2025 6 Hours of São Paulo
Sports car endurance race
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The 2025 6 Hours of São Paulo (formally known as the 2025 Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held between 11 and 13 July 2025 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the fifth of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship and the fifth running of the event.
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| Event information | |
|---|---|
| Round 5 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship | |
| |
| Date | 13 July 2025 |
| Location | São Paulo |
| Venue | Autódromo José Carlos Pace |
| Duration | 6 hours |
| Results | |
| Laps completed | 242 |
| Distance (km) | 1,042.778 |
| Distance (miles) | 647.834 |
| Hypercar | |
| Pole position | |
| Time | 1:22.570 |
| Team |  Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
| Drivers |  Alex Lynn |
| Winners | |
| Team | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
| Drivers |  Alex Lynn Norman Nato Will Stevens |
| LMGT3 | |
| Winners | |
| Team | Akkodis ASP Team |
| Drivers |  José María López Clemens Schmid Răzvan Umbrărescu |
Entry list
The provisional entry list was published on 9 July 2025 and consists of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3.[2] In the Hypercar category, Sébastien Buemi, Robin Frijns, Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne are all absent due to driving duties at the Berlin ePrix. Marco Wittmann replaced the aforementioned Robin Frijns in the No. 20 Team WRT BMW.[3] In the LMGT3 category, Pedro Ebrahim is set to replace Timur Boguslavskiy in the No. 31 Team WRT BMW as Boguslavskiy has fallen ill.[4] Anthony McIntosh will replace Derek DeBoer in the No. 10 Racing Spirit of Léman Aston Martin and Yuichi Nakayama will fill in for Ben Barnicoat in the No. 78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus, who is racing at IMSA's round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.[3]
Schedule
Practice
Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the event: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first two sessions on Thursday ran for 90 minutes, and the final session on Saturday ran for 60 minutes.[5]
Practice 1
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 6 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport |
 Laurens Vanthoor |
1:25.176 |
| LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team |
José María López |
1:35.010 |
| Source:[6][7] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 2
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
Kévin Estre |
1:23.508 |
| LMGT3 | 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman |
 Eduardo Barrichello |
1:34.493 |
| Source:[8][9] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Practice 3
| Class | No. | Entrant | Driver | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercar | 8 |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Ryō Hirakawa |
1:23.695 |
| LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport |
Jonny Edgar |
1:34.414 |
| Source:[10][11] | ||||
- Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Qualifying
Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Entrant | Qualifying | Hyperpole | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypercar | 12 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
1:22.829 | 1:22.570 | 1 |
| 2 | Hypercar | 38 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
1:23.537 | 1:22.670 | 3[Q 1] |
| 3 | Hypercar | 5 | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
1:23.279 | 1:22.834 | 2 |
| 4 | Hypercar | 94 | Peugeot TotalEnergies |
1:23.208 | 1:22.948 | 4 |
| 5 | Hypercar | 20 | BMW M Team WRT |
1:23.391 | 1:23.062 | 5 |
| 6 | Hypercar | 93 | Peugeot TotalEnergies |
1:23.269 | 1:23.101 | 6 |
| 7 | Hypercar | 6 | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
1:23.533 | 1:23.159 | 7 |
| 8 | Hypercar | 15 | BMW M Team WRT |
1:23.391 | 1:23.259 | 8 |
| 9 | Hypercar | 83 |  AF Corse |
1:23.595 | 1:23.386 | 9 |
| 10 | Hypercar | 8 | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
1:23.673 | 1:23.496 | 10 |
| 11 | Hypercar | 009 | Aston Martin THOR Team |
1:23.710 | 11 | |
| 12 | Hypercar | 99 | Proton Competition |
1:23.740 | 13[Q 2] | |
| 13 | Hypercar | 007 | Aston Martin THOR Team |
1:23.751 | 12 | |
| 14 | Hypercar | 50 | Ferrari AF Corse |
1:23.759 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hypercar | 36 | Alpine Endurance Team |
1:23.770 | 15 | |
| 16 | Hypercar | 35 | Alpine Endurance Team |
1:23.816 | 16 | |
| 17 | Hypercar | 51 | Ferrari AF Corse |
1:23.831 | 17 | |
| 18 | Hypercar | 7 | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
1:24.153 | 18 | |
| 19 | LMGT3 | 10 | Racing Spirit of Léman |
1:35.340 | 1:33.849 | 19 |
| 20 | LMGT3 | 87 | Akkodis ASP Team |
1:34.488 | 1:33.873 | 20 |
| 21 | LMGT3 | 78 | Akkodis ASP Team |
1:35.193 | 1:33.963 | 21 |
| 22 | LMGT3 | 61 | Iron Lynx |
1:35.156 | 1:34.051 | 22 |
| 23 | LMGT3 | 95 | United Autosports |
1:35.090 | 1:34.219 | 23 |
| 24 | LMGT3 | 59 | United Autosports |
1:34.891 | 1:34.418 | 24 |
| 25 | LMGT3 | 85 | Iron Dames |
1:35.327 | 1:34.433 | 25 |
| 26 | LMGT3 | 88 | Proton Competition |
1:35.032 | 1:34.448 | 26 |
| 27 | LMGT3 | 33 | TF Sport |
1:35.287 | 1:34.507 | 27 |
| 28 | LMGT3 | 81 | TF Sport |
1:35.263 | 1:34.952 | 28 |
| 29 | LMGT3 | 54 | Vista AF Corse |
1:35.366 | 29 | |
| 30 | LMGT3 | 27 | Heart of Racing Team |
1:35.481 | 30 | |
| 31 | LMGT3 | 92 | Manthey 1st Phorm |
1:35.504 | 31 | |
| 32 | LMGT3 | 46 | Team WRT |
1:35.536 | 32 | |
| 33 | LMGT3 | 21 | Vista AF Corse |
1:35.542 | 33 | |
| 34 | LMGT3 | 77 | Proton Competition |
1:35.554 | 34 | |
| 35 | LMGT3 | 31 | The Bend Team WRT |
1:36.684 | 35 | |
| 36 | LMGT3 | 60 | Iron Lynx |
No time | 36 | |
| Source:[14][15] | ||||||
- The No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team Jota entry received a 1-place grid drop after impeding the No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies entry in the qualifying session.[12]
- The No. 99 Proton Competition entry received a 1-place grid drop after impeding the No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse entry in the qualifying session.[13]
Race
The race started at 11:30 BRST on Sunday, and ran for six hours.[5]
Race results
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 169 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.
