2025 4 Hours of Imola

The provisional entry list was published on 25 June 2025 and consisted of 44 entries across 4 categories – 13 in LMP2, 8 in LMP2 Pro-Am, 10 in LMP3, and 13 in LMGT3.^[1] Alessio Rovera returned to the cockpit of the No. 83 AF Corse Oreca in the LMP2 Pro-Am class, having been replaced by Nicklas Nielsen at the previous round. In the LMGT3 class, Daniel Serra stepped in for James Calado in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari. Meanwhile, Christian Ried drove the No. 60 Proton Competition Porsche, having initially been drafted as a substitute for Claudio Schiavoni during the Le Castellet round.^[1]

Two practice sessions were held before the event: one on Friday and one on Saturday. Both sessions ran for 90 minutes.^[2]

The first practice session started at 10:15 CEST on Friday. Ben Hanley topped the session in the No. 22 United Autosports Oreca, with a lap time of 1:31.878. He was 0.266 seconds quicker than second-placed Théo Pourchaire in the No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca, with Nick Yelloly's No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca rounding out the top three.^[3] Mathias Beche topped the LMP2 Pro-Am class in the No. 29 TDS Racing, with a 1-minute, 32.491-second lap time.^[4] Griffin Peebles topped the LMP3 class in the No. 12 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Duqueine, with a lap time of 1:39.787. Quentin Antonel was second-quickest in the No. 68 M Racing Ligier, 0.064 seconds behind Peebles.^[5] Charlie Eastwood topped the LMGT3 class in the No. 82 TF Sport Corvette, with a lap time of 1:42.827, which was 0.187 seconds quicker than second-placed Davide Rigon's lap time in the No. 51 AF Corse Ferrari. Daniel Serra was third-quickest in the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari, 0.194 seconds behind Eastwood.^[6]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ben Hanley	1:31.878
LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Mathias Beche	1:32.491
LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Griffin Peebles	1:39.787
LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Charlie Eastwood	1:42.827
Source:[7][8]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

The second and final practice session started at 10:50 CEST on Saturday. Daniel Juncadella topped the session in the No. 18 IDEC Sport Oreca, with a lap time of 1:31.426. He was 0.056 seconds quicker than Pietro Fittipaldi in the No. 10 Vector Sport Oreca, with Job van Uitert in the No. 28 IDEC Sport Oreca rounding out the top three.^[9] Alex Quinn topped the LMP2 Pro-Am class in the No. 20 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca, with a 1-minute, 32.028-second lap time. Reece Gold topped the LMP3 class in the No. 88 Inter Europol Competition with a lap time of 1:40.160, 0.014 seconds quicker than Adrien Closmenil in the No. 17 CLX Motorsport Ligier.^[10] Valentin Hasse-Clot's 1-minute, 42.141-second lap time saw the No. 59 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin top the LMGT3 class, which was 0.334 seconds quicker than Ben Tuck in the No. 57 Ferrari. Lorcan Hanafin was third-quickest in the No. 63 Iron Lynx Mercedes.^[11]

Class	No.	Entrant	Driver	Time
LMP2	18	IDEC Sport	Daniel Juncadella	1:31.426
LMP2 Pro-Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Alex Quinn	1:32.028
LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Reece Gold	1:40.160
LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Valentin Hasse-Clot	1:42.141
Source:[12][13]

• Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying started at 14:30 CEST on Saturday, with four sessions of fifteen minutes each, one session for each class.^[2] During the LMP3 qualifying session, a rainstorm started over the region, which caused the LMP2 Pro-Am and LMP2 sessions to be significantly delayed.^[14] After qualifying, ELMS arranged the grid to put the LMP2s ahead of the LMP2 Pro-Am, LMP3, and LMGT3 cars.^[15] Théo Pourchaire claimed overall pole position for the event in the No. 25 Algarve Pro Racing Oreca, ahead of Luca Ghiotto in the No. 34 Inter Europol Competition Oreca and Macéo Capietto in the No. 9 Iron Lynx – Proton Oreca.^[16]

