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2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship

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The 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) is a planned motor racing championship, set to be the 55th racing season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association, which traces its lineage back to the 1971 IMSA GT Championship. It will also be the twelfth season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the merger between the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series in 2014, and the tenth under the sponsorship of WeatherTech.

Classes

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Schedule

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The provisional schedule was released on March 15, 2024, and features an unchanged 11 rounds.[1][2]

   Race is part of the Michelin Endurance Cup
Rnd. Race Length Classes Circuit Location Date
1 Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 hours All Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida January 25–26
2 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 12 hours All Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 15
3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 100 minutes GTP, GTD Long Beach Street Circuit Long Beach, California April 12
4 Motul Course de Monterey 160 minutes GTP, GTD Pro, GTD WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California May 11
5 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic 100 minutes GTP, GTD Pro Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan May 31
6 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen 6 hours All Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York June 22
7 Chevrolet Grand Prix 160 minutes LMP2, GTD Pro, GTD Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario July 13
8 IMSA Sportscar Weekend 160 minutes All Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 3
9 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR 160 minutes GTD Pro, GTD Virginia International Raceway Alton, Virginia August 24
10 Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks 6 hours All Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana September 21
11 Motul Petit Le Mans 10 hours All Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 11

Entries

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Grand Touring Prototype (GTP)

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Proton Competition[3] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 5 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport[3] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L turbo V8 6 Australia Matt Campbell[4] TBC
France Mathieu Jaminet[4]
France Kévin Estre[4]
7 Brazil Felipe Nasr[4] TBC
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[4]
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[4]
United States Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing[5][6] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 10 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[7] TBC
New Zealand Brendon Hartley[7]
United Kingdom Will Stevens[7]
United States Ricky Taylor[7]
40 Switzerland Louis Deletraz[7] TBC
Japan Kamui Kobayashi[7]
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[7]
United States Jordan Taylor[7]
United Kingdom Aston Martin THOR Team[8][9][10] Aston Martin Valkyrie Aston Martin 6.5 L V12 23 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States BMW M Team RLL[11] BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 24 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
25 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Cadillac Whelen[5][6] Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 31 United Kingdom Jack Aitken[7] TBC
New Zealand Earl Bamber[7]
Brazil Felipe Drugovich[12]
Denmark Frederik Vesti[7][12]
United States Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian[13][10] Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[14] TBC
United States Colin Braun[14]
New Zealand Scott Dixon[15]
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[15]
93 Spain Álex Palou[15] TBC
United Kingdom Nick Yelloly[14]
Netherlands Renger van der Zande[14]
Italy Lamborghini – Iron Lynx[3] Lamborghini SC63 Lamborghini 3.8 L turbo V8 63 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States JDC–Miller MotorSports[16] Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8 85 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA

Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2)

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In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.[17]

Team Chassis No. Drivers Rounds
Portugal CrowdStrike Racing by APR[3][10] Oreca 07 04 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United Kingdom United Autosports[18] Oreca 07 2 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
22 United States Dan Goldburg[19] TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Tower Motorsports[20] Oreca 07 8 Mexico Sebastián Álvarez[21] TBC
France Sébastien Bourdais[21]
Canada John Farano[21]
Netherlands Job van Uitert[21]
France TDS Racing[22] Oreca 07 11 Denmark Mikkel Jensen[22] TBC
New Zealand Hunter McElrea[23]
France Charles Milesi[24]
United States Steven Thomas[22]
United States Era Motorsport[25] Oreca 07 18 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Poland Inter Europol Competition[26] Oreca 07 43 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports[27] Oreca 07 52 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Pratt Miller Motorsports[28][29] Oreca 07 73 Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi[29] TBC
Republic of Ireland James Roe Jr.[29]
TBA
United States Riley[30] Oreca 07 74 Australia Josh Burdon[30] TBC
Brazil Felipe Fraga[30]
Brazil Felipe Massa[31]
United States Gar Robinson[30]
Italy AF Corse[32] Oreca 07 88 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States AO Racing[33] Oreca 07 99 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA

GT Daytona (GTD Pro / GTD)

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
GTD Pro
United States Paul Miller Racing[34] BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 1 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
48 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports[35] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 3 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
4 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Canada Pfaff Motorsports[3] McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 9 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Vasser Sullivan Racing[3] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 14 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Canada Ford Multimatic Motorsports[36] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 64 United Kingdom Ben Barker[37] TBC
Guernsey Sebastian Priaulx[37]
Germany Mike Rockenfeller[37]
65 Germany Christopher Mies[37] TBC
Norway Dennis Olsen[37]
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[37]
United States Bartone Bros Racing with GetSpeed[38] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 69 United States Anthony Bartone[38] TBC
TBA
TBA
United States AO Racing[33] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 77 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Italy Automobili Lamborghini[3] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 163 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
GTD
United States Triarsi Competizione[39] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 021 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
023 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Vasser Sullivan Racing[3] Lexus RC F GT3 Toyota 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 12 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Canada AWA[40] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 13 United Kingdom Matt Bell[40] TBC
Canada Orey Fidani[40]
TBA
United States Van der Steur Racing[41] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 19 France Valentin Hasse-Clot[41] TBC
United States Rory van der Steur[41]
TBA
Italy AF Corse[3] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 21 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Italy Cetilar Racing[3] 47 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Heart of Racing Team[9] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 27 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Korthoff Competition Motors[42] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 32 Germany Maximilian Götz[42] TBC
United States Kenton Koch[42]
United States Seth Lucas[42]
United States Conquest Racing[43] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 34 United States Manny Franco[43] TBC
TBA
TBA
United States DXDT Racing[44] Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 36 Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood[45] TBC
United States Alec Udell[45]
Canada Robert Wickens[46]
Turkey Salih Yoluç[45]
United States Magnus Racing[47] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 44 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti[48] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 45 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Winward Racing[49] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 57 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Gradient Racing[50] Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 66 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United Kingdom Inception Racing[51] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 70 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Forte Racing[52] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 78 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Lone Star Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 80 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States DragonSpeed[53] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 81 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
Italy Iron Dames[54] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 83 Belgium Sarah Bovy[55] TBC
Switzerland Rahel Frey[55]
Switzerland Karen Gaillard[55]
Denmark Michelle Gatting[55]
United States Turner Motorsport[3] BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 96 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA
United States Wright Motorsports[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 120 TBA TBC
TBA
TBA

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