The 2025 GT racing season came to a spectacular close with decisive finales on both sides of the Atlantic, across Asia, and in Europe. BMW M Team WRT completed a dominant Intercontinental GT Challenge campaign with victory at Indianapolis, Origine Motorsport narrowly retained its GT World Challenge Asia crown after a tense Beijing showdown, VDS Panis Racing sealed the European Le Mans Series title at Portimão, and Levente Révész emerged as the new International GT Open Champion after a dramatic Monza GT Open 500.

Intercontinental GT Challenge / GT World Challenge America – Indianapolis 8 Hour: BMW and Van der Linde Conquer the Brickyard in Storm-Shortened Indianapolis 8 Hour

The Indianapolis 8 Hour brought together both the Intercontinental GT Challenge and GT World Challenge America for their shared season finale — a single race deciding titles on two fronts.

Intercontinental GT Challenge

BMW M Team WRT capped off a dominant IGTC season as Kelvin van der Linde, Valentino Rossi, and Charles Weerts claimed victory in the #46 BMW M4 GT3 at the Indianapolis 8 Hour. The race saw shifting weather, strategy gambles, and multiple red flags before van der Linde sealed both the race win and the Intercontinental GT Challenge title.

Behind them, GruppeM Racing’s Mercedes-AMG fought hard to second, while WRT’s #777 BMW completed the podium after leading early in mixed conditions. It marked a fitting finale for BMW’s powerhouse season and a crowning moment for Van der Linde’s remarkable triple title campaign.

GT World Challenge America

Within the same endurance classic, the GT World Challenge America season reached its conclusion — and it was Turner Motorsport that stole the spotlight. The #29 BMW M4 GT3 EVO of Robby Foley, Justin Rothberg, and Patrick Gallagher finished third overall in Pro-Am and first among the American entries, securing both the GT World Challenge America Pro-Am and GT America titles. Despite torrential rain bringing the race to an early finish under Safety Car, Turner’s consistency and five wins across the year earned the team back-to-back championships and BMW’s twelfth major title in its storied GT racing history.

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GT World Challenge Asia – Beijing Street Circuit: 5ZIGEN Surprise Win and Origine Title Triumph in Season Finale

Race 1

Hirobon and Yu Kanamaru gave 5ZIGEN a memorable victory in the opening race of GT World Challenge Asia’s Beijing debut, capitalising on chaos among the title contenders. The #500 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 started just seventh but emerged at the front after a string of penalties and misfortunes struck the leading crews.

Brian Lee and Nico Menzel almost snatched it for GTO Racing, finishing just 0.280s adrift after a storming drive from 19th on the grid, while Ruan Cunfan and Maxime Oosten completed the podium in the Team KRC BMW, sealing the Silver-Am title in the process.

The championship picture was shaken when leaders Bob Yuan and Leo Ye (Origine Porsche) and rivals Jefri Ibrahim and Ben Green (JMR Corvette) both received stop-go penalties for pitstop infringements, while the Phantom Porsche of Anthony Liu and Dorian Boccolacci was wiped out in a heavy crash.

As a result, four crews – Yuan/Ye, Lu Wei, Ibrahim/Green, and Liu/Boccolacci – remained in mathematical contention heading into the decider, separated by just a handful of points. In Am, Garage 75’s David Tjiptobiantoro and Christian Colombo retained their crown despite a class win for EBM’s Setiawan Santoso and Liam Talbot.

Race 2

Bob Yuan and Leo Ye clinched back-to-back GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS titles in dramatic fashion, edging team-mate Lu Wei only on a countback of victories after both finished the season tied on 125 points.

The final race, held in front of a record 30,000 fans, ended under Safety Car after Phantom’s Dorian Boccolacci crashed while battling for third. By that point, Winhere Harmony’s Zhang Yaqi and Ye Yifei had inherited the lead and held on to take an emotional home win for the Ferrari team.

JMR’s Ben Green and Jefri Ibrahim came close to stealing the title with second place, while Bao Jinlong and Joel Eriksson completed the podium for Audi. Lu Wei had fought up to fourth but ran out of laps to challenge for the crown once the race was neutralised.

In the classes, Cheng Congfu and Yu Kuai wrapped up the Silver title for FAW Audi Sport Asia Team Phantom, while Craft-Bamboo’s Darryl O’Young and Alex Jiatong took the win in what marked O’Young’s final GT3 race.

The weekend capped a historic year for GT World Challenge Asia, with Beijing’s first-ever street race delivering late drama and a championship decided by the smallest of margins.

European Le Mans Series – Portimão: Titles Decided in Dramatic Season Closer

The 2025 European Le Mans Series concluded in thrilling fashion at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, with championships in LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, and LMGT3 all decided on the final lap of the 4 Hours of Portimão.

LMP2

The race began with the #43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca grabbing the early lead from IDEC Sport’s #18, while Ollie Gray settled the #48 VDS Panis Racing car into the top three. After a clean start, early chaos struck when the WTM by Rinaldi entry spun at Turn 3, triggering the first of several interruptions.

