julian Hanses 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 302 +6 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
10 992 Am 902 Denmark Holmgaard Motorsport Denmark Marco Gersager
Denmark Jonas Holmgaard
Denmark Magnus Holmgaard
Denmark Patrick Rasmussen 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 301 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
11 992 Pro 909 Netherlands Red Camel-Jordans.nl Netherlands Ivo Breukers

Netherlands Luc Breukers
Netherlands Rik Breukers
Switzerland Fabian Denz

Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 301 +7 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
12
DNF 		GT3 Pro/Am 18 France Saintéloc Junior Team France Philippe Chatelet
Austria Michael Doppelmayr
Germany Elia Erhart
Switzerland Ernst Inderbitzin
Germany Pierre Kaffer 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 300 Engine
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
13 GT3 Am 71 Lithuania Juta Racing Lithuania Arunas Geciauskas
Italy Nicola Michelon
Switzerland Tim Müller 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 299 +9 Laps
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
14 GT3 Am 72 Lithuania Juta Racing New Zealand Francois Beziac
United Kingdom Tom Jackson
Zimbabwe Ameerh Naran 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 298 +10 Laps
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
15 992 Am 888 France SebLajoux Racing France Sebastien Lajoux
Netherlands Paul Meijer
France Stephane Perrin
Luxembourg Carlos Rivas 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 295 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 992 Am 910 France SebLajoux Racing France Jeremy Faligand
France Jean-Laurent Navarro
France Pierre Arnaud Navarro
Belgium Giovanni Scamardi 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 295 +13 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GT3 Pro/Am 98 United Arab Emirates Into Africa Racing by Dragon Kuwait Khaled Al Marzouq
Canada Ramez Azzam
Zimbabwe Axcil Jefferies
South Africa Xollie Letlaka 		Ferrari 296 GT3 295 +13 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
18 GT3 Am 21 Antigua and Barbuda HAAS RT Belgium Nicolas Guelinckx
Belgium Peter Guelinckx
Belgium Jef Machiels 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II 295 +13 Laps
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10
19 GT3 Am 96 Lithuania RD Signs - Siauliai Racing Team Lithuania Audrius Butkevicius
Lithuania Vaidas Miciuda
Lithuania Paulius Paskevicius
Lithuania Paulius Ruskys 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 292 +16 Laps
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
20
DNF 		992 Am 901 India Ajith Kumar Racing by Red Ant Belgium Mathieu Detry
Belgium Fabian Duffieux
India Ajith Kumar 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 287 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
21
DNF 		992 Pro 957 Germany Lionspeed GP United States José Garcia

Germany Patrick Kolb
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser

Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 287 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
22 992 Am 911 Germany 9und11 Racing Germany Georg Goder
Germany Ralf Oehme
Germany Martin Schlüter
Germany Tim Scheerbarth 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 287 +21 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
23 GTX 709 Switzerland Graff Racing Switzerland Sébastien Page
Switzerland Luis Sanjuan
France Eric Trouillet 		Nova NP02 286 +22 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
24 GT4 421 United Kingdom Venture Engineering United Kingdom Matthew George
United Kingdom Christopher Jones
United Kingdom Neville Jones 		Mercedes-AMG GT4 278 +30 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8
25 992 Am 907 Germany RPM Racing Germany Philip Hamprecht
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United States Tracy Krohn 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 277 +31 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
26 992 Am 928 Germany HRT Performance Qatar Jassim Al-Thani
Germany Kim André Hauschild
Switzerland Silvain Pastoris
Germany Axel Sartingen 		Porsche 992 GT3 Cup 275 +33 Laps
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
27 GTX 701 France Vortex V8 France Lionel Amrouche
France Philippe Bonnel
France Cyril Calmon 		Vortex 2.0 263 +45 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
28 GT4 419 Belgium Hamofa Motorsport Belgium Kris Verhoeven
Belgium Mark Verhoeven
Belgium Rob Verhoeven 		BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) 268 +40 Laps
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6
29 GTX 702 France Vortex V8 France Lionel Amrouche
France Julien Boillot
France Alexandre De Bernardinis 		Vortex 2.0 250 +58 Laps
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
30
DNF 		GT3 Pro/Am 42 New Zealand Prime Speed Sport Australia Nick Foster
New Zealand Jono Lester
New Zealand Heremana Malmezac
Finland Miika Panu 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 242 Contact damage
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
31
DNF 		GT3 Am 11 Switzerland Hofor Racing Switzerland Michael Kroll
Germany Torsten Kratz
Germany Alexander Prinz
Switzerland Chantal Prinz 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 194 Crash
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
DNF GTX 703 France Vortex V8 France Arnoud Gomez
France Olivier Gomez
France Tom Pieri 		Vortex 2.0 126 Gearbox
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
Source:[11]

Statistics

Fastest lap

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
GT3 98 United Arab Emirates Into Africa Racing by Dragon Canada Ramez Azzam 2:02.801
GTX 709 Switzerland Graff Racing France Eric Trouillet 2:04.807
992 957 Germany Lionspeed GP Switzerland Patric Niederhauser 2:06.610
GT4 421 United Kingdom Venture Engineering United Kingdom Matthew George 2:12.976
Source:[12]

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