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Driver	Time	Gap	Grid
1	LMP2	25	Algarve Pro Racing	Théo Pourchaire	1:37.919	—	1
2	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Competition	Luca Ghiotto	1:38.890	+0.971	2
3	LMP2	9	Iron Lynx – Proton	Macéo Capietto	1:39.439	+1.520	3
4	LMP2	43	Inter Europol Competition	Nick Yelloly	1:40.108	+2.189	4
5	LMP2	30	Duqueine Team	Reshad de Gerus	1:40.268	+2.349	5
6	LMP2	24	Nielsen Racing	Filipe Albuquerque	1:40.296	+2.377	6
7	LMP2	48	VDS Panis Racing	Charles Milesi	1:40.514	+2.595	7
8	LMP2	28	IDEC Sport	Job van Uitert	1:40.850	+2.931	8
9	LMP2	18	IDEC Sport	Daniel Juncadella	1:41.065	+3.146	9
10	LMP2	22	United Autosports	Ben Hanley	1:41.412	+3.493	10
11	LMP2	47	CLX Motorsport	Enzo Fittipaldi	1:41.542	+3.623	11
12	LMP2	10	Vector Sport	Pietro Fittipaldi	1:42.240	+4.321	12
13	LMGT3	63	Iron Lynx	Martin Berry	1:43.799	+5.880	32
14	LMGT3	59	Racing Spirit of Léman	Clément Mateu	1:43.926	+6.007	33
15	LMGT3	85	Iron Dames	Célia Martin	1:44.085	+6.166	34
16	LMGT3	57	Kessel Racing	Takeshi Kimura	1:44.496	+6.577	35
17	LMGT3	74	Kessel Racing	Andrew Gilbert	1:45.118	+7.199	36
18	LMGT3	55	Spirit of Race	Duncan Cameron	1:45.202	+7.283	37
19	LMGT3	66	JMW Motorsport	Scott Noble	1:45.305	+7.386	38
20	LMGT3	82	TF Sport	Hiroshi Koizumi	1:45.406	+7.487	39
21	LMGT3	51	AF Corse	Charles-Henri Samani	1:45.786	+7.867	40
22	LMP3	17	CLX Motorsport	Theodor Jensen	1:45.844	+7.925	22
23	LMGT3	60	Proton Competition	Christian Ried	1:46.127	+8.208	41
24	LMGT3	86	GR Racing	Michael Wainwright	1:46.201	+8.282	42
25	LMP3	11	EuroInternational	Ian Aguilera	1:46.599	+8.680	23
26	LMP3	68	M Racing	Quentin Antonel	1:47.275	+9.356	24
27	LMGT3	23	United Autosports	Michael Birch	1:47.304	+9.385	43
28	LMP2 Pro-Am	77	Proton Competition	Giorgio Roda	1:47.528	+9.609	14
29	LMP3	4	DKR Engineering	Mikkel Gaarde Pedersen	1:47.765	+9.846	25
30	LMP3	88	Inter Europol Competition	Reece Gold	1:47.827	+9.908	26
31	LMP3	35	Ultimate	Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	1:48.252	+10.333	27
32	LMP3	31	Racing Spirit of Léman	Marius Fossard	1:48.401	+10.482	28
33	LMP3	8	Team Virage	Daniel Nogales	1:48.671	+10.752	29
34	LMP3	12	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Griffin Peebles	1:48.971	+11.052	30
35	LMP3	15	RLR MSport	Gillian Henrion	1:49.041	+11.122	31
36	LMP2 Pro-Am	99	AO by TF	P. J. Hyett	1:50.464	+12.545	15
37	LMP2 Pro-Am	3	DKR Engineering	Georgios Kolovos	1:51.352	+13.433	16
38	LMP2 Pro-Am	29	TDS Racing	Rodrigo Sales	1:51.955	+14.036	17
39	LMP2 Pro-Am	83	AF Corse	François Perrodo	1:53.027	+15.108	18
40	LMP2 Pro-Am	20	Algarve Pro Racing	Kriton Lendoudis	1:55.020	+17.101	19
41	LMP2 Pro-Am	21	United Autosports	Daniel Schneider	1:55.144	+17.225	20
42	LMP2 Pro-Am	27	Nielsen Racing	Anthony Wells	No time set[Q 1]		21
43	LMP2	37	CLX – Pure Rxcing	Tristan Vautier	No time set[Q 2]		13
44	LMGT3	50	Richard Mille AF Corse	Custodio Toledo	No time set[Q 3]		44
Source:[20][21][22][23][24][25]