Following the ELMS season-ending 4 Hours of Portimao this afternoon, five automatic invitations have been 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 standings.
Notably both AO Racing and Inter Europol driver Nick Boulle (in conjunction with PR1 Mathiesen) secured IMSA titles (in GTD Pro and LMP2 respectively last weekend at Petit Le Mans!)
AF Corse earned an invitation with the LMP2 Pro-Am win for the #83 Oreca.
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 in the nail-biting finale.
Whilst DSC is aware that there are plans to take up that invitation, the details will be revealed later!
And finally in LMGT3, after a nine-car showdown during the weekend, Iron Lynx came out on top with its Lamborghini and has been awarded an automatic invitation to enter the Le Mans 24 Hours in the LMGT3 class.
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 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.
