Following the final round of the 2024 European Le Mans Series at Portimao on Saturday, five automatic invitations were confirmed for the 2025 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
By winning the LMP2 teams’ championship, AO by TF has secured an invitation to the French classic, while Inter Europol Competition claimed an invitation of its own by finishing second in the class standings.
AF Corse, meanwhile, earned an invitation with the LMP2 Pro-Am win for the No. 83 ORECA, after winning the class title in dramatic circumstances on the final lap of the race.
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LMP3’s championship-winning outfit – RLR MSport – will also have the opportunity to enter next year’s Grand Prix D’Endurance in LMP2 following its triumph over Eurointernational and Team Virage in the nail-biting finale.
And finally, in LMGT3, after a title showdown during the weekend between nine of the 11 cars in the class, Iron Lynx came out on top with its Lamborghini Huracan and has been awarded an automatic invitation to enter the Le Mans 24 Hours in the LMGT3 class.
The title was sealed on the final corner of the final lap when Andrea Caldarelli darted past Iron Dames’ Michelle Gatting to narrowly take the class win and crown from Ferrari team Kessel Racing.
This set of five invitations adds to the pair handed out a week ago at Petit Le Mans. There, driver Nick Boulle claimed the Jim Trueman Award after his title-winning campaign with Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports and AWA racer Orey Fidani won the Bob Akin Award for his efforts in GTD, granting him the chance to enter a car in the LMGT3 class next year.
Two additional invitations are also up for grabs over the winter in the Asian Le Mans Series, where the LMP2 and GT title-winning teams will be granted a space apiece on the 2025 Le Mans entry list.