2025 4 Hours of Silverstone
The 2025 4 Hours of Silverstone (formally known as the 2025 Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone[1]) is an endurance sportscar racing event held between 12 and 14 September 2025 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. It was the fifth of six rounds of the 2025 European Le Mans Series season, and the first running of the event since 2019 as part of the championship.
Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 3 September 2025 and consists of 44 entries across 4 categories – 13 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 13 in LMGT3.[2] Felipe Fraga is set to replace Thomas Laurent in the No. 3 DKR Engineering Oreca.[3] Manuel Espírito Santo returns behind the wheel of the No. 47 CLX Motorsport Oreca after missing the previous round on medical grounds.[2] Daniel Serra will take over from James Calado in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari in the LMGT3 class.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time (local: BST) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 12 September | 11:00 | Free Practice 1 |
| 15:10 | Bronze Driver Collective Test | |
| Saturday, 13 September | 10:10 | Free Practice 2 |
| 14:20 | Qualifying – LMGT3 | |
| 14:45 | Qualifying – LMP3 | |
| 15:10 | Qualifying – LMP2 Pro-Am | |
| 15:35 | Qualifying – LMP2 | |
| Sunday, 14 September | 11:00 | Race |
| Source:[4] | ||
Free practice
Two practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: one on Friday, and one on Saturday. Both sessions are scheduled to run for 90 minutes.[4]
Practice 1
The first practice session will start at 11:00 BST on Friday.[4]
Practice 2
The second practice session will start at 10:10 BST on Saturday.[4]
Qualifying
Qualifying will start at 14:20 BST, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.[4]
Race
The race was scheduled to start start at 12:00 BST, and was set to run for 4 hours.[4] Due to inclement weather, however, the race began at 11:00 BST.
Race results
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 73 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
Notes
References
- ^ "Goodyear named title sponsor for 2025 ELMS 4 Hours of Silverstone". Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ a b Euwema, Davey (10 September 2025). "Fraga to Make Series Debut in DKR Oreca at Silverstone". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ a b Kilbey, Stephen (3 September 2025). "44 Cars For The ELMS' Return To Silverstone". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "2025 European Le Mans Series – Goodyear 4 Hours of Silverstone – Timetable V4" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "European Le Mans Series – 4 Hours of Silverstone Race – Final Classification" (PDF). ELMS Alkamel. Alkamel Systems. 14 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.