Porsche Penske Motorsport scored its first win of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship season because the #6 Porsche 963 of Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell gained a rain-affected Lone Star Le Mans on the Circuit of the Americas, spherical six of this yr’s FIA World Endurance Championship.
The race started behind the protection automotive in moist climate situations. Heavy showers led to a complete of six security automotive intervals, a 41-minute pink flag in addition to a number of full-course yellows and digital security automobiles. In whole, solely two hours and 47 minutes had been run below inexperienced flag situations.
On the penultimate restart Estre handed Alessandro Pier Guidi’s #51 Ferrari 499P into Flip 1 and took management of the race. Contact between the 2 automobiles left Pier Guidi with a puncture, dropping the Ferrari down the order. Miguel Molina within the #50 Ferrari led the Scuderia’s problem within the closing phases however was unable to forestall the reigning champion’s Porsche from pulling clear.
Third place went to the #94 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 of Stoffel Vandoorne, Loïc Duval and Malthe Jakobsen. The crew secured Peugeot’s first podium of the season, ending forward of the sister automotive to finish a 3-4 end result for the French producer.
Pole-sitting #83 AF Corse Ferrari of Robert Kubica, Phil Hanson and Ye Yifei completed seventh following a tough race that included a five-second penalty for a driver exiting the automotive when it was not correctly stopped in its designated working space, and a spin for Kubica following contact with a GT automotive.
UNITED’S BREAKTHROUGH WIN
In LMGT3, the #54 Ferrari of Davide Rigon crossed the road first forward of the #95 United Autosports McLaren GT3 Evo shared by Marino Sato, Sean Gelael and Darren Leung, however a five-second penalty for contact with the #77 Proton Ford Mustang demoted the Vista AF Corse entry to 3rd, handing United Autosports its maiden LMGT3 victory.
The #77 Proton Ford Mustang GT3 appeared heading in the right direction for the American producer’s first LMGT3 victory, a day after a qualifying 1-2 for the pair of muscle automobiles, till tyre alternative within the closing phases of the race compromised the probabilities of the crew comprising Ben Barker, Bernardo Sousa and Ben Tuck.
