The 2025 European Le Mans Series season was brought to a fitting close with a dramatic four hour race at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve that saw the LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am and LMGT3 titles decided right at the chequered flag.
The LMP2 title was secured by the no48 VDS Panis Racing crew of Ollie Gray, Esteban Masson and Charles Milesi taking their third victory of the season ahead of the no43 Inter Europol Competition crew of Nick Yelloly, Tom Dillmann and Jakub Smiechowski, with both crews securing the two automatic invitations to the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The LMP2 Pro/Am race went down to the wire with the no29 TDS Racing Oreca taking the chequered flag, with Rodrigo Sales, Clement Novalak and Mathias Beche standing on the top step of the podium for the first time in 2025.
However, it was the second placed no99 AO by TF that secured the 2025 LMP2 Pro/Am title, with PJ Hyett and Dane Cameron adding the ELMS crown to the IMSA LMP2 title they won earlier this month and Louis Deletraz taking his fourth ELMS title in five seasons.This was in addition to the class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, where they will be able to defend that title thanks to the automatic invitation to next year’s race.
The LMGT3 title went to the no82 TF Sport Corvette Z06 crew of Hiroshi Koizumi, Rui Andrade and Charlie Eastwood after taking their second victory of the season to overtake the no50 Richard Mille AF Corse in the points standings.This is the first ELMS title for the American manufacturer, with the second time in ELMS history that three drivers from three different continents (Asia, Africa and Europe) have become champions.
The LMP3 race was won by the no17 CLX Motorsport crew of Paul Lanchere, Theo Jensen and Adrien Closmenil.The trio had already secured the ELMS title last time at Silverstone, but they took their fifth win from six starts to underline their dominance of the LMP3 category in 2025.
Watch the best moments of the 4 Hours of Portimão in the video below.