2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

2025 8 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date8 November 2025
LocationSakhir
VenueBahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
WeatherDry. Air temperature: 24.1–30.0 °C (75.4–86.0 °F). Track temperature: 25.0–38.2 °C (77.0–100.8 °F)
Results
Laps completed237
Distance (km)1,282.64
Distance (miles)797.03
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:46.826
Team Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
Team Toyota Gazoo Racing
Drivers Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Nyck de Vries
LMGT3
Winners
Team Akkodis ASP Team
Drivers José María López
Clemens Schmid
Răzvan Umbrărescu

The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourteenth running of the event, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.

Entry list

36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.[2] In Hypercar, Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche.[3] Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively.[4] Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.[4]

Schedule

Date Time (local: AST) Event
Thursday, 6 November 12:15 Free Practice 1
17:00 Free Practice 2
Friday, 7 November 12:00 Free Practice 3
16:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
16:20 Hyperpole - LMGT3
16:40 Qualifying - Hypercar
17:00 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 8 November 14:00 Race
Source:[5]

Practice

Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday lasted 60 minutes.[5]

Practice 1

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Marco Sørensen 1:49.697
LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker 2:02.681
Source:[6][7]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Marco Sørensen 1:49.042
LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Finn Gehrsitz 2:02.613
Source:[8][9]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco 1:49.725
LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Martin Berry 2:03.158
Source:[10][11]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 16:00 AST on Friday, with one fifteen-minute qualifying session and one twelve-minute hyperpole session per class, resulting in two qualifying and two hyperpole sessions in total.[5] Kamui Kobayashi claimed pole position in the No. 7 Toyota with a time of 1:46.826, ahead of the sister No. 8 Toyota, giving the Japanese marque its first pole position of the season.[12]

Qualifying results

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Entrant Qualifying Hyperpole Grid
1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.500 1:46.826 1
2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:47.836 1:46.977 2
3 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:48.072 1:47.166 3
4 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:47.643 1:47.208 4
5 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:47.881 1:47.543 5
6 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team 1:47.421 1:47.624 6
7 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse 1:47.949 1:47.726 7
8 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:48.137 1:47.870 8
9 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team 1:47.290 1:48.036 9
10 Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT 1:47.872 1:48.136 10
11 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse 1:48.176 11
12 Hypercar 83 AF Corse 1:48.186 12
13 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.217 13
14 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota 1:48.392 14
15 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team 1:48.470 15
16 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT 1:48.716 16
17 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition 1:48.914 17
18 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:49.157 18
19 LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team 2:03.021 2:01.661 19
20 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx 2:03.654 2:01.987 20
21 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx 2:02.991 2:02.017 21
22 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team 2:03.371 2:02.219 22
23 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT 2:03.493 2:02.427 23
24 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team 2:03.361 2:02.624 24
25 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition 2:03.173 2:02.717 25
26 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse 2:03.536 2:02.763 26
27 LMGT3 46 Team WRT 2:03.534 2:03.067 27
28 LMGT3 59 United Autosports 2:03.626 2:03.531 31
29 LMGT3 33 TF Sport 2:03.675 28
30 LMGT3 95 United Autosports 2:03.710 29
31 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition 2:03.938 30
32 LMGT3 81 TF Sport 2:04.230 32
33 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of Léman 2:04.322 33
34 LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse 2:04.462 34
35 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm 2:04.520 35
36 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames 2:04.992 36
Source:[13][14]

Race

The race started at 14:00 AST on Saturday, running for 8 hours.[5]