Gray soon found his rhythm, overtaking the leaders after the first round of stops. When the race restarted from a Safety Car at half distance, the Briton handed over to Esteban Masson, who built a gap over Nick Yelloly in the chasing Inter Europol car. Filipe Albuquerque’s Nielsen Racing Oreca briefly threatened to disrupt the fight but faded in the closing stages.

In the final hour, Charles Milesi managed the gap to Yelloly’s #43 Inter Europol Oreca, which stayed within striking distance until the finish. Despite traffic and light pressure in the final laps, Milesi held firm — crossing the line five seconds ahead to secure both victory and the 2025 LMP2 championship for VDS Panis Racing.

Inter Europol’s runner-up finish also earned them an automatic Le Mans invitation, while IDEC Sport completed the podium.

LMP2 Pro/Am

The Pro/Am category was a story of recovery and endurance. Pole-sitters Algarve Pro Racing (#20) made a lightning start with Alex Quinn charging through the LMP2 midfield, but contact with a backmarker forced the car into the pits with heavy damage — ending their title hopes.

That opened the door for TDS Racing (#29), with Clément Novalak and Mathias Beche steadily carving their way forward. Beche took the class lead after the final pit cycle, resisting pressure from Louis Delétraz in the #99 AO by TF Oreca. Though AO by TF finished second, it was enough to secure the 2025 LMP2 Pro/Am title, adding to their IMSA and Le Mans triumphs earlier this year — and giving Delétraz his fourth ELMS title in five seasons.

Nielsen Racing’s #27 Oreca completed the top three after a consistent run.

LMP3

Already champions before the weekend, CLX Motorsport showed no signs of easing off. Paul Lanchere led the opening laps in the #17 Ligier JS P320, briefly losing out to M Racing’s #68 Ligier after a Safety Car restart but quickly reclaiming control once green flags returned.

As the race settled, Théo Jensen and Adrien Closmenil maintained a steady rhythm at the front, even as traffic from faster classes shuffled the midfield. In the end, Closmenil crossed the line 13 seconds ahead of Team Virage’s #8 Ligier, securing CLX’s fifth win from six races and confirming their total dominance of the LMP3 class.

DKR Engineering’s Ginetta claimed a popular third, marking the brand’s first ELMS podium since 2015.

LMGT3

The LMGT3 decider provided the most intense battle of the day. Early on, Racing Spirit of Léman’s Aston Martin (#59) and TF Sport’s #82 Corvette traded the lead multiple times before Hiroshi Koizumi finally edged ahead. A Full Course Yellow bunched the field just before half distance, bringing the Iron Dames Porsche (#85) and United Autosports McLaren (#23) into play.

As the final hour began, Rui Andrade extended TF Sport’s advantage before handing over to Charlie Eastwood for the closing stint. Wayne Boyd, now in the McLaren, reeled in the Corvette lap by lap, reducing the gap to less than half a second. The two ran nose-to-tail in the final laps, but Eastwood kept his cool — crossing the line just 0.3 seconds ahead to win both the race and the LMGT3 championship.

The result marked Corvette’s first-ever ELMS title and TF Sport’s second win of the season, achieved with a truly international line-up of champions from Asia (Koizumi), Africa (Andrade), and Europe (Eastwood). Michelle Gatting brought the Iron Dames Porsche home third, while Richard Mille AF Corse saw their title hopes fade with a late pit delay.

International GT Open – Monza GT Open 500: Bennett–Mosca Win as Révész Crowned Champion

The Monza GT Open 500 brought the International GT Open season to a dramatic close as Carl Bennett and Tommaso Mosca delivered a commanding win for AF Corse, their fourth of the season.

But the day — and the championship — belonged to Levente Révész, who secured the 2025 International GT Open title with a calculated second place in the Team Motopark Mercedes-AMG GT3, sealing both the Drivers’ and Teams’ titles for the German outfit.

Tom Lebbon and Tom Emson took third for Elite Motorsport’s Ferrari, completing the podium and finishing the year third in the standings behind the Eastalent Racing Audi of Simon Reicher and Christopher Haase.

In the classes, SPS Automotive’s Valentin Pierburg and Dominik Baumann emerged as Pro-Am champions after a tense finale, while AF Corse’s Gino Forgione and Michele Rugolo clinched the Am title by a single point despite Garage 59’s McLaren taking the race win.

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Up Next: A Few More Titles to Decide Before Year’s End

Before the curtain fully falls on the 2025 season, there’s still one more major showdown to come — the Italian GT Sprint finale at Monza, closing out the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo. After that, fans can look forward to the FIA World Endurance Championship season-ender in Bahrain, GT World Challenge Australia’s decider at Hampton Downs, and the opening round of the 2025–2026 Asian Le Mans Series on 13–14 December at Sepang, featuring a double-header of four-hour races to launch the new endurance season.