The 2025 Monterey SportsCar Championship (formally known as the 2025 TireRack.com Monterey SportsCar Championship) was a sports car race, held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, on May 11, 2025. It was the fourth round of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.
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International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It was the twelfth consecutive year the race is a part of the IMSA SCC. The 2025 Monterey SportsCar Championship was the fourth of eleventh scheduled sports car races of 2025 by IMSA. The race was held at the eleven-turn WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 11, 2025.
Standings before the race Preceding the event, Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy led the GTP Drivers' Championship with 1140 points after winning the opening three events, with Porsche team-mates Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet in second, 123 points behind. Philipp Eng and Dries Vanthoor sat in third place, 265 points behind Nasr and Tandy. The GTD Pro Drivers' Championship was led by Christopher Mies, Dennis Olsen, and Frédéric Vervisch with 653 points, 17 points ahead of Klaus Bachler, Laurin Heinrich, and Alessio Picariello. Connor De Phillippi, Madison Snow, and Neil Verhagen were third, 25 points behind Mies, Olsen, and Vervisch. In the GTD Drivers' Championship, Philip Ellis and Russell Ward led with 994 points, 91 points ahead of second-placed Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson. Tom Gamble and Casper Stevenson rounded out the top three, 95 points behind Ellis and Ward. The Teams' Championships were led by Porsche Penske Motorsport, Ford Multimatic Motorsports, and Winward Racing, respectively, with Porsche leading the GTP and GTD Manufacturers' Championships, and Ford leading the GTP Pro Manufacturers' Championship.
Entry list The entry list was published on April 30, 2025, and featured 36 entries: 11 in GTP, 10 in GTD Pro, and 15 in GTD. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) (11 entries) 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Filipe Albuquerque Ricky Taylor 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Roman De Angelis Ross Gunn 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Philipp Eng Dries Vanthoor 25 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann 31 Cadillac Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R Jack Aitken Frederik Vesti 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Louis Delétraz Jordan Taylor 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 Gianmaria Bruni Tijmen van der Helm 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Nick Yelloly Renger van der Zande GTD Pro (GT Daytona Pro) (10 entries) 1 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Madison Snow Neil Verhagen 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Antonio García Alexander Sims 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Nicky Catsburg Tommy Milner 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Marvin Kirchhöfer Aaron Telitz 48 Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Dan Harper Max Hesse 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Sebastian Priaulx Mike Rockenfeller 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 Christopher Mies Frédéric Vervisch 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Laurin Heinrich 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa GTD (GT Daytona) (15 entries) 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Stevan McAleer Sheena Monk 023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 Riccardo Agostini Onofrio Triarsi 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 Jack Hawksworth Parker Thompson 13 AWA Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Matt Bell Orey Fidani 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Casper Stevenson Darren Turner 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kenton Koch Seth Lucas 34 Conquest Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Manny Franco Daniel Serra 36 DXDT Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Alec Udell Robert Wickens 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Danny Formal Trent Hindman 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Russell Ward 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Jenson Altzman Robert Megennis 70 Inception Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Brendan Iribe Frederik Schandorff 78 Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Mario Farnbacher Misha Goikhberg 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo Robby Foley Patrick Gallagher 120 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Adam Adelson Elliott SkeerSource:
Practice There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Sunday, one on Friday afternoon and one on Saturday morning. The first session lasted 90 minutes on Friday afternoon while the second session on Saturday morning lasted 90 minutes.
Qualifying Saturday's afternoon qualifying was broken into three sessions, with one session for the GTP, GTD Pro, and GTD classes each. The rules dictated that all teams nominated a driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid to put GTPs ahead of the GTD Pro and GTD cars.
Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and with . Class Entry Driver Time 1 GTP 24 BMW M Team RLL Dries Vanthoor 1:12.854 — 1 2 GTP 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell 1:12.859 +0.005 2 3 GTP 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Nick Tandy 1:12.932 +0.078 3 4 GTP 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Ricky Taylor 1:13.032 +0.178 4 5 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Tom Blomqvist 1:13.058 +0.204 5 6 GTP 25 BMW M Team RLL Sheldon van der Linde 1:13.091 +0.237 6 7 GTP 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor 1:13.368 +0.514 7 8 GTP 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Nick Yelloly 1:13.535 +0.681 8 9 GTP 31 Cadillac Whelen Frederik Vesti 1:13.544 +0.690 9 10 GTP 85 JDC–Miller MotorSports Gianmaria Bruni 1:13.651 +0.797 10 11 GTP 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Roman De Angelis 1:13.718 +0.864 11 12 GTD Pro 81 DragonSpeed Giacomo Altoè 1:20.608 +7.754 12 13 GTD Pro 48 Paul Miller Racing Dan Harper 1:20.644 +7.790 13 14 GTD Pro 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Alexander Sims 1:20.673 +7.819 14 15 GTD Pro 77 AO Racing Klaus Bachler 1:20.765 +7.911 15 16 GTD 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Kenton Koch 1:20.810 +7.956 22 17 GTD 36 DXDT Racing Alec Udell 1:20.819 +7.965 23 18 GTD Pro 4 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Nicky Catsburg 1:20.883 +8.029 16 19 GTD Pro 9 Pfaff Motorsports Andrea Caldarelli 1:20.899 +8.045 17 20 GTD 023 Triarsi Competizione Onofrio Triarsi 1:21.010 +8.156 24 21 GTD 57 Winward Racing Russell Ward 1:21.130 +8.276 25 22 GTD 45 Wayne Taylor Racing Danny Formal 1:21.196 +8.342 26 23 GTD Pro 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Frédéric Vervisch 1:21.242 +8.388 18 24 GTD Pro 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Aaron Telitz 1:21.291 +8.437 19 25 GTD 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Parker Thompson 1:21.315 +8.461 27 26 GTD Pro 1 Paul Miller Racing Madison Snow 1:21.316 +8.462 20 27 GTD Pro 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mike Rockenfeller 1:21.469 +8.615 21 28 GTD 34 Conquest Racing Manny Franco 1:21.490 +8.636 28 29 GTD 96 Turner Motorsport Patrick Gallagher 1:21.495 +8.641 29 30 GTD 78 Forte Racing Misha Goikhberg 1:21.768 +8.914 30 31 GTD 120 Wright Motorsports Adam Adelson 1:21.918 +9.064 31 32 GTD 66 Gradient Racing Jenson Altzman 1:22.194 +9.340 32 33 GTD 70 Inception Racing Brendan Iribe 1:22.219 +9.365 33 34 GTD 021 Triarsi Competizione Sheena Monk 1:23.368 +10.514 34 35 GTD 13 AWA Orey Fidani 1:23.653 +10.799 35 36 GTD 27 Heart of Racing Team Casper Stevenson No time set 36 Sources:
Race Post-race The final results kept Nasr and Tandy atop GTP Drivers' Championship with 1490 points, 91 ahead of race winners Campbell and Jaminet. With 1014 points, Bachler and Heinrich's victory allowed them to take the lead of the GTD Pro Drivers' Championship. Ellis and Ward's victory allowed them to extend their advantage in the Drivers' Championship to 124 points over second-place finishers Hawksworth and Thompson in the GTD Drivers' Championship. Porsche Penske Motorsport and Winward Racing continued to top their respective Teams' Championships. Porsche continued to top the GTP Manufacturers' Championship, while Porsche and Mercedes-AMG they took the lead of their respective Manufacturers' Championship. Porsche Penske Motorsport and Winward Racing kept their respective advantages in their Teams' Championships while AO Racing became the leader of the GTD Pro Teams' Championship with 7 rounds remaining in the season.
Class winners are in bold and .