Race results

Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Nyck de Vries 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 237 8:01:08.626‡
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Buemi
Brendon Hartley
Ryō Hirakawa 		Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 237 +19.378
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 50 Ferrari AF Corse Antonio Fuoco
Miguel Molina
Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 499P M 237 +26.342
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 51 Ferrari AF Corse James Calado
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 499P M 237 +26.504
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
5 Hypercar 83 AF Corse Phil Hanson
Robert Kubica
Yifei Ye 		Ferrari 499P M 237 +39.729
Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6
6 Hypercar 12 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Alex Lynn
Norman Nato
Will Stevens 		Cadillac V-Series.R M 237 +40.527
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
7 Hypercar 009 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis
Alex Riberas
Marco Sørensen 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 237 +1:03.701
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
8 Hypercar 20 BMW M Team WRT Robin Frijns
René Rast
Sheldon van der Linde 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 236 +1 Lap
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
9 Hypercar 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Mikkel Jensen
Paul di Resta
Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 M 236 +1 Lap
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
10 Hypercar 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies Loïc Duval
Malthe Jakobsen
Théo Pourchaire 		Peugeot 9X8 M 236 +1 Lap
Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6
11 Hypercar 35 Alpine Endurance Team Paul-Loup Chatin
Ferdinand Habsburg
Charles Milesi 		Alpine A424 M 236 +1 Lap
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
12 Hypercar 36 Alpine Endurance Team Jules Gounon
Frédéric Makowiecki
Mick Schumacher 		Alpine A424 M 236 +1 Lap
Alpine V634 3.4 L Turbo V6
13 Hypercar 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell
Kévin Estre
Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 963 M 236 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
14 Hypercar 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Julien Andlauer
Laurin Heinrich
Mathieu Jaminet 		Porsche 963 M 236 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
15 Hypercar 007 Aston Martin THOR Team Tom Gamble
Ross Gunn
Harry Tincknell 		Aston Martin Valkyrie M 236 +1 Lap
Aston Martin RA 6.5 L V12
16 Hypercar 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Earl Bamber
Sébastien Bourdais
Jenson Button 		Cadillac V-Series.R M 235 +2 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
17 Hypercar 99 Proton Competition Neel Jani
Nico Pino
Nicolás Varrone 		Porsche 963 M 235 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
18 LMGT3 87 Akkodis ASP Team José María López
Clemens Schmid
Răzvan Umbrărescu 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 216 +21 Laps‡
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
19 LMGT3 61 Iron Lynx Martin Berry
Lin Hodenius
Maxime Martin 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 216 +21 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
20 LMGT3 27 Heart of Racing Team Mattia Drudi
Ian James
Zacharie Robichon 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 216 +21 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
21 LMGT3 92 Manthey 1st Phorm Ryan Hardwick
Richard Lietz
Riccardo Pera 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 216 +21 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
22 LMGT3 21 Vista AF Corse François Heriau
Simon Mann
Alessio Rovera 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 216 +21 Laps
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
23 LMGT3 33 TF Sport Jonny Edgar
Daniel Juncadella
Ben Keating 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 216 +21 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
24 LMGT3 31 The Bend Team WRT Timur Boguslavskiy
Augusto Farfus
Yasser Shahin 		BMW M4 GT3 G 216 +21 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
25 LMGT3 77 Proton Competition Ben Barker
Bernardo Sousa
Ben Tuck 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 216 +21 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
26 LMGT3 95 United Autosports Sean Gelael
Darren Leung
Marino Sato 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 216 +21 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
27 LMGT3 88 Proton Competition Stefano Gattuso
Giammarco Levorato
Dennis Olsen 		Ford Mustang GT3 G 215 +22 Laps
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
28 LMGT3 81 TF Sport Rui Andrade
Charlie Eastwood
Tom van Rompuy 		Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R G 215 +22 Laps
Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8
29 LMGT3 85 Iron Dames Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting
Célia Martin 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) G 215 +22 Laps
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6
30 LMGT3 60 Iron Lynx Andrew Gilbert
Lorcan Hanafin
Fran Rueda 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo G 215 +22 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
31 LMGT3 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Eduardo Barrichello
Valentin Hasse-Clot
Anthony McIntosh 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo G 215 +22 Laps
Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8
32 LMGT3 46 Team WRT Ahmad Al Harthy
Valentino Rossi
Kelvin van der Linde 		BMW M4 GT3 G 215 +22 Laps
BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6
33 LMGT3 59 United Autosports Sébastien Baud
James Cottingham
Grégoire Saucy 		McLaren 720S GT3 Evo G 193 +44 Laps
McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret Hypercar 15 BMW M Team WRT Kevin Magnussen
Raffaele Marciello
Dries Vanthoor 		BMW M Hybrid V8 M 211 Wheel nut
BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8
Ret LMGT3 54 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci
Thomas Flohr
Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 296 GT3 G 90 Accident
Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6
Ret LMGT3 78 Akkodis ASP Team Ben Barnicoat
Finn Gehrsitz
Arnold Robin 		Lexus RC F GT3 G 50 Electronics
Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8
Source:[15]

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