2025 8 Hours of Bahrain

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Date8 November 2025
LocationSakhir
VenueBahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
Bahrain 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain
Event information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date8 November 2025
LocationSakhir
VenueBahrain International Circuit
Duration8 Hours
WeatherDry. Air temperature: 24.1–30.0 °C (75.4–86.0 °F). Track temperature: 25.0–38.2 °C (77.0–100.8 °F)
Results
Laps completed237
Distance (km)1,282.64
Distance (miles)797.03
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:46.826
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversJapan Kamui Kobayashi
Winners
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversUnited Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Netherlands Nyck de Vries
LMGT3
Winners
TeamFrance Akkodis ASP Team
DriversArgentina José María López
Austria Clemens Schmid
Romania Răzvan Umbrărescu

The 2025 8 Hours of Bahrain (officially known as the 2025 Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain[1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 8 November 2025, as the eighth and final round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the fourteenth running of the event, and the seventh running of the event in an extended 8-hour format.

36 cars entered the race: 18 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3.[2] In Hypercar, Laurin Heinrich makes his debut in the No. 5 Porsche while Matt Campbell returns to the sister No. 6 Porsche.[3] Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis also rejoin the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin entries respectively.[4] Théo Pourchaire replaces Stoffel Vandoorne in the No. 94 Peugeot.[4]

Schedule

Date Time (local: AST) Event
Thursday, 6 November 12:15 Free Practice 1
17:00 Free Practice 2
Friday, 7 November 12:00 Free Practice 3
16:00 Qualifying - LMGT3
16:20 Hyperpole - LMGT3
16:40 Qualifying - Hypercar
17:00 Hyperpole - Hypercar
Saturday, 8 November 14:00 Race
Source:[5]

Practice

Three practice sessions were held before the event: two were held on Thursday, and one was held on Friday. The sessions on Thursday lasted 90 minutes, and the session on Friday lasted 60 minutes.[5]

Practice 1

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 009 United States Aston Martin THOR Team Denmark Marco Sørensen 1:49.697
LMGT3 77 Germany Proton Competition United Kingdom Ben Barker 2:02.681
Source:[6][7]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 2

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 009 United States Aston Martin THOR Team Denmark Marco Sørensen 1:49.042
LMGT3 78 France Akkodis ASP Team Germany Finn Gehrsitz 2:02.613
Source:[8][9]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Practice 3

Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco 1:49.725
LMGT3 61 Italy Iron Lynx Australia Martin Berry 2:03.158
Source:[10][11]
  • Note: Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Qualifying

Race

References